David Cronenberg
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1943-03-15
Locus Natus: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Et ut: David Paul Cronenberg, Дэвид Кроненберг, 데이비드 크로넌버그, 데이빗 크로넌버그, Дэ́вид Пол Кро́ненберг, Дэ́вид Кро́ненберг, "Baron of Blood", "the King of Venereal Horror" , 大卫·柯南伯格
To Die For
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she...
release : 1995.09.22popularis : 14.27
The Death of David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg stands in a softly lit bedroom and looks deeply into the camera before his gaze shifts to a motionless figure in the bed...
release : 2021.09.14popularis : 2.852
Resurrection
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and...
release : 1999.06.05popularis : 12.387
Nightbreed
Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, Boone decides he'll hide by crossing the threshold that separates "us" from "them" and sneak...
release : 1990.02.16popularis : 13.119
Into the Night
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
release : 1985.02.22popularis : 18.192
Jason X
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous...
release : 2001.11.09popularis : 32.274
The Fly
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a...
release : 1986.08.15popularis : 30.152
Last Night
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
release : 1998.10.23popularis : 14.147
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.
release : 2010.11.05popularis : 6.137
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
release : 2010.11.09popularis : 7.618
Blood & Donuts
In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local...
release : 1995.09.09popularis : 4.084
Tomorrow's Shadows
Where futures are known and happiness is guaranteed by G.O.D., a mother is given a choice - her child or her perfect future.
release : 2016.06.29popularis : 2.265
The Judge
When a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge Armando Acosta. Now the judge Madiani will defend his...
release : 2001.05.06popularis : 1.95
The Grace of God
Centering on L'Ecuyer's identity as a gay man, the film unfolds as a series of vignettes depicting various key moments in his life.
release : 1998.06.10popularis : 1.544
Shivers
When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's...
release : 1975.09.26popularis : 8.13
Crash
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins...
release : 1996.07.17popularis : 20.162
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh
Through the use of interviews (both vintage and new) with various cast and crew members, including Rick Baker, Bill Sturgeon, David Cronenberg, James...
release : 2004.08.27popularis : 1.386
Tales from the Organ Trade
A look into the underground world of trafficking human body parts.
release : 2013.09.20popularis : 1.17
Henry & Verlin
Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell....
release : 1994.01.07popularis : 0.668
Room 999
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in...
release : 2023.10.05popularis : 4.173
Rewind
Revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past...
release : 2013.08.26popularis : 2.775
Naked Making Lunch
A 1992 documentary about the making of Naked Lunch.
release : 1992.12.29popularis : 2.546
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Tells the story of David Secter, Canada's first acclaimed indie filmmaker.
release : 2005.03.03popularis : 1.312
Citizens of Cosmopolis
An in-depth documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's feature film, Cosmopolis (2012), an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel of the same name.
release : 2012.09.25popularis : 2.283
Falling
John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los...
release : 2020.10.02popularis : 11.105
The American Nightmare
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
release : 2000.09.11popularis : 4.393
David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme
A brief documentary about Cronenberg made by the BBC to precede a showing of 'Videodrome' on television.
release : 1997.01.19popularis : 1.159
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg
Documentary about the career of director David Cronenberg, with clips from his films and interviews with friends, colleagues, film critics and...
release : 1986.01.01popularis : 1.365
Humane
In the wake of an environmental collapse that has forced humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's...
release : 2024.04.26popularis : 17.14
David Cronenberg: I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh
“I Have to Make the Word Be Flesh” is an insightful and candid interview with the man himself about his films and his motivations....
release : 1999.10.20popularis : 0.955
Blue
New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche.
release : 1992.01.10popularis : 2.053
Take One: Fear on Film
Mick Garris hosts this look at horror films with John Carpenter, John Landis and David Cronenberg all discussing their favorite scare films as well...
release : 1982.01.01popularis : 3.682
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
In an unspecified future, a man prepares to kill himself in a cinema restroom. Two unseen radio commentators say he is the last Jew in the world, and...
release : 2007.05.20popularis : 1.434
Extreme Measures
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency...
release : 1996.09.27popularis : 19.928
Videodrome
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...
release : 1983.02.04popularis : 14.305
The Stupids
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
release : 1996.08.08popularis : 13.527
Ape Sodom
Three degenerates navigate the descending hierarchy of post-consumerist enlightenment.
release : 2016.09.23popularis : 1.807
The Nest
A doctor must remove a parasite infestation from within a patient's breast.
release : 2013.09.02popularis : 2.567
Boozecan
The owner of an after-hours bar dreams of opening a legitimate establishment.
release : 1994.10.22popularis : 2.246
Too Commercial for Cannes
A day in a life tour diary with David Cronenberg, as he brings his film "A History of Violence" to the Cannes Film Festival (2005) for its first...
release : 2006.03.17popularis : 1.537
A Special Day
At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
release : 2012.05.16popularis : 2.332
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable...
release : 2004.01.01popularis : 0.799
To Each His Own Cinema
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...
release : 2007.10.31popularis : 17.482
Dead Ringers
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has...
release : 1988.09.23popularis : 14.701
Palace of Pleasure
John Hofsess’s The Palace of Pleasure emerged from the psychedelic haze of 1960s postmodern art. It was a blistering work that combined...
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 1.631
Buffalo Airport Visions
An experimental investigation of Toronto street life and youth culture.
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 1.248
The Making of Dead Ringers
A short behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of "Dead Ringers," including interviews with writer-director David Cronenberg, star Jeremy Irons,...
release : 1988.01.01popularis : 0.946
Masters of Horror
Documentary showcasing the work of prominent film directors in the horror genre. Featuring interviews with the directors, behind the scenes footage...
release : 2002.11.06popularis : 3.356
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome
A featurette made in 1982 to promote the new film by David Cronenberg, including interviews with the cast and crew.
release : 1982.12.31popularis : 1.795
Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have...
release : 2020.02.28popularis : 7.349
L’ inquiétante absence
"L'inquiétante absence" is a documentary that examines the current state of genre films in Québec. In an attempt to answer their...
release : 2019.07.14popularis : 0.346
Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier
The invisible art of production designer Carol Spier. The relationship between director and production designer is a special one. FRAME BY FRAME is a...
release : 2000.05.08popularis : 0.708
Barney's Version
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
release : 2010.10.26popularis : 8.06
On Screen!: Shivers
The debut feature from Canada's most celebrated filmmaker, David Cronenberg, Shivers provided the young director with a crash course in feature...
release : 2008.02.10popularis : 0.515
Trial by Jury
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
release : 1994.09.09popularis : 4.834
Acts of Violence
ACTS OF VIOLENCE is a behind the scenes documentary, structured in a scene by scene breakdown of all the incidents of violence in David Cronenberg's...
release : 2006.03.14popularis : 0.264
Moonshine Highway
The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the...
release : 1996.05.05popularis : 2.714
Pass the Warning: Reflecting on Nic Roeg's Masterpiece
New featurette, writer/director Brad Bird, writer/director Andrew Haigh, director Danny Boyle, and cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond, amongst...
release : 2019.07.29popularis : 4.586
A Kaleidoscope of Meaning: Colour in Don't Look Now
New featurette, David Cronenberg, cinematographer Anthony B. Richomond, and professor Sarah Street (University of Bristol), amongst others, discuss...
release : 2019.07.29popularis : 1.82
Produce Your Own Damn Movie!
When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running...
release : 2011.09.13popularis : 0.635
The Politics of the Dead Zone
A discussion on the politics behind the 1983 David Cronenberg thriller, The Dead Zone.
release : 2006.09.26popularis : 0.717
Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash,...
release : 1990.01.01popularis : 0.253