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60 of 166 · most liked firstA History of Violence may be the only movie I've seen that graphically depicts two characters 69ing AND where the sex act itself isn't a joke or even commented on directly by anyone
unlabelledView post →We discovered that Bethany has never seen a David Cronenberg movie and are remedying this. As of now her ranking has been (in descending order): The Fly Eastern Promises A History Of Violence what will we watch next who can say
unlabelledView post →A little study I did using oil on paper to try out a new painting medium. It is based on a frame from A History of Violence which is a film that lingered in my imagination after I originally saw it at the cinema.
unlabelledView post →With a new David Cronenberg movie in theaters this week, I took the opportunity to write about the Cronenberg that’s haunted me the most, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: thereveal.substack.com/p/the-killer...
unlabelledView post →Rewatched A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE which is such a curiously intimate movie. Following it up with CAPE FEAR (1991)
unlabelledView post →A History of Violence (2005) Directed by David Cronenberg
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005). Director: David Cronenberg. Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello. Cronenberg's adaptation of a DC graphic novel provides a subversive commentary of movie violence. Rewatch. #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 1283
unlabelledView post →My dad keeps asking if I’ve seen the movie “A History of Violence” yet, as if it’s this gem only he’s seen. I’m like, dad that movie is 20 years old. 🤣
unlabelledView post →My run over recovery film watch continues with A History of Violence - the way the camerawork and framing mimics comic book sequencing, the first set piece in the diner, the wordless final scene!
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching #filmsky A History Of Violence |2005 David Cronenberg |chronological |17.23 www.imdb.com/title/tt0399146 ·a mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core·
unlabelledView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #124 "A History of Violence" (David Cronenberg/2005) Well, I'm a bit late to the party but a happy belated birthday to David Cronenberg! I'm here with his fucking fantastic crime/thriller. Check it out.
unlabelledView post →I wrote about David Cronenberg's A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE for my reader's choice series. This film will be turning 20 years old this year, and it's something of a masterpiece. www.patreon.com/posts/126946...
unlabelledView post →That was an incredible movie! This blows my first time watch recently of 'A History of Violence' completely out of the water! An amazing, yet tough story, told and directed so perfectly! Just WOW! I saw more of Viggo Mortensen than I ever thought possible lol 🍆🫒🍑😆 Fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
unlabelledView post →A History of Violence Wild take: Good movie
unlabelledView post →One day, the fact that A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE was the last major studio film to be released on VHS will leave my brain and will hopefully be replaced by an ability to name all of the world's oceans.
unlabelledView post →I have an inordinate love for A History of Violence (movie, not book). Something about it ticks a lot of my boxes.
unlabelledView post →Today at The Reveal you can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, a film whose 20th anniversary times up nicely with the release of Cronenberg's THE SHROUDS:
unlabelledView post →Look for essays on BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE later this month. Both are neo-westerns that contained unconventional depictions of sex for a mainstream movie! We're going to have a good bad time.
unlabelledView post →. 45 Days of Great Movies The Election Will Be Over (we hope) in 35 Days 35 More Days of #GreatMovies #11 "A History of Violence" I remember, vividly, seeing this in a packed, tiny theatre in Burbank on the weekend it opened. We sat in the back row & settled in. We'd seen no trailers or reviews.
unlabelledView post →Today on Trailers From Hell: A suburban nightmare hiding in plain sight. Blue Velvet reveals the darkness beneath a seemingly perfect American town. TFH Guru @josholson.bsky.social, Oscar nominee for A History of Violence, revisits the film. trailersfromhell.com/blue-velvet/
unlabelledView post →Hog-tied, whipped, and forced at gunpoint to pick a favorite 21st Century film noir, I’d choose A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE. (Newly released by Criterion in 4K yesterday.) It’s OUT OF THE PAST filtered through Cronenberg’s fevered brain. If that’s not enough for you, we may need to go our separate ways.
unlabelledView post →Now rewatching A History of Violence, another excellent film from popular Charlie xcx collaborator, David Cronenberg. #Filmsky 📽️
unlabelledView post →Comics to film 💥=🎞️ A History of Violence (1997) by John Wagner & Vince Locke was adapted for the screen in 2005 by David Cronenberg. The graphic novel is cautionary tale about violence while the film emphasizes a psychological toll with the consequences of one's actions. 🪓🩸😡 #comicsky #filmsky
unlabelledView post →this is maybe a weird reaction because the movies don't seem like they're that similar on the surface but it REALLY made me want to go back and watch A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE again. very different overall effect in each film but similar ultra-sinister vibe haunts both
unlabelledView post →the fact that it makes me retrosepctively like a movie (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE) that I already liked a lot even more than I did before should clue you in that I liked THE SHROUDS a lot too.
unlabelledView post →Man, I just saw A History of Violence is back on HBO. Ed Harris is so unbelievably great in this film about never being able to run far away enough to escape the circle of violence
unlabelledView post →My favourite movie is: 2001: Spirited Away 2002: Lilo & Stitch 2003: Kill Bill 2004: 50 First Dates 2005: Just Friends / A History of Violence 2006: Devil Wears Prada 2007: Juno 2008: The Dark Knight 2009: Zombieland 2010: Scott Pilgrim vs. World / Tangled (1/3)
unlabelledView post →Oscar 4-Timer Club: William Hurt Noms: 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman (win) 1986 Children of a Lesser God 1987 Broadcast News 2005 A History of Violence Very rare: 3 Best Actor nods for 3 consecutive pictures. #filmsky 🎥🎞🎬📽
unlabelledView post →Technically The Rock is a much bloodier film with a substantially higher body count, But A History of Violence never really lets you off the hook about what that violence actually means and what it does to people. The camera lingers on characters who suffer and die. The family is traumatized.
unlabelledView post →Stephen McHattie- 📽️ A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) “I said… COFFEE!” The versatile Canadian actor relished a brief but vital tone-setting role as the diner robber in Cronenberg’s terrific thriller. His snarling showdown with Viggo Mortensen is a tense highlight, hooking you early.
unlabelledView post →Like, literally, “A History of Violence is a solid premise for a movie, we should do that!” Not that I’m arguing with the results.
unlabelledView post →For added fun, the 2011 Donnie Yen film Dragon is… well, it’s not an official remake of A History of Violence, but it certainly stirs up some memories.
unlabelledView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Eno A History of Violence Moneyball The Cat Returns #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
unlabelledView post →I’ve officially watched 68 movies this year. I think my 69th movie is going to be A History of Violence.
unlabelledView post →The opening tracking shot in A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE is virtuosic. Somehow, it tells you everything and reveals absolutely nothing. When you watch the film a second time you get several "Oh, SHIT" moments because you know what's coming. A very fine film, I think.
unlabelledView post →I think the last time I saw thrusting male butt in a movie outside of porn was A History of Violence but look, reality doesn't matter, they just get together on their discords and collectively hallucinate what they assume movies that don't play to full crowds at the mall are like.
unlabelledView post →Giving the movie collection the Marie Kondo treatment and Well good thing Criterion's doing A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE because that's the second copy of it of mine that rotted.
unlabelledView post →A History of Violence. Good movie! Cool addition to criterion
unlabelledView post →Excellent meditation on the violence that undergirds safety in Cronenberg's "A History of Violence," an absolutely tremendous and I think underdiscussed movie. We don't like to be reminded that the boundaries which keep us safe (and confine us) are drawn with a sword.
unlabelledView post →Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title: John Carpenter’s A History of Violence
unlabelledView post →My Favorite Movie(s) Right Now: A History of Violence (2005) Third acts are hard to land. This is an example where it clearly goes off the rails and feels like we’re in a different movie for a minute. But we get back on track right at the denouement. What’s yours? #filmsky #scriptsky #cinema
unlabelledView post →Watched David Cronenberg's A History Of Violence for the first time in a while this weekend. Such a simple film but so well crafted.
unlabelledView post →Tonight's first movie is A History of Violence (2005) 🍿
unlabelledView post →Out of morbid curiosity, I looked up the full slate of DC Comics movies to see which I'd seen, and was surprised that the standout best movie on the list was A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (a comic I never read!).
unlabelledView post →Chris Brown sues Warner Bros for $500M over defamatory claims in the 2024 documentary Chris Brown: A History of Violence, which revisits past assault allegations. The singer denies the accusations, calling the film damaging to his reputation. #ChrisBrown #LegalNews #Entertainment
unlabelledView post →Two of my all time favourites (Quiz Show and A History Of Violence), one really well-made action thriller and a movie I loved when I was 11 because it had Linkin Park at the end. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
unlabelledView post →A History of Violence I think is a better film. Ed Harris and William Hurt add much to Mortensen’s already solid role. #hatm
unlabelledView post →I once asked why it's always A History of Violence and never A Herstory of Verlence. Well this film answers that question and it rips! It's American Herstory XX Chromosomes up in this (non-derogatory) bitch!
unlabelledView post →VHS’s popularity declined in 2002-2003 as DVD started overtaking it. In 2006 the last major movie was released on VHS, which was “A History of Violence”. Millennials were born in 1981-1996. It’s Gen Z/A that missed out on the magic of being yelled at because they were not kind and didn’t rewind.
unlabelledView post →It’s Die Hard in a diner! This week on DIE HARD ON A BLANK we’re discussing David Cronenberg’s masterful 2005 film A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, a story that begins (and ends) with a DIE HARD-type scenario…and goes deep and hard on the consequences of surviving such an event. pod.link/1658664345
unlabelledView post →I just watched David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence”. The movie, which features fine performances by Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello, is very strong in its first half but loses momentum by the third act, which is marred by a cartoonish performance by William Hurt.
unlabelledView post →What is your favorite David Cronenberg movie and why? I love a lot of them but I think the one that left me most dumbstruck was "A History of Violence," if only because its crazy shifts in tone were, to my mind, completely successful.
unlabelledView post →Haven’t seen it, but actually this reminded me that A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE is a better movie than comic
unlabelledView post →One day someone will film the second half of A History Of Violence and I'll be incredibly seated for it
unlabelledView post →#JuneMovieChallenge #FilmSky 🎥 A movie where someone is hiding. A History of Violence (2005)
unlabelledView post →Rewatching A History of Violence. Only saw it one time when it came out so kinda funny when I think Viggo Mortensen I think LoTR and this movie.
unlabelledView post →When I was younger I thought the movie title “A History of Violence” was like a play on the idea of the full history of violence as a concept
unlabelledView post →I'm being liberal with my definition of "horror film". • ALIEN (Theatrical cut) • THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER • A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
unlabelledView post →I'll also be looking at BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN later in the month as part of my look back at movies in 2005. A sample of this essay on A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE can also be read over here: letterboxd.com/catelyn/film...
unlabelledView post →Movie that takes place where you’re from So… my small small hometown doesn’t, and likely never will, have any films about it. The best I can do is a scene filmed there. This scene in A History of Violence is filmed in the mall in Tottenham, Ontario youtu.be/mDOLjE2-P2U?...
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