Criterion Channel Spotlights Director David Cronenberg in April

Next month brings the release of The Shrouds, the latest from legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg. The Criterion Channel is celebrating accordingly with a director’s spotlight of his audacious work. Cronenberg’s The Shrouds will open on April 18 in New York and Los Angeles, before expanding nationwide on April 25, 2025. But you can begin streaming the “Directed by David Cronenberg” […] The post Criterion Channel Spotlights Director David Cronenberg in April appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Mar 28, 2025 - 16:43

Criterion Channel Spotlights Director David Cronenberg in April

Next month brings the release of The Shrouds, the latest from legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg. The Criterion Channel is celebrating accordingly with a director’s spotlight of his audacious work.

Cronenberg’s The Shrouds will open on April 18 in New York and Los Angeles, before expanding nationwide on April 25, 2025. But you can begin streaming the “Directed by David Cronenberg” titles on Criterion Channel beginning April 1.

The programming selection includes a mix of classic Cronenberg body horror and underseen gems, including racing action movie Fast Company and early sci-fi works. The programming section includes the Criterion Collection Edition of Dead Ringers, in which Jeremy Irons delivers a impressive double performance as twin gynecologists who spiral into a into a dizzying madness exacerbated by drugs and sexual confusion. It’ll include an audio commentary by director David Cronenberg, Irons, and other crew members as well as other supplemental materials.

Read on for the full director’s spotlight details and lineup.

David Cronenberg director's spotlight Criterion Channel

“Gooey, splattery, fleshy nightmares of contagion and transformation, the audacious cinematic transgressions of David Cronenberg—whose latest film, The Shrouds, infects theaters this April—are not so much watched as experienced in a visceral, full-body wave of can’t-look-away revulsion and fascination. These definitive body-horror classics—including the killer-kiddo shocker The Brood, his head-exploding commercial breakthrough Scanners, and the doubly diabolical psychological puzzle Dead Ringers—suggest that perhaps nothing is more terrifying than our own selves.”

Stereo, 1969

Crimes of the Future, 1970

Rabid, 1977

The Brood, 1979

Fast Company, 1979

Scanners, 1981

Dead Ringers, 1988

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