Death is an old and familiar concept in the films of David Cronenberg. There have been many casualties from murder, disease, and misadventure in his 50 years as a director, exploring grim corners of ...

David Cronenberg laughed through tears as he wrote The Shrouds, his 23rd feature. Following his lifelong exploration of life and death — and how technology blurs the boundary — the film was influenced ...

The loss of a loved one can shroud one's life in darkness that seemingly consumes everything around them. Some may drown in their grief, and yet others may ask "how dark do I want to go?" In The ...

Two works—a new film, The Shrouds, and a career-spanning monograph by the film critic Violet Lucca—present a more sanguine image of the master of body horror. In 1975, David Cronenberg’s debut feature ...

“Grief and loss” are common thematic fodder in modern movies, but David Cronenberg puts his distinctive stamp on it in The Shrouds (now streaming on The Criterion Channel and VOD platforms like Amazon ...

Every year, Hyperallergic pays tribute to David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983), the classic sci-fi thriller, with a 12-hour journey through videos we discover littering the internet. Every year, ...