A grave use of technology in The Shrouds Chris Forrester digs into David Cronenberg’s latest work, a fascinating and rich meditation on loss, the digital age, and more. Where on release, David Cronenberg’s superlative Crimes of the Future (2022), about a network of scientist-performance artists facing a need to reckon with man’s legacy of plastic… Read more »
G7 leaders at the beginning of Rumours Noni Ford digs into Guy Maddin’s latest film, which satirizes the impotence of those with political power. As the G7 summit world leaders come together to write a joint statement informing the world of their stance on an “important” political issue, it seems like they have their work… Read more »
Shortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures. Part Lovecraft, part Carpenter, part Fulci, part Romero, The Void wears its influences on its sleeve while simultaneously moving past homage into a nightmare construction of the unknowability —… Read more »
Still from Brother Noni Ford discusses the role of grief in the Canadian drama Brother and the brutality found in the characters’ everyday lives. How do we remember those we love? How does a family move on after the loss of a member? And how do we address the trauma of our past when it’s… Read more »
Two children awaken in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all of the windows and doors in their home have vanished. Kyle Edward Ball’s debut feature has the internet buzzing, being hailed as a generation-defining horror film and resulting in sold-out shows and passionately polarizing reviews from critics and… Read more »
From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg (yes, son of David and, as Film School Rejects quipped, “a bloodied and bruised chip of flesh off the ol’ body horror block”), Possessor is about an elite corporate assassin (Andrea Riseborough) who uses brain-implant technology to take over other people’s bodies in order to execute high-profile… Read more »