Podcasts about Cronenberg

Hhhoooooo boy. Back at ya again...this time Max & Steve are ranting about cats and dogs, and why cats are the secret illuminati ruling the world. Steve's a cat person. Max isn't. Tom Savini gets a mention. And Max is still trying to talk Steve into starting an OnlyFans. We dive into the Incredible Hulk storylines recently, and how they've influenced this body horror popularity surge in comics and pop culture in general. Gross. Cronenberg would be proud. We get to chatting about iconic Marvel character's and their iconic runs as well...some great storylines out there gang. The Ultimate universe may or may not be wrapping up, we discuss...we also talk fallout of the DC event, KO. Which has been amazing. Also take a look at our preview of the Superman/Spiderman crossover coming to you soon, courtesy of Top 5 Comics right here in beautiful Grand Junction, CO! Like and sub...as always. Thanks so much.

Send a textLong live the new flesh! It's been a long time coming, but we're looking at Cronenberg's paranoid, futuristic, body horror... Realized I could be talking about at least 4 different movies here. We're talking about Videodrome. Careful, it bites.Look at us on InstagramFollow us on Twitter (or don't we're not really there - and you probably shouldn't be either. And yeah, we know, the dumb name changed)Hit us up with comments and suggestions at horrorcurious@gmail.comRate! Review! Recommend!

An all new Appreciation Month is upon us here at Cinema Degeneration and this time we are delving into the twisted works and mind of the one and only Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg whose career started in the late 1960's! It's a month long celebration of all things body horror, strange killers, telekinesis, rampant diseases, sexual perversions, more body horror, technological mutations, oh and did we mention body horror??? Our 2nd episode is based upon Cronenberg's only filmed remake to date with the 1986 body horror classic "THE FLY".  Starring Jeff Goldblum,  Geena Davis and John Getz.  A remake of the 1958 black & white classis starring Vincent Price. It's a twisted tale of a scientist gone mad that results in a botched experiment that transmutes the man into a monstrous insect. Not for the squeamish or faint of heart, we assure you. It begs the question of what happens when a man tries to play God and what the consequences can be.  If that doesn't sound intriguing to you, then you've got to check your pulse because you may already be dead. Our deep dive discussion and dissection on this film is headed off by Cameron Scott and Tom Komisar, the hosting duo of "Grindhouse Pizzeria". Buckle in because it's going to be a wild ride!   "The medicine cabinet is now the Brundle Museum of Natural History. You wanna see what else is in it?"

There is quite nothing else like this movie, a strange blend of comedy and horror that is equal parts funny, creepy, outright gross, and it deserves way more love than it currently gets. If we were to strip away the underlying soap opera tone, the hammy performances, and the slapstick comedy, this movie would be frightening. Devin with her amazing career that has spanned throughout the entertainment industry with various highlights: from being a former Playboy Playmate to having a relationship with Prince, plus much, much more.Let's take a trip back to the “Golden Era” of horror where special effects and makeup were top notch! No CGI, no AI, but straight up blood pumps and prosthetics as to where you would believe it's actually happening. Devin, who plays Clarissa – a central part of this cult classic cult horror movie, who delivered her role perfectly. She mentioned some of the physical (and psychological) challenges while filming and acting on set. My interpretation is that this movie has David Cronenberg written all over it, it's that good. However, this is not a Cronenberg film, just good ole' frightening horror with some bizarre twists. Make sure to catch this comedy horror on Fandango at Home and on Tubi. Also, stop by Devin's Instagram page and show her your appreciation for her legendary acting.

Puntata a cura di Untimoteo.Dieci anni. È un tempo infinito nel mondo del fumetto, ma è il tempo che Charles Burns ha preteso da se stesso per dare vita a Black Hole. Scritta e disegnata tra il 1995 e il 2005, quest'opera non è solo un libro: è un'autopsia condotta a cuore aperto sulle angosce dei teenager. E una delle pietre miliari degli indie comics mondiali.Un successo che potrebbe moltiplicarsi, se troverà conferma la notizia - datata fine 2025 -  che Netflix ne abbia acquisito i diritti per farne una serie TV.Black Hole ci porta in un territorio dove la nostalgia degli anni '70 si fonde con l'orrore biologico di Cronenberg e le derive oniriche di Lynch. Ricordandoci una verità brutale: crescere è, di per sé, la prima e più violenta delle mutazioni che l'essere umano sia costretto a subire…“Fumetto” è il formato del podcast di Mondoserie dedicato al mondo dei fumetti. Dai grandi classici alle opere più recenti. Italiani, orientali, occidentali.Parte del progetto: https://www.mondoserie.it/  Iscriviti al podcast sulla tua piattaforma preferita o su: https://www.spreaker.com/show/mondoserie-podcast  Collegati a MONDOSERIE sui social:https://www.facebook.com/mondoserie https://www.instagram.com/mondoserie.it/   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwXpMjWOcPbFwdit0QJNnXQ  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mondoserie/ 

David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch is not an adaptation: it's a psychological autopsy. In this episode of Four Play, we dive deep into one of the most challenging films ever released by a major director: Cronenberg's surreal, disturbing, and deeply personal interpretation of William S. Burroughs' life and work. Rather than translating Burroughs' famously “unfilmable” novel to the screen, Naked Lunch fuses biography, addiction, sexuality, guilt, and creativity into a dream-logic nightmare that feels closer to a hallucination than a movie. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code FOURPLAY at https://shopmando.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

#vzzzPodcast Seite: https://vonzeitzuzeit.gordianus.de/2026/01/30/vzk41-kindheit-auf-dem-land-und-in-der-stadt-zwischen-regeln-und-rebellion/ Die Geschichte an der Ausfallstraße: Gesellschaftliche Konventionen und Reflexion Eine Anekdote aus Gordians Kindergarten-Zeit macht nach der obligatorischen Bierverkostung den Auftakt: Die Kinder überquerten damals eigenständig die vierspurige B73 am Stadtrand mit ausgestreckter Hand – so wie sie es gerade im Verkehrsunterricht gelernt hatten. Die Ampel, hundert Meter weiter, wurde übersehen. Denn die Kinder hatten die Regel angewendet... Kinder lernen zuerst die gesellschaftlichen Konvention, versuchen sie anzuwenden, scheitern – und lernen dann, dass Konventionen vom Kontext abhängen. Dorf vs. Stadtrand: "It takes a village to raise a child" Gordian wuchs im Stadtrand auf, Jan in dörflicheren Verhältnissen. In Jans Dorf kannte jeder seinen Namen. Als er den Kindergarten verließ, musste er allein nach Hause – mit fünf Mark Taschengeld für den Imbis unterwegs. Nachbarn passten informell auf ihn auf. Das zitiert Hillary Clintons berühmten Satz: "It takes a village to raise a child" – eine ganz andere Erziehungsform als die heutige isolierte Kernfamilie oder die überbehütete Stadtkindheit. Schulwege, Sperrmüll und Raumschiffe Nach der Kindergarten-Zeit war eines der größten Abenteuer der Grundschulzeit der Sperrmüll. Aus Armaturen werden Raumschiffe und andere Kreationen. Diese Phase der unbeobachteten, selbstgesteuerten Kreativität war prägend – während heutige Kinder viel stärker behütet werden, weil der Verkehr so zugenommen hat. Obwohl: Laut einer Statistik verunglückten in den 1980ern zehn mal mehr Kinder im Straßenverkehr tödlich als heute. Das widerspricht einem weit verbreiteten Gefühl: dass Kinder früher freier und ungefährlicher lebten. Kulturgeschichte: Jugendmode, Cronenberg und die Beatles Weiter geht es in die Jugend. Die Jugenderinnerungen führt uns dann weiter zu Jugendmode, Existenzialismus, Beatnik, William S. Burroughs und den Beatles. Burroughs lässt uns einen Abstecher zu seinem Werk Naked Lunch und der Verfilmung David Cronenbergs machen – ein Film mit surrealistischen, schleimigen Bildwelten, Käfern, die Schreibmaschinen sind, und außerirdischen Wesen. Abschließend betrachten wir den Beatles-Song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" und dessen kulturelle Bedeutung, einschließlich des Zusammenhangs zu den Red Baron und Flying Circus. In dieser Episode erfährst du: - Die Verkehrsregel-Anekdote: Wie Kinder gesellschaftliche Regeln lernen, anwenden und am Kontext scheitern – und wachsen - Statistik trifft Gefühl: Die unbeobachtete, selbstgesteuerte Kreativität und Freiheit in den 1980ern? Warum es damals gefährlicher für Kinder war. - Village-Erziehung: Der Unterschied zwischen Dorf-Kindheit und Stadtkindheit - Cronenbergs Filmwelten: Was "Naked Lunch" und andere seiner Filme zu so besonderen Kino-Erlebnissen macht - Kulturgeschichte: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, der Flying Circus des 1. Weltkriegs und die psychologische Wirkung von Kulturprodukten auf die Kindheit Abonnier unseren Podcast hier oder auch auf Spotify, Apple oder in deiner Podcatcher-App, lass uns gerne einen Like da und teile diese Folge mit Freund:innen und erzähle uns in den Kommentaren von deinen eigenen Abenteuern aus der Kindheit. Denn gute Geschichten beginnen beim Zuhören. Folge auf Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kVdmMboEGhSOrZ5JeIRsj Folge auf Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/von-zeit-zu-zeit-vzzzpodcast/id1455281628 Folge auf YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GordianScheuermann/podcasts Diskutier mit uns auf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vzzzpodcast.bsky.social

In this episode of Mouths of Madness, we review The Fly (1986), David Cronenberg's tragic body horror classic starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. We break down the film's themes of transformation, love, decay, and identity, along with its Oscar-winning practical effects and why The Fly still hits harder with age.Welcome back to the Dungeon of Doom — where the walls are wired, the lab is suspicious, and the telepods look a little too… ergonomic.

This week we're joined by actor, drag queen, and Debbie Harry fanatic, Love Connie, for a look at David Cronenberg's sexy and sadistic meditation on horror, television, and society: Videodrome. The early 1980s saw a revolution in consumer video. Small UHF stations broadcast trashy movies at night to compete with the larger VHF networks. VCRs and cable introduced theatrical films to the home market uncut for broadcast. Canadian media theorist, Marshall McLuhan, had some real deep thoughts on what that would mean for our society and how it would change our consciousness. Cronenberg saw a movie in there and he cast James Woods and Debbie Harry as pawns in a game played by shadowy figures using television signals to physically transform the viewers. Max Renn is an executive for CIVIC-TV, a small UHF station in Toronto, a station that broadcast violent and pornographic content. He's on the lookout for the next sensation that'll broaden his audience and he stumbles on to what appears to be a snuff show called Videodrome. It's nothing but brutality, no plot, no characters, just violence. The deeper he looks into it, the worse his hallucinations become. What's real? What's fantasy? Does it even matter? What is Videodrome doing to him? Join the Bring Me The Axe Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/snkxuxzJ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Bring Me The Axe! on Patreon:⁠⁠https://patreon.com/bringmetheaxepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Bring Me The Axe merch here:⁠⁠⁠https://www.bonfire.com/store/bring-me-the-axe-podcast/⁠⁠

In this absolutely unglued episode, your favorite movie goblins spiral into a double feature of romantic body horror nightmares, breaking down Together, directed by Michael Shanks, and The Ugly Stepsister, directed by Emilie Blichfeldt — two films that boldly ask the question:“What if love… but also screaming?”First up, we tackle Together, where relationships, intimacy, and human bodies all politely agree to stop following the rules of God, science, and decency. We yell about uncomfortable closeness, emotional dependency taken to Cronenberg levels, and how this movie feels like couples therapy if your therapist was a cursed swamp witch. Every conversation somehow becomes:“Would you survive this situation?” (No)“Is this romantic or a biohazard?” (Yes)“Why is the human body like this?” (Rude of it, honestly)Shanks clearly woke up one day and said, “Let's emotionally terrorize everyone who's ever been in a relationship,” and we respect the commitment to violence.Then we skip gleefully into the bloody fairy tale hellscape of The Ugly Stepsister, directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, a gorgeous, grotesque body-horror remix of Cinderella that proves beauty standards have always been a full-contact sport. We lose our collective minds over:Medieval cosmetic surgery nightmaresVomit trauma (so much vomit trauma)Beauty rituals that feel like OSHA violationsThe sheer audacity of adding in THAT MANY you-know-whatWe praise Blichfeldt for crafting a film that feels like it crawled out of a cursed storybook soaked in blood, jealousy, and bad vibes.Somewhere along the way the episode derails into:Screaming about practical effects like proud raccoonsDebating which movie would emotionally destroy us fasterQuestioning every weight loss method ever Arguing whether fairy tales were always body horror and we were just naïve little foolsDeclaring that love is beautiful, disgusting, and possibly hauntedThis episode is basically three horror nerds laughing hysterically while being spiritually attacked by intimate trauma cinema and cursed fairytale energy.CREEP-O-RAMA is: Store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CREEP-O-RAMA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@creep-o-rama⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshblevesque⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Artwork: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@bargainbinblasphemy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@imfigure⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Audio: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@stranjlove

“Um bom actor tem de ser boa pessoa”, diz ”Welket Bungué, ator, realizador e produtor guineense radicado em Berlim, filmou com Cronenberg e Meirelles, e espera um convite de Denzel Washington See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, we take a look at David Cronenberg's 1979 film THE BROOD and his 2025 film THE SHROUDS! Both films are unique and personal to Cronenberg, and we have fun diving into why that makes them compelling. Panel: Kristin Battestella, Megan Kearns, Jaylan Salah Visit insessionfilm.com for merch and more! Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on your podcast app of choice! insessionfilm.com/subscribe

This week, we dive into David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, unpacking its brutal intensity, powerful performances, and lasting impact. We explore how the film blends crime drama with psychological tension, and why it remains one of Cronenberg's most compelling works.

The troupe is locked in combat with the Gargoyle King and five miniature gargoyles. New Rogue focused his powers entirely on keeping his goat safe, Shadow Nemesis tried to strike at the king, but hit Del instead, Tyler effectively conjured illusory clones of himself to draw the attention of the gargoyles, and Del psychically attacked with a Cronenberg-like jamboree band. The Doctor Deputy discovered that he couldn't attack the gargoyle king unless it first attacked every member of the troupe, and with the stone giant swiftly smashing through Tyler's illusions, will the troupe survive another blow?Featuring players Tyler Hewitt, Del Borovic, Guy Bradford, and Adam McNamara, and Dungeon Master Ryan LaPlante.Enjoying Jesters of Ravenloft?- Consider supporting the show for as little as $1 a month to get BTS fun, an ad-free feed, and even add your own character to the podcast! (https://dumbdumbdice.com/join)- Buy merch on our website (https://dumbdumbdice.com/)- Follow us on social media: @dumbdumbdice- Watch our video episodes on YouTube (https://youtube.com/@dumbdumbdice) Artwork by the brilliant Del Borovic- Website & Portfolio (https://delborovic.com/), @deltastic on socialsTheme song by Sound Gallery by Dmitry Taras- YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@soundgallerybydmitrytaras)- Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/music/fantasy-dreamy-childrens-dark-mysterious-halloween-night-scary-creepy-spooky-horror-music-116551/)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As we here at the Take-Up wish everyone a happy holiday, we bring the gift of Keith Watson's and Sarah Barabas' pick of the week and iconic “wallpaper cinema,” Suspiria! As the Arkadin Cinema owners alongside Josh and Andrew wander down the vast candy-lit halls of this witchy giallo, raving over the fairy tale aesthetics, camp quality, dream logic, and how it all makes for a great date movie. Completing this episode is a preview of the Arkadin's “Weird Canadian” theme for next month, featuring some Cronenberg, Kids in the Hall and upcoming animated documentary Endless Cookie. Plus Josh and Andrew having One More Thing with hit HBO queer hockey drama Heated Rivalry and point-and-click murder mystery game The Séance of Blake Manor. Next week, Josh and Andrew keep this macabre gift-giving, bringing in fellow Take-Up contributor/podcast editor Ethan Tarantella (you know, the guy who writes these episode synopses?) to discuss his own first kiss with cinema, which just so happens to be Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake of Suspiria. Witness your writer come out of the shadows to talk about a film that breaks the nose off of Argento's original and replaces it with an uglier attack of the senses.Until then, read on at thetake-up.com and follow us @thetakeupstl on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook. Special thanks to Social Media Manager Kayla McCulloch and Contributor Ethan Tarantella. Theme music by AMP.

Director Arthur Crabtree delves into the late 1950's world of atomic, Cold War, body-snatching paranoia except that he kind of… doesn't?  Honestly this Canada-set, B-movie, Sci-fi, creature flick feels more like a proto-Cronenberg film where it really counts. Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord server here! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store.  T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Jun Fukuda's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974). 

"I'm a magnet for madness. Other people's madness." It's Kristen-mastime on the podcast! Going into the holiday season, we are looking back at some of our favorite roles of Kristen Stewart on the podcast. We're starting our holiday season with one of Kristen's most acclaimed and watched  Spencer from 2021. The second in the trilogy of Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín's iconic women of history, Spencer is the ultimate swing for the fences, kooky, and non-traditional biopic its subject needed. It's a queer holiday classic that we never knew we needed in our lives, and got Kristen an Oscar nomination for best actress. Presented as "A fable from a true tragedy," we follow Diana Spencer visiting the in-law royals at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. A bizarre and oddly moving portrait of mental health and a marriage in crisis, this ain't your Queen Mum's biopic! Seriously, most of this movie plays as a straight-up horror movie complete with ghosts of Anne Boleyn, haunted houses, scarecrows, and body horror that would belong in a Cronenberg movie. We talk about how pitch-perfect Kristen is here and how much she nails Diana, Princess of Wales's mannerisms. Our fascination with everything about the Royals and their portrayal in pop culture.  Thank you for listening, and don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts! www.patreon.com/moviesthatmadeusgay Facebook/Instagram: @moviesthatmadeusgay Bluesky: @MTMUGPod.bsky.social Scott Youngbauer: Twitter @oscarscott / Instagram @scottyoungballer Peter Lozano: Twitter/Instagram @peterlasagna

It's Die Hard in a diner! This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK we're discussing David Cronenberg's masterful 2005 film A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, a story that begins (and ends) with a DIE HARD-type scenario…and goes deep and hard on the consequences of surviving such an event. Mild mannered family man Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) owns and runs a diner in the small, Norman Rockwellian town of Millbrook, Indiana, where he lives a quiet, happy life with his wife Edie (Maria Bello) and their two children, teenage son Jack (Ashton Holmes) and a young daughter Sarah (Heidi Hayes). However, Tom's seemingly idyllic existence is shattered when he thwarts an attempted robbery at the diner, killing two murderous criminals in the process. The local media laud Tom as a hero, and the subsequent press attention results in the appearance of sinister Philadelphia mobster Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris), who believes that “Tom Stall” is in fact “Joey Cusack” a fellow mobster from his past. As Fogerty and his henchmen begin threatening Tom and his family, much of the subsequent tension stems from the uncertainty as to who Tom really is…and what he intends to do about this escalating threat to those he loves. The guys discuss their favorite Cronenberg films and where this particular picture fits within the auteur's oeuvre. They talk about the myriad DIE HARD connections in the ‘DIE HARD DNA' section, discuss its various themes, its provocative presentation of violence and sex, and the remarkable performances. Awards are handed out in the ‘DIE HARD Oscars' and events culminate with the ‘Double Jeopardy' quiz! TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_GSE_ZsUNwAt the time of release, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV/iTunes, YouTube, Fandango and all the usual platforms! It is also available on physical media and is part of the Criterion Collection! Click here to subscribe to our Patreon feed 48 HOURS OF BUDDY MOVIES!www.patreon.com/48hoursofbuddymoviesPre-order NO ESCAPE on 4K (featuring our commentary track) here:https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/no-escape-1994-4k-blu-ray?srsltid=AfmBOoqnRCaCPMg02WCWvNPTkK_8_fwYeelYFr90HpRlEuQQZ0025adT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Video essayist Taylor Williams returns to the pod as we discuss David Cronenberg's psychological drama in A DANGEROUS METHOD! Together we discuss the careers of the three leads, interpretations of the ending, talk-y plays adapted into movies, Black Bag and our history with Cronenberg

The Spiders briefly discuss Clinical Trials, Violet Lucca's scholarly analysis of David Cronenberg's filmography, focusing primarily on the downsides of theory-oriented analysis, then go into more depth on the relationship between Cronenberg's new film The Shrouds and his earlier work Naked Lunch.

Hang onto your slipcases, because Blake Howard and critic and podcaster Drew Taylor discuss the provocation and conflict of David Cronenberg's A History of Violence. A History of ViolenceIn David Cronenberg's subtly provocative film, one of his most celebrated, all is not as it initially seems. In his first of many collaborations with the director, Viggo Mortensen delivers a highly nuanced performance as Tom Stall, a small-town husband and father who is hailed as a hero when he kills the would-be perpetrators of a violent robbery. But how did this ordinary family man dispatch them with such skill? Working with an exceptional cast that also includes Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and William Hurt, Cronenberg slyly deconstructs the mythos of the American action hero, posing elemental questions about identity, human nature, and the violence that we both abhor and can't look away from.DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration of the international cut, supervised by director of photography Peter Suschitzky and approved by director David Cronenberg, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackOne 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special featuresAudio commentary featuring CronenbergNew interview with screenwriter Josh Olson, conducted by writer-producer Tom BernardoExcerpts of Cronenberg and actor Viggo Mortensen in conversation at the 2014 Toronto International Film FestivalActs of Violence, a documentary on the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footageThree featurettesDeleted scene with commentary by CronenbergTrailerEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by critic Nathan LeeNew cover by Connor WillumsenDREW TAYLOR is a reporter for The Wrap. He has written for The New York Times, Vulture, Vanity Fair, The Playlist, and Collider. He also wrote The Art of Onward, which gives an inside look at the making of the 2020 Pixar film. The book is available to purchase here. He also co-hosts a weekly podcast about animation called Fine Tooning, which is available on all podcast platforms.Twitter: @drewtailoredInstagram: @drewtailoredPodcast: Light the FuseSupport:  JOIN THE ONE HEAT MINUTE PATREON FOR AS LITTLE AS $1 A MONTHFollow the hosts:Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & The Last Video StoreSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Certainly not everyone's cup of tea but, if you are a Cronenberg fan, this is one of his best in a while.  The Shrouds (2024) - Blu-Ray Review ROCKFILE Podcast 905 #theshrouds #moviereview #rockfile  ~ You can subscribe to my podcasts on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Amazon Music/Audible, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeart Radio, Pandora, TuneIn, Alexa, Player FM, Samsung, Podchaser, Stitcher, Boomplay, Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro, Castbox, Podfriend, Goodpods, Deezer and more. ~ -Social Media Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/rockfilesroom -Official Website:  https://therockfile.com/ -YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@rockfile -Interview Archive:  https://therockfile.com/Interviews/    ~ Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/enrique-molano/ants-carnival License code: IV5M5EGLBEBSNUDV  ~ Note: the static pictures in my movie reviews are NOT screen captures. I am not set up to do that yet but one day I hope to be.  

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of this podcast? What about a world where you can now watch this movie on HBO MAX? We did, so we injected our format with Cronenberg's The Fly, Street Trash, Re-animator, and… 2001: A Space Odyssey, and we're re-releasing this episode to celebrate!  That's right, we're ready to pump it up all over again for the body horror flick of 2024: Coralie Fargeat's audacious and bodacious film, THE SUBSTANCE!! Along the way, we start spoiler-free before giving birth to a conversation covering an avalanche of butts, Hollywood Walk of Fame orientation, severe trypanophobia, Sudden Oatmeal Syndrome, and rank the worst men in this movie from worst to F That Guy!! All this, plus we worship at the altar of Demi Moore, hate on cookbooks, pay for billboard views, finger shrimps, and show off an explosive edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Work it, people!!  Part of the BLEAV Network.Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon! Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today!Join the new Discord Server Comvo here! Our linker.ee Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch! Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group! Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!! Check out the films we've covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In a previous episode, illustrator and graphic designer Daisy Koenig talked about what makes David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) so appealing, and explained why the movie is always on a constant rotation in the back of her mind. In this bonus episode, she talks about other Cronenberg movies that have left a mark.-Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Charleston, SC. She just finished painting her first mural for the software engineering company Modus21 and continues to illustrate for a variety of clients.https://daisykoenig.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisykoe/https://www.instagram.com/daisykoenigart/-The Fly (1986) with Daisy Koenig [full episode]https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YBTXs0kpX7wGfIxQbHRnl?si=gxVVTLj7Qc-tRtXlLeeS4ghttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/designers-on-film/id1758203056?i=1000734355230https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/3fbee5b6-f988-436f-889e-0d740fd8969d/episodes/705466c1-ea73-425f-aabc-a2d4a75069b9/designers-on-film-the-fly-1986-with-daisy-koenig-The Fly (1986)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906901/awards/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Langelaanhttps://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8971-mutation-as-metaphor-body-horror-s-visceral-transformationshttps://collider.com/the-fly-david-cronenberg-production-history-explained/https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/23/the-fly-mel-brooks-david-cronenberg/https://www.slashfilm.com/887903/david-cronenberg-and-mel-brooks-had-very-different-visions-for-the-fly-2/-Other movies and shows discussed, alphabetical listChallengers (2024)Crash (1996)Crimes of the Future (2022)Dead Ringers (1988)The Fly II (1989)Multiplicity (1996)Saltburn (2023)Scanners (1981)Videodrome (1983)

David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a brilliant scientist who creates a teleportation process using telepods. Geena Davis, who was Goldblum's real-life partner during the filming, plays the ambitious journalist Veronica who falls in love with Brundle. Coming in at approximately an hour and 36 minutes, Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 movie (which was based on a 1957 short story) packs a lot in, getting right to the mad scientist's lab then plenty of body horror, experiments with flesh, and a bizarre transformation. Brundle, who teleports himself during a drunken pity party, did so with a fly on board. Since the computer doesn't know what to do with these two separate entities, it fuses them, resulting in Brundlefly, and utter tragedy. Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, talks about what makes Cronenberg's The Fly so memorable and why unhappy endings are the best kind.-Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Charleston, SC. She just finished painting her first mural for the software engineering company Modus21 and continues to illustrate for a variety of clients.https://daisykoenig.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisykoe/https://www.instagram.com/daisykoenigart/-The Fly (1986)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/https://people.com/movies/geena-davis-says-short-marriage-jeff-goldblum-was-magical-exclusive/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486228/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Langelaan-Other movies and shows discussed, alphabetical listAlien (1979)Beetlejuice (1988)The Brood (1979)Call Me by Your Name (2017)Cosmopolis (2012)Dead Ringers (1988)eXistenZ (1999)The Fly (1958)Frankenstein (2025)The Fury (1978)Hereditary (2018)Hostel (2005)The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)Saw (2004)Scanners (1981)Spider (2002)Videodrome (1983)Wicked (2024)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.  Today we discuss David Cronenberg, one of the truly great Canadian geniuses and the filmmaker credited with the advent of “body horror” (a distinction he bristles against, for what it's worth). Our B-Sides today include Fast Company, The Brood, M. Butterfly, and Spider. Our guest today is the incomparable Veronica Fitzpatrick, professor at Brown University and Editor-at-Large and Podcast Co-Host at Bright Wall/Dark Room.  We talk about how handsome Oliver Reed is in The Brood, how Cronenberg's films often start with a bang, how misguided M. Butterfly is, and how Fast Company was, in fact, a movie directed by David Cronenberg. There's talk of his novel Consumed, his multiple collaborations with certain great performers like Jeremy Irons, and his incredible, intellectual mind. This is a man who has adapted Stephen King, William Burroughs, Don DeLillo, J.G. Ballard, and Patrick McGrath. What range! There's the real-life French diplomat on which M. Butterfly is based, as well as the metatextual nature of both Cronenberg's adaptation of David Henry Hwang and his later picture A Dangerous Method. It's Cronenberg taking stock of the psychology of his own films! Fascinating. Veronica mentions B.D. Wong's Tony speech, we all marvel at the fact that Adrian Lyne remade Lolita (with Jeremy Irons!) in 1997 and it barely got a release! There's a lot in here! Happy Halloween!

This week Jordan is joined by returning champion Liz Layne! You'll remember Liz from our episode on Trick Or Treat or from her many other cool podcasts and projects. This time we're talking about The Dungeonmaster (1984), a horror anthology of sorts run by the notorious Charles Band of Puppetmaster, Evil Bong, The Gingerdead Man, etc. etc. infamy. This one HEAVILY features W.A.S.P. in their hard partying prime. It also heavily features Richard Moll from Night Court as an evil wizard. Listen in as Jordan and Liz talk about "little feller" horror, this film's connection with Drab Majesty, and forgotten dime store erotic slashers like Zipperface. Folks... it's a good one. There's only one episode of the October Spooktacular left. Sign up to the Patreon to hear the bonus episode in which me and Jordan cover Cronenberg's misunderstood masterpiece, eXistenZ. Join us next week as we get back to your regularly scheduled podcasts about heavy metal. Music featured on this episode: THORN – Häxan Womb This program is available on Spotify. It is also available on iTunes or whatever they call it now, where you can rate, review, and subscribe. Give us money on Patreon to get exclusive bonus episodes and other cool shit.

At the table: Dagne Forrest, Samantha Neugebauer, Jason Schneiderman, Kathleen Volk Miller, Lisa Zerkle   This recording had a rough start, Slushies. We're talking technical difficulties, disappearing dogs, and tomato-eating cats. But we rallied in time to discuss two poems from Eli Karren. Jason hails the Whitmanian, associative line found in these poems. We're taken with the specificity of detail, right down to botanical names and brands of beer. And speaking of Whitman, Kathy shares this scathing review of his then newly published Leaves of Grass. Lisa gives a shout out to Asheville as they welcome visitors one year after Hurricane Helene. Sam remembers that nearby North Carolina mountain towns stood in for the Catskills in the movie “Dirty Dancing.”  And we close with a poetry book recommendation, Gabrielle Calvocoressi's The New Economy, just named to the National Book Award's Short List. Stay tuned for our next episode, also featuring a poem from Eli Karren. As always, thanks for listening! Eli Karren is a poet and educator based in Austin, TX. His work can be found in the swamp pink, At Length, Palette Poetry, and the Harvard Review.    Mountain Laurel Last summer I drank until blackout, then chatted about Cronenberg with my neighbor. My head lolled over the fenceline. Even the ivy judged me. In the morning, I woke early to go to the pool, imagining a polar plunge as the ideal hangover cure. Really, it was a baptism. The purple light erupting first, over the city, mirrored back across the water, like a shattered jar of preserves, before the orange took hold, a tiny flame cupped between hands, being blown full to life. How Old Testament of me! To dip my head beneath the current, still in the blackness, and rise to the light. To watch the old men, naked and shriveled, towel off in the cold air, speaking of a tree that was to be sheared, their bodies backlit by roosting bats and mountain laurel. I don't remember the last night I didn't drink. For the longest time I said it was a response to the boredom. To the loneliness. I had kept myself distracted with NBA highlights and foreign films. With amateur pornography and snapchat filters. In a way, I felt as though I was already dead. A ghost wearing a human suit. That at any moment I could be cracked open. That inside, was the rising tide of a summer storm, turning the sky ominous and teenage. Maybe, feathers. Stuffing. Packing peanuts.   Elegy for the East Side Just tonight, walked from one end to the other, sequestered to the sidestreets, skipping over puddles and burned books Everything clumsy and beautiful and new Popped in for a drink at the garden supply store Noticed all the young couples sipping cocktails from flowerpots, kissing over pinwheels & lawn gnomes Could make out over the sound of small talk, the DJ spinning Plantasia The wisteria and wilted chard seeming nonplussed noncommittal This place isn't the same since you left it Outside Mama Dearest the Cryptobros try to film themselves jumping a Cybertruck on a Lime Scooter Their wives hold Hamms in a semi-circle and look slightly like a Midwestern coven So elegant in their clear disdain Inside the parlor, the shrill recreation of a hunting cabin Taxidermied deer heads pepper the space between pin up girls, creating a dichotomy of destructive desire Nothing a shot of Malort and some curly fries couldn't handle On the corner, telephone pole advertisements proffer mass ascension and a wet T-shirt contest A candlelit vigil at the American Sniper's grave A shotgun of Lonestars chased down with a shotgun of Modelo The Texas sky somehow wider than ever The frequencies of bluebonnet giving way to indigo and periwinkle The quiet streets to house shows and seances This, so unlike the night we met No stars No fireworks No strangers in the street holding sparklers as we find each other in the handsy cocoon of porchlight No, only the moon sitting on the treeline like the egg sac of a wolf spider But on the water a cross between a duck boat and a pedal pub tied together with purple fairy lights Someone new, pumping her legs beside me The first to stir more than leaf litter and carcinogenic pollen Licking the salt from the rim of my margarita and shrugging A shorthand to say she is taking me home

Spooky Month comes to a gruesome, emotional close with David Cronenberg's The Fly — a masterpiece of horror, heartbreak, and horrifying mutation.With Horror Expert Erik Sanchez guiding us through the goo and the grief, we talk about Jeff Goldblum's unforgettable transformation, Geena Davis' grounded heartbreak, and how Cronenberg turns a simple sci-fi premise into one of the most devastating love stories ever put to film.It's romance, it's rot, it's pure horror at its finest — the perfect way to end our month of terror.

Ahh, welcome back, you reactor ghouls — and Happy Spooky Season! The crew is warming up for this year's Halloween special by talking about childhood scary stuff. Next week they're diving into the dark, eerie, likely sticky world of the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie "Don't Look Under the Bed". It's a tale of boogeymen, teen angst, and the kind of practical effects that make you say, ‘Yes, this was pre-HD.' I, of course, appreciate it — mostly because it's one of the few times the mouse castle guys leaned into a Cronenberg vibe.  As usual, the blather comes stocked with spoilers — big ones, lurking just beneath your bed. And there will be profanity, because nothing says ‘Halloween spirit' like shouting imaginative swears at a children's movie. If you need to catch up on past episodes or summon more of our cinematic nonsense, creep over to BSReactor.com — our digital crypt of content. It's got episodes, links, and a contact page that occasionally screams in the night. We've been meaning to check on it. Maybe it's screams of fun; don't judge us. Now then — light your jack-o-lanterns, lock your doors, and check under your bed twice. It's time for ghoulish giggles, childhood trauma, and the haunting realization that the real monsters… might just be the friends you made along the way.

The October Spooktacular continues! This week we're joined by the Toilet's own Joaquin Stick to watch David Cronenberg's most divorced movie! We're watching The Brood (1979), a simple tale of twisted little homunculi burst from the external sac of a hateful women and hellbent on beating people to death with tiny hammers. We've got pseudoscientific cults, slammin' 70s style, hard-drinkin' grandmas, proto-men's rights activism, misogyny, and bloody fetus licking! Overall, Cronenberg was not in a great place when he made this movie! That sucks for him but we had a great time talking about it. Folks........ it's a good one. Join us next week for The Dungeonmaster (1984). Music featured on this episode: Crusty Old Toad – Bedroom Black Metal This program is available on Spotify. It is also available on iTunes or whatever they call it now, where you can rate, review, and subscribe. Give us money on Patreon to get exclusive bonus episodes and other cool shit.

This week we're talking about Cronenberg's VIDEODROME. Our Staff Picks segment is dedicated to the ultra-campy TERRORVISION.

This week in physical media with Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski there is a whole lot of murder. Viggo Mortensen kills a bunch, Mia Goth gets in on the action, Yancy Butler does some drownings, Klaus Kinski does some biting, Brian Benben tries to solve some and Michael Biehn attempts to defend them. It's also still the month of horror and even though a double bill of Cronenberg doesn't exactly fit entirely, there is still plenty to be found for your October fill.3:40 - Criterion (Altered States (4K), A History of Violence (4K), The Shrouds)32:17 - Shout (Nosferatu the Vampyre (4K), The Place Beyond the Pines (4K), Savages (4K))54:20 - Kino (Rampage (1987) (4K), Radioland Murders, The Ex)1:15:51 - A24 (The X Trilogy 4K)1:30:53 - Arrow (Three / Three...Extremes)1:41:24 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Eddington (4K), Relay, Souleymane's Story, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore)1:43:21 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCASTBe sure to check outErik's Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics' Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)Erik's Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

*Apologies for the audio: I tried recording in the car & tweaked the sound as best as possible.*POSSESSION is simply a feel-bad movie. Andrzej Zulawski's chaotic magnum opus of divorce, abuse and horny tentacled fucks has to be seen to be believed. For those who grew up with Sam Neill as the heroic Dr. Alan Grant in JURASSIC PARK, prepare to have your childhood chewed up, spit out and bombed. This is a movie I don't often understand but within its swirling camera movements, frenetic performances and sickening score I relish. It's a movie made to be discussed for hours after every viewing, a communal experience built out of our human need to try and explain what in the flying fuck we just witnessed was.If you're into the two mighty Davids, Cronenberg & Lynch, this movie's gonna be your new freak flag to fly. Let's talk about it.---Follow, rate and review THE MOVIES wherever you listen to podcasts!Follow THE MOVIES on Instagram, Bluesky & Letterboxd

The October Spooktacular continues as we check out BLOODY MUSCLE BODY BUILDER IN HELL (a.k.a. The Japanese Evil Dead). Shot on a camcorder over a period of seven years and finally released about seventeen years after first starting, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell is a mostly one-man labor of love. This one was written, directed, edited, starring, financed, and special effects all by Shinichi Fukazawa. If you've ever poured a ton of time and effort into creating a derivative metal album that will be listened to by maybe a dozen people, this is the movie for you. Join as we talk about extremely low-fidelity film quality, dodgy action shots, incredible stop-motion special effects, and unabashedly loving the thing that inspired you. FOLKS........ it's a good one. Join us next week for Cronenberg's The Brood (1979). Music featured on this episode: BENCHPRESS – Still Disgusted This program is available on Spotify. It is also available on iTunes or whatever they call it now, where you can rate, review, and subscribe. Give us money on Patreon to get exclusive bonus episodes and other cool shit.

On this episode of Remainders we watch the 1986 horror classic The Fly. The second installment in our 80s Horror Remake Marathon, The Fly updates the 50s B-movie with far more devastation, tragedy, and Academy Award winning special effects, making it a staple in 80s horror practical effects. Jeff Goldblum plays Seth Brundle, an awkward scientist and inventor of a teleportation device. When he transports himself with a fly, he begins a slow, painful transformation into the Fly that mirrors the descent into sickness of a loved one. A Cronenberg and body horror classic.Other topics include Cronenberg's filmography, special effects lead Chris Walas, the Fly II, October horror classics we're watching, Carpenter and Escape From L.A. vs. Escape from New York, independent theaters, the House of Wax franchise, the Music Box of Horrors and Jason X, Terrifier and 80s horror icons, Philip Glass and horror scores, and the movie poster art of Drew Struzan.Songs of the WeekVampira by The MisfitsHuman Fly by The CrampsIt Was Always You, Helen by Philip GlassRemainders Jukebox PlaylistWebsiteFacebookInstagramYouTubeTwitter

This week we're covering THE BROOD, Cronenberg's most personal film about a messy divorce and the scariest snowsuits put to film.For our Staff Picks we're talking V/H/S/Halloween.

Joe Begos is a renegade indie filmmaker and a household name in horror. His body of work includes Bliss, VFW, The Mind's Eye, Christmas Bloody Christmas, and his latest splatterfest Jimmy and Stiggs—which is easily one of my favorite horror films of the year. I love this movie, I love that it exists, and I love what it represents.Joe is one of the most adaptive and irrepressible filmmakers I've ever met—he's worked across multiple budget tiers and has delivered a consistent stream of bold and unique horror films throughout his career.What Joe has proven to me—film after film—is that there's no excuse not to make movies, and no excuse for them not to be good. Jimmy & Stiggs was shot entirely in his apartment, on a shoestring budget, and stars Joe himself. But despite its humble production origins, the film is propulsive, fun, fully unique, looks fantastic and was edited beautifully by former guest Josh Ethier. The film holds its own next to splatter classics like Evil Dead, Dead Alive, and Bad Taste, all while staying true to Joe's gonzo, neon-soaked style. In this conversation, Joe walks us through the insane 4 year journey of making Jimmy & Stiggs, his process, influences, alien creature design and the chain of events that led to Eli Roth picking up the film. He also offers his blunt, no-BS advice to emerging filmmakers.Key TakeawaysImitate before you InnovateJoe describes his early films, like Almost Human and The Mind's Eye, as exercises in emulating his inspirations like John Carpenter and Cronenberg. It wasn't until Bliss that he felt like he'd really found his voice, but to get there, he had to imitate the masters that came before him. Once he found his voice, he fully committed to making movies only he could make.Make movies only you can makeJoe has one of the most defined directorial signatures in horror today—every one of his films is instantly recognizable as his. This commitment to personal vision has allowed him to carve out a cinematic identity that stands apart from the increasingly homogenized landscape of genre filmmaking. Developing a body of work that is unmistakably your own is a high watermark for any filmmaker and a path to building a sustainable, meaningful career.Make your fucking movieIf you look at Joe's career, one thing is clear—he does not stop making movies. Jimmy & Stiggs was born during COVID, between greenlit projects, when the industry was on pause. Instead of waiting around, Joe did the classic indie move: he took inventory of what he had access to—his apartment, a camera, a few close collaborators—and made a movie, casting himself in the lead.Joe's irrepressibility is something to study. He seems physically incapable of not making movies—and he'll sacrifice his apartment, personal finances, and whatever else it takes to get the job done. This is the kind of relentless drive that indie filmmaking demands. Joe is also well aware of how the system works. Agents often discourage small projects because there's no commission in it for them. But Bliss and Jimmy & Stiggs—two of his lowest-budget films—were made outside of that system, on his own terms, and ended up being some his most talked-about work. For filmmakers being told to wait their turn, Joe's message is simple: don't. Make your fucking movie. Even if it sucks, it's better than having no movie at all.Jimmy & Stiggs is now streaming on VOD. Show NotesMovies:BlissVFWChristmas Bloody ChristmasThe Mind's EyeAlmost HumanJimmy & StiggsEvil...

We are kicking off our Halloween-month celebration of David Cronenberg (some are calling it Cronenbergtoberg, some are calling it Cronentober, some are even saying Octonenberg) with SHIVERS! This week's staff picks is James Gunn's SLITHER, a horror comedy that definitely takes some inspiration from Cronenberg's 1975 slug-filled extravaganza.

Byah! This month is a little light since we've been prepping for upcoming Cronenberg and Hooptober episodes (!!), but we still managed to catch a couple of brand new movies and some classics! Then we talk about some of our favorite and least favorite horror franchises as we move into spooky season!Our Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/P6lcYIntro Music Composed by Hsiang-Ming Wen: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://hmwen.com

What if Cronenberg, but hilariously batshit?Seriously, watch the movie before listening. It's worth it. Link here:https://archive.org/details/how-to-get-ahead-in-advertisingOther links:https://www.neondystopia.com/https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/

Is The Fly better than The Thing? Both are classic 80s horror remakes and both are almost universally loved. We revisited this Cronenberg classic and talk about how fantastic it is. From the insane special effect to the brilliant acting by Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis! Logan from  @videovillaentertainment  joins me for this episode.https://youtu.be/R2gJR1S74GYhttps://rumble.com/v6zcdfk-is-the-fly-better-than-the-thing-hack-the-movies.html

On the 81st episode of Bomb Squad Matinee, Tanner, Austin, and Tim discuss David Cronenberg's 2005 thriller A History of Violence. Is this Cronenberg's greatest film? What makes the violence in this film stand out? How does the film compare to the original graphic novel? Tune in to find out!

Ez az adás hat napnyi moziélményt mesél el a Budapesti Klasszikus Film Maratonról: vetítésről vetítésre rohantam, a szünetekben pedig dumáltam Baski Sándorral, Czirfusz Vikivel, Gyárfás Dorkával, Gyenge Zsolttal, Gyöngyösi Lillával, Incze Katával, Madarász Istivel, Moskát Anitával és Pozsonyi Jankával.Közben háromszor futottam össze David Cronenberggel, kétszer Atom Egoyannal, végighallgattam három zseniális Varró Attila-felvezetőt, és ismét bebizonyosodott számomra, hogy a mozizás az egyik legnagyobb öröm az életben.00:00 - Bevezető01:49 - Külön banda után (Gyöngyösi Lilla)07:50 - Showgirls előtt (Baski Sándor)10:13 - Showgirls után (Czirfusz Viki)13:39 - Showgirls után (Baski Sándor)18:27 - Kelenföld21:55 - Pozsonyi Janka nagy bejelentése24:48 - Johnny Mnemonic előtt (Moskát Anita, Madarász Isti)29:17 - Johnny Mnemonic után (Moskát Anita, Madarász Isti)31:39 - Rohanás a Lánchídon32:30 - Szamuráj, Két angol lány és a kontinens (Gyöngyösi Lilla)37:28 - Cronenberg-mesterkurzus után (Gyöngyösi Lilla)43:14 - Eljövendő szép napok után (Gyárfás Dorka)50:20 - Elemi ösztön előtt (Gyenge Zsolt)52:15 - Elemi ösztön után (Gyenge Zsolt)56:28 - Felvonó a vérpadra előtt58:20 - Felvonó a vérpadra után (Moskát Anita, Madarász Isti)1:00:23 - eXistenZ előtt (Baski Sándor)1:02:01 - eXistenZ után (Moskát Anita, Madarász Isti)1:05:50 - Fény és árnyék (Gyöngyösi Lilla)1:09:49 - Eastern Promises után, búcsú1:13:07 - Karambol (Incze Kata)Készítette: Varga FerencZene: Hegyi Olivér, Kristóf NorbertEz az adás a Budapesti Klasszikus Film Maraton támogatásával jött létre.

It's been a year since his last episode, so what's artist Dmitry Samarov been up to? Plenty! We talk about his new project of redesigning and illustrating public domain books, why he started off with the White Whale itself, and why Babbitt! was next in line, what the common themes are among the six books he's illustrated since this project began, and how it all ties into his reaction to the 2024 election. We get into what it's like working with publishers after controlling his own books for years, how he discovered James Hogg's The Suicide's Grave on SOME OTHER PODCAST (okay, it was Beyond The Zero), how he's exploring visual interpretation and different tools with each book, and how this project has him reading and rereading differently than he used to. We also talk about how he looks back at his art in the wake of his self-monograph, how he got into a relationship with someone after a long time solo (after a showing of why Cronenberg's not-good The Shrouds), what other books he's considering illustrating, his new series of 'zines about bookselling, the joy of Moby Dick's tangents, and more. Follow Dmitry at his site and through his weekly newsletter, and buy some books from his Ebay shop • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter

Claire and Gavia delve into David Cronenberg's fascinating erotic thriller Crash, starring James Spader as a man who develops a fetish for car crashes. Divisive and controversial when it first came out in 1996, it's now regarded as one of Cronenberg's greatest films, celebrated for its peculiar characters and unique brand of sexuality.

[REBROADCAST FROM April 16, 2025] Writer and director David Cronenberg's new film "The Shrouds" is partly inspired from the grief of losing his wife in recent years. The film follows a grieving businessman named Karsh who invents a way to connect with the dead. Cronenberg discusses, alongside actor Diane Kruger, who stars in the film. "The Shrouds" is now streaming on the Criterion Channel.

The new horror film, "Together," starring real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco, focuses on a struggling relationship and features Cronenberg-levels of body horror ...but it has also been marketed as a date movie. This year has featured lots of films that eschew the typical formula of a date movie. Guest host Scott Pukos and his panel of movie lovers will explore this trend — is it just marketing or are audiences craving something beyond the standard rom-com?Our guests: Sarah Antao, rom-com expert and teaching staff member at the Focus Theater Roemer Johansson, copywriter and member of the Little Theatre Roberto Lagares, multimedia reporter for CITY Magazine Adam Lubitow, projectionist and programmer at the Little Theatre and programming director for Anomaly: The Rochester Genre Film Festival Dave Palmer, film critic for the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA)

Just so ya know, our Pick the Flick tier is back on so you can give us some scratch to choose our Frame Rate topics. We'd like to thank Doctor Slaphammer for suggesting Videodrome for our epic return. Also, Tom Reimann joins the pod to discuss all things Cronenberg and to remind us all to long live the new flesh. Features: Tom Reimann: https://bsky.app/profile/startthemachine.bsky.social Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691

We're diving into the resurgence of the pronatalism movement, the belief that having more babies will save a failing civilization. With new Trump-backed policies promising "baby bonuses" and even a "National Medal of Motherhood," pronatalists are warning that falling U.S. birth rates could mean economic collapse, or even extinction. Sociologist Dr. Karen Guzzo and NPR reporter Lisa Hagen join us to unpack the motivations behind this growing movement.Also, we'll talk with author Daria Burke. She spent several years digging into the science of how our brains and bodies carry the imprint of early experiences. She wanted to understand the trauma of her childhood. Plus, Justin Chang reviews the new Cronenberg thriller The Shrouds.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy