Sonja Smits’s Typical Vibe
2 films — measured, dark, harrowing, complex, uneasy

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Sonja Smits has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Videodrome.

The Entity
1982
Horror · Mystery

Santa Sangre
1989
Horror · Drama

Altered States
1980
Horror · Science Fiction

Don't Worry Darling
2022
Mystery · Thriller

Phenomena
1985
Horror · Thriller

Happy Birthday to Me
1981
Horror · Mystery

A Tale of Two Sisters
2003
Drama · Horror

Possessor
2020
Horror · Thriller

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Dir. David Cronenberg · With James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
Dir. Richard Kwietniowski · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt