Blue Velvet (1986) A Film by David Lynch

David Lynch's first three features, albeit sharing several elements, were each distinctly singular films. They were made under different...

The Elephant Man (1980) A Film by David Lynch

The Elephant Man came as a significant departure for David Lynch when it was released in 1980, being only his second feature following Eras...

Movie Quiz, Courtesy of Dennis Cozzalio

Dennis Cozzalio of Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule has recently created a great quiz regarding movies. I thought I'd join in, so ...

Eraserhead (1970) A Film by David Lynch

As the Eraserhead DVD turns on, a curious screen entitled "TV CALIBRATION PAGE" presents itself before we can even get to the men...

Early David Lynch Short Films: Six Men Getting Sick (1966), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970)

David Lynch's first venture into motion pictures came with his entry into a Philadelphia art and sculpture contest, Six Men Getting Sick...

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (Lik Wong) A Film by Ngai Kai Lam (1991)

Today in mainstream, lowbrow action films, movement and viscera comes and goes at a fast pace, and blood and guts often follow in synchronic...

The Double Life of Veronique (La double vie de Véronique) A Film by Krzysztof Kieslowski (1991)

The Double Life of Veronique is a film that hinges entirely on ineffable qualities: the interconnectedness of humanity, dual personalities,...

David Lynch Blogathon

To me, David Lynch is the most singular, important filmmaker and artist working in America currently. With his oeuvre spanning uninhibited e...

The Last Mistress (Une vieille maîtresse) A Film by Catherine Breillat (2007)

Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress kicks off like a demure French period piece that will seem closer to reading Jane Austen than it...

Brüno (2009) A Film by Larry Charles and Sacha Baron Cohen

If cinema is an arena solely for the impermanent, a place where the here and now is celebrated in an uproarious, trashy fashion, as the film...

Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) A Film by Yasuijiro Ozu (1953)

In a Yasujiro Ozu film, there comes a breath of fresh air towards the final act, some stroke of indiscernible life that pricks up our senses...