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Ranking the Films of David Cronenberg

Aren caps off the David Cronenberg Retrospective with a ranking of his films.

David Cronenberg: Maps to the Stars (2014)

The last review in our Cronenberg Retrospective considers his bizarre Gothic Hollywood satire.

David Cronenberg: Cosmopolis (2012)

This darkly comic adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, Cosmopolis, is a thematically rich and rewarding examination of the late capitalist system we all live in.

David Cronenberg, ReviewsAnders BergstromFebruary 5, 2019David Cronenberg Retrospective, David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Paul Giamatti, capitalism, literary adaptation, Don DeLillo, dark comedyComment

David Cronenberg: A Dangerous Method (2011)

A self-portrait and manifesto that captures the psychological concepts that define David Cronenberg and his work.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 22, 2019David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, Christopher Hampton, A Dangerous Method, The Talking Cure, A Most Dangerous Method, John Kerr, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, Vincent CasselComment

David Cronenberg: Eastern Promises (2007)

Cronenberg grafts his favoured themes of body horror and metamorphosis onto the mob genre to stunning effect.

Reviews, David Cronenberg, Flash BackAnton BergstromDecember 20, 2018Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, London, Steven Knight, Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad CusackComment

David Cronenberg: A History of Violence (2005)

A History of Violence is one of the best neo-noirs of the 2000s and a perceptive deconstruction of the American hero.

David Cronenberg: Spider (2002)

In Spider, David Cronenberg offers perhaps one of his most sympathetic portraits in this literary adaptation of a tale of schizophrenia featuring a powerful performance from Ralph Fiennes.

David Cronenberg, ReviewsAnders BergstromNovember 30, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, Spider, Patrick McGrath, literary adaptation, mental illness, Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Lynn Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, drama, subjectivity, psychological thriller, schizophreniaComment

David Cronenberg: eXistenZ (1999)

In the summer of The Matrix David Cronenberg made another virtual reality film that continued his explorations of bodies and technology, challenging our notions of the flesh and machine.

Reviews, David CronenbergAnders BergstromNovember 23, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, eXistenZ, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Don McKellar, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Polley, Ian Holm, Canadian film, science fiction, video games, virtual reality, philosophyComment

David Cronenberg: Crash (1996)

An explosive work that interrogates sex in ways that cinema rarely manages and captures the profound atomization of our modern world.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 16, 2018David Cronenberg, J.G. Ballard, James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette, Peter MacNeill, David Cronenberg Retrospective, CrashComment

David Cronenberg: M. Butterfly (1993)

David Cronenberg’s most-forgotten film is a dramatic powerhouse and an insightful deconstruction of misogyny and Orientalist notions of China.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 9, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, M. Butterfly, Madama Butterfly, David Henry Hwang, Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian RichardsonComment

David Cronenberg: Naked Lunch (1991)

David Cronenberg’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ most-famous novel is a perceptive look at the artist, but also a repulsive and disorienting work.