Violet Lucca
@violetlucca.bsky.social
Film critic. Author of DAVID CRONENBERG: CLINICAL TRIALS (Jan ‘25). My writing about film has appeared in the NYT, Art in America, Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, and elsewhere. NYFCC member
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Violet Lucca
@violetlucca.bsky.social
· Oct 30
My book DAVID CRONENBERG: CLINICAL TRIALS, a biography and critical retrospective of his work, is available for preorder on Bookshop and Amazon! Oh yeah—Viggo wrote the intro (and it’s so fucking good).
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ahh a nice night out at the movies. now time to check my phone and see what our mad pedophile king and his evil scheming viziers are up to
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 AM
ahh a nice night out at the movies. now time to check my phone and see what our mad pedophile king and his evil scheming viziers are up to
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Today I read @violetlucca.bsky.social’s piece on THE SHROUDS, Hunny the “extreme obsequiousness” of AI chatbots and how Cronenberg’s films are “extensions of what currently exists”. Have had this essay bookmarked for a while,& today of all days, I really needed it.
violet.substack.com/p/wild-hunny
violet.substack.com/p/wild-hunny
Wild Hunny
On The Shrouds, Hunny, Grok, Ani, and Elon Musk
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January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Today I read @violetlucca.bsky.social’s piece on THE SHROUDS, Hunny the “extreme obsequiousness” of AI chatbots and how Cronenberg’s films are “extensions of what currently exists”. Have had this essay bookmarked for a while,& today of all days, I really needed it.
violet.substack.com/p/wild-hunny
violet.substack.com/p/wild-hunny
Eyes Wide Shut posting will continue until all files have been redacted
December 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Eyes Wide Shut posting will continue until all files have been redacted
Disgusted that this doesn’t have more likes
In a lovely gesture that shows that it is never too late for reconciliation, Norman Podhoretz's shiva is being catered pro bono by Schnipper's.
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Disgusted that this doesn’t have more likes
That skeet was inspired by this incredible object: youtu.be/BLitwlP-m7c?...
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
That skeet was inspired by this incredible object: youtu.be/BLitwlP-m7c?...
Yeah I could watch a screener of a new movie. Or I could watch a bad VHS rip of something that aired on British television and make my soul sing.
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Yeah I could watch a screener of a new movie. Or I could watch a bad VHS rip of something that aired on British television and make my soul sing.
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My 15yo convinced my 11yo to watch The Fly with him. Apparently she loved it so much she wrote a review.
November 26, 2023 at 6:32 PM
My 15yo convinced my 11yo to watch The Fly with him. Apparently she loved it so much she wrote a review.
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I have a fraught relationship with the term “body horror.” Yet I couldn’t resist writing about it for @criterion.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
Mutation as Metaphor: Body Horror’s Visceral Transformations
Classics of the genre—including Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession and David Cronenberg’s The Fly—explore the gory extremes of corporeal experience.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have a fraught relationship with the term “body horror.” Yet I couldn’t resist writing about it for @criterion.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
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Our GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC conversation with @violetlucca.bsky.social on David Cronenberg's THE DEAD ZONE, released on this day in 1983:
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: “The Dead Zone” with Violet Lucca
Listen to GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: “The Dead Zone” with Violet Lucca from One Heat Minute Productions wherever you get your podcasts!
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October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Our GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC conversation with @violetlucca.bsky.social on David Cronenberg's THE DEAD ZONE, released on this day in 1983:
It’s kinda funny to get fired by your homely older brother. Rest in piss, Andrew!
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It’s kinda funny to get fired by your homely older brother. Rest in piss, Andrew!
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
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It’s actually really exciting what a human brain can do compared to a large language model with rigid rules
October 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It’s actually really exciting what a human brain can do compared to a large language model with rigid rules
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these people are stealing from you and laughing at you
October 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
these people are stealing from you and laughing at you
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a succinct description of organizing/activism, raising a kid, or just trying to exist in this fuckin’ country. I wrote about Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest for @reverseshot.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...
One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another unapologetically addresses the completely inexcusable injustices of contemporary American life while being incredibly funny, exciting, suspenseful, and poignant, particularly ...
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September 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a succinct description of organizing/activism, raising a kid, or just trying to exist in this fuckin’ country. I wrote about Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest for @reverseshot.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...
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NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.
I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a succinct description of organizing/activism, raising a kid, or just trying to exist in this fuckin’ country. I wrote about Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest for @reverseshot.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...
One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another unapologetically addresses the completely inexcusable injustices of contemporary American life while being incredibly funny, exciting, suspenseful, and poignant, particularly ...
reverseshot.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a succinct description of organizing/activism, raising a kid, or just trying to exist in this fuckin’ country. I wrote about Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest for @reverseshot.bsky.social: reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...
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scrolled down @criterion.bsky.social’s list of underappreciated Altmans to see if anyone got to Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. @violetlucca.bsky.social did not disappoint.
Deeper into Altman
To celebrate Robert Altman’s centennial, we invited five writers—Howard Hampton, Bruce LaBruce, Violet Lucca, Christina Newland, and Carlos Valladares—to each explore a favorite lesser-known gem from ...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
scrolled down @criterion.bsky.social’s list of underappreciated Altmans to see if anyone got to Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. @violetlucca.bsky.social did not disappoint.
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things kind of stink now but you basically dont have to hear that pearl jam song "jeremy" anymore ever unless you actively want to hear it. it used to be you would be hear eddie vedder hooting like five or six times a day and you were powerless to stop it
September 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
things kind of stink now but you basically dont have to hear that pearl jam song "jeremy" anymore ever unless you actively want to hear it. it used to be you would be hear eddie vedder hooting like five or six times a day and you were powerless to stop it
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there are no nice women married to these terrible men. Melania Trump is a collaborator, not a hostage. Cheryl Hines is perfectly happy with her husband's 'car that smells like death from transporting roadkill home to put in his fridge to eat later' and she's absolutely fine with your child dying
September 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
there are no nice women married to these terrible men. Melania Trump is a collaborator, not a hostage. Cheryl Hines is perfectly happy with her husband's 'car that smells like death from transporting roadkill home to put in his fridge to eat later' and she's absolutely fine with your child dying
When you need to be writing but can’t stop writing everywhere else besides the word document
September 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When you need to be writing but can’t stop writing everywhere else besides the word document
I wrote about Charlie Kirk and the videos you really shouldn’t watch. No, really. Don’t watch it.
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Charlie Kirk and motorcycle.jpg
The entire internet has become rotten.com
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September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I wrote about Charlie Kirk and the videos you really shouldn’t watch. No, really. Don’t watch it.
open.substack.com/pub/violet/p...
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