Review of Cosmopolis (2012) by David F — 19 Nov 2016

Strange, beguiling Cronenberg; up there with Crash in terms of weirdness if not quite as powerful or subversive. Cosmopolis feels quite airless - hermetically sealed even - for much of its running time, until a sudden act of impulsive violence unravels everything.

It's a hypnotic, slow burning film - one that I can see that I could have had less patience for depending on my viewing circumstances - and one I perhaps admire more than love. It might go without saying at this point in his career, but Robert Pattinson is superb.