He emerged from Hungary and Toronto to guide such other films as ‘Sunshine,’ ‘The Gate,’ ‘Chéri’ and ‘Owning Mahowny.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Hamori died Sept. 2 in Budapest after a long illness ...
Body horror luminary David Cronenberg's films are all thematically related, but 1983's Videodrome and 1999's eXistenZ feel especially like a diptych. Videodrome is about the virtual reality created by ...
The Matrix (1999) blew away audiences and critics alike, taking the world by storm. It was evident that the Wachowskis’ daring new vision was here to stay. Sadly, the film’s success led audiences to ...
Every few months, RollingStone.com shines a spotlight on a forgotten, neglected, overshadowed, underappreciated and/or critically maligned film that we love in a series we call “Be Kind, Rewind.” Our ...
Game systems made out of mutated frogs. Guns crafted from bone and flesh. Now more than ever, I can't forget Cronenberg's immersive vision. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore ...
Released fresh after The Matrix, Existenz sees Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh pursued by assassins in a virtual reality game that toys with the subconscious “I’m very worried about my body,” says ...
I’ve started and stopped this essay about the 20th anniversary of David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ more times than is polite to admit. Cronenberg’s film, which employs his first screenplay since 1983′s ...
A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...