David Lynch
Blindspots is back! Our hosts hit the road to check out two films concerning the deranged lives of vicious killers.
Lynch/Oz is a very film 101 documentary, one which aims to open doors for the performer, lover, and cinema enigma that is Lynch.
Transcendental meditation can provide a wealth of benefits and David Lynch’s grand filmography can become the key to open the door.
Behind the grief, behind BOB, lies the simple reality that Twin Peaks pushes: that the dream of suburbia and happiness that America sells may be a lie.
Sensory immersion avant-garde video art grabs the spectator and pulls them into the narrative, they themselves become just as important as the work.
We analyze some of the interpretations of Twin Peaks: The Return, the dreamlike sequel series to David Lynch’s early ’90s TV show.
Lucky is the unfortunate but beautiful swan song of Stanton, one that truly earns the oft overused phrase, “the performance of a lifetime.”
Fire Walk With Me is a bolder, darker look at the Twin Peaks universe, but it is essential in understanding the show’s larger themes.
In this installment of Take Two, Robb Sheppard reconsiders David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive after a less-than-satisfying first viewing.
Our next installment of Take Two sees us examine David Lynch’s divisive debut feature about strange dreams and deformed children: Eraserhead.
David Lynch: The Art Life delves into the abstract world of Lynch, the artist. But while it intrigues, some mysteries still remain.
Sure, we’ve all heard the rumours: topping the critics’ pick of the flicks for this century, hell, this millennium so far, is David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. But what exactly happened up in the darkness of those famous hills, on those enticing yet savage switchbacks?
There is one movement cinephiles can thank for heroin addicts sinking into carpets and rose petals exploding from cheerleader’s chests: Surrealism. Not only has the movement influenced some of the most iconic films to date like Trainspotting and American Beauty, throughout the last century surrealism has completely turned cinema on its head; creating a new wave of film that drags reality into the world of insanity.
David Lynch has one of the most polarizing bodies of work in Hollywood (though he is objectively one of the nicest and most genuine people there). His films divide audiences like they were born of a marriage between Moses and Solomon. Filled with peculiar idiosyncrasies and defiantly flaunting conventions of both genre and narrative, Lynch’s films have been stubborn in their consistency for most of his career.
In the fast-paced world of show business, projects are announced before swiftly being cancelled every day. Yet there are some film projects that obsess their creators for years, always on the verge of getting made, before the cinematic powers that be decide otherwise. This article is a celebration of the best movies never made – films that would have been surefire masterpieces, that generations of film fans have had to resort to merely imagining existing.
