Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...constant use of a walking stick) is disturbingly worrisome. David Cronenberg takes a productive new path in Spider, in..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Nightmare

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

"...Left, 1972), Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974), David Cronenberg (Rabid, 1977), Tom Savini (make-up and special-effects artist,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Strange Days, Indeed

End-of-the-World Films Battle the Clock

"...calm mundanity of doing the dishes. Even Canadian auteur David Cronenberg (Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch) pops up as a..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Angela's Ashes, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...San Francisco Beat: Talking With the Poets edited by David Meltzer City Lights Books, 370 pp., $19.95 (paper)..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...Velvet Goldmine – director Todd Haynes' love letter to David Bowie, Iggy Pop, (actual) rock stardom, and all things..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Everything Went Black: Let's Talk About Pron

Why cineastes should give a fuck about anti-porn rhetoric

"...filmmakers like Lars von Trier, Larry Clark, Kevin Smith, David Cronenberg, or David Lynch (not as unlikely as it..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film

Clay Liford's sideways kind of sci-fi, Earthling

"...for hire who has shot for Spencer Parsons and David Lowery and will shoot a Kat Candler short next..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

"It Began Without Warning" at SXSW

Body horror-tinged tale crawls into Midnight Shorts

"...Tapia. "Stephen King, Twilight Zone, movies by John Carpenter, David Cronenberg."..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: It Follows

Sexually transmitted horror gets an update in this mesmerizing film

"...an STD come to life – one that writer/director David Robert Mitchell (The Myth of the American Sleepover) fleshes..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

The changing POV of the female revenge flick

"...than a dash of their fellow Canadian shock auteur David Cronenberg at play here, with an addition to the..."

June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Long, Strange Trip

The Dobie Plays host to Matthew Barney's five-part feast of the bizarre, the Cremaster cycle.

"...horses, blood, bile, Vaseline. Barney's the bastard offspring of David Cronenberg and Ken Russell, with a close kinship to..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Eat Your Heart Out

Not in the mood for love this Valentine's Day? We think we have the answer.

"...4. Boxing Helena. David Lynch's daughter Jennifer proves that she's a chip off..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Reviews

This collection's themes of self-responsibility, introspection, and carpe diem made for a charming program.

"...the more contemplative of the Shorts Three program, there's David Cronenberg's Dorian Gray-esque "Camera," a one-man show contemplating life..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Short Cuts

The low-down on SXSW Film 2001, upcoming filmmaking classes, and who's going to Park City next week.

"...Chris Gore, the Shooting Gallery's Eamonn Bowles, Palm Pictures' David Koh, and legendary producer's rep Jeff "The Dude" Dowd,..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Screen Play

Austin Film Festival Reviews

"...interviews with film mavericks George A. Romero, Tobe Hooper, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, Tom Savini, and Craven form the..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...local devotees of J.G. Ballard’s novel Crash and the David Cronenberg film based on the sci-fi author’s unnerving erotic..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Review: Titane

Cannes-winning chaotic drama is a new reflection on body horror

"...not meant for you anymore. With Titane, Ducournau channels David Cronenberg’s The Brood, in both imagery and in themes...."

Sept. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

SXSW Film Review: Sound of Violence

Music-driven thriller doesn’t quite hit all the right notes

"...artificial nature of technology as seen in something like David Cronenberg’s Videodrome...."

March 22, 2021 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

"Colin McIntyre: Systema Praeternaturae" at Dimension Gallery

The artist's sinuous, flowing forms of nickel-plated steel are part of a reminder that in the midst of life, we are in death, etc.

"...what the fuck, dude? That Osseous Refuse would give David Cronenberg nightmares. Tom Savini would be taken aback –..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Alamo Drafthouse Announces Special Stephen King Season

Hail to the King, baby!

"...The Dead Zone, written by King and directed by David Cronenberg; the monster mayhem of The MIst (complete with..."

June 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW VR Cinema: Cypher

You control Güvenç Özel's interactive new flesh sculpture

"...creature that would be right at home in a David Cronenberg movie...."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Good Time With the Safdies

Directing duo talk Robert Pattinson and their new crime drama

"...creative risk-taker, sought out by arthouse heavy hitters like David Cronenberg, Anton Corbijn, and Werner Herzog. With the Safdies..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: The Lion’s Path

He is Nietzschean, hear him roar

"...that regard, it’s a second cousin/cousine of sorts to David Cronenberg’s The Brood, although audience members hoping for the..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Housecore Headhunter Summons You

Festival boss Corey Mitchell makes his recommendations

"...Thanatomorphose "an experience that you've never had. … Combine David Cronenberg with the Toetag Pictures sense of gore. And..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything I Know About Film Festivals I Learned From SXSW

Marc Savlov's tricks and tips for a successful festival experience

"...long ago exceeded the spot-on predictions of futurist filmmaker David Cronenberg's eerily prescient Videodrome. By the end of this..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Municipal Waste

"...manner, ignoring crossover hardcore's more lockstep extremes. Following a David Cronenberg-style instrumental intro that whets the appetite for straight-to-video..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

FF2012: Kier-La Janisse is in the House...

…of Psychotic Women

"...it's dense with savvy deconstructions of genre watersheds like David Cronenberg's The Brood and newer femmes-in-extremis films such as..."

Sept. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Alamo Ritz Unveils 70mm 'AlamoScope'

Finally we can watch 'The Abyss' as god intended

"...Austin cinephiles heads are exploding, a la David Cronenberg's Scanners but in a good way, after the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bedside Manner

Strip mall apocalypse

"...adopted for the big screen by top shelf directors David Cronenberg and Steven Spielberg, respectively. Ballard’s books and stories..."

March 5, 2012 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

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