David Cronenberg

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Dead Ringers review – Rachel Weisz has wicked fun as terrifying, sex-swapped twins
This reworking of David Cronenberg’s creepy 80s movie is fast, fierce, funny and properly feminist. Weisz’s turns as a pair of gynaecologist siblings are absolutely knockout

Lucy Mangan

21, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Infinity Pool review – Mia Goth electrifies in a nightmarish thriller
The actor’s live-wire performance in Brandon Cronenberg’s outlandish satire about super-rich tourists being cloned on a holiday from hell is worth the admission price alone

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

26, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM

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Videodrome at 40: David Cronenberg’s singular tech horror remains relevant
The boundary-pushing auteur asks how far is too far in a smart and slimy film about sadomasochism and the potential dangers of technology

Charles Bramesco

04, Feb, 2023 @7:27 AM

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Slashers, demons and head exploders: why horror revels in modern architecture
In the 1920s, the traditional haunted house died a death – as home design became all clean lines and bright spaces. But directors soon turned these dirt-free abodes into eerie, alienating terrifying places

Owen Hatherley

07, Dec, 2022 @11:35 AM

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Crimes of the Future review – Cronenberg’s slightly creaky tribute​ ​to his own past
The body horror auteur returns to favourite themes, if not the peak of his powers, as Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart star in this playfully grisly tale of surgery as the new sex

Mark Kermode, Observer film critic

11, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM

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Crimes of the Future review – Cronenberg’s post-pain, post-sex body horror sensation
As he did with 90s hit Crash, the director creates a bizarre new society of sicko sybarites where pain is the ultimate pleasure and ‘surgery is the new sex’

Peter Bradshaw

07, Sep, 2022 @2:03 PM

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The Fly: 96 minutes of grotesque, vomit-soaked bedlam – and David Cronenberg’s best film
With Crimes of the Future now in cinemas, we revisit the director’s 1986 body horror classic starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis

Adam Fleet

30, Aug, 2022 @5:30 PM

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Kristen Stewart’s 20 best performances – ranked!
From Spencer to Still Alice, and now David Cronenberg’s bonkers new horror sci-fi Crimes of the Future, we rate the Twilight star’s finest work

Anne Billson

18, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM

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What links Beavis and Butt-Head to Kristen Stewart, via David Cronenberg?
Ease yourself into the rabbit hole, with Douglas Coupland and the slacker generation

Larry Ryan

13, Aug, 2022 @12:00 PM

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Melbourne international film festival 2022: 10 movies to see, from Crimes of the Future to new George Miller
Miff’s 70th edition offers 371 titles from all over the globe – including 18 world premieres

Luke Buckmaster

12, Jul, 2022 @9:30 AM

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From The Fly to A History of Violence: our writers pick their favourite Cronenberg movies
With the release of the director’s latest body horror Crimes of the Future, Guardian writers have singled out their most-loved Cronenberg offerings

Scott Tobias, Jordan Hoffman, Charles Bramesco, AA Dowd, Guy Lodge, Benjamin Lee, Catherine Shoard, Radheyan Simonpillai, Veronica Esposito and Jesse Hassenger

02, Jun, 2022 @6:05 AM

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Cannes 2022 week two roundup: a bloated Elvis and a brush with greatness
Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic was an extravagant bust, but Ruben Östland and Kelly Reichardt offered satirical entertainment and quiet wonder

Xan Brooks

28, May, 2022 @11:00 AM

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