Viggo Mortensen Archives

‘Eureka’ Review: ‘Jauja’ Filmmaker Lisandro Alonso Returns With Viggo Mortensen & Chiara Mastroianni For An Inconsistent Triptych [Cannes]

May 21, 2023 8:53 am

“Eureka” seems somewhat deceitfully simple: a man called Murphy (Viggo Mortensen) searches for his abducted daughter with the help of the mysterious El Coronel (Chiara Mastroianni), even if he has to shoot eve...

‘Assassination’: Al Pacino, Shia LaBeouf, Viggo Mortensen & More To Star In David Mamet’s New Thriller

Charles Barfield

May 15, 2023 9:46 am

News

This is the time of year, right before the kickoff of the Cannes Film Festival, when filmmakers put together tentative projects to present at the Cannes Film Market. This is when we get teases for massive feat...

‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’: Viggo Mortensen To Direct & Star With Vicky Krieps In Upcoming Western Love Story

Ned Booth

October 6, 2022 12:10 pm

News

This year, Viggo Mortensen saved a junior football team in a cave in Ron Howard's "Thirteen Lives" and re-entered the new flesh with David Cronenberg in "Crimes Of The Future." Now, for his next project, he'll...

‘Thirteen Lives’ Review: Ron Howard’s Thai Cave Rescue Drama Is One Of His More Engrossing Films

Simon Thompson

July 27, 2022 2:44 pm

News, Reviews

It’s almost impossible not to find the story of a young football team and their coach who found themselves trapped in a cave in northern Thailand in 2018 for 18 days utterly compelling. What unfolded at Tham L...

‘Crimes Of The Future’: Viggo Mortensen Initially Wanted A Smaller Part, Léa Seydoux On Cronenberg’s World [Interview]

Marshall Shaffer

June 5, 2022 10:32 am

Features, Interviews, News

David Cronenberg’s new film “Crimes Of The Future” asks its audience to go on quite a journey to the dystopian future. The film’s most quotable line, “surgery is the new sex,” only scratches the surface. Amids...

Pedro Almodóvar Responds To Viggo Mortensen’s Comments On Cronenberg Cannes Jury Snub Rumor: “I Am Not To Blame”

Ned Booth

May 31, 2022 1:36 pm

Festivals, News

Last week at the Cannes Film Festival, Viggo Mortensen addressed a longstanding rumor about his "Crimes Of The Future" director David Cronenberg. The story goes that in 1999 when Cronenberg headed the Cannes J...

‘Crimes Of The Future’ Review: David Cronenberg’s Unfinished Business With The Flesh Is Booming [Cannes]

Charles Bramesco

May 23, 2022 5:33 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

David Cronenberg has unfinished business with the future, which is tricky, seeing as it already constitutes a significant slice of his past. His new film — titled “Crimes of the Future,” as in committed by rat...

Vicky Krieps Says She’ll Star Next In A Viggo Mortensen-Directed Western Set In Mexico

Matthew Monagle

May 22, 2022 3:31 pm

News

For all their faults, the 2020s are shaping up to be a welcome celebration of actor Vicky Krieps. The Luxembourg actress is perhaps best-known with domestic audiences for her performance in Paul Thomas Anderso...

Viggo Mortensen Slams 2021 Palme d’Or Winner ‘Titane,’ Says Cronenberg’s ‘Crash’ Is “Head And Shoulders” Above It

Ned Booth

May 18, 2022 12:23 pm

Festivals, News

There's nothing like a bit of controversy to kick off this year's Cannes Film Festival. And this year, it comes from the mouth of Viggo Mortensen, star of David Cronenberg's "Crimes Of The Future," which has i...

“Surgery Is The New Sex”: Watch The First 3 Clips From David Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes Of The Future’

Ned Booth

May 18, 2022 10:57 am

News, Trailers

Nobody does body horror better than David Cronenberg. And in his first movie since 2014's "Maps To The Stars," it looks like Cronenberg returns to what he does best: a visceral, extreme take on humanity as we ...

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