Totally wrapped: The wardrobe shines in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’.

THE SHROUDS As is often the case, the latest off-piste offering from David Cronenberg is more enjoyable for its play of ideas than for any adherence to mundane notions of plot or resolution. In a typically committed performance, Vincent Cassel plays a tech wiz and cemetery owner whose invention of a sensory shroud allows people to watch the rotting corpses of loved ones via a phone app. This helps him grieve for his wife (Diane Kruger) who died of cancer. A targeted attack on his hi-tech graveyard by vandals rouses a number of juicy conspiracy theories, including from his dead ringer sister-in-law (Diane Kruger again). With the help of his tech buddy (Guy Pearce, ever versatile) and animated AI helper (Diane Kruger yet again) he tries getting to the bottom of the attack while dealing with some sex-based nightmares. Plenty of off-the-wall fun. Catnip for fans.
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I SAW THE TV GLOW Straight from the cinéma extérieur school comes this head scratcher about the addictive nature of TV as two nerds in the 1990s, Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Owen (Justice Smith), share their addiction to a supernatural series called The Pink Opaque. Things get off to an enticing start, but matters go from beguiling to baffling as their friendship and love for the show skips forward in time to the present day and beyond. One senses a bit of a Donnie Darko vibe throughout and lovers of left-field cinema might enjoy the glossily mounted, disjointed narrative as much as writer/director Jane Schoenbrun clearly does, but others will clock it as boring waffle.
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