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In June a little-known film called Tomboy premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Directed by Céline Sciamma, Tomboy centers on Laure (Zoé Héran), a 10-year-old girl who, after moving to a new neighbourhood with her parents and younger sister, pretends to be a boy to make friends, unaward of the hurt [...]
Music has always been integral in the work of director David Lynch. From the brooding, jazz-infused scores by regular musical collaborator Angelo Badalamenti, to the innocent Americana pop ditties juxtaposed with scenes of a disturbing and menacing nature, Lynch has always managed to conjure up an evocative atmosphere through his soundtracks. It may come as [...]
The intended remake of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi novel Dune may have bitten the dust for now, but here’s a beautiful piece of poster art to console fans for the moment. Created by artist Kevin Tong, it’s a re-imagining of David Lynch’s 1984 version of the book, and it’s a fantastic, abstract-y ensemble piece which [...]
The sad, if somewhat inevitable news has come through that Paramount has pulled the plug on their epic four-year attempt to bring a new version of Frank Herbert’s celebrated sci-fi fiction novel, Dune, to the big screen. The rights to the property have now lapsed and the studio has chosen not to continue in their [...]
Cahiers du cinema should need no introduction and this new series of books come to us under their banner from Phaidon Press; ten books, ten directors named Masters of cinema and a more perfect Christmas present for the cinephile in your life I could not imagine. I’m familiar with each of the ten directors here [...]
The journey from page to screen for popular works of fiction has always proved a challenging one, and classic sci-fi tale Dune is no exception. Deadline is reporting that Paramount (the studio who currently has the rights to Frank Herbert’s best-selling novel) will be done with the material by next spring if it hasn’t managed [...]
The IMDb250. A list of the top 250 films as ranked by the users of the biggest Internet movie site on the web. It is based upon the ratings provided by the users of the Internet Movie Database, which number into the millions. As such, it’s a perfect representation of the opinions of the movie [...]
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done is based on the true story of a man who killed his mother very shortly after rehearsing for Orestes, a Greek play famous for its matricidal themes. The film opens with the police, led by Hank (Willem Dafoe), arriving on the scene of the murder of Mrs. [...]
The Studio Canal Collection’s Blu-ray of Mulholland Drive was always going to be a pleasure to watch. The film is not as divisive as Lynch’s later Inland Empire, nor as suffocating as Lost Highway and its place on numerous top 10 films of the decade lists is well deserved. Some may find its narrative shifting [...]
Although the ability to watch films on phones or pocket sized devices has been around for a while, the choice to watch a film on a phone again became a hot topic following the announcement of the new iPhone. Speaking to friends/film lovers I was pretty shocked at how many said that they were more [...]
David Lynch is no stranger to directing adverts as you can see documented over at LynchNet and in my post about his Georgia Coffee commercials as part of our Twin Peaks Retrospective. I am normally against artists being involved in the world of advertising but I have always appreciated the fact that Lynch is relatively [...]
Earlier this year we reported on the news that Pierre Morel would be taking Dune back to the big screen. I say back as David Lynch adapted Frank Herbet’s influential novel in 1983. Sadly that adaptation did not go well with Lynch eventually deciding to remove his name from the film (it was released as an Alan [...]
To welcome you to your Monday morning we’re happy, nay proud, to offer up this week’s Mouth Off podcast. I’m joined by HeyUGuys writer Craig Skinner and /Film’s Brendon Connelly to talk all things movies and in celebration of the premiere of the Philips/Ridley Scott Associates Short Film project Parallel Lines we chat about the [...]
According to a story on NBC Miami we may see a Mulholland Drive sequel from David Lynch. If you’ve been following our Twin Peaks Retrospective you will know that this week was the 20th anniversary of Twin Peaks first airing. Seven years after Twin Peaks ended David Lynch created a pilot for the same network [...]
In our continuing Twin Peaks retrospective I take a look at the David Lynch/Mark Frost helmed comedy series, On The Air. Don’t worry you read the title right, it says VHS review. This is because, sadly, the only way you can watch David Lynch and Mark Frost’s excellent series On The Air is either on [...]
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Twin Peaks first airing and if you’ve been reading the site the past couple of weeks you will have seen that we are running a celebratory retrospective in honour of this. If you would like to follow our retrospective just click here or on the banner to the right. There [...]
UK fans of Twin Peaks have had a long time to wait to own the whole series on DVD. The first season was released many years ago but the second season box set never materialised in the UK. The second season was released in America though and there was also a box set released in [...]
**SPOILER WARNING – in the post and clip below there are heavy spoilers for Twin Peaks** Hopefully after following our retrospective on Twin Peaks, if you hadn’t already seen Twin Peaks you’ve now checked it out and you are probably still left with many questions. One of the biggest questions raised early on in Twin [...]
One of the most iconic locations in the Twin Peaks series is The Great Northern hotel. Owned by Benjamin Horne, The Great Northern is the location of a lot of key scenes and it is where Agent Dale Cooper decides to stay when he first arrives in town. The Hotel also provides one of the [...]
