In 1977, he made his first feature, Eraserhead, a black ... advocate and George Lucas approached him about directing a Star Wars film. Another fan was Mel Brooks, who produced Lynch’s next ...

Geoff Boothby served as the film’s editor. Below, he talks about cutting in placeholders that allowed for future shoots to be carefully designed and how choices of what equipment to use in the shoot ...

David Lynch, the director of cult classics such as Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead passed away last week. Known ...

Many of Lynch’s movies travel from a familiar outside world into a strange inner one. The structure of “Room to Dream,” which ...

I’m sitting in a booth at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank with a distorted simulacrum of a David Lynch meal. Black coffee. Tuna melt. Fries. Chocolate shake. Outside, someone has already cleaned up ...

Released in 1999, The Straight Story is a bit of a departure from what most people would associate with Lynch’s work, which is known and praised for juxtaposing surreal and sometimes sinister ...

Clever readers (or at least those familiar with “Twin Peaks,” which is often the same thing) can tell by the offerings that ...

Lynch’s “The Straight Story” (1999), however—written by Mary Sweeney and John E. Roach— is more like a lazy daydream. It’s a ...

David Lynch died Jan. 16, 2025 at the age of 78. One of the most prolific artists of his time, Lynch wasn’t just a director, he did it all. Musician, visual artist, painter, writer — you name ...

From the start, the film was set up as a psychological thriller grounded in an art-house approach very much inspired by David Lynch. I’m heartbroken about his recent passing, because I ...

And as much as the Velvet Room might change, Igor is ever Philemon's loyal servant. Lynch was a humble man of humble pleasures, but his boundless creativity and fascination with the world leaves ...