Tag: Crimes of the Future
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Crimes Of The Future Review: David Cronenberg Returns To His Body Horror Roots With A Gruesome, Darkly Funny Freak Show
David Cronenberg is back, and he’s ready to make you squirm. “Crimes of the Future,” the Toronto auteur’s first feature film in eight years, has Cronenberg returning to his body horror roots. Indeed, there are times when “Crimes” feels like Cronenberg is playing the hits. The title itself is recycled from a film he directed in…
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How to Watch the 2022 Cannes Award Ceremony Live Stream
The last day of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival is finally here, but while all of the festival’s top films have already screened, the action is just getting started.The festival has been buzzing with awards rumors since the lineup was announced, with attendees and armchair cinephiles trying to guess this year’s Palme d’Or winner. While…
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Léa Seydoux Wanted to Work with Channing Tatum, but She’ll Take Cronenberg and Hansen-Løve Any Day
It was hard to be at the Cannes Film Festival this year and not run into Léa Seydoux. The French actress starred in two well-received movies at this year’s festival, David Cronenberg’s dystopian “Crimes of the Future” and Mia Hansen-Løve’s romantic drama “One Fine Morning,” and also attended a lively 75th-anniversary event for the festival.…
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Pedro Almodóvar Responds to Viggo Mortensen on Cronenberg Cannes Jury Snub: ‘I Am Not to Blame’ for Rumors
While David Cronenberg is at Cannes this year with “Crimes of the Future” in competition, another story about the director’s history at the festival has resurfaced: In 1999, Cronenberg served as president of the jury that picked Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s “Rosetta” over Pedro Almodóvar’s “All About My Mother,” the presumed frontrunner at the time.…
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From ‘Elvis’ to ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ Relive the Longest Cannes Standing Ovation Applause of All Time
Our favorite Cannes pastime? Applauding. And we’re not just talking about a polite applause, but a roaring, whole short film’s worth of standing up and cheering at world premieres.Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” recently made headlines at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for a 12-minute standing ovation — despite initial reports that it was only 10 minutes…
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At Cannes, the Most Important Movies Are the Hardest Ones to Watch — Analysis
The mass-market movie industry must continually justify its existence by finding new ways to entertain. The Cannes Film Festival also makes a case for the medium, however contrarian: The most important movies are the hardest ones to watch.This year, body horror landed as a double bill in the festival’s second week. In competition was David…
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Viggo Mortensen Dispels “Bullsh*t” Myth That Cronenberg’s Cannes Jury “Deprived” Pedro Almodóvar Of 1999 Palme d’Or Win
It’s a Cannes Film Festival legend. Supposedly, at the 1999 festival, when David Cronenberg headed the competition jury, he swayed his jury cohorts to award the Palme d’Or to the Dardennes’ “Rosetta” over Pedro Almodóvar‘s festival favorite, “All About My Mother.” Now, at this year’s festival, “Crimes Of The Future” star Viggo Mortensen put the…
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Kristen Stewart Thinks a ‘Future That’s in Ruins’ Is ‘Not Far Off’
Kristen Stewart thinks David Cronenberg can see the future, or at least the inevitable ruin leading to it on a global scale.The “Crimes of the Future” star recalled her surprise at learning the script for Cronenberg’s new dystopian body horror drama was over two decades in the making. The film premieres June 3 in theaters.“I…
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‘Decision To Leave’ lands top of Screen Cannes jury grid; ‘Crimes Of The Future’ in fourth
Park Chan-wook takes a 3.2 and David Cronenberg a 2.5 on the jury grid.Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave takes the top spot on Screen’s Cannes jury grid whilst David Cronenberg’s Crimes Of The Future lands in the middle of the pack.The Korean and Chinese language drama , took an average score of 3.2 (with one…
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David Cronenberg Forced ‘Jason X’ Producers to Cast Him, Rewrote All of His Scenes
As the world prepares for David Cronenberg’s return to horror with the upcoming Cannes premiere of “Crimes of the Future,” certain fans are taking the opportunity to look back at the filmmaker’s most iconic horror projects. While films like “The Fly” and “The Dead Zone” remain beloved, it’s easy to forget that Cronenberg also starred…