Existenz Back when the Internet was almost new, I overheard a conversation between two computer geek-boys. They were hunched over a table in a university campus cafe. One of them was telling the sad story of his cyber love affair which had...

(COMEDY-THRILLER -- CANADIAN-BRITISH) A Miramax release of an Alliance Atlantis/Serendipity Point Films presentation, in association with Natural Nylon, of a Robert Lantos production. Produced by Robert Lantos, Andras Hamori, David Cronenberg. Co-producers, Damon Bryant, Bradley Adams, Michael McDonald. Directed, written by...

Becoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system.And it shows in the actress' directing debut with "Away From Her," a mature, thoughtful but downbeat drama...

narcissistic dream of all time,” laughed Sarah Polley with a self-deprecating eye-roll. The 28-year-old actress was speaking about the effusive, heady reception her directorial debut, Away From Her, has already received, having garnered ringing endorsements from critics and audiences well before its May 4 opening...

In the following interview, Porton talks with Cronenberg about the censorship Crash faced in the U.S. and also about the film eXistenZ—including the movie's exploration of technology and the body and the self-reflexive humor that serves as a commentary on Hollywood films.

In the following review, Rodley discusses the comedy, the double meanings, and the various levels of reality in the film eXistenZ.

In the following review of eXistenZ, Jackson writes that the film is unthreatening and unsatisfying. Despite its unconventionality and its creation of an alternate-reality games world, the film fails to provoke an adequate response.