David Cronenberg Siren

David Cronenberg turns 70 on March 15th but he seems quite ready to be the first human siren!

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The Author Vassilis Economou

Freelance film critic and hardcore cinephile.

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REVIEWS

Antiviral (2012)

Brandon Cronenberg enjoys the affection of current pop culture towards vampirism and builds a medical horror that could easily pass by as his father's work.

Interruption – Venice 72 Orizzonti

With his directorial debut, Yorgos Zois breaks the fourth wall as he is experimenting on how myth and art interrupt actual life. Or is it the other way around?

Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

A visually impressive and highly emotional coming-of-age film by Naji Abu Nowar, set in the Jordanian desert just before the Arab Revolt. Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)

Kafkaesque absurdity meets Soviet reality during the years of the extremely bureaucratic Perestroika in this deadpan comedy by Karen Shakhnazarov.

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)

A folk romantic crime saga by the emerging indie Texan filmmaker, David Lowery on the footsteps of Terence Mallick tradition.

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Antiviral (2012)

Interruption – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Gorod Zero (Zero City, 1988)

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)

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The ideas of David Lynch

Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

La Haine vs. Scarface

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David Cronenberg Siren

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