#5 on The Big David Cronenberg Filmography Run
I would love to be the one to charge in heralding this as some obscure hidden gem, a lost Cronenberg masterpiece, but in reality it just sucks. Secret Weapons, also known as Nothing to Declare, was made for a no-budget sci-fi anthology series known as Program X for Canadian television. The most glaring issue with it is the script, which was written by Norman Snider, who is (not coincidentally) the star. Snider…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
#4 on The Big David Cronenberg Filmography Run
While I try to talk about films in a spoiler-free way, it is extremely difficult for me to describe my feelings about the film without directly addressing the events of the second half, which deal heavily in sexual assault of a child.
Almost immediately after finishing Stereo, Cronenberg began work on this, which was filmed in much the same way - silently, and with narration over top (although this one is in…
#10 on The Big Scorsese Filmography Run
Between 1970 and 1976, the population of New York City declined 5.6%, and in total almost a million people emigrated from the city by the end of the decade. There were approximately 13,000 murder cases during this time, and thousands more incidents involving rape, robbery, prostitution, and assault. The city was in freefall, brought on by economic crises and systemic corruption, and the people of New York suffered greatly as a result. Drug…
Week 3 for the FSDO2024 Weekly Challenge
Like any movie about boxing that wishes it was not about boxing, Tokyo Fist is really about toxic masculinity. Unlike any of those other boxing movies, this one is directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, whose unique style I'm still trying to acclimatize myself to. (As of writing this, I still haven't seen Tetsuo or any of his other movies. Some sort of sacrilege, I assume!) I'm kind of reminded of Edgar Wright, especially in…
