The seaside simulacra of Cronenberg’s FOUR UNLOVED WOMEN
by Sasha Ravitch, Staff Writer
A stirring and memorable short film full of euphoria and despair.
Grotesqueries Week: Changing Bodies, Changing Climates
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Movies like Crimes of the Future (2022), Annihilation (2018), The Thing (1982), and Akira (1988) don’t rely on monsters or slashers to provoke fear. Instead, they show us the horror of losing control over our own physical selves.
THE SHROUDS & THE LIFE OF CHUCK: on living, grieving, and dying
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Two of my favorite films from TIFF this year from two of my favorite directors had very different approaches to representing life, death, and grief on screen.
TIFF 2024 offers a stellar lineup of highly anticipated films
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Another September, another Toronto International Film Festival. This year feels particularly special, like there’s something in the pre-festival air.
Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: M. BUTTERFLY (1993)
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
It is a story that cannot be seen just as a movie about repressed sexuality: it is ultimately about how holding on to our outdated societal views of the gender binary causes harm.
Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Crimes of the Future is a meditation on many of the concepts that Cronenberg focused on in his earlier horror films, but now with new ideas about sex, humanity’s future, and a more personal lens of what it means to be an artist.
MovieJawn Sound and Vision Poll: Victoria Potenza’s Ballot
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Welcome to MovieJawn’s first ever Sound & Vision Poll, where our writers share why they love their 10 favorite movies of all time!
How to Start Watching: Body Horror
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
I should state that there is not necessarily a great way to wade into the waters of body horror, you really do need to just cannonball in and sink or swim.
How to Start Watching: Medical Horror
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
With the upcoming release of Smile, we will get another entry into one of my favorite horror subgenres, medical horror.
Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: A DANGEROUS METHOD
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
Stripped of the blood and guts of his early films, A Dangerous Method is still steeped in the ideas and themes that Cronenberg has worked through.
Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: NAKED LUNCH
by Victoria Potenza
Although Naked Lunch feels far apart from his other films in many ways, Cronenberg finds interesting avenues to explore especially with sexuality and what it means to be a writer.
Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: eXistenZ
by Victoria Potenza, Staff Writer
There are plenty of Cronenberg’s anxieties, themes, and philosophies throughout the film, but overall it feels like he has done a better job working through it in other films.