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Alice Birch and Rachel Weisz on DEAD RINGERS and the Female Flip – Beth Accomando interviews

April 13, 2023 Beth Accomando Alice Birsh, amazon prime, David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers, rachel weisz

The new Dead Ringers series was created, written, and executive produced by Alice Birch who credits actress Rachel Weisz for getting the ball rolling on this reimagining of David Cronenberg’s film. Weisz, a fan of Cronenberg’s classic, looked at the material – a story of twin brother obstetricians – and thought it was ripe for a gender flip. And it was that delicious challenge that attracted the actress.– and the producer. They discuss the evolution of the project with Beth Accommando.

Reviews

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE – Review by Susan Granger

June 6, 2022June 17, 2022 Susan Granger Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg, Kristin Stewart, lea seydoux, Viggo Mortensen

Auteur David Cronenberg introduces avant-garde performance artists sometime in the dystopian future when humans have lost the ability to feel physical pain. Perhaps because people eat and metabolize plastic, the human body has evolved, unpredictably growing invasive, nonfunctional organs. It’s called Accelerated Evolution Syndrome. Crimes of the Future is extreme, stomach-churning and definitely not for the squeamish.

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT November 2019: Jen and Sylvia Soska, Canadian Twin Filmmakers, RABID

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments american mary, canadian filmmakers, David Cronenberg, Dead Hooker in a Trunk, Hellevator, horror genre, jen soska, rabid, spotlight, sylvia soska, Tristan Risk

For far too long, women horror film directors have been considered an oddity. Key figures in the contemporary ‘women in horror’ movement, Canadian filmmaking twins Jen and Sylvia Soska established themselves as noteworthy directors and screenwriters with their 2009 debut feature Dead Hooker in a Trunk. The film’s cult status has changed the horror genre landscape and perceptions about female horror directors. The Soska effect continues with this year’s Rabid.

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, Feb. 23-March 1: MAPS TO THE STARS

February 23, 2015March 2, 2015 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Bruce Wagner, David Cronenberg, Evan Bird, John Cusack, julianne moore, kristy puchko, maryann johanson, mia wasikowska, Olivia Williams, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Sheila Roberts

Opening Feb. 27, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Maps to the Stars, director David Cronenberg’s descent into the dark heart of the film industry. Mia Wasikowska takes the role of Agatha, a new arrival in Hollywood, who finds herself working as a personal assistant to the unhinged actress Havana (Julianne Moore), who is haunted by the ghost of her dead mother and never far away from a complete breakdown. Read on…