David Lynch’s ‘Lost Highway’ Loosens Our Grip on What and Whom We Think We Know
We move through life among strangers whom we try to make less strange, and we might even say we “know” a person. Lost Highway shows we no nothing.
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David Lynch’s ’Blue Velvet’ Covers the Darkness
How can we appreciate David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, a film about America’s private darkness, in an era when such anxieties, tensions, and corruptions are so openly apparent?
‘Room to Dream’, in which David Lynch Has a Conversation with His Own Biography
Room to Dream brims with detail but the real David Lynch remains elusive.
Shadows and Light in the Female Form: On ‘David Lynch Nudes’
As with David Lynch's films, so too in his photography, plots are illogical and non-linear as they take a back seat to mood, atmosphere, and objectification.
David Lynch and Kristine McKenna’s ‘Room to Dream’ Never Awakens
The legendary director behind Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, and Mulholland Drive joins co-author Kristine McKenna for a unique blend of autobiography and biography that does little to solve the mysteries of his life and work.
‘Becoming AFI’ Might Have Benefited from a Good Scriptwriter’s Input
The history of this important American cultural institution is vital and appreciated, of course. If only the text had more "life" and "color" in it, as a good film does.
Criterion’s ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ Is a Semiotic Feast
Sheryl Lee’s iconic performance as Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me evokes epic sorrow and haunting tragedy.
You’ll Have Yourself a Very Scary Christmas with These Eight Films
Beware the seemingly merry shades of green and red that spread so slowly and thickly across the holiday season, for something dark and uncertain, something that takes many forms, stirs beneath the joyful facade.
Will David Lynch Ever Make Ronnie Rocket?
With the Twin Peaks revival underway, perhaps the surrealist filmmaker will revisit his famously un-produced project.
Dean Hurley: Anthology Resource Vol. 1: △△
The Twin Peaks soundtrack collection exposes a key architect for one of the most daring shows of all time.
‘David Lynch: The Art Life’ Pulls the Garmonbozia Directly Out of the Auteur Himself
This insightful documentary brings advanced closure to lingering questions we may have when Twin Peaks: The Return ends its triumphant televisual revival in September.
‘Twin Peaks’ and Its Twisted Reflection
The return of Twin Peaks fundamentally reshapes the theme of the entire text, refashioning it into a meditation upon reflection, and the inability to know oneself.