Look and see: a number of films this in year’s selection—including Atropia, The Stringer, and others—grappled with the ethics ...

Inside the dream: the cinema of David Lynch, who passed away in mid-January, is almost unique in its hypnotic ability to ...

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“I just came from Deep River, Ontario, and now I’m in this dream place,” says Betty, the absurdly naive and optimistic young actress whose downward trajectory is the emotional and narrative center of ...

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Real-life stories of grisly crimes have always had a primal pull on our collective imagination. It’s now axiomatic that if there’s anything that sells better than sex, it’s true crime. In the last ...

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“I don’t know if you’re a detective or a pervert,” remarks Sandy (Laura Derm) to Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) at a crucial juncture in the harrowing new David Lynch picture, Blue Velvet. We never are ...