For our Halloween episode, Paul Kowalski is back to delve into a 2-parter on body horror master David Cronenberg. In part 1, we go from the oddities of his early experimental films to cult classics Scanners and Videodrome. Listen as we explore these wild films and try to reach some consensus on his best body horror film.    Staff Notes/Sources: <a href= "https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/14547/">https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/14547/</a> <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1678-videodrome-the-slithery-sense-of-unreality"> https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1678-videodrome-the-slithery-sense-of-unreality</a> <a href= "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3739-the-brood-separation-trials"> https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3739-the-brood-separation-trials</a> <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/the-important-cinema-club/229-david-cronenbergs-vanilla-sex-life"> https://soundcloud.com/the-important-cinema-club/229-david-cronenbergs-vanilla-sex-life</a> <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/criticreviews">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/criticreviews</a>

David Cronenberg - Part 2

Jon and Chris get a film education, one filmmaker at a time. Each month, we pick a famous filmmaker and watch every film that he or she wrote and directed.  Then, we research the filmmaker's history and critical assessments of their work.  Finally, we talk about the films, consistent themes throughout, and answer definitively: Are they an auteur and do we like them?