One of the first images we see in David Cronenberg’s new film Crimes of the Future is a small boy eating a plastic bin, foaming at the mouth. He does not seem to register that this is unusual, but his mother clearly feels differently: she responds by smothering him with a pillow. Opening with an […]
Sentimental, thought-provoking, and surprisingly humorous, this film follows the unlikeliest of friendships on a road-trip through the Jim Crow South between a xenophobic and racist American-Italian tough guy and a sarcastic and intelligent black pianist. The central message of the film, ‘it takes courage to change people’s hearts’, may seem overly sappy, but it’s an […]