David Cronenberg Archives

Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Scanners (Review)

January 11, 2017July 31, 2019ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Michael Ironside, Scanners, Stephen Lack

My viewing of David Cronenberg’s catalogue of films has been anything but sequential. In fact, I have almost unconsciously been watching a number of his films in backwards order, which has inadvertently offered an interesting

Dead Ringers (Review)

October 5, 2016October 4, 2016ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Dead Ringers, Jeremy Irons

During my recent endeavours to better understand Canadian cinema, I encountered a film highly regarded in its history. Consequently, I decided to give my own impressions of David Cronenberg’s 1988 psychological horror film, Dead Ringers.

Eastern Promises (Review)

September 20, 2016September 18, 2016ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Eastern Promises

Many films now considered modern classics premiered in 2007: There Will Be Blood, Juno, No Country For Old Men, and Zodiac chief among them. Another I frequently see mentioned is Canadian director David Cronenberg’s Eastern

A New High for Canada

June 8, 2016June 7, 2016OpinionBrie Larson, canada film industry news today, canadian independent film, David Cronenberg, French-Canadian film industry, It's Only the End of the World, Jacob Tremblay, Oscars, Room, Xavier Dolan

Canada and its film industry have received considerable attention in the last two years, first with the Oscar-nominated film Room, starring Brie Larson and the young Jacob Tremblay, and more recently at the 2016 Cannes

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