With David Cronenberg’s newly released film Crimes of the Future (2022), out now in cinemas, we delve deep into the Cronenberg universe, exploring this polarising figure and his portrayal of everything grotesque, sexual and visceral. Are we afraid to be physically moved by cinema or do we enjoy the perversions we are shown? Find out if we can stomach (literally) all things Cronenberg.
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Have you ever wondered what it’s really like at the iconic Cannes Film Festival? Tom & Hugo reveal all with their own French dispatch of inside scoops and the films to watch out for over the next year. From Tom’s maiden voyage to Hugo being a seasoned attendee, does the spectacle of Cannes live up to its grand illusion?
Films mentioned
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- Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, 2022)
- Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
- The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)
- eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, 1999)
- Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
- The Matrix (Lana & Lily Wachowski, 1999)
- A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
- Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007)
- A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2011)
- Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998)
- Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)
- Titane (Julia Ducournau, 2021)
- The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
- Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, 1979)
- Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg, 2014)
- Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Sam Raimi, 2022)
- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
- Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg, 2012)
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (Brian de Palma, 1990)
- Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
- Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)
- Wild At Heart (David Lynch, 1990)
- Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
- The Game (David Fincher, 1997)
- Dr. Caligari (Stephen Sayadian, 1989)
- Night Dreams II (Stephen Sayadian, 1990)
- Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
- Café Flesh (Stephen Sayadian, 1982)
- Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
- The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, 1983)
- Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991)
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