A History of Violence - A David Cronenberg Showcase by Requisite Cinema

A History of Violence/ Canada/ 2005/ Dir: David Cronenberg/ 96 Min

When a pair of petty criminals attempt to rob his small-town diner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) quickly and easily dispatches both in shocking and apparently natural order. In the flush of news coverage of Tom's seemingly heroic actions, a threatening stranger named Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris) comes to town, casting suspicion on Tom to his tight-nit community and adoring family.

David Cronenberg: A Requisite Cinema showcase
To celebrate the release of his latest masterwork THE SHROUDS, the Broadway Theatre has curated a selection of classics from the peerless catalog of the iconoclastic DAVID CRONENBERG. This twelve picture series will highlight the evolution of Cronenberg's unparalleled work as the cerebral and visceral collide, negotiate, and inevitably coalesce across decades of groundbreaking cinema.