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An endless summer with Twin Peaks: The Return

By Mark Asch

Mark Asch recalls the sultry summer of 2017, when Dale Cooper returned to television and the world was forever changed.

Dreaming of Lost Highway

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Sophie Monks Kaufman recalls a strange vision in the nighttime and the haunting nature of David Lynch's 1997 neo-noir.

Light in the darkness: David Lynch’s Dune

By Marina Ashioti

David Lynch's one-time adventure in Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking would forever change him – but not his heart.

The great biopic brain drain

By Callie Petch

In an age of Walk Hard knock-offs, why are the biopics that continue to play it safe the biggest success stories?

Women in trouble: On Inland Empire

By Esther Rosenfield

Throughout his career – though perhaps nowhere so much as in Inland Empire – David Lynch carved out a space for powerful depictions of women in crisis.

A trip down to DumbLand

By Esmé Holden

David Lynch's little-seen cartoon series about an angry man named Randy couldn't be more pertinent.

I’m an Iranian woman. Can I still enjoy Iranian films?

By Shaadi 'Iris' Ghorbani

A tendency in male-directed Iranian cinema to focus on violence against women leaves female audiences out in the cold.

Love in the land of Twin Peaks

By Juan Barquin

Mark Frost and David Lynch's beloved television series is a testament to the greatest power human beings have.

Personal freedom in Wild at Heart

By Kathryn Bromwich

A snakeskin jacket stands for so much in David Lynch's lurid fairytale Wild at Heart.

Laura longs for an angel: On Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

By Willow Catelyn Maclay

Willow Catelyn Maclay reflects on the lonely last days of Laura Palmer in David Lynch's Twin Peaks prequel.

One more cup of coffee in Mulholland Drive

By Adam Woodward

Adam Woodward reflects on the importance of a cup of coffee in David Lynch's Hollywood neo-noir.

Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator

By David Jenkins

In our tribute to the works and worlds of David Lynch, David Jenkins reflects on his most spiritual film.

The many faces of Sidney Poitier

By John Livesey

As the BFI celebrates the legacy of an acting icon, we delve into Poitier's complex legacy.

Double Indemnity and the banality of evil

By Darren Richman

The shadow of the Holocaust and the filmmaker's personal experience with it looms large across Billy Wilder's most influential and enduring work.

Dances of desire in The Brutalist, Wicked, and Queer

By Carly Mattox

Several of 2024's films explore the relationship between movement and belonging, with intriguing – and often moving – results.

Eisenstein in Sacramento

By Marlenée Heath

A writer reflects on Sergei Eisenstein's little-known research trip to California, where he took in the sights of Sutter's Fort.

The legacy of James Baldwin in cinema

By Mathew Ko

A century after the birth of James Baldwin, his words continue to echo across filmmaking culture.

Played for laughs: how cinema still fails male sexual assault survivors

By Mark Carnochan

There is a troubling history of male survivors of sexual assault being treated as a joke in film and television – one writer recounts finding solace in another story.

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