David Cronenberg directs this dive into the shadowy, dangerous world of organized crime and hidden identities.
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‘Videodrome’ – Long live the new flesh on Criterion Channel
It’s been 40 years since David Cronenberg’s first masterpiece drilled its mutant images into the minds of unsuspecting audiences. Today, the visionary Videodrome (1983) is as contemporary and relevant as ever. James Woods stars as Max Renn, a hustling cable TV entrepreneur in the pioneering days of cable TV who becomes fascinated by a pirate […]
David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’ on Amazon Prime
Cosmopolis (2012) is a microcosm of a disconnected existence, life lived in a bubble in financial dealings and digital communications and brief face-to-face conversations and sexual intermissions in a space shuttle of a limousine creeping through the gridlock of an anonymous New York City. David Cronenberg adapts Don Delillo’s massive novel, distilling it down to […]
David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’ free on Hoopla
This low-budget early feature from Cronenberg is a subversive horror film that charts a social breakdown by tearing through our most intrinsic taboos.