David Lynch has been making movies since the 1960s, when he was an art student who wanted to see his paintings move. Since then, he’s become one of the most recognizable and beloved auteurs in cinema history, a filmmaker who enjoys remarkable success, given his idiosyncratic work.
Because Lynch’s work is so personal, it has long been difficult for critics and fans to reach a consensus regarding which is his very best work. Every single one of his movies and TV series has value, and each one strikes different people in different ways. Indeed, even this writer finds himself changing his own personal ranking from time to time.
Like Lynch himself, his works are impossible to categorize and, thus, near impossible to rank, but we’ve given a go in order to celebrate the filmmakers long and celebrated career. We’re looking back at both his movies and...
Because Lynch’s work is so personal, it has long been difficult for critics and fans to reach a consensus regarding which is his very best work. Every single one of his movies and TV series has value, and each one strikes different people in different ways. Indeed, even this writer finds himself changing his own personal ranking from time to time.
Like Lynch himself, his works are impossible to categorize and, thus, near impossible to rank, but we’ve given a go in order to celebrate the filmmakers long and celebrated career. We’re looking back at both his movies and...
- 8/12/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
David Lynch’s directorial genius is undeniable, with a career marked by innovative storytelling and unique visual styles. In his decades-long career, the filmmaker has often pushed the boundaries of cinema. But before his health took a turn for the worse, Lynch had made a surprising vow to never make a feature film again.
David Lynch || credits: Thiago Piccoli/Cca 2.0/Wikimedia Commons
This shocking revelation stunned many fans and critics, as it seemed to mark the end of an era for one of the most celebrated creative minds in the industry. However, the filmmaker’s reasoning for it was equally surprising.
David Lynch’s Shocking Reason for Quitting Feature Films
David Lynch‘s career trajectory is a testament to his unique vision and tackling the most unconventional narratives in cinema history. In his memoir titled Room to Dream (via Guardian), the director gave the audience a closer look at his life.
David Lynch || credits: Thiago Piccoli/Cca 2.0/Wikimedia Commons
This shocking revelation stunned many fans and critics, as it seemed to mark the end of an era for one of the most celebrated creative minds in the industry. However, the filmmaker’s reasoning for it was equally surprising.
David Lynch’s Shocking Reason for Quitting Feature Films
David Lynch‘s career trajectory is a testament to his unique vision and tackling the most unconventional narratives in cinema history. In his memoir titled Room to Dream (via Guardian), the director gave the audience a closer look at his life.
- 8/6/2024
- by Sakshi Singh
- FandomWire
David Lynch’s career as a renowned filmmaker, screenwriter, and artist is distinguished by his unique style, delving deeply into the human psyche with captivating, dreamlike visuals. As an auteur, he masterfully fuses experimental film techniques, blending unconventional horror and avant-garde cinema with box office profits.
Before making his first experimental shorts he studied painting at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the sixties. His foray into film began with a one-minute short he created for a contest in Philadelphia that led him to the American Film Institute, where he made The Grandmother (1970) and started working on the indie cult classic, Eraserhead (1976).
Lynch went mainstream with The Elephant Man (1980) and ventured into science fiction with Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s novel and starring Kyle MacLachlan. Lynch would continue to collaborate with MacLachlan in future projects, including his next art house project,...
Before making his first experimental shorts he studied painting at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the sixties. His foray into film began with a one-minute short he created for a contest in Philadelphia that led him to the American Film Institute, where he made The Grandmother (1970) and started working on the indie cult classic, Eraserhead (1976).
Lynch went mainstream with The Elephant Man (1980) and ventured into science fiction with Dune, based on Frank Herbert’s novel and starring Kyle MacLachlan. Lynch would continue to collaborate with MacLachlan in future projects, including his next art house project,...
- 8/6/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive writer-director David Lynch has revealed he is housebound with emphysema but insisted on social media on Monday: “I will never retire.”
The American director, 78, posted on X after his condition emerged in a story in The Independent quoting from a new interview in Sight & Sound.
Lynch told the outlet, “I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”
He added that the lung disase had left him unable...
The American director, 78, posted on X after his condition emerged in a story in The Independent quoting from a new interview in Sight & Sound.
Lynch told the outlet, “I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”
He added that the lung disase had left him unable...
- 8/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
David Lynch has taken to X to clarify his comments in a recent interview about his battle with emphysema and isolation for fear of Covid.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” Lynch writes, “Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco – the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them – but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema. I have now quit smoking for over two years. Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire. I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern. Love, David”
See his X post below, and responses from
Previous: In a new interview with Sight & Sound magazine,...
“Ladies and Gentlemen,” Lynch writes, “Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco – the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them – but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema. I have now quit smoking for over two years. Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire. I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern. Love, David”
See his X post below, and responses from
Previous: In a new interview with Sight & Sound magazine,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
David Lynch is promising to “never retire” after revealing he suffers from emphysema.
In a new interview with Sight & Sound magazine (via The Independent), Lynch shared the diagnosis due to years of smoking, explaining that he can’t “go out” because catching Covid-19 or any other bug would potentially exacerbate his health issues. However, the 79-year-old director later shared on X that he’s in “excellent shape” and doesn’t plan to quit anytime soon.
“Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking,” Lynch wrote on X after the interview.
In a new interview with Sight & Sound magazine (via The Independent), Lynch shared the diagnosis due to years of smoking, explaining that he can’t “go out” because catching Covid-19 or any other bug would potentially exacerbate his health issues. However, the 79-year-old director later shared on X that he’s in “excellent shape” and doesn’t plan to quit anytime soon.
“Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking,” Lynch wrote on X after the interview.
- 8/5/2024
- by Jon Blistein and Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
David Lynch may be “homebound” but he is never leaving Hollywood.
The auteur took to social media to clarify making his emphysema diagnosis public in an upcoming interview with Sight & Sound magazine.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking,” Lynch tweeted. “I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco — the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them — but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema. I have now quit smoking for over two years.”
Lynch continued, “Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire. I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern. Love, David.”
The 78-year-old “Mulholland Drive” auteur told Sight...
The auteur took to social media to clarify making his emphysema diagnosis public in an upcoming interview with Sight & Sound magazine.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking,” Lynch tweeted. “I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco — the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them — but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema. I have now quit smoking for over two years.”
Lynch continued, “Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire. I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern. Love, David.”
The 78-year-old “Mulholland Drive” auteur told Sight...
- 8/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Legendary director David Lynch is giving an update on his health.
The Blue Velvet director and Twin Peaks creator says he’s been diagnosed with emphysema from many years of smoking and that he’s now housebound. He says he cannot leave his home over fears he’ll get Covid.
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not,” the 78-year-old Lynch told Sight & Sound (via The Independent). “It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”
The director added he “can only walk a short distance before” running out of oxygen.
Lynch noted he’s unlikely to direct a film again, unless he could shoot a film remotely. “I would do it remotely if it comes to it,” he said. “I wouldn’t like that so much.”
But on Monday, the director...
The Blue Velvet director and Twin Peaks creator says he’s been diagnosed with emphysema from many years of smoking and that he’s now housebound. He says he cannot leave his home over fears he’ll get Covid.
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not,” the 78-year-old Lynch told Sight & Sound (via The Independent). “It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”
The director added he “can only walk a short distance before” running out of oxygen.
Lynch noted he’s unlikely to direct a film again, unless he could shoot a film remotely. “I would do it remotely if it comes to it,” he said. “I wouldn’t like that so much.”
But on Monday, the director...
- 8/5/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When David Lynch revealed late last year in an interview that he'd been diagnosed with emphysema, it was hard not to prepare for the inevitable. The filmmaker's longtime affection for cigarettes had at long last irrevocably damaged his health, which would likely curtail his creative pursuits. The lung condition causes chronic shortness of breath, which, of course, is exacerbated by physical activity. Given that directing can be a very stressful job, what with budgets and deadlines and the uncertainty of human behavior that lies at the heart of all artistic collaborations, it felt like Lynch would probably have to alter his creative process for his health's sake.
In a new interview with Sight and Sound, Lynch revealed that his emphysema has progressed to the point that he's "homebound whether I like it or not." Covid is a particular concern for the 78-year-old filmmaker, as any respiratory ailment would make it...
In a new interview with Sight and Sound, Lynch revealed that his emphysema has progressed to the point that he's "homebound whether I like it or not." Covid is a particular concern for the 78-year-old filmmaker, as any respiratory ailment would make it...
- 8/5/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
David Lynch has revealed that after decades as a director, he is now “homebound” amid an emphysema diagnosis.
The 78-year-old auteur told Sight & Sound magazine (via The Independent) that he cannot leave his house due to his weakened immune system. However, the “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks” auteur is open to directing remotely “if it comes to it.”
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. I can’t go out,” Lynch said. “Because of Covid, It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”
Lynch added that he “can only walk a short distance before” he is “out of oxygen.”
Emphysema, which is also referred to as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2030, according to the World Health Organization.
But while Lynch...
The 78-year-old auteur told Sight & Sound magazine (via The Independent) that he cannot leave his house due to his weakened immune system. However, the “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks” auteur is open to directing remotely “if it comes to it.”
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. I can’t go out,” Lynch said. “Because of Covid, It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”
Lynch added that he “can only walk a short distance before” he is “out of oxygen.”
Emphysema, which is also referred to as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2030, according to the World Health Organization.
But while Lynch...
- 8/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
David Lynch, the groundbreaking director of “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the creator of “Twin Peaks,” says that it’s unlikely that he’ll direct again after being diagnosed with emphysema.
In an interview with Sight & Sound magazine (via The Independent), the 78-year-old director said, ““I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.” He is afraid of catching Covid-19 and doesn’t “go out” anymore. He also said that he can “only walk a short distance” before he’s “out of oxygen.”
Still, the director, who last helmed the ambitious third season of “Twin Peaks” for Showtime in 2017, leaves the door open for directing remotely. “I would do it remotely if it comes to it,” Lynch told the publication, although he did say,...
In an interview with Sight & Sound magazine (via The Independent), the 78-year-old director said, ““I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.” He is afraid of catching Covid-19 and doesn’t “go out” anymore. He also said that he can “only walk a short distance” before he’s “out of oxygen.”
Still, the director, who last helmed the ambitious third season of “Twin Peaks” for Showtime in 2017, leaves the door open for directing remotely. “I would do it remotely if it comes to it,” Lynch told the publication, although he did say,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
David Lynch revealed in a new interview that he was diagnosed with emphysema and can no longer “leave the house” due to fears of getting Covid.
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. … And now, because of Covid, it would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold,” he told Sight and Sound in the magazine’s September cover story (via the Independent). Lynch said he “can only walk a short distance before” he runs “out of oxygen.”
The legendary filmmaker behind such works as “Eraserhead,” “Mulholland Drive” and the “Twin Peaks” universe added that it’s unlikely he will direct again — but if he does, he would not be on set. “I would try to do it remotely, if it comes to it,” Lynch said, admitting, “I wouldn’t like that so much.
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. … And now, because of Covid, it would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold,” he told Sight and Sound in the magazine’s September cover story (via the Independent). Lynch said he “can only walk a short distance before” he runs “out of oxygen.”
The legendary filmmaker behind such works as “Eraserhead,” “Mulholland Drive” and the “Twin Peaks” universe added that it’s unlikely he will direct again — but if he does, he would not be on set. “I would try to do it remotely, if it comes to it,” Lynch said, admitting, “I wouldn’t like that so much.
- 8/5/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
David Lynch hasn’t directed a feature film since Inland Empire in 2006, but he has directed many shorts since then, as well as all 18 episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return and videos for some of the songs from Cellophane Memories, the new music album he has sent out into the world with Chrystabell (copies of the album are available to order at This Link). A while back, we heard that he’s hoping to make an animated film called Snootworld, which was rejected by the Netflix streaming service, but that he was thinking of passing the helm over to a different director. Now we know why Lynch hasn’t been directing much lately: in an interview with Sight and Sound magazine, he revealed that he has emphysema and will only be able to direct remotely from now on.
Lynch lives in “relative isolation,” so interviewer Sam Wigley asked him if...
Lynch lives in “relative isolation,” so interviewer Sam Wigley asked him if...
- 8/5/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Update: David Lynch has shared an update below.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco – the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them – but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema. I have now quit smoking for over two years. Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire.
I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern.
Love,
David
Paramount on a list of news we wouldn’t wish to receive is David Lynch’s directing opportunities being winnowed to a very small set of possibilities. Though limitations have often served a big bang for his art,...
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco – the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them – but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema. I have now quit smoking for over two years. Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire.
I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern.
Love,
David
Paramount on a list of news we wouldn’t wish to receive is David Lynch’s directing opportunities being winnowed to a very small set of possibilities. Though limitations have often served a big bang for his art,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
David Lynch has shared his diagnosis of emphysema and says he’s now almost completely housebound. More on the story below.
Legendary film director David Lynch is the cover star of the latest issue of Sight & Sound. In the interview (picked up by The Independent), Lynch said the diagnosis is due to him smoking throughout the life. The director said he can’t leave his home due to fears of catching Covid, which could prove very severe with his diagnosis.
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold,” the director told Sight & Sound.
Emphysema, along with chronic bronchitis, is a form of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The disease causes severe shortness of breath as the tiny air sacs in your lungs rupture...
Legendary film director David Lynch is the cover star of the latest issue of Sight & Sound. In the interview (picked up by The Independent), Lynch said the diagnosis is due to him smoking throughout the life. The director said he can’t leave his home due to fears of catching Covid, which could prove very severe with his diagnosis.
“I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. It would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold,” the director told Sight & Sound.
Emphysema, along with chronic bronchitis, is a form of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The disease causes severe shortness of breath as the tiny air sacs in your lungs rupture...
- 8/5/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
She wore bluuueeeee velvettttt – but she didn’t wear a cap and gown along with it. Laura Dern spent a whopping two days at UCLA before dropping out to play Sandy Williams in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Just imagine how much Pabst Blue Ribbon she missed out on in the dorm!
Appearing on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, Laura Dern remembered being excited to land the part in Blue Velvet but running into issues with the university, who rebuked her request to take time off to work on the film. Dern insisted she would do all the required work, which the department head was reluctant to approve. “I said, ‘I have this opportunity and he said, ‘Well, I’ll look at the script if you want to give me the script, but, you know, you’re not going to get a leave of absence. It’s not going to happen.
Appearing on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, Laura Dern remembered being excited to land the part in Blue Velvet but running into issues with the university, who rebuked her request to take time off to work on the film. Dern insisted she would do all the required work, which the department head was reluctant to approve. “I said, ‘I have this opportunity and he said, ‘Well, I’ll look at the script if you want to give me the script, but, you know, you’re not going to get a leave of absence. It’s not going to happen.
- 8/4/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
The director, along with his collaborator Chrystabell explain – or try to – their new album Cellophane Memories and the magical marriage of music and film
‘Where we’re from,” says The Man from the Other Place in David Lynch’s TV series Twin Peaks, “there’s always music in the air.” The line concerns a terrifying alternate reality called the Black Lodge, but could apply to the whole of Lynch’s surrealist cinematic universe. From industrial drones to soaring ballads, it has always been filled with music: think of Roy Orbison songs shattering reality in Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, or Julee Cruise’s spectral singing in Twin Peaks. “Cinema is sound and picture both – 50/50 really,” Lynch says. “I don’t know why everyone doesn’t think this way.”
Lynch has long made his own music, dating back to 1977 with his soundtrack for his debut feature film Eraserhead, composed with sound designer Alan Splet.
‘Where we’re from,” says The Man from the Other Place in David Lynch’s TV series Twin Peaks, “there’s always music in the air.” The line concerns a terrifying alternate reality called the Black Lodge, but could apply to the whole of Lynch’s surrealist cinematic universe. From industrial drones to soaring ballads, it has always been filled with music: think of Roy Orbison songs shattering reality in Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, or Julee Cruise’s spectral singing in Twin Peaks. “Cinema is sound and picture both – 50/50 really,” Lynch says. “I don’t know why everyone doesn’t think this way.”
Lynch has long made his own music, dating back to 1977 with his soundtrack for his debut feature film Eraserhead, composed with sound designer Alan Splet.
- 7/26/2024
- by Alastair Shuttleworth
- The Guardian - Film News
Humble Beginnings: Art School and Short Films For David Lynch, it began with painting. While some artists know from the very beginning that their path is filmmaking, Lynch was simply enthralled with artistic pursuits in general. Born in Montana and then raised in various different states and cities across the Midwest, Lynch is unsurprisingly no stranger to the ‘All-American’ mundanity that permeates the gleaming surface of many of his films. Over the course of many years and after a string of other artistic academic endeavors, Lynch would finally settle in his enrollment at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Here, the artist would finally turn into a director, creating numerous short films such as ‘The Alphabet’, ‘The Grandmother’, and ‘The Amputee’. All of these were wrought with the eerie, evocative imagery that would soon pervade his feature-length films. Oft-inspired by the surreal and/or macabre works of prominent painters like René Magritte or Francis Bacon,...
- 7/24/2024
- by Grace Smith
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
David Lynch hasn’t directed a feature film since Inland Empire in 2006, but he has directed many shorts since then, as well as all 18 episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return. A while back, we heard that he’s hoping to make an animated film called Snootworld, which was rejected by the Netflix streaming service… but while we wait to find out whether or not Snootworld is going to find a home, Lynch is working with Chrystabell to send a new music album out into the world. This album is called Cellophane Memories and has a street date of August 2nd. Copies are available to pre-order at This Link.
In a video posted to X at the end of May, Lynch said, “Ladies and gentlemen, something is coming along for you to see and hear. And it will be coming along on June 5.” As it turns out, that “something” was a...
In a video posted to X at the end of May, Lynch said, “Ladies and gentlemen, something is coming along for you to see and hear. And it will be coming along on June 5.” As it turns out, that “something” was a...
- 7/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It might take the entirety of Donald Trump’s imminent second term for David Lynch’s current run of music videos to equal another feature film, but each has been a gift of its own. Following last month’s “Sublime Eternal Love“––the first single from his and Chrystabell’s forthcoming album Cellophane Memories––there’s now a video for the second release, “The Answers to the Questions,” ahead of their record’s August 2 release.
While “Sublime Eternal Love” suggested a lost bit of Inland Empire, “The Answers to the Questions” is very much à la Lynch’s animated work––think of Fire (Pozar) or bits of his video for Nine Inch Nails’ “Came Back Haunted.” And, yes, a certain TV series / movie spanning 25 years.
Find the video, tracklist, and album art below:
1. She Knew
2. The Sky Falls
3. You Know The Rest
4. So Much Love
5. Two Lovers Kiss
6. The Answers...
While “Sublime Eternal Love” suggested a lost bit of Inland Empire, “The Answers to the Questions” is very much à la Lynch’s animated work––think of Fire (Pozar) or bits of his video for Nine Inch Nails’ “Came Back Haunted.” And, yes, a certain TV series / movie spanning 25 years.
Find the video, tracklist, and album art below:
1. She Knew
2. The Sky Falls
3. You Know The Rest
4. So Much Love
5. Two Lovers Kiss
6. The Answers...
- 7/9/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
David Lynch's 1984 film adaptation of Frank Herbert's "Dune" represented a turning point in the director's career. Prior to 1984, Lynch caused a stir on the Midnight Movie circuit with his debut feature, the nightmarish "Eraserhead." He followed that with the Mel Brooks-produced biopic "The Elephant Man" in 1980, a film that was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won none. Regardless, Lynch was now poised to be a Hollywood player, despite his penchant for surrealism and unusual creative process.
In the early '80s, Lynch was infamously approached to direct "Return of the Jedi," a project he didn't understand. Lynch's story of meeting George Lucas is legendary, and is widely available to watch on YouTube. Instead of "Jedi," Lynch's opted to make "Dune," a massively ambitious sci-fi film with a $42 million budget. Herbert's book is notoriously psychedelic, and Lynch wanted to retain the novel's bonkers spirit,...
In the early '80s, Lynch was infamously approached to direct "Return of the Jedi," a project he didn't understand. Lynch's story of meeting George Lucas is legendary, and is widely available to watch on YouTube. Instead of "Jedi," Lynch's opted to make "Dune," a massively ambitious sci-fi film with a $42 million budget. Herbert's book is notoriously psychedelic, and Lynch wanted to retain the novel's bonkers spirit,...
- 6/22/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
David Lynch is making a new album with a ‘Twin Peaks’ singer and actor.The veteran filmmaker, 78, collaborated on the project with 46-year-old performer Chrystabell – born Chrysta Bell Zucht – who played FBI agent Tammy Preston in the director’s 2017 TV series ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’.‘Wild at Heart’ auteur David said in a teaser clip released online for the upcoming project: “Ladies and gentlemen. Something is coming along for you to see and hear! And it will be coming along on 5 June.”David’s teaser clip came ahead of a music video to promote his new album with Chrystabell, which is titled ‘Sacred Memories’ and will be released on 2 August.The album is coming out on the Sacred Bones label, which is home to other artists including Jim Jarmusch’s SQÜRL as well as Caleb Landry Jones and 76-year-old ‘Halloween’ director John Carpenter.David – who has made music videos for...
- 6/16/2024
- by BANG Showbiz Reporter
- Bang Showbiz
It is happening again.
On May 27, David Lynch took to Twitter to announce a new project releasing on June 5, stating "Something is coming along.... for you to see and hear" in typical Lynch fashion. Now, I know what you're thinking: speculations about upcoming Lynch projects since "Twin Peaks: The Return" have always ended in disappointment, be it the baseless rumor that a new Lynch film was headed to Cannes in 2022 or the update about Netflix's (misguided) rejection of his long-gestating animated movie "Snootworld." While the legendary director's latest project is not a new film/series or anything "Twin Peaks"-related, it is a captivating, brand-new 10-song album with his longtime collaborator, Chrysta Bell (also known as Chrystabell). Titled "Cellophane Memories," the album is set to release on August 2, 2024, courtesy of Sacred Bones Records, but the Lynch-directed music video for the single, "Sublime Eternal Love," is now available for you to watch.
On May 27, David Lynch took to Twitter to announce a new project releasing on June 5, stating "Something is coming along.... for you to see and hear" in typical Lynch fashion. Now, I know what you're thinking: speculations about upcoming Lynch projects since "Twin Peaks: The Return" have always ended in disappointment, be it the baseless rumor that a new Lynch film was headed to Cannes in 2022 or the update about Netflix's (misguided) rejection of his long-gestating animated movie "Snootworld." While the legendary director's latest project is not a new film/series or anything "Twin Peaks"-related, it is a captivating, brand-new 10-song album with his longtime collaborator, Chrysta Bell (also known as Chrystabell). Titled "Cellophane Memories," the album is set to release on August 2, 2024, courtesy of Sacred Bones Records, but the Lynch-directed music video for the single, "Sublime Eternal Love," is now available for you to watch.
- 6/5/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
As he promised last week, David Lynch has announced his next project for fans to “see and hear”: A new album, Cellophane Memories with Chrystabell, set to arrive Aug. 2 via Sacred Bones.
Accompanying the album announcement is the first single, “Sublime Eternal Love,” which comes with a music video directed by Lynch. (A balm, perhaps, for those hoping Lynch would maybe, today, announce his first feature film since 2006 — but alas the wait goes on). In the “Sublime Eternal Love” video, Chrystabell appears in close-up and triplicate, effectively offering up...
Accompanying the album announcement is the first single, “Sublime Eternal Love,” which comes with a music video directed by Lynch. (A balm, perhaps, for those hoping Lynch would maybe, today, announce his first feature film since 2006 — but alas the wait goes on). In the “Sublime Eternal Love” video, Chrystabell appears in close-up and triplicate, effectively offering up...
- 6/5/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
David Lynch’s New Project Is an Album and Music Video With Chrystabell From ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’
After enigmatic filmmaker David Lynch stirred up fans by teasing a new project over Memorial Day weekend, the project has been revealed as a new album with Chrystabell, the singer and actor who played FBI agent Tammy Preston in “Twin Peaks: The Return.”
“Ladies and gentlemen. Something is coming along for you to see and hear! And it will be coming along on June 5,” Lynch said in the teaser video.
It turned out the “something for you to see and hear” was a music video for his new album with Chrystabell, “Sacred Memories,” out Aug. 2 on the Sacred Bones label, home to other outré artists including Jim Jarmusch’s SQÜRL as well as Caleb Landry Jones and John Carpenter.
Though Lynch may have disappointed fans that the new “something” wasn’t a movie or TV series, he did direct the “Sublime Eternal Love” video, with slightly eerie flickering images of...
“Ladies and gentlemen. Something is coming along for you to see and hear! And it will be coming along on June 5,” Lynch said in the teaser video.
It turned out the “something for you to see and hear” was a music video for his new album with Chrystabell, “Sacred Memories,” out Aug. 2 on the Sacred Bones label, home to other outré artists including Jim Jarmusch’s SQÜRL as well as Caleb Landry Jones and John Carpenter.
Though Lynch may have disappointed fans that the new “something” wasn’t a movie or TV series, he did direct the “Sublime Eternal Love” video, with slightly eerie flickering images of...
- 6/5/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
God bless everyone who truly thought David Lynch announcing “something for you to see and hear” portended a fourth season of Twin Peaks or new feature. I long for anything even within the vicinity of such optimism, but longtime completists knew the safe money was on more music. Lo and behold: today brings the official unveiling of his next album Cellophane Memories, recorded with longtime collaborator Chrystabell, featuring contributions from the late Angelo Badalamenti, and arriving August 2 via Sacred Bones Records.
According to Spin, Cellophane Memories emerged from Lynch’s vision experienced “during a nighttime walk through a forest of tall trees, over the tops of which he saw a bright light” that became Chrystabell’s voice, and in turn “revealed a secret to him.”
Great news for those of us who can hum BlueBOB tracks. Those wanting something more cinematic will have a little bit to chew on: with...
According to Spin, Cellophane Memories emerged from Lynch’s vision experienced “during a nighttime walk through a forest of tall trees, over the tops of which he saw a bright light” that became Chrystabell’s voice, and in turn “revealed a secret to him.”
Great news for those of us who can hum BlueBOB tracks. Those wanting something more cinematic will have a little bit to chew on: with...
- 6/5/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
In the words of The Giant, it is happening again… again. It being another collaboration between director David Lynch and singer/actress Chrystabell, who starred as FBI agent Tammy Preston in “Twin Peaks: The Return.”
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Lynch cryptically teased something new for audiences to “see and hear” on June 5. And no, the project is not the rebirth of his planned post-“Twin Peaks” series, “Unrecorded Night,” canceled during the pandemic. It’s an album with Chrystabell, “Cellophane Memories,” out August 2 via Sacred Bone records. And along with the Wednesday, June Five announcement, the label shared a new video for “Sublime Eternal Love,” featuring Chrystabell and directed by Lynch. Watch it below.
Lynch and Chrystabell, who hails from Texas, first collaborated circa his 2007 film “Inland Empire”. After Chrystabell contributed to that soundtrack, Lynch worked on her debut album “This Train” and following EP “Somewhere in the Nowhere...
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Lynch cryptically teased something new for audiences to “see and hear” on June 5. And no, the project is not the rebirth of his planned post-“Twin Peaks” series, “Unrecorded Night,” canceled during the pandemic. It’s an album with Chrystabell, “Cellophane Memories,” out August 2 via Sacred Bone records. And along with the Wednesday, June Five announcement, the label shared a new video for “Sublime Eternal Love,” featuring Chrystabell and directed by Lynch. Watch it below.
Lynch and Chrystabell, who hails from Texas, first collaborated circa his 2007 film “Inland Empire”. After Chrystabell contributed to that soundtrack, Lynch worked on her debut album “This Train” and following EP “Somewhere in the Nowhere...
- 6/5/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
In 2014, Naomi Watts voiced an animated version of herself in the “BoJack Horseman” episode “One Trick Pony.” The Watts in Hollywoo — the “BoJack” stand-in for the entertainment industry’s epicenter, inhabited mostly by anthropomorphic animals — is starring opposite BoJack in a biopic about his frenemy, Mr. Peanutbutter. She appears on set preparing to play Diane, a burgeoning writer. The meta joke is the actress accepted the part to get a break from emotionally draining, praiseworthy performances.
“I just keep getting pigeonholed as these complex characters in highly acclaimed movies,” the animated Watts bemoans to a character who is a parody of host Ryan Seacrest (A Ryan Seacrest Type). “For once, I would just love to phone it in and play a two-dimensional girl in a rom-com with no inner life of her own. That’s kind of the reason I got into this business.”
Ten years later, that tongue-in-cheek guest appearance now feels almost prophetic.
“I just keep getting pigeonholed as these complex characters in highly acclaimed movies,” the animated Watts bemoans to a character who is a parody of host Ryan Seacrest (A Ryan Seacrest Type). “For once, I would just love to phone it in and play a two-dimensional girl in a rom-com with no inner life of her own. That’s kind of the reason I got into this business.”
Ten years later, that tongue-in-cheek guest appearance now feels almost prophetic.
- 5/16/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for "Blue Velvet."
David Lynch's cinematic world tiptoes between stark reality and nightmarish dreams, where quaint, perfect lives and locales often hide Boschian hells. While some Lynchian small towns are infused with poetic romanticism despite harboring great evils (such as Twin Peaks), others, like Lumberton, weave an insincere facade with its aura of suburban bliss: a sentiment that forms the crux of Lynch's sensational, oft-misunderstood "Blue Velvet." Most of Lynch's work defies objective analysis, as the foundational ideas he embeds into his stories feel abstract and elusive, but are always tethered to reality in essential and terrifying ways. Although "Blue Velvet" helms one of the most straightforward narratives in Lynch's oeuvre — it is neither as labyrinthine nor heady as "Inland Empire" or "Mulholland Drive" — the film's graphic depictions of psychosexual impulses tend to confuse and alienate, with the merging of the real and the...
David Lynch's cinematic world tiptoes between stark reality and nightmarish dreams, where quaint, perfect lives and locales often hide Boschian hells. While some Lynchian small towns are infused with poetic romanticism despite harboring great evils (such as Twin Peaks), others, like Lumberton, weave an insincere facade with its aura of suburban bliss: a sentiment that forms the crux of Lynch's sensational, oft-misunderstood "Blue Velvet." Most of Lynch's work defies objective analysis, as the foundational ideas he embeds into his stories feel abstract and elusive, but are always tethered to reality in essential and terrifying ways. Although "Blue Velvet" helms one of the most straightforward narratives in Lynch's oeuvre — it is neither as labyrinthine nor heady as "Inland Empire" or "Mulholland Drive" — the film's graphic depictions of psychosexual impulses tend to confuse and alienate, with the merging of the real and the...
- 5/12/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
A one armed man selling shoes, a lady with a log obsession, evil spirits called Bob who feed on pain and suffering, dwarves speaking backwards, a ton of doughnuts, plus a murder mystery with a killer reveal. It can only be one crazy series, can’t it? That’s right my fellow wonderful gore-hounds, we’re taking a psychedelic trip to the fictional Washington town of Twin Peaks. The original show ran from 1990 to 1991 and followed an investigation by FBI agent Dale Cooper, played to perfection by Kyle MacLachlan, into the murder of Sheryl Lee’s homecoming queen, Laura Palmer. The series didn’t end there though, no siree, writer / director David Lynch had grander plans for the residents of Twin Peaks.
In fact, in was only one year later, 1992, that Lynch unleashed his big screen movie based around the events leading up to the first season of the show; prequel,...
In fact, in was only one year later, 1992, that Lynch unleashed his big screen movie based around the events leading up to the first season of the show; prequel,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Adam Walton
- JoBlo.com
Plot: An awkward teen (Justice Smith) and his friend (Brigette Lundy-Paine) become obsessed with a teen drama called The Pink Opaque. But, years after it gets cancelled, the lines between reality and fiction start to blur as they begin to wonder if perhaps they are part of the show they love.
Review: I Saw the TV Glow seems bound to be a conversation starter for horror fans once A24 puts it out later this year. By design, it’s a movie that’s meant to be dissected, with it defying genre expectations to the point that, for some folks, this will be a genuinely tedious experience. At the same time, others will love director Jane Schoenbrun’s stab at what the Sundance programmers have called “emo-horror.”
I’m sorry to say that I found this a difficult sit, as within ten minutes, I was looking at my watch and realizing...
Review: I Saw the TV Glow seems bound to be a conversation starter for horror fans once A24 puts it out later this year. By design, it’s a movie that’s meant to be dissected, with it defying genre expectations to the point that, for some folks, this will be a genuinely tedious experience. At the same time, others will love director Jane Schoenbrun’s stab at what the Sundance programmers have called “emo-horror.”
I’m sorry to say that I found this a difficult sit, as within ten minutes, I was looking at my watch and realizing...
- 5/6/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Though Netflix ruined our hopes for another David Lynch movie––perhaps too much to ask from the people behind Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver, now streaming––the man more or less never stops creating. (When we did an interview he Zoomed from his woodworking office and showed off a lamp he was making.) Today we have our first Lynch track in some years, albeit in remix form––part and parcel of him once telling me he’s “a non-musician musician.”
For Mylène Farmer’s Remix Xl album, out today, he’s stripped-down her 1999 track “Je te rends ton amour” to expose a fuzzy bass line, thrumming and slightly abrasive à la something from the Lost Highway or Inland Empire soundtracks. A small transmission from Lynchland that, if nothing else, shows his creative energies remain.
Listen below:
The post David Lynch Debuts New Remix — Listen first appeared on The Film Stage.
For Mylène Farmer’s Remix Xl album, out today, he’s stripped-down her 1999 track “Je te rends ton amour” to expose a fuzzy bass line, thrumming and slightly abrasive à la something from the Lost Highway or Inland Empire soundtracks. A small transmission from Lynchland that, if nothing else, shows his creative energies remain.
Listen below:
The post David Lynch Debuts New Remix — Listen first appeared on The Film Stage.
- 4/19/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Once upon a time, Netflix was in the business of auteur-driven animation, allowing filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro work on his dream project "Pinocchio," giving Henry Selick his first movie in 13 years after Disney killed his previous project, letting Charlie Kaufman deliver an existential kids' animated movie in "Orion and the Dark," and rescuing "Nimona" after Disney pulled the plug. The streamer has partnered with the likes of Glen Keane, Sergio Pablos, Richard Linklater, Chris Williams, Craig McCracken, and Jorge R. Gutiérrez, but a name that won't join this list anytime soon is legendary filmmaker David Lynch.
Speaking with Deadline, Lynch offered an update on his long-gestating animated movie "Snootworld," which he's been teasing since at least 2009. Lynch co-wrote the script for his animated feature debut with Caroline Thompson ("The Nightmare Before Christmas"), with Lynch penning the second of the film's three acts.
"I like this story. It's something that...
Speaking with Deadline, Lynch offered an update on his long-gestating animated movie "Snootworld," which he's been teasing since at least 2009. Lynch co-wrote the script for his animated feature debut with Caroline Thompson ("The Nightmare Before Christmas"), with Lynch penning the second of the film's three acts.
"I like this story. It's something that...
- 4/10/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Despite David Lynch’s feature-length animation project having been rejected by Netflix, the fillmaker is still seeking financing for Snootworld.
David Lynch has been quietly trying to get an animated feature film up and running and although he might not have found the required funding to get the project into production, he isn’t giving up yet.
According to Deadline, the project is titled Snootworld, and despite Lynch being famed as a filmmaker whose tastes veer towards the mature, this one is said to be ‘story that children and adults can appreciate.’
The script for Snootworld was written a couple of decades ago, with Lynch working with Caroline Thompson to create the story.
Thompson, who scripted such 90s classics as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and The Addams Family described the film as such: “The Snoots are these tiny creatures who have a ritual transition at aged eight at...
David Lynch has been quietly trying to get an animated feature film up and running and although he might not have found the required funding to get the project into production, he isn’t giving up yet.
According to Deadline, the project is titled Snootworld, and despite Lynch being famed as a filmmaker whose tastes veer towards the mature, this one is said to be ‘story that children and adults can appreciate.’
The script for Snootworld was written a couple of decades ago, with Lynch working with Caroline Thompson to create the story.
Thompson, who scripted such 90s classics as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and The Addams Family described the film as such: “The Snoots are these tiny creatures who have a ritual transition at aged eight at...
- 4/9/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
A couple decades ago, legendary filmmaker David Lynch – who we have to thank for Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, the 1984 version of Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive, among other things – started working with The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, The Addams Family, and Welcome to Marwen writer Caroline Thompson on the screenplay for an animated movie called Snootworld… and even though the Netflix streaming service recently turned down the chance to bring Snootworld into our world, Lynch told Deadline that he’s not giving up on getting the movie made.
Lynch said, “I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge. I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
Lynch said, “I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge. I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
- 4/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
David Lynch is claiming Netflix didn’t want to greenlight his “wacky” animated feature, “Snootworld.”
The “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet” auteur told Deadline that his long-awaited animated debut has been two decades in the process. Lynch co-wrote the script with “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “The Addams Family” scribe Caroline Thompson; the feature has a strict three act structure, with Lynch penning act two.
Lynch revealed that Netflix allegedly “rejected” the project most likely since “old fashioned fairytales are considered groaners.” IndieWire has reached out to Netflix.
“I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told Deadline. “I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this so I presented it to Netflix in the last few months but they rejected it.
The “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet” auteur told Deadline that his long-awaited animated debut has been two decades in the process. Lynch co-wrote the script with “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “The Addams Family” scribe Caroline Thompson; the feature has a strict three act structure, with Lynch penning act two.
Lynch revealed that Netflix allegedly “rejected” the project most likely since “old fashioned fairytales are considered groaners.” IndieWire has reached out to Netflix.
“I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told Deadline. “I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this so I presented it to Netflix in the last few months but they rejected it.
- 4/8/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director David Lynch tells us he is hoping to find backers for his under-the-radar animated project Snootworld, even if Netflix recently “rejected” his “fairytale” pitch.
Screen legend Lynch has said little publicly about Snootworld until now and in recent months he has quietly tried to breathe life into the project by seeking out a financier.
He began working on the script two decades ago with former Tim Burton collaborator Caroline Thompson, writer of projects including The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, as well as 1991 hit The Addams Family.
“I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told us in a rare interview. “I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
Screen legend Lynch has said little publicly about Snootworld until now and in recent months he has quietly tried to breathe life into the project by seeking out a financier.
He began working on the script two decades ago with former Tim Burton collaborator Caroline Thompson, writer of projects including The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands, as well as 1991 hit The Addams Family.
“I don’t know when I started thinking about Snoots but I’d do these drawings of Snoots and then a story started to emerge,” Lynch told us in a rare interview. “I got together with Caroline and we worked on a script. Just recently I thought someone might be interested in getting behind this...
- 4/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s too bright, the sunshine is monotonous, it’s very isolating. Those were the reasons why Chloë Sevigny, in a recent viral interview, said she will never live in Los Angeles. Anyone who’s lived there can relate to the loneliness that blankets the fragmented city, a collection of neighborhoods strung together by cars in traffic, where nobody walks or talks to each other. And why does everyone flake on plans? What are we afraid of?
That’s much like the central dilemma in Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast,” a time-hopping sci-fi epic about the existential terrors of unrequited love, green-screen-acting, incel killers, artificial intelligence, and, oh, yes, Los Angeles. Léa Seydoux and George MacKay play reincarnated almost-lovers across time who can never make it work: first, in fin-de-siècle Paris (she’s married); then, in 2014 Los Angeles (he’s a sociopathic virgin inspired by 2014 Isla Vista shooter Elliot Rodger...
That’s much like the central dilemma in Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast,” a time-hopping sci-fi epic about the existential terrors of unrequited love, green-screen-acting, incel killers, artificial intelligence, and, oh, yes, Los Angeles. Léa Seydoux and George MacKay play reincarnated almost-lovers across time who can never make it work: first, in fin-de-siècle Paris (she’s married); then, in 2014 Los Angeles (he’s a sociopathic virgin inspired by 2014 Isla Vista shooter Elliot Rodger...
- 4/3/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Documentary fans have a lot to be excited about this month on HBO and Max. April begins with the premiere of The Synanon Fix, a docuseries that follows the rise and fall of the cult-like drug rehabilitation program Synanon. The documentary Brandy Hellville and the Cult of Fast Fashion takes a deep-dive into the controversial “one size fits most” clothing brand Brandy Mellville and the impact of fast fashion on the planet.
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th looks at the surge of political violence and anti-government sentiment that led to the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, and the effects still felt nearly 30 years later. HBO is also returning with a second part to their popular docuseries The Jinx, with filmmakers continuing their investigation of Robert Durst.
But if documentaries aren’t your thing, there’s still plenty of popular films hitting Max in April, like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,...
An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th looks at the surge of political violence and anti-government sentiment that led to the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, and the effects still felt nearly 30 years later. HBO is also returning with a second part to their popular docuseries The Jinx, with filmmakers continuing their investigation of Robert Durst.
But if documentaries aren’t your thing, there’s still plenty of popular films hitting Max in April, like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
It's a new month, and HBO and Max will be showering their subscribers with gifts all April long! This month, the Wbd properties will welcome the arrival of unscripted projects like the premiere of Conan O’Brien’s new travel comedy series “Conan O’Brien Must Go” and the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning drag-centric “We're Here.” Plus, Park Chan-wook and A24’s “The Sympathizer” limited series and the highly anticipated continuation of “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” will all be available to stream throughout the month.
Find out everything coming to Max this April, including The Streamable’s top picks to add to your watch list!
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Filmed in front of a live audience at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre in August 2023, Alex Edelman brings his solo special,...
Find out everything coming to Max this April, including The Streamable’s top picks to add to your watch list!
Sign Up $9.99+ / month Max.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to Max in April 2024? “Alex Edelman: Just For Us” | Saturday, April 6
Filmed in front of a live audience at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre in August 2023, Alex Edelman brings his solo special,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki continues his investigation of convicted murderer Robert Durst in The Jinx – Part Two, a six-episode documentary series premiering on Max on April 21, 2024. The streaming service’s April lineup also includes the seven-episode limited series The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and starring Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr in multiple roles.
Comedian Alex Edelman hosts a brand new comedy special, and Conan O’Brien visits favorite fans from his podcast series in the four-episode unscripted series Conan O’Brien Must Go. The documentary series The Synanon Fix exploring the drug rehabilitation program joins Max’s lineup on April 1st. And the streaming service has set April premiere dates for the documentaries Brandy Hellville & The Cult Of Fast Fashion and An American Bombing: The Road To April 19th.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In April 2024
April 1
American Renegades (2018)
Basquiat (1996)
Black Swan (2010)
Body of Lies (2008)
Bridget Jones’s Diary...
Comedian Alex Edelman hosts a brand new comedy special, and Conan O’Brien visits favorite fans from his podcast series in the four-episode unscripted series Conan O’Brien Must Go. The documentary series The Synanon Fix exploring the drug rehabilitation program joins Max’s lineup on April 1st. And the streaming service has set April premiere dates for the documentaries Brandy Hellville & The Cult Of Fast Fashion and An American Bombing: The Road To April 19th.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In April 2024
April 1
American Renegades (2018)
Basquiat (1996)
Black Swan (2010)
Body of Lies (2008)
Bridget Jones’s Diary...
- 3/29/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The Criterion Collection has announced its slate of releases for June 2024, which is headlined by 4K restorations of two of the boutique label’s most popular Blu-rays and four new high profile additions to the collection.
David Lynch’s landmark 1986 neo-noir horror film, which marked his first collaboration with Laura Dern alongside her future “Twin Peaks: The Return” co-star Kyle McLachlan, will be re-released by Criterion with a new 4K transfer. It joins Lynch’s “Eraserhead,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Lost Highway,” “Inland Empire,” “The Elephant Man,” and “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” in the Criterion 4K library.
Also getting the 4K treatment is Terry Gilliam’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” which sees Johnny Depp playing Hunter S. Thompson stand-in Raoul Duke in a psychedelic adaptation of the landmark countercultural novel.
New additions to the collection include Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s “Bound,” Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “Querelle,” Emilio Fernández’s “Victims of Sin,...
David Lynch’s landmark 1986 neo-noir horror film, which marked his first collaboration with Laura Dern alongside her future “Twin Peaks: The Return” co-star Kyle McLachlan, will be re-released by Criterion with a new 4K transfer. It joins Lynch’s “Eraserhead,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Lost Highway,” “Inland Empire,” “The Elephant Man,” and “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” in the Criterion 4K library.
Also getting the 4K treatment is Terry Gilliam’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” which sees Johnny Depp playing Hunter S. Thompson stand-in Raoul Duke in a psychedelic adaptation of the landmark countercultural novel.
New additions to the collection include Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s “Bound,” Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “Querelle,” Emilio Fernández’s “Victims of Sin,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Revolution+1.On July 8, 2022, Shinzo Abe, who had been the longest-serving prime minister of Japan in its postwar years, was shot and killed in broad daylight in a country with barely any civilian access to firearms. The suspect was immediately arrested, and commentators from all over the world began to speculate about the killer’s motive. After a few days, the police revealed that the 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, who had built his own gun and tracked Abe’s movements, had not originally planned to kill Abe. In fact, the most high-profile political assassination in decades was carried out by a man who cared little for politics. Legendary Japanese filmmaker Masao Adachi, sensing a story sure to be misconstrued by the press, immediately began production on a biopic—not of Abe, but of Yamagami. At the North American premiere of the film, Revolution+1 (2023), last July, he said that this quick turnaround was not intended to garner controversy,...
- 3/11/2024
- MUBI
A24 and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair director Jane Schoenbrun have teamed up for a new horror movie called I Saw the TV Glow, which JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray had the chance to see at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (you can read his 5/10 review at This Link). Yesterday, A24 took to social media to unveil a poster for the film, and to promise that a trailer would be online today. True to their word, they have already dropped the trailer online, and you can check it out in the embed above! I Saw the TV Glow is scheduled to reach theatres on May 3rd.
Written and directed by Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow tells the story of two teenage outcasts who bond over their shared love of a scary television show. However, the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.
Written and directed by Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow tells the story of two teenage outcasts who bond over their shared love of a scary television show. However, the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.
- 2/28/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Love or loathe David Lynch, you have to admit that the former indie filmmaker has had one of the most unusual routes to fame in the history of Hollywood. Once king of the “midnight movies” in the 1970s, Lynch from plucked from that world by the Mel Brooks production company to helm the adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play “The Elephant Man” in 1980. What prompted Lynch to be chosen may be a question for the ages, but it launched a film career that has been nothing short of remarkable.
Lynch’s particular vision (which some critics have termed “narrow”) has produced some distinctive oddities (“Lost Highway” and “Inland Empire” among them), but when Lynch connects, such as in “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” he changes the limited notion of what some filmgoers think of as “the movies.” Both of those films brought him Oscar nominations for directing, while “The Elephant Man...
Lynch’s particular vision (which some critics have termed “narrow”) has produced some distinctive oddities (“Lost Highway” and “Inland Empire” among them), but when Lynch connects, such as in “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” he changes the limited notion of what some filmgoers think of as “the movies.” Both of those films brought him Oscar nominations for directing, while “The Elephant Man...
- 1/13/2024
- by Tom O'Brien, Chris Beachum and Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
In my younger, more debaucherous days, I faked sick for all sorts of reasons. Maybe I didn't want to go to school that day, maybe I wanted to drive three states over to hang out with someone I met on Tumblr (I never said they were good decisions), or maybe I just needed a break. There's no harm in playing a little bit of hooky, but "Shrek Forever After" director Mike Mitchell should be in the Hall of Fame of faking sick. Mitchell spoke with Total Film magazine about his upcoming film, "Kung Fu Panda 4" and shared some fun stories about the first time he directed the fourth installment of an animated franchise. As it turns out, there was a week of production during "Shrek Forever After" when Mitchell suddenly became very ill and needed to take the week off.
Well, apologies to DreamWorks, but Mitchell was faking it.
Well, apologies to DreamWorks, but Mitchell was faking it.
- 1/7/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Steven Spielberg famously told his life story with The Fabelmans. In that film, there was a scene where the budding young filmmaker got to meet the famous Hollywood director, John Ford. The scene featured Ford bestowing his knowledge onto the Spielberg avatar through his crotchety and quirky manner. It was a poignant way to punctuate the movie, and Spielberg had cast quirky, artistic filmmaker David Lynch in the role of Ford. The director is no stranger to appearing in front of the camera. Lynch would often appear in cameos in his own projects like The Elephant Man, Dune, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway and Inland Empire.
According to Deadline, Lynch would tell Empire magazine that his cameo in Spielberg’s autobiography came about when he had his request for a bag of Cheetos fulfilled. Lynch explained, “Well, Cheetos, number one, I love them. And any chance I can,...
According to Deadline, Lynch would tell Empire magazine that his cameo in Spielberg’s autobiography came about when he had his request for a bag of Cheetos fulfilled. Lynch explained, “Well, Cheetos, number one, I love them. And any chance I can,...
- 12/20/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
“Twin Peaks” director David Lynch loves a damn fine cup of coffee in the morning, but he also loves a bag of Cheetos in his dressing room.
The Oscar-nominated “Mulholland Drive” filmmaker recently spoke with Empire Magazine about his role in Steven Spielberg’s 2022 memoir movie “The Fabelmans.” In the Best Picture-nominated film, Lynch cameos as director John Ford in the last scene, offering sage advice to rookie filmmaker Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel Labelle) about why a horizon should never sit in the center of a frame. “John Ford probably had a bunch of things he could call on to give a short education to that young lad. But he picked the horizon bit,” Lynch said. “But it’s true. A horizon in the middle is boring as shit.”
Lynch, as he reiterates in the Empire interview, initially did not want to star in the film. But we know from last...
The Oscar-nominated “Mulholland Drive” filmmaker recently spoke with Empire Magazine about his role in Steven Spielberg’s 2022 memoir movie “The Fabelmans.” In the Best Picture-nominated film, Lynch cameos as director John Ford in the last scene, offering sage advice to rookie filmmaker Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel Labelle) about why a horizon should never sit in the center of a frame. “John Ford probably had a bunch of things he could call on to give a short education to that young lad. But he picked the horizon bit,” Lynch said. “But it’s true. A horizon in the middle is boring as shit.”
Lynch, as he reiterates in the Empire interview, initially did not want to star in the film. But we know from last...
- 12/20/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
David Lynch had some hesitations about acting in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. However, once he took on the role of John Ford, he had one simple request — a bag of Cheetos.
“Well, Cheetos, number one, I love them,” he told Empire magazine of his requirement for appearing in the film loosely based on Spielberg’s life. “And any chance I can, I get them. But I know that they’re not exactly health food. So when I do leave the house and I get a chance to… But I don’t get them that often, honestly.”
He continued, “If I do get them, I want a big bag. Because once you start… you need to have a lot before you could slow down and actually stop. Otherwise, with a small bag, then you’d be prowling for days to find more […] It’s incredible flavour.”
The director of films like Dune,...
“Well, Cheetos, number one, I love them,” he told Empire magazine of his requirement for appearing in the film loosely based on Spielberg’s life. “And any chance I can, I get them. But I know that they’re not exactly health food. So when I do leave the house and I get a chance to… But I don’t get them that often, honestly.”
He continued, “If I do get them, I want a big bag. Because once you start… you need to have a lot before you could slow down and actually stop. Otherwise, with a small bag, then you’d be prowling for days to find more […] It’s incredible flavour.”
The director of films like Dune,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker David Lynch and his fourth wife, actress Emily Stofle, have filed for divorce after 14 years of marriage.
They met while shooting his 2006 film, Inland Empire. They married in February 2009, two years after his divorce with fellow director Mary Sweeney.
Previous to Sweeny, Lynch was married to Peggy Lunch from 1967 to 1974. Later, he married Mary Fisk, and they were married from 1977 to 1987.
Stofle was also in Lynch’s limited series Peaks: The Return in 2017.
The 45-year-old actress initiated the divorce and made several demands on her petition.
The split has reportedly not been amicable, as Stofle has asked the court to grant sole legal and physical custody of their 11-year-old daughter, Lula Lynch.
She is agreeable with Lynch having visitation rights to their daughter.
She wants Lynch to cover the cost of her attorneys’ fees and to pay her spousal support.
He has three other children from his previous marriages: Jennifer Lynch,...
They met while shooting his 2006 film, Inland Empire. They married in February 2009, two years after his divorce with fellow director Mary Sweeney.
Previous to Sweeny, Lynch was married to Peggy Lunch from 1967 to 1974. Later, he married Mary Fisk, and they were married from 1977 to 1987.
Stofle was also in Lynch’s limited series Peaks: The Return in 2017.
The 45-year-old actress initiated the divorce and made several demands on her petition.
The split has reportedly not been amicable, as Stofle has asked the court to grant sole legal and physical custody of their 11-year-old daughter, Lula Lynch.
She is agreeable with Lynch having visitation rights to their daughter.
She wants Lynch to cover the cost of her attorneys’ fees and to pay her spousal support.
He has three other children from his previous marriages: Jennifer Lynch,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Casey Rivera
- Uinterview
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