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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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.
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Incoming

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?
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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.
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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.
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This Just In

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.
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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.
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In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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.
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Festivals

Interview: Cate Blanchett and Matty Sidle

by David Jenkins

With already count­less strings to her act­ing bow, Cate Blanchett adds yet one more by star­ring in Mat­ty Sidle’s exper­i­men­tal com­ic short, Bozo Over Roses.
In Heaven Everything Is Fine

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.
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Festivals

Guo Run – first-look review

by David Jenkins

The pain and con­fu­sion of mis­car­riage is pre­sent­ed with brac­ing clar­i­ty in Li Dongmei’s impres­sive char­ac­ter study.