Look and see: a number of films this in year’s selection—including Atropia, The Stringer, and others—grappled with the ethics ...

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The groundswell of grief that followed David Lynch’s death on January 15 caught me off guard, as I suspect it did many others, in its sheer reach and intensity. For a few days, it seemed that everyone ...

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Lynch’s career thus far reads like a film student’s fancy: an avant-garde feature made for $20,000; then a modestly budgeted ($5 million), no-star commercial movie, in black and white, that earned ...

“I don’t know if you’re a detective or a pervert,” remarks Sandy (Laura Derm) to Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) at a crucial juncture in the harrowing new David Lynch picture, Blue Velvet. We never are ...