Leonard Cohen Movies

In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.

"In this journey, Courant's heroine wanders through the clouds and Pyrenees mountains way after the world's destruction [...] Songs by Brigitte...

John Hofsess’s The Palace of Pleasure emerged from the psychedelic haze of 1960s postmodern art. It was a blistering work that combined...

Documentary about the revolutionary flamenco-rock album "Omega", composed by maestro Enrique Morente and the Granada group Lagartija Nick in 1996. A...

This CBC Gem page features a documentary titled 'Leonard Cohen: If It Be Your Will' exploring the life and music of the legendary Canadian...

This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: "Riverdale Lion" by John Robert Colombo, "A Kite...

Although it can be difficult to detect the influences in the work of Leonard Cohen, he was informed by a far-reaching list of musicians, writers,...

Yet more archive film has been found from the famous 1972 tour, which formed the basis of the best-selling 2010 DVD Bird on a Wire. Concert material...

A short musical based on the imaginary events in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and the guests' (usually romantic) interactions with each other.

Based on a book of poetry by Dennis Lee, YESNO is a playful view of a planet on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Humphrey Bogart meets Werner Herzog...

This short film features 4 readings of a prose poem from Leonard Cohen’s novel Beautiful Losers. Read by Cohen himself, the poem produces a...

Drawing on rare performance film, insightful interviews, recording footage and more, this documentary explores an incredibly prolific time period in...

A rare short done in much of the same vein of “Puissance de la Parole”, where there is no shortage of cross-dissolve and rapid montage...

Willy DeVille live in concert.

Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's...

Set to Leonard Cohen's 1988 song "I'm Your Man", this animated short offers a playful meditation on romance and the clichés that go with it.

Leonard Cohen performance recorded in Madrid, Spain in 1988 as part of the European leg of a concert tour that took place in support of his I'm Your...

The story of Canada's leading poet and the A-Frame cabin he built. Now Canada's leading musicians and artists come together to tell the tale of Al...

The film shows the daily life of the poet and singer Leonard Cohen at the Mount Baldy Zen Center. It also shows him at a recording studio, and...

Harry Rasky, a noted Canadian filmmaker, produced, wrote and directed this fantastic documentary. Filmed in 1979 and 1980, it was first shown on CBC...