All of David Cronenberg’s works have reflections of himself and his life in them, but I would say The Shrouds is his most personal film yet. 

The girls who get it, get it. This film and the Q&A after has really endeared him to me. It’s the most dialogue heavy film of his vast repertoire, something I find myself drawn to while it’s stilted and choppy delivery may alienate others. And while the waterfall scene is Cronenberg’s personal rooftop scene…

What everyone has been saying is correct. This movie is a revelation. Seeing it in 70mm IMAX felt like a spiritual experience. Maybe because it was my first theater watch in over a month, or maybe it was the electric energy of the audience but whatever it was, one thing is for sure: it’s an experience. 

You can feel the ion, the craft, the painstaking details and love poured into this film from a filmmaker who has already proved himself…

Women often wear their hearts on their sleeves. Every micro and macro emotion on their face. Which is why mothers possess a unique, and innate superpower when it comes to protecting their kids. As I’ve grown older I’ve realized just how much my mother shielded me from, not just from the outside world, but from our own tight knit inner family circle where I thought I had perceived so much. And while my mother shouldered and grinned, and truly mothered,…