With his twenty-third feature film, The Shrouds, releasing last week, I find it apt to perform a dissection of sorts on David Cronenberg’s filmography. In all phases of his career, Cronenberg has never shied away from honing in on the gross and the desirable in equal measure, never failing to add in his own personal fears and neuroses about the human condition, or what it means to be human. Even in his non-horror fare, Cronenberg’s films hone in on what it means to be human: the good, the bad, t...

After a decade-long hiatus, the world of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games made its glorious return in 2020 with the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, promising more on the way. In true Hollywood fashion, a film adaptation starring Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schaefer, and Viola Davis was released back in 2023 to mixed reviews and huge financial success. And, with key financial success, comes the propagation of the franchise.ABC News reports that the film adaptation of Sunrise on...

Dementia and Alzheimer’s are often referenced as some of the most challenging conditions on both the person with the condition themselves and their family. Trying to navigate through the often rapid declines, as both the person with dementia and as the caretaker/family, is difficult. Banr, the directorial debut from Erica Xia-Hou, follows a family trying to function through the phases of dementia. As Liu Ximei (Sui Le) struggles with the disorientation and loss of self characterized by dementia,...