THIS week The New York Times's chief film critics, Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, discuss two new movies that explore the hidden lives of well-known historical figures. A. O. SCOTT Autumn is biopic season. This usually means a parade of costumed tributes to important dead people, whose lives are presented with respectable, stuffy sameness. Even...
''A Dangerous Method,'' David Cronenberg's new film, starts out with a case of hysteria. A woman, clumsily restrained by nondescript handlers, writhes and howls inside a horse-drawn carriage, her mania at once drowned out and underscored by the thunder of hooves and the shrieking of strings on the soundtrack. We learn soon enough that she is Sabina...
VENICE -- With 10 English-language films in competition out of a total of 22 (with one ''surprise film'' that had still not been announced), many of them with star-studded casts, this year's Venice film festival began to look like not just a competition for the Venice awards but an early airing of several productions and performances with...
David Cronenberg (født 15. marts 1943, Toronto, Canada) er en canadisk filminstruktør, der debuterede med kortfilmen Transfer i 1966 og siden da har instrueret over tredive film.
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