Right now we find ourselves in the midst of an important movie related thirty-year anniversary: the summer of 1986. No, that period was not, as some are claiming, “the Best Summer Movie Season Ever,” but it was seminal for popular filmmaking.
David Cronenberg and David Lynch: two visually gifted, unabashedly idiosyncratic filmmakers, both drawn to bizarre and grotesque subject matter
This remains one of David Lynch’s most controversial films. A dark and violent romance, it’s quite uneven but still fairly impacting
Some people claim this notorious 1993 bomb is a misunderstood masterpiece. Don’t believe ‘em!
BLUE VELVET is one of most iconic “cult” movies of all time, and there’s an excellent reason for that.
A quintessential American independent film from the eighties, and still a one-of-a-kind masterpiece
A seriously twisted film, the second by Jennifer Lynch, who’s turned in a fine, stylish work that may finally dissipate the stench of her first, the vomitous BOXING HELENA
This Wes Craven freak-out, about a demented couple living in a tricked-out house, is definitely unique, but far from Craven’s best work
Weird, creepy and uncompromisingly elliptic, it’s one of the most outright Lynchian films David Lynch has ever crafted
2014 was an above-average year for books in my view. Quite a few terrific titles turned up from both established and debuting authors, with a few, I’m certain, that will go on to become classics