http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-10942-david-cronenberg/topic-rss.do David Cronenberg RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23757515-sympathy-for-the-devil-in-thirst.do A vampire sucking the blood from a tube inserted into a coma patient is just one of the outré spectacles in Park Chan-Wook’s latest epic, Thirst 2009-10-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23678496-he-was-my-friend-my-mentor-the-greatest-writer-london-had.do JG Ballard – Jim to those who knew him – is considered by many to be the most significant author of the past 50 years. Here, one admirer pays tribute to his foremost literary inspiration and remembers an extraordinary and gentle man 2009-04-21T10:10:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23580375-pyschic-powers-in-ring.do The measured, eerie direction keeps the tension tight throughout Hideo Nakata's Ring. 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23441926-dvds-of-the-week.do Among this week's DVDs, Viggo Mortensen stars as a brutal body-disposer in Eastern Promises and Take That perform some sleepy love songs. 2008-02-26T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23436772-jaws-star-roy-scheider-dies-aged-75.do Roy Scheider, the American actor best known for his role as the police chief in Jaws, has died aged 75. A one-time boxer famed for his pugnacious acting style in films such as The French Connection, he died on Sunday in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas 2008-02-11T07:57:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23423817-navel-gazing-in-la-la-land.do The cast in deliberately confusing film The Nines, change roles and swap plots in a movie that is funny ha-ha as well as funny peculiar. 2007-11-29T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23418265-i-want-people-to-see-what-violence-does.do Director David Cronenberg is not apologising for the extreme brutality in his controversial Russian-gangster film Eastern Promises. 2007-10-26T11:39:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23418094-from-russia-with-menace.do David Cronenberg's portrayal of the Russian mafia in London is horrifically violent in Eastern Promises, but that serves his purpose beautifully. 2007-10-24T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23417918-brick-lane-star-up-for-best-actress-award.do The young star of Brick Lane is to go head to head with Dame Judi Dench for the honour of best actress in the British Independent Film awards. 2007-10-24T07:47:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23417680-with-his-dark-material.do Far from setting out to disturb, the unsettling element of David Cronenberg's films results from curiosity. 2007-10-22T14:22:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23412167-redford-to-attend-london-film-festival.do Robert Redford is to bring Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep to attend the world premiere of his new thriller at the London Film Festival. 2007-09-14T07:52:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23409652-coming-soon-for-autumn.do After the silliness of the summer blockbusters, autumn brings a crop of films for grown-ups. See our preview here. 2007-08-24T11:13:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23405866-its-just-a-boy-thing-dude.do Transformers have always been boy-toys and this may explain why, of all the summer blockbusters, this one feels the most macho. 2007-07-25T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23375235-master-of-horrors-underground-success.do Despite his new film, Pan's Labyrinth, being overlooked at Cannes, the Mexican director is happy to pursue his macabre muse. 2006-11-20T16:33:57Z