Crimes Of The Future: David Cronenberg Is Back, Baby!

June 21, 2022 / Aaron Haughton

It’s been eight long years since David Cronenberg’s last film, but he’s finally back with another sick and surgical slice of psychological-tinged body horror. Crimes Of The Future possess thematic overlap with other Cronenberg staples, like Videodrome and eXistenZ, but it’s by no means a regurgitation. If surgery is the new sex, then long live the New Flesh, baby!

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Candyman (2021): A Messy Spiritual Sequel That Can't Get Out From Under The Original's Shadow

September 06, 2021 / Aaron Haughton

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Writer/director Nia DaCosta becomes the first Black filmmaker to take on the Candyman franchise with the 2021 soft reboot sequel to Bernard Rose’s groundbreaking 1992 original. Joined by co-screenwriters Win Rosenfeld and Jordan Peele (who also co-produced the film), DaCosta and company clearly have a lot to say, but their overtly signaled social messaging muddies the film’s mythology and dampens the horror.

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Crimes Of The Future: David Cronenberg Is Back, Baby!

Candyman (2021): A Messy Spiritual Sequel That Can't Get Out From Under The Original's Shadow