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Cronenberg's Body Languagenew
In Cronenberg's film about the Russian mob in London, the director and star Viggo Mortensen relate a corker of a story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-21-2007 |
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Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg's Crime Film Updates a Sacred Mythnew
Following the 2005 critical success of A History of Violence, there's a natural impulse to view David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises as a formerly maverick director's continuing foray into accessible, even mainstream, filmmaking.
'Eastern Promises': The Thug Lifenew
David Cronenberg reunites with Viggo Mortensen.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-20-2007 |
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Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Glances and Spurtsnew
Except for an overly abrupt ending, Eastern Promises is a fantastic film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-19-2007 |
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Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
'Eastern Promises': An Examination of Mother Russianew
Director David Cronenberg has carefully constructed a story about a motherland poisoning its children -- a repeated theme in Russian history, from Ivan's cannibalism to Stalin’s 20 million.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-19-2007 |
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Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg, King of Creepynew
What gets lost in the violence and gore of Cronenberg's films is that he is also a workaday filmmaker, concerned with the ordinary pursuits of visual storytelling.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Director David Cronenberg Discusses Existentialismnew
Cronenberg talks about doing the right thing, anguish and Viggo.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortenson is Complicatednew
Mortensen's comfort level with director David Cronenberg has freed him to do things he might normally be hesitant to do -- for instance, fend off an attack from two mobsters in a bathhouse while wearing nothing but tattoos.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michelle Devereaux |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg's Still Mean, Darknew
In his new film, Eastern Promises, the director creates scenes where men are hurt or killed in unfathomably painful ways.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-12-2007 |
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Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen & David Cronenberg Talk 'Eastern Promises'new
The actor and director discuss the process of embodying a Russian character, and filming a three-way brawl between a very naked Mortensen and two knife-wielding attackers.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
09-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
'Eastern Promises' is Audacious in its Simplicitynew
Though David Cronenberg's latest movie is superficially a gangster thriller, it is actually about many things.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
09-12-2007 |
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Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
The Art of Bodily Horrornew
Director David Cronenberg talks about history -- and violence.
OC Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Domestic Disturbancenew
In "Violence," Cronenberg has created a hellish masterpiece.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
10-05-2005 |
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Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Heartnew
Cronenberg's new horror film implicitly tackles the old question of nature vs. nurture: What are we born with and what do we acquire from our environment?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
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Timeless Classicnew
A History of Violence deserves all the praise it can get.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-29-2005 |
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