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Cutscenes explores—and blurs—the intersection of cinema and video games.Immortality.Videodrome. Like video circus, video arena. Do you know it? It’s just torture and murder. No plot, no characters. Very, very realistic. I think it’s what’s next.—Max Renn, in VideodromeIn 1967, Radúz Činčera presented Kinoautomat, often described as the world’s first interactive movie, at Expo 67 in Montreal. Installed in the Czechoslovak Pavilion, the system included a feature film, One Man and His House. At nine intervals, representing the reel changes, audience members were prompted to progress the film’s narrative in one of two directions, voting using red or green buttons, determining which reel would be threaded next.

What if the voice in your head pushing you toward greatness wasn’t a metaphor, but a flesh-and-blood maniac in paint-splattered overalls? That’s the twisted premise behind Blockhead, the first narrative feature from Matt Harlock, whose previous work chronicled the life of comedian Bill Hicks. This time, Harlock turns the camera on the creative process itself, dissecting the desperation of a blocked novelist who latches onto a destructive new muse. Played by Joe Sims, this supposed saviour might be a hallucination, a devil, or just a dangerously persuasive builder – either way, he drags the protagonist down a dark rabbit hole where art and madness are impossible to separate.

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“The Cure,” the upcoming horror thriller starring David Dastmalchian (“Late Night with the Devil”), Ashley Greene (“Twilight”), has been acquired by Vaneast Pictures.

The company — founded by Danielle Gasher — picked up international sales rights to the feature, directed by Nancy Leopardi, whose previous credits include “Nanny Cam” and “Lethal Seduction.”

Also starring Sydney Taylor (“Marked Men”) and Samantha Cochran in her feature film debut, the film centers on a 16-year-old adopted girl with a mysterious illness who discovers her biotech billionaire parents are harvesting her blood for sinister reasons. As the twisted experiments escalate, she must fight to escape before she’s drained of everything that makes her human.

“The Cure is a gripping and unnerving addition to the Vaneast slate. David Dastmalchian and Ashley Greene are magnetic in roles that crawl under your skin. We’re excited to screen the film for buyers at TIFF,” said Gasher.

“The Cure” is produced by Nancy Leopardi,...

Christchurch’s Regent Cinema is preparing to welcome back Grindfest, the UK’s only festival dedicated entirely to celebrating genre cinema on 35mm. Running from 19 to 21 September, the event is now in its seventh edition and promises a weekend of cult treasures, academic insight and communal celebration of celluloid.

Curated by Dirt in the Gate Movies, Grindfest has carved out a distinctive reputation for reviving genre cinema in its original analogue format. This year’s programme is stacked with titles that have defined cult status over decades. Festivalgoers will be able to experience Dreamscape, The Howling, Xtro, American Psycho, Videodrome and Terminator 2: Judgment Day as they were originally presented. Adding further intrigue is a mystery movie slot, while a 35mm over/under 3D screening of Charles Band’s Parasite offers a rarity even for seasoned collectors and archivists.

Alongside the features, Grindfest 2025 will also showcase an international selection of short films,...

Director David Cronenberg’s 1986 version of The Fly, a remake of the 1958 film of the same title (which was based on a short story by George Langelaan), is widely considered to be one of the all-time greatest remakes – and one of the most unexpected things about that film is the fact that it was produced by comedy legend Mel Brooks! A few years ago, Brooks wrote an autobiography called All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business (you can pick up a copy at This Link) – and in one chapter of the book, he looks back on the experience of making The Fly, explaining how he got involved, and covering how Cronenberg and stars Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis were drawn into the project.

Here’s an excerpt from All About Me!: So sometime in 1984 or early 1985, Stuart Cornfeld came to me with an idea. He said,...

Of all the horror sub-genres, I think body horror is easily the grossest. It gets under my skin (no pun intended) in a way that slasher fare or supernatural offerings simply cannot. I get less squeamish watching a character get sliced into tiny little pieces than I do witnessing someone pull off their fingernails or come down with a festering case of pulsating pustules.

Don’t get me wrong, I like body horror. Videodrome is one of my all-time favorite horror movies. With that said, however, I really have to brace myself before I watch films of this ilk. I think it’s because such fare forces us to confront the uncomfortable and tap into deep-seated fears about our perceived physical flaws and the way they inform our identity.

Body horror has been used as a jumping-off point to tell many great stories over the years. Most recently, writer/director...

Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman, Mia Morrissey, Karl Richmond, Jack Kenny, Francesca Waters, Aljin Abella | Written and Directed by Michael Shanks

We all know a couple who seem joined at the hip, unable to spend time apart from each other. That effectively describes the central pairing of Together; school teacher Millie (Alison Brie) and aspiring musician Tim (Dave Franco). The longtime couple’s lives seem to exist entirely within each other’s orbit, but they will soon find their issues becoming more severe than struggling to meet up with their friends.

As part of Millie’s new job, the pair move to a secluded house in the countryside. This tests their relationship, as Tim finds himself trapped within unfamiliar surroundings and unable to even reach the train station without being driven by Millie. These issues are heightened after a disastrous walk among nature changes them, with physical contact...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is going back in time to look at the future of cinema. IndieWire can announce that AMPAS is hosting a screening series titled “Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema” at the Paris Theater in NYC that will tie into the museum’s exhibition of the same name.

The series is programmed to accompany the exhibit that first opened in 2024. The curated “Cyberpunk” exhibit will be on view at the museum until April 12, 2026. The “Cyberpunk” curation is part of the Pst Art: Art & Science Collide initiative, presented by Getty.

Films such as “Blade Runner” (1982), “Videodrome” (1983), “The Matrix” (1999), and more are featured among the over 25 titles exhibited. The screenings will take place weekly from Sunday, August 10 until Wednesday, September 24.

Cyberpunk is billed as a subgenre of science fiction, with the category first appearing in the early 1980s onscreen. As the press description for the series states,...

A cinephile’s visual essay examining a canon of films that dared dream beyond the threshold of the real, So Unreal will be released on Blu-ray September 16 via Altered Innocence.

It explores the 20-year span between 1981 and 2001 as cinematic depictions of ‘future shock’ technologies such as artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and virtual reality grew in both frequency and complexity, providing an an outlet for humanity’s intertwined anxieties, fears, and fantasies about the brave new frontiers looming ahead.

Narrated by Blondie icon Debbie Harry, director Amanda Kramer (Please Baby Please) mines the substance and subtext of cyber-minded landmarks like Tron, Videodrome, Brainstorm, Terminator 2, Tetsuo, The Lawnmower Man, Hackers, The Matrix, and dozens more.

The disc also includes Silk, Benjamin Shearn’s 2013 documentary on 100% Silk, the record label behind much of the music in So Unreal.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer-produce-director Amanda Kramer, writer Britt Brown, editor-producer Benjamin Shearn, and...

With our own world veering dangerously close to a science fiction novel, now feels like an optimal time to go watch a bunch of sci-fi movies to see what we might be getting into somewhere down the line.

The 2020s have seen the release of several brilliant sci-fi movies, from Gareth Edwards's The Creator to the long-awaited Avatar sequel from James Cameron. Below, we're highlighting the 10 best science fiction movies released in the 2020s so far.

1. Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024)

Denis Villeneuve's Dune movies were immediately hailed as classics and will surely go down in history as important touchstones in the history of cinema.

The films are adapted from Frank Herbert's iconic novel Dune, which thrusts Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) into a war on the desert planet of Arrakis. They mark the third live-action adaptation of the book, with many people feeling that Villeneuve's movies...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Film at Lincoln Center

Inherent Vice begins playing on 70mm; In the Mood for Love and its never-before-seen epilogue In the Mood for Love 2001 continue playing, as does a restoration of Christiane F.

Film Forum

Hearts of Darkness plays in a new restoration, while the 4K restoration of Shall We Dance? continues.

Museum of Modern Art

A Theater Near You includes films by Godard, Oshima, and Ottinger.

Anthology Film Archives

Prints of Pickpocket and A Man Escaped play in Essential Cinema.

Roxy Cinema

Jupiter Ascending and Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan screen on 35mm.

Museum of the Moving Image

Pursuant to the question of our time––is Tom Cruise evil?––a career-spanning retrospective continues with Born on the Fourth of July, Rain Man, and A Few Good Men; Titanic screens on Saturday.

Brooklyn Academy of Music

A rice-cooker retrospective begins.

Chicago – In the pantheon of filmmaker breakthroughs from the 1980s, David Cronenberg is a “name above the title” … along with Spielberg, Scorsese, Cameron, Stone, Carpenter and Lynch … in his distinct style and influence. His latest film – currently in select theaters – is “The Shrouds.” Patrick McDonald got the privilege of talking to the master.

In “The Shrouds,” the angular Vincent Cassel is Karsh, a bereaved widower who is also a tech financier. In memoriam to his wife Becca, Karsh has built a new style of memorial called GraveTech, in which the bodies of the deceased are enmeshed in a digital shroud, which uses it’s camera chips to project an image of the decaying corpse on a screen embedded in the gravestone. This morbid technique gets some interest for other uses by the Chinese and the Russians, as well as Karsh’s tech expert Maury (Guy Pearce). It is a vandalism...

If you love the gnarly body of 80s horror classics like The Thing, Videodrome, and Robocop, then you’ll want to pick up a copy of Warm Fusion. This new three-issue series from writer Scott “Babydaddy” Hoffman (founding member of Scissor Sisters) and artist Alberto Ponticelli (Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E.) is described as a neon cyberpunk body horror blockbuster. And we have an exclusive preview of the final issue of the series below!

But first, check out the series’ full synopsis:

Nearly half a century into the future, New York City has been devastated by crime, ongoing storms, residual radiation from a terrorist attack, and genetic mutations spurred by the medical innovations created in response. After a series of murders rip through the city’s brothels, an escort named Vin Young, who cosplays as the Brothers Grimm’s Snow White—and is one of the...

In Screambox’s new found footage film Project Mkhexe, urban legends become real as a filmmaker tries to solve the mystery of his brother’s death. If you love films like The Blair Witch Project, In the Mouth of Madness, and Videodrome, then you need to check out Gerald Waddell’s new film. In honor of its release, we have an exclusive clip teasing the madness within.

But first, read the film’s full synopsis:

In 2014, an amateur documentary was uploaded to the internet. It vanished less than a week later, never to be seen again—until now.

After his brother Sean’s suicide, aspiring filmmaker Tim uncovers Sean’s obsession with a deleted urban legend tied to a secret mind-control experiment. As Tim investigates, compiling Sean’s notes and interviewing family and friends, he suspects Sean was murdered. With help from Sean’s friend Nicole, Tim’s search for truth spirals into obsession,...

In the exclusive clip from Project Mkhexe below, the discovery of a mysterious treehouse could lead to answers — if only the camera can capture it without glitching.

The Screambox Original found footage psychological horror film is streaming now.

After his brother Sean’s suicide, aspiring filmmaker Tim uncovers Sean’s obsession with a deleted urban legend tied to a secret mind-control experiment. As Tim investigates, compiling Sean’s notes and interviewing family and friends, he suspects Sean was murdered.

With help from Sean’s friend Nicole, Tim’s search for truth spirals into obsession, unraveling his grief and revealing a chilling reality: “What We Fear, We Create.”

Written and directed by Gerald Waddell, the movie has drawn comparisons to The Blair Witch Project, In the Mouth of Madness, and Videodrome.

Ignacyo Matynia, Jordan Knapp, Will Jandro, Jennifer Lynn O’Hara, Dwayne Tarver, Sebla Demirbas, Katrina Eroen, and Joe Solana Simon star.

David Cronenberg, aficionado of the unnerving, won’t let his feelings about a creator get in the way of a creation. “I still love my Tesla,” says the filmmaker, seated in a dimly lit conference room at the Criterion Collection’s Manhattan office. “My relationship with my Tesla has nothing to do with Elon. We have a separate love.” He smiles wanly.

One of Musk’s machines plays a minor role in Cronenberg’s latest picture, The Shrouds (out now), when the story’s antagonist, Guy Pearce, programs coordinates into...

For cinephiles of a certain proclivity, a new David Cronenberg movie is a true event.

The director, who just turned 82, has a filmography so singular and distinct that the word “Cronenbergian” has become an adjective and if somebody uses it you know exactly what they mean – twisted, visionary and usually dealing with body horror or technological investigation (oftentimes both).

Cronenberg’s latest, “The Shrouds,” is one of the filmmaker’s very best, most personal movies and, since it premiered last summer at the Cannes Film Festival, the wait has been excruciating.

But now that it’s here, how can you watch it? Read on to find out.

What is the release date?

As of April 25, “The Shrouds” is now in theaters nationwide. It was in limited release last week but is now playing everywhere. As it should be.

Is it streaming?

It is not. You will have to go to...

In 2014, an amateur documentary was uploaded to the internet. It vanished less than a week later, never to be seen again — until now.

Project Mkhexe streams exclusively on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox next Tuesday, April 29.

After his brother Sean’s suicide, aspiring filmmaker Tim uncovers Sean’s obsession with a deleted urban legend tied to a secret mind-control experiment. As Tim investigates, compiling Sean’s notes and interviewing family and friends, he suspects Sean was murdered.

With help from Sean’s friend Nicole, Tim’s search for truth spirals into obsession, unraveling his grief and revealing a chilling reality: “What We Fear, We Create.”

The synopsis only scratches the surface of the psychological horror experience that awaits. Go down the rabbit hole with the film’s viral marketing campaign to uncover more of the mystery.

Written and directed by Gerald Waddell, the film stars Ignacyo Matynia, Jordan Knapp, Will Jandro,...

Before the pandemic, David Cronenberg pitched a series to Netflix.

The director of movies like “Videodrome,” “The Fly” and “eXistenZ” – stories that investigated the dangerous frontier of cutting-edge technology – said that he was interested in streaming as a new form of cinema. “I thought it was really cinema, but it’s not traditional movies – it’s kind of interesting to do, let’s say an eight-hour movie. I thought that’s a form that I maybe would explore,” Cronenberg said. He pitched them an idea that was based on a recent personal tragedy – in 2017 Cronenberg lost his wife of 43 years to cancer. She was only 66.

He told them the story of what would eventually become “The Shrouds” (now in theaters nationwide) – it would follow a man named Karsh, whose wife had tragically died. Bereaved, he concocts the idea for a 21st century cemetery, one that will allow you, through cutting edge technology,...

Anticipation of a Ready or Notsequel has been building since it was announced in October, and new cast additions and an unveiled title are sure to add fuel to the fire. The sequel, now aptly titled Ready Or Not: Here I Come, has added horror staples Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood, alongside Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, and the iconic master of body horror, David Cronenberg. These new additions will appear alongside the returning Samara Weaving, who will reprise the role of Grace, the newlywed from the original 2019 film, and Kathryn Newton.

In a statement (via Deadline), the filmmaking team behind the original horror comedy, Radio Silence's Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, shared:

"We're thrilled to be returning to the world of Ready or Not with Samara, Brett, Avery and Andrew, and so excited to work with this immensely talented cast and the incredible artists across every...

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood and David Cronenberg are said to be joining the cast of horror sequel Ready Or Not 2, subtitled Here I Come.

What do Buffy, Frodo Baggins and the master of body horror have in common? Apparently, it’s the forthcoming sequel Ready Or Not 2, better known to its creators as Ready Or Not: Here I Come.

Already in production, the follow-up to the blackly comic 2019 horror thriller is still building up its impressive cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest additions include Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood and legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg.

They’ll be joining Ant-Man actor Kathryn Newton (who joined in March) and returning star Samara Weaving in the horror sequel, which is set to continue the story of Grace (Weaving) who suffers through one of the bloodiest wedding days imaginable. Filmmaking collective Radio Silence are back to direct, along with screenwriters Gary Busick and R Christopher Murphy.

David Cronenberg has shared his current view on the movie theater experience, describing it as less appealing than it once was. At the same time, he’s expanding his creative participation in genre film—this time not behind the camera, but on screen—by joining the cast of Ready or Not: Here I Come, the upcoming sequel to the 2019 horror-thriller Ready or Not.

Speaking with filmmaker Jim Jarmusch in Interview Magazine, Cronenberg addressed several aspects of watching films today. He noted that he rarely attends public screenings. “I stopped going to the cinema many years ago,” he said. “I only see movies in real theaters every once in a while, mostly at film festivals, and I’ve found that the projection isn’t always so great.”

Cronenberg said he watches everything with subtitles and mentioned practical inconveniences such as parking in Toronto. But his reaction extended beyond logistics. “I don...

Ready or not, here some exciting casting announcements come! Following news last month that Freaky star Kathryn Newton is set to join Samara Weaving for some effed-up fun and games when horror-comedy sequel Ready Or Not 2 arrives, Searchlight Pictures have now revealed more of the line-up for Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's upcoming movie — now officially (quite brilliantly) entitled Ready Or Not: Here I Come. In a social media post set to 'The Hide And Seek Song', we learned that Radio Silence's latest has added genre stalwarts Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood to its ensemble, as well as legendary horror filmmaker David Cronenberg.

Additionally, Radio Silence rogues gallery alum Kevin Durand (Abigail) is also down for Ready Or Not 2, as is The Pitt's Shawn Hatosy and The Dark Knight's Néstor Carbonell. Now, as you'd expect given the twisty-turny nature of Ready Or Not, details on the...

Gold Derby's top news stories for April 21, 2025.

WWE reality series to go inside the writers' room for the first time ever

Netflix announced WWE: Unreal, a reality series that opens the WWE writers' room to the public for the first time ever. The ten-episode series will break kayfabe, or the illusion that professional wrestling is real, and take viewers behind the scenes of the WWE's creative process. In the trailer, WWE chief creative officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque says “Seven days a week, 365 days a year. This is a calculated, coordinated production. It’s time. We’re gonna lift the curtain." The series is produced by Eli Manning’s Omaha Productions, the WWE, NFL Films, and Skydance Sports.

Star Wars series in the works from Carlton and Nick Cuse

Carlton Cuse, the veteran writer-producer of shows including Lost and Jack Ryan, and his son Nick Cuse are reportedly teaming...

Ready or Not: Here I come! That's not just a fun thing kids say while playing hide-and-seek. It's also now the official title for Ready or Not 2. The sequel to the hit 2019 horror comedy from directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Radio Silence) was announced with much anticipation late last year with star Samara Weaving (The Babysitter) returning alongside genre vet Kathryn Newton (Freaky). Now it's been revealed that cameras have started rolling on Ready or Not: Here I Come in Toronto with a slew of casting announcements. The latter of which is headlined by slasher icon Sarah Michelle Gellar (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Elijah Woods (The Monkey).

Reported by Deadline, Gellar and Woods will join the new cast with Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, Kevin Durand and David Cronenberg. The last name on this list is another standout as Cronenberg has directed such genre classics as The Fly (1986), Scanners and Videodrome.

David Cronenberg has given us classics such as Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, and more, but could The Shrouds be his final feature film? The 82-year-old director doesn’t seem willing to call it quits just yet, but he told the Los Angeles Times that he isn’t counting on getting behind the camera again.

“We all have some kind of arrogance,” Cronenberg said. “But I don’t have that much. The world does not need my next movie.” When asked if he would feel any grief if The Shrouds ends up being his last movie, Cronenberg said, “Well, yes and no. Even when I thought I might never make another movie, I never thought I’d stop being creative. I thought maybe I’d write another novel. There are many ways you can be creative.“

The director said he doesn’t lack ideas; he just questions whether he has the...

David Cronenberg is back with his latest Cannes Film Festival premiere The Shrouds, a blend of body horror, grief, comedy, sex, high-tech graveyards and international intrigue starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger (in three roles), Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt. Sideshow/Janus Films is opening the film – the first English-language foray by the distributor of Drive My Car and Flow — at three theaters: NYC’s Angelika Film Center and Film at Lincoln Center, and Los Angeles’ AMC Grove.

Cronenberg will be in-person with screenings hosted by Brady Corbet and Richard Kelly, with the iconic director traveling to San Francisco and Chicago later in the week ahead of a move to 250-plus screens, Sideshow’s widest expansion this early in a film’s run.

The director of The Fly, Dead Ringers and Videodrome has “long been one of my favorite filmmakers. It’s his most personal film. I loved it when I...

Audiences hungry for David Cronenberg’s infamous brand of body horror may have hoped that 2022’s Crimes of the Future marked his return to the genre. That film, which formed an unofficial trilogy that began with 1983’s Videodrome and continued in 1999’s eXistenZ, featured several callbacks to the Canadian director’s recurring visual and thematic interests.

The Shrouds, Cronenberg’s latest, is even less of a genre film than Crimes of the Future, though it does share its predecessor’s same dark sense of humour, as well as the director’s tendency to revisit or reconsider his previous work.

The film is ostensibly set in 2023, four years after the death of Karsh (Vincent Cassel)’s wife, Becca (Diane Kruger). Becca died of bone cancer and Karsh has yet to recover, as the opening scene of him crying during a visit to the dentist proves.

The introductory scenes also establish the...

The first volume of fairy tales that the Brothers Grimm penned together was completely ill-suited for children. Apart from containing overt sexual elements (along with themes of abuse and incest), some stories, like “Hans Dumm,” framed an act of sexual assault as a ghastly wish-fulfillment trope. Thankfully, “Hans Dumm” was removed in its entirety in later editions, which were also heavily sanitized until they morphed into the child-friendly versions we’re currently familiar with. However, these stories still carry vestiges of these age-inappropriate themes, embedded into the heart of characters who turn to some form of violence to express human folly.

“Cinderella” is no different, as it essentially equates beauty with goodness of heart, while contextualizing the absence of (traditional) beauty in the stepsisters by casting them in a morally reprehensible mold. The original Grimm folio of “Cinderella” takes this sentiment further by making the evil stepsisters cut off their...

David Cronenberg would like to have a few words with you about death.

There have, of course, been an abundance of folks who’ve shuffled off this mortal coil within the Canadian filmmaker’s nearly six decades’ worth of movies, often in the most baroque, grotesque manner possible. (Who could ever forget this? Or this? Or even this?) No one dies in a Grand Guignol-style manner in The Shrouds, Cronenberg’s chilly, chic mix of conspiracy thriller, corporate-espionage drama, and cryptic-in-more-ways-than-one meditation on mourning routines; apologies if that constitutes a spoiler.

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Metrograph Pictures releases “Gazer” in theaters Friday, April 4, 2025.

Imagine if “Baby Driver” was a tragic, music-free exploration of mental decay, and you might be able to start picturing the tensest robbery sequence in “Gazer.” Just like Ansel Elgort’s tinnitus-inflicted getaway driver, Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) needs to put her headphones in before she tackles a dangerous job. But she’s not blasting Queen or The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

The struggling single mother suffers from dyschronometria, a deteriorating mental condition that leaves her unable to accurately perceive the passage of time. Seconds and minutes seamlessly turn into hours and days in a way that leaves her constantly questioning when she is. It’s a workable, if inconvenient, situation when your biggest fear is missing a doctor’s appointment or zoning out at work. But when you have...

Nothing is certain except Death and Taxes and that David Cronenberg is the undisputed Master of Body Horror! Join your horror hosts Kimmi & Jon as they revist Videodrome (1983), a gory and outlandish movie that with each passing decade, and with each technological advancement somehow manages to stay fresh, relevant, and utterly terrifying. Videodrome tickles a spot on the inside of your brain that makes you squirm in your own skin, and despite being about smutty cable tv, is an evangelical warning about what social media has done to all our brains. Oh yeah, and it’s also loaded with grotesque nightmare imagery, a sadomasochist love plot, and practical effects that just might be the height of Horror Cinema! Join usss…..

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This season of the Nightmare on Film Street has a secret theme. Can you guess what it is? Every movie we discuss on the show this season has classified connective tissue,...

One of the very first narrative films, Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon," is about aliens. Sure, everyone remembers that shot of a rocket ship crashing into the eye of the man in the moon, but as the narrative unfurls, the astronauts meet a group of people who live up there. It's not scary, exactly, but there are chase scenes, and in the end, the astronauts bring one of the Selenites back down to Earth with them. Cinema has been obsessed with aliens ever since.

Of course, aliens aren't just the stuff of science fiction. They can also be found throughout the horror genre. After all, there are a lot of ways to make aliens scary. What does an otherworldly visitor look like? Is it scarier if it's something unfamiliar and hideous, or if it looks uncannily like we do? If and when the aliens visit, will they be desperate for our resources?...

It’s common for stars of blockbuster franchises to turn to independent cinema as their career progresses, trying on new avant-garde roles for size in a complete change of pace. It‘s a seemingly natural trajectory, tread by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, The Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood, and, of course, Twilight star Robert Pattinson. A24 anti-heroes and thick-accented Southerners were the roles Pattinson picked following his fame as the diamond-skinned vampire Edward Cullen. The British actor has proved that he’s more than a pretty face and a romantic love interest, donning our screens as space-bound or on-the-run criminals, abusive period officers, and historical figures such as Salvador Dal, Dennis Stock (James Dean’s photographer) and Louis of Guyenne (son of King Charles VI of France).

Unafraid of difficult accents and niche artistic tastes, Pattinson likes a challenge—not to mention range. But the Team Edward-icon...

David Cronenberg, the Canadian body-horror master behind works like Crimes of the Future, Videodrome and Scanners, has shared his opinion about something he doesn't usually address: The Oscars. The director talked about the controversy that Brady Corbet's historical drama The Brutalistfaced before the Academy Awards this year when the film's editor admitted to using AI to make Adrien Brody's Hungarian accent more authentic. Cronenberg attributes the backlash to other Oscar nominees who campaigned against the film: "It's very much a Harvey Weinstein kind of thing."

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Cronenberg was at the London Soundtrack Festival, where he participated in a talk with his frequent collaborator Howard Shore. The composer has worked with Cronenberg on films like Crash, Naked Lunch and Eastern Promises, and he also composed the music for The Shrouds, the director's latest film, which is set to be released in 2025. Shore has also composed the scores for major Hollywood films,...

Legendary horror director David Cronenberg has his own thoughts as to why the backlash against the use of AI in “The Brutalist” was so strong.

Back in January, “The Brutalist” editor Dávid Jancsó said AI tools were used to improve the Hungarian dialogue of stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. The use of the controversial tech soon caused an online outcry against the Oscar front-runner, but Cronenberg believes the backlash was more than just a social media spat.

“I must confess, there was a scandal [with] ‘The Brutalist’,” Cronenberg said at London’s Royal Festival Hall (via The Hollywood Reporter). “There was a discussion about Adrien Brody… but apparently they used artificial intelligence to improve his accent. I think it was a campaign against ‘The Brutalist’ by some other Oscar nominees. It’s very much a Harvey Weinstein kind of thing, though he wasn’t around.”

He continued, “We mess with actors’ voices all the time.

FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper of Twin Peaks is one of the most iconic TV protagonists of all time. His distinctive appearance, mannerisms, and eccentric approach to investigating the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the eponymous Washington town are all part of why "Coop" is arguably the most famous role of actor Kyle MacLachlan's career. But, even before the show premiered on ABC in 1990, traces of the character of Dale Cooper could be seen in some of MacLachlan's film roles. For instance, both MacLachlan (New York Times) and Twin Peaks co-creator David Lynch (LA Times) have described Cooper as an older version of Jeffrey Beaumont, the protagonist played by MacLachlan in the 1986 film Blue Velvet, which Lynch directed.

But, one year after Blue Velvet, MacLachlan played another character who arguably bears an even greater resemblance to Cooper — one whom Lynch had nothing to do with. That would be Lloyd Gallagher,...

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release next month. The Shrouds will be reaching theatres in New York and Los Angeles on April 18th, then will expand nationwide on April 25th. With those dates right around the corner, a trailer has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above.

In The Shrouds, Vincent Cassel, who previously worked with Cronenberg on Eastern Promises and A Dangerous Method, takes on the role of Karsh,...

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release sometime in 2025. We don’t know a specific release date for this one yet, but the Motion Picture Association ratings board has revealed that The Shrouds has secured an R rating – primarily for sexual content and nudity! Here’s the reason given: Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Pyramide Distribution will be giving the film a theatrical release in France on April 30th.

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David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release sometime in the spring of 2025. We don’t know a specific release date for this one yet, but a new teaser trailer has arrived online and you can check it out in the embed above. We saw the previous teaser trailer eight months ago.

Pyramide Distribution will be giving the film a theatrical release in France on April 30th.

In The Shrouds, Vincent Cassel, who previously...

One of the least-expected, most welcome, and coolest surprises on Star Trek: Discovery was the ongoing, recurring presence of David Cronenberg as the mysterious character, Dr. Kovich, who first popped up in season three of the show. Cronenberg has acted on occasion over the years but is far, far better known as the director of such features as The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Crash, Eastern Promises, Cosmopolis, and Crimes of the Future. And now he’s back in the director’s chair for The Shrouds, which, nearly a year after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, will open in the United States on April 25.

Sideshow and Janus Films, which will release the film, just dropped a brief synopsis and a short teaser trailer. The synopsis reads, “Karsh (Vincent Cassel) is a prominent businessman. Inconsolable since the death of his wife, he invents GraveTech, a...

How dark is David Cronenberg willing to go? The survey says: pretty freaking dark. Janus Films just dropped the release date and new teaser trailer for Cronenberg's latest descent into darkness, The Shrouds. Written and directed by the legendary creator of The Fly, the long-awaited film was first released in competition at Cannes in 2024, then played at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival, and has been sitting on its mystery release date for months. Now, American audiences nationwide will be able to witness the next installment of Cronenberg's sci-fi, horror legacy.

According to Deadline, Sideshow and Janus Films will be releasing The Shrouds, on Friday, Apr. 18 in New York and Los Angeles, and nationwide on Friday, Apr. 25, nearly a year after its premiere.The film, starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt, has been summarized as: "Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower,...

Body horror fans, get ready to be thrilled by this exciting news! David Cronenberg's latest body horror flick The Shrouds finally has a U.S. release date. When Sideshow and Janus Films picked up the U.S. rights to the film back in September 2024, the companies revealed that it would be hitting theaters in the U.S. in spring 2025. That meant anywhere between March and June. Now, we have an official release date for its U.S. theatrical debut!

Before hitting theaters nationwide, The Shrouds will be released on Friday, April 18, 2025, in New York and Los Angeles. Then, on Friday, April 25, the body horror will be available in theaters across the country. Don't forget to mark your calendar because you won't want to miss this latest chilling creation from David Cronenberg.

If you're familiar with Cronenberg's previous work, you'd know that he's in no way new to the body horror subgenre.

The acclaimed filmmaker behind The Fly, Crash, and A History of Violence recently gave fans a tantalizing glimpse of his upcoming project, The Shrouds, and hinted at his filmmaking future.

Presented during an exclusive screening at La Cinémathèque française in Paris, Cronenberg’s latest film stars Black Swan's Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and The Brutalist's Guy Pearce. The director himself introduced The Shrouds and shared heartfelt reflections on his career, as well as a cryptic promise about what may lie ahead.

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The Shrouds has already sparked intrigue among film enthusiasts, thanks to Cronenberg’s reputation for merging the grotesque with the cerebral. While details about the plot remain scarce, the film promises to explore the dark, existential themes that have defined his work. Speaking to the audience before the screening,...

While the likes of David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and Steven Lisberger’s Tron have examined the thrills and fears of humanity’s relationship with screens since the early ‘80s, there’s been a recent, renewed interest as the number of screens in one’s life has ever-expanded. At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Jane Schoebruen explored identity-forming bonds with media and the eventual curdling nostalgia with I Saw the TV Glow. This year, Obex finds Albert Birney following Strawberry Mansion with another inventive and lo-fi adventure, but one that finds the director honing in with a more satisfying focus. Even though our main character spends every waking moment in front of a screen, this is no damning screed but an earnest, even poignant look at how entertainment can provide a sense of comfort for the most lonely souls.

It’s 1987 in Baltimore, an unlucky year in which 17-year cicadas...

Scanners is the cornerstone of 1980s horror/sci-fi and a breakthrough for the now legendary director David Cronenberg, now the seminal shocker is set a mind-blowing Limited Edition makeover from experts in the field, Second Sight Films, this March. Second Sight Films announce the brand-new Scanners Limited Edition 4K/Uhd …

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Once upon a time, saying the name Cronenberg meant you were definitely talking about the director of The Fly, Dead Ringers, Videodrome, and Eastern Promises: David Cronenberg. Admittedly, to this day, he is still the best-known Cronenberg, and “Cronenbergian” can be used in a similar way to the term “Lynchian” (for David Lynch), with both terms describing a certain kind of style of filmmaking sometimes imitated, but rarely equaled. David Cronenberg has been directing for much longer than his son, Brandon Cronenberg, with the 40-year-headstart helping there for hopefully obvious reasons, but the last decade or so has seen the latter Cronenberg releasing several movies that live up to the legendary cinematic surname he has. There are things found within the filmographies of both men worth comparing, but also plenty of differences, helping Brandon Cronenberg combat any nepotism allegations that might be thrown his way.

"I told you, you gotta put those videos behind you..." Gravitas has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film called Freelance, about a freelance video editor who starts to work on snuff films. This indie film will debut on VOD at the end of this month. This is one of those scary concepts that is so obviously based on generic fears from filmmakers and gets turned into a very generic horror film. Just go watch Cronenberg's Videodrome instead - it's still damn good. When a down-on-her luck video editor takes a mysterious, well-paying job cutting snuff films, she finds herself seemingly haunted by the people in her videos... Starring Nicole Pastor, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Stephen Degenaro, Jasper Bagg, and Hannah Brook. At least this looks good and looks unsettling - all the close-up shots of the computer & harddrive are quite cool. // Continue Reading ›...

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