Tag Archives: David Cronenberg

Sympathy for the Parasite: Shivers (1975)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Ross Birks

“Roger, I had a very disturbing dream last night. In this dream I found myself making love to a strange man. Only I’m having trouble you see, because he’s old… and dying… and he smells bad, and I find him … Continue reading →

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Sexually Driven: David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996)

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Ross Birks

Crash turns twenty years old this year. Even today David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of JG Ballard’s equally controversial novel feels like an earth-shattering breakthrough in depicting sex in movies. Sex can be weird, kinky, scary, confusing, touching, hilarious, experimental, awkward, … Continue reading →

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