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David Cronenberg Hints at Retirement: “The World Does Not Need My Next Movie”
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Few recent films, and even fewer by major directors, are so death-haunted as David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds. Since well before its premiere has there been much acknowledgment of personal parallels for the director, though an even larger sense of loss,...
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The Dream Within the Fairy Tale: Emilie Blichfeldt on “The Ugly Stepsister”
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
An interview with the director of Shudder's latest fractured fairy tale.
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Chicago Latino Film Festival 2025: Highlights of a Creative Force
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
A report from the Chicago Latino Film Festival.
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TRIBECA 2025 LINEUP: New Films From Alex Ross Perry, RZA, Takashi Miike, and More Headed to NYC
by admin|2 years ago|Hammer to Nail
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition, which will take place June 4-15. As previously announced, Emmy winners Susan Lacy & Jessica Levin’s documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes will open the festival, while...
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SHARP CORNER Trailer: Ben Foster Loses His Mind and His Family
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Happy National Canadian Film Day! Evolution Pictures dropped the trailer for Sharp Corner, a film that takes a deeply psychological page out of the early 1990s kind of Canadian filmmaking.   Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders buy their dream home, only...
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LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN Review: How Trauma Shapes Identity, Inspires Poetry
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Director Vicky Du peers into the past through the prism of her own family's history. Why did they leave China? Why did they leave Taiwan? [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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THE SHROUDS Review: Intensely Personal Body Horror
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
David Cronenberg's new film stars Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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INVENTION Interview: Filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on Their Multifaceted New Film
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
In his review of Invention, the new film from writer/director Courtney Stephens and actor/writer Callie Hernandez, Martin Kudlac discusses the many ways it explores the lines between reality and fantasy, and how those lines are oddly similar in grief and...
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INVENTION Review: Grief, Legacy, and Myth Collide in Hybrid Dramedy
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez created a film that intricately blends personal history, archival footage, and fictional narrative to explore themes of grief, memory, and the fine line between reality and fantasy. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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“All Grief is Unique”: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds, Life Beyond Story, and Making iPhones Cinematic
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
If any single thing distinguishes directors from auteurs, the capacity to put oneself into the film might be a strong dividing line. Few living directors have defined themselves so strongly as David Cronenberg, and while this sets expectations that can...
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