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Not Quite Like Father Like Son — Antiviral
In Antiviral, director Brandon Cronenberg has created a world that’s just left of reality. Though it’s a world filled with technologies that don’t exist (yet) and populated with people with desires that don’t exist (yet), it’s absolutely recognizable and totally believable. And that might be the most disturbing thing about this film. After premiering at [...]
Body Horror Redux: Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Antiviral’
The trailer for Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral is out, and all I can say is like father, like son. Addressing a present-day issue and extrapolating it to its logical, yet extreme conclusion, Antiviral is an example of what speculative fiction does best. And the issue Cronenberg (son of David) looks at in his debut feature is [...]