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We’re less than one month away from the Overlook Film Festival, an annual celebration of all things horror. And while not every film has been announced, we do have at least a tease of what the four days of terror will bring. Check out some of what you can expect below:

Opening the 2025 Overlook Film Festival will be Christopher Landon’s Drop, which has the following plot: “A widowed mother, on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she meets her handsome suitor. But their chemistry begins to curdle when she is terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.” Landon will be one of many directors in attendance with their new films. Others include Natasha Kermani with Abraham’s Boys, Eli Craig with Clown in a Cornfield, Joseph Kahn with Ick, Brett Whitcomb & Bradford Thomason with The Spirit of Halloweentown, and many more.

The Overlook Film Festival has announced this morning their first wave of programming for the upcoming 2025 edition, taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Get ready to descend on America’s most haunted city for interactive events, live performances, immersive programming and special guests.

The fest announces 47 films (25 features and 22 shorts) from 10 countries, as well as five live presentations and three immersive experiences, with many more exciting surprises to be announced as the festival approaches. Kicking off the festivities as the Opening Night film will be Universal Pictures’ upcoming thriller Drop from Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes. Following the screening, festival-goers and special guests will make their way to an unmissable party celebrating both the start of the festival and the tenth anniversary of Shudder, the iconic horror curation and streaming service. Hosted by Shudder, this one-of-a-kind event will kick off with a horror-infused second line and will include some very special guest performances.

From feeling tarantulas crawling on my face and attending a midnight séance to meeting amazing creators and seeing movies such as Talk to Me and Evil Dead Rise conjure up scares on the big screen, these past several years I've been fortunate to experience the thrills and chills awaiting horror fans in the Big Easy at The Overlook Film Festival. Likened to being "a summer camp for horror fans," Overlook is always circled on my calendar, and this year is no exception, as the festival's first wave lineup is brimming with must-see movies and immersive experiences.

Taking place April 3rd–6th in New Orleans' Prytania Theatres, the first wave lineup for this year's Overlook Film Festival pays homage to horror's hallowed past while celebrating its promising future with an eclectic lineup of films including Christopher Landon's Drop, David Cronenberg's The Shrouds, Eli Craig's Clown in a Cornfield, the...

There are a few places where it feels like whatever you're watching is being broadcast directly from an alternate universe — roadside motel televisions, public access channels from towns you've never been to, and Adult Swim after midnight. It's a feeling that anyone who has fallen asleep in the middle of watching "Robot Chicken" only to be startled awake and greeted by the hypnotic surrealism of a show like "Infomercials" knows intimately: where what stares back at you from the TV screen is so bizarre and phantasmagorical that you can't help but answer its call like a sailor drawn to a rock by a siren.

The average viewer likely thinks of Adult Swim as the network behind "Rick and Morty," syndicated reruns of their favorite adult animated series, and culture-shaping oddities like "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," but the real freaks and sickos know that Adult Swim is also the home...

The Oscars are coming up on March 3, and while Hollywood is buzzing with predictions, let’s take a moment to address the elephant in the Dolby Theatre, the Academy doesn’t always get it right. In fact, sometimes they get it so spectacularly wrong that fans are left questioning reality.

Remember when Austin Butler lost Best Actor to Brendan Fraser? Nothing against Fraser, but Butler became Elvis, and yet, the Academy said, “Nope, let’s give it to the guy in a fat suit.”

And don’t even get us started on Crash winning Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain, a decision so controversial that even Academy voters have admitted they messed up.

Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful and Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (Credits- Miramax and Paramount)

It’s not just about bad choices; it’s about the politics, the campaigning, and sometimes, just plain old favoritism.

Rucking Fotten is paying tribute to the life and legacy of David Lynch with apparel and merchandise from many of his works.

100% of proceeds from the tee featuring a jumbo print of Lynch, priced at $39.99, will be donated to the David Lynch Foundation.

There are also T-shirts ($33.99) and long sleeves ($34.99) for Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, and Lost Highway.

Twin Peaks and its spin-off film, Fire Walk with Me, have T-shirts ($33.99-$34.99), a travel mug ($14.99), socks ($12.99), a turntable slipmat ($19.99), and an embroidered denim jacket ($124.99).

Stay warm with Blue Velvet hoodies ($64.99) and a woven tapesty blanket ($62.99).

The collection is only available through Sunday, February 23, and will ship in 6-8 weeks. Select pieces are limited in quantity and may sell out before the weekend is over.

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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Roxy Cinema

Vincent Gallo writes, directs, and / or stars in Buffalo ’66, Trouble Every Day, and The Brown Bunny, all playing on 35mm; a print of Twilight screens Sunday.

Museum of Modern Art

Dutchman and We Are Universal play in a two-for-one screening.

Japan Society

A six-film Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective has two final showings on Friday.

Anthology Film Archives

Willem Dafoe: Wild at Heart features films by Schrader, Lynch, Scorsese, and Kathryn Bigelow.

Film at Lincoln Center

A career-spanning Frederick Wiseman retrospective continues.

Museum of the Moving Image

Snubbed Forever continues.

IFC Center

A new 4K restoration of Picnic at Hanging Rock continues; Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Dr. screen; Fargo, The Thing, Irreversible, and House show late.

Film Forum

Godard’s A Woman Is a Woman begins playing in a new 4K restoration; The Little Mermaid screens on Sunday.

The fuse is lit, and the countdown is on – Ethan Hunt is about to burst back onto screens in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, sending Tom Cruise to even greater lengths in the name of our entertainment. But before we do, the new issue of Empire is coming to newsstands, delivered via exploding rocket from Thursday 13 February. You can, for your own safety, order a copy online here too.

Before it lands, here’s a sneak peek inside its pages:

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie are back with a new (final?) Mission, taking Ethan Hunt to even dizzier heights, and deeper depths – in every sense. Empire goes on set to witness the madness, speaking to the director and star – plus the likes of Pom Klementieff, Hayley Atwell and Simon Pegg – about pulling off the most dangerous Mission ever.

Mission By Mission

The entire...

Throughout his career, David Lynch often crossed paths with Barry Gifford. It was from Gifford’s novel of the same name that Lynch adapted Wild At Heart. Later, they collaborated on two episodes of Lynch’s HBO anthology Hotel Room; then they co-wrote Lost Highway together. But not all of Gifford and Lynch’s work together made it into production. In the new issue of Empire, our feature celebrating the late, great Lynch includes a tribute from Gifford, looking back on his time working with the legendary filmmaker – in which he opens up on a film project they were cooking up for Madonna.

“[Lynch and I] talked about many other projects which never came to fruition. There was one that Madonna was supposed to star in,” Gifford explains in Empire. “This was after Wild At Heart; [producer] Monty Montgomery wanted me and David to come up with a story that she could do.” While it never came to be,...

The legendary filmmaker David Lynch is no longer with us. Losing him has left an unfillable void in the film fraternity and the hearts of millions of fans. At the age of 78, his lifelong tobacco addiction killed him. Few filmmakers have influenced the filmmaking landscape like he has. His creations have a timeless magnetism to them, irrespective of how old or new they are, they draw viewers in and keep them hooked in a time where trends change faster than weather, Lynch’s works have stood the test of time.

David Lynch | Credits: Sasha Kargaltsev, licensed under Cc-by-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

With his craft, Lynch transformed many’s perceptions of the world and society and is highly revered. He will be remembered for his artistic contribution to film and TV. To honor his legacy, here is a ranking of all his movies and TV shows.

13. Dune (1984) A still from Dune...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Japan Society

A six-film Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective, featuring imported 35mm and 16mm prints, begins (watch our exclusive trailer debut).

Anthology Film Archives

Willem Dafoe: Wild at Heart features films by Ferrara, Lynch, Scorsese, and Kathryn Bigelow.

Film at Lincoln Center

A highlight of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu inspirations includes David Lean, Jean Cocteau, and more.

Museum of the Moving Image

Snubbed Forever brings The Magnificent Ambersons and 3:10 to Yuma, as well as 35mm prints of The Quiet Man and Rosemary’s Baby.

Roxy Cinema

Paris, Texas and a 35mm print of Girl, Interrupted play on Saturday.

IFC Center

A new 4K restoration of Picnic at Hanging Rock continues; Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Fire Walk with Me, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Dr. screen; Fargo, Misery, and House show late.

Museum of Modern Art

A Jerry Schatzberg retrospective continues.

Film Forum

Godard’s A...

The US film-maker, who died last month, took surrealism mainstream with Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and more. He was also a champion of meditation and excelled at delivering a well-timed gag

In January 1997, I went to Paris to interview the great American surrealist film-maker David Lynch, who died at the end of last month aged 78. Lynch was in an upbeat mood because the European reviews for his new feature, Lost Highway, had been glowing – even in Spain, where the film had been screened to critics with the reels in the wrong order. “I heard about that!” he laughed. “It gives you an indication of how the human mind can work with pieces even when they’re out of order. How it seeks to make sense of something, and makes it work somehow. It’s a beautiful thing.” And then he laughed some more.

Over the years, I had the privilege of interviewing Lynch many times,...

An American-educated Turk with a complicated family life is haunted by his own nature in Alireza Khatami’s The Things You Kill. Celebrating its World Premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, this simmering supernatural(?) thriller raises questions about a person’s responsibilities to their family, and whether fighting your own nature is as futile as trying to fight systemic corruption.

Struggling to start a family with his wife, Ali (Ekin Koç) is forced to confront the darkest parts of himself, his father, and his country in the wake of a heartbreaking diagnosis. And after discovering some troubling secrets about the people closest to him, Ali convinces a drifter to help him exact a revenge that unlocks a darker part of his personality which spider webs into every facet of his life. In in simplest form The Things You Kill is a very bare bones story, but it has a pull...

During his lifetime, David Lynch was nominated twice for the Writers Guild of America Awards but never won. Weeks before his death, however, he was able to accept a recognition that will be officially bestowed in February.

During its 2025 awards ceremony, the Writers Guild of America West will posthumously present the Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet writer-director with a lifetime achievement prize, the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, the union stated Wednesday. The award recognizes union members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter,” with past recipients including Charlie Kaufman, Nancy Meyers and Budd Schulberg.

While the presentation will happen at the Feb. 15 ceremony, with frequent Lynch collaborator Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet) bestowing the honor, Lynch was able to receive the prize in late 2024 before his death on Jan. 16, according to the union.

“Writer-director David Lynch’s...

Screenwriter and director David Lynch, who died this month, has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

The guild says he was aware of the honor and accepted several weeks before his January 15 passing. It will be presented by his Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan at the WGA Awards ceremony on February 15 .

Related: 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries

The guild’s lifetime achievement award is presented to members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter.”

“Writer-director David Lynch’s uncompromising vision pushed the boundaries of filmmaking,” said Wgaw President Meredith Stiehm. “We’re proud to honor him and his legacy.”

Related: ‘Twin Peaks’ Star Kyle MacLachlan Remembers David Lynch: “He Understood That Questions Are The Drive That Make Us Who We Are”

While studying at...

It’s no surprise that with David Lynch‘s passing earlier this month, filmmakers have been coming out of the woodwork to celebrate the man and his talent for the surreal, and being a source of inspiration for many. It wasn’t just filmmakers that were taking the time to talk about Lynch, however. Game developers such as Sam Lake to Hideo Kojima were also giving thanks for the man who inspired them.

As a result, there are several titles that have drawn inspiration from Lynch’s works, many of which are common knowledge, while some are lesser known. Regardless, once you dive into them, the light goes on and you realize yourself that Lynch himself could very well have made the crossover to video games at some point.

And really, who can forget that iconic PlayStation 2 commercial?

But enough rambling. Here’s a selection of titles that have roots...

The existential apocalypse of a Turkish literature professor gets an oblique and chilling study in “The Things You Kill.” On its surface, this disquieting diptych about male anxiety has the feel of, say, an Asghar Farhadi movie, a moral dilemma urging forth a thriller plot. But that’s precisely the sort of bait-and-switch Iranian writer/director Alireza Khatami is operating on here, until his tense and nightmarish film starts to resemble more something like David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” as directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Khatami (“Terrestrial Verses”), who lives in Canada, relocated the setting from Iran to Turkey to evade censorship in his native country — a censorship of patriarchal violence that the film itself also rings upon like a warning bell of a bleak future.

“The Things You Kill” ends with the same enigmatic line — “kill the light” — spoken by two very different people. One is borne from a dream,...

If you want to know the true meaning of love, find someone that looks at you the way Mamoudou Athie looks at a chair in Amanda Kramer’s surreal, stylish and militantly absurd comedy-drama By Design. Both specific in its intent and mischievously opaque in its execution, this willfully strange art project can switch from flip to serious in the blink of an eye, using a terrific cast to weave a trance-like state of oddness that somehow sustains to the finishing line. In Sundance terms, it fills a slot left open by Miranda July, America’s poet laureate of urban dysfunction, presumed missing in action since 2020’s Kajillionaire.

Like July, Kramer is concerned not so much with human beings as the space between them, opening on three women—Camille (Juliette Lewis), Lisa (Samantha Mathis) and Irene (Robin Tunney)—as they meet for their weekly lunch. Like an adult version of the Heathers of Heathers,...

The Sundance Film Festival starts Thursday, January 23, and IndieWire can share an exclusive trailer for an unsettling new film not to be missed out of the World Cinema Dramatic competition. Iranian director Alireza Khatami debuts the mind- and narrative-bending, Turkey-set thriller “The Things You Kill,” about a literature professor conceiving of a murder that’s close to home. Or is it a disappearance?

As I wrote in our Sundance curtain raiser, with shades of Abbas Kiarostami in its self-awareness and “Lost Highway” in flipping the narrative (and a key cast member) halfway through, “The Things You Kill” is shot with cool precision as Ali (Ekin Koç) befriends an enigmatic gardener who opens the door to jumpstarting his flatlined life. It’s hard to say too much about this mesmerizing film without spoiling it, but Khatami, who lives in Canada, exhibits calm control over a story that’s inexorably hurtling toward doom.

Descubre los cines que proyectarán el ciclo especial. © Getty Images

El pasado 15 de enero, el mundo del cine perdió a David Lynch, uno de los directores más influyentes e inimitables de la historia. Desde entonces, el séptimo arte está de luto, pero como dijo el propio Lynch: «Mantén tu vista en la rosquilla, no en el agujero». Y es que, lo que toca ahora es celebrar su legado. Es por ello que Avalon nos trae de vuelta a los cines el Universo David Lynch, un ciclo especial que nos permitirá revivir (o descubrir) su filmografía más emblemática en la pantalla grande.

Son seis películas en total, aunque algunos cines proyectarán el ciclo completo y otros solo una película. Las elegidas son Cabeza borradora (1978), El hombre elefante (1980), Twin Peaks: Fuego camina conmigo (1992), Carretera perdida (1997), Una historia verdadera (1999) y Mulholland Drive (2001).

Lo mejor de todo es que este homenaje póstumo se expande por (casi) toda España.

One of David Lynch's best movies climbs the streaming chart following his death on January 15. The legendary filmmaker behind Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks has died at the age of 78, announced by his family on January 16 in a Facebook post. Lynch was diagnosed with chronic lung disease last year, caused by a lifetime of smoking.

Despite his health condition, Lynch wasn't planning on retiring. He was working on a Netflix limited series before his passing, which could've been his last project. As Netflix CEO recalled in his Instagram tribute post, it was "a David Lynch production" filled with "mystery and risks," which was quickly granted a green light from the streamer, but the project was indefinitely delayed due to a series of setbacks, including Covid and Lynch's declining health.

Blue Velvet Climbs Streaming Chart Following Lynch's Death The Neo-Noir Thriller Is Undeniably In Lynch's Style

Released in 1986, Blue Velvet...

Chicago – Filmmaker and cultural icon David Lynch passed away on January 16th, 2025. As a life-in-film admirer, I (Patrick McDonald) knew a regular obituary was not enough … besides you can find more high falutin’ tributes elsewhere everywhere. So, I decided to do a video tribute (below) as if I were doing a eulogy.

First, a bit of a conventional obituary. David Keith Lynch was born in Missoula, Montana, and was a visual artist, musician, and actor. He received acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities. In a career spanning more than fifty years, Lynch is considered one of the most important filmmakers of his era.

David Lynch, 1946-2025

Photo credit: David Lynch Facebook Page

Lynch studied painting before he began making short films in the late 1960s. His first feature-length film was the independent surrealist film “Eraserhead” (1977), which saw success in the first era of midnight movies.

“The Straight Story” begins like many other David Lynch films. First with stars flickering in the night. Then shots of a small town somewhere in America’s Midwest — green lawns and red brick buildings with industrial fixtures filling the background. Angelo Badalamenti’s mournful, string-laden score draws us in, emphasizing the quaintness of the visuals, while also suggesting a deeper pain at the core of this place. But instead of the psycho-sexual nightmares discovered in “Blue Velvet” and “Lost Highway” or the metaphysical crises faced in “The Elephant Man” and “Twin Peaks,” what we find instead is — as the title suggests — a very straightforward story, albeit one that’s emotional heft is far beyond words spoken and narrative unfurled.

From “Eraserhead” to “Twin Peaks: The Return,” and perhaps even earlier with his short films, Lynch’s oeuvre has always been consumed with love’s unwieldy power, not just in the...

The late David Lynch was always best known for his fascination with the grotesque. Although Lynch never considered himself a surrealist, his films often stretched into the surreal, presenting a dark, bent version of reality where only dream logic applies. His debut feature, "Eraserhead," he once described as "a dream of dark and troubling things." Many celebrated his controversial 1986 neo-noir "Blue Velvet," a film that is full of murder, kink, and aggressive sexuality. He deconstructed soap opera dynamics with his somnambulistic TV series (and subsequent feature film version of) "Twin Peaks," went on a lusty crime spree with "Wild at Heart," and made a shadowy contemplation of shifting identities with his porn-inflected 1997 flick "Lost Highway."

Then, in 1999, Lynch did the strangest thing he could have possibly done. He made a G-rated biographical movie for the Disney company.

For "The Straight Story," Lynch eschewed his usual obsessions with sex, death, and violence,...

On January 15th, 2025, we lost one of cinema’s most imaginative minds. David Lynch, the man who turned dreams into films and ordinary moments into something extraordinary, passed away at 78. For decades, Lynch showed us the power of storytelling—how it could be raw, emotional, and downright nightmarish, yet still somehow beautiful.

Lynch wasn’t just a filmmaker but an artist and a dreamer—and sometimes just a man reporting the local weather from his office. Born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, Lynch originally studied painting before his fascination with moving images pulled him into filmmaking. His work often straddled the line between dream and reality, crafting worlds that felt deeply personal and moving, all the while confusing the hell out of even his most hardcore fans.

As with our Editor-In-Chief, Chris Bumbray, my introduction to his work came through Lost Highway, a movie that fell into my lap at just the right time.

Ted Sarandos has joined the many others in the entertainment industry paying tribute to David Lynch, who died Thursday at 78. Netflix co-ceo Sarandos shared a tribute on Instagram to honor one of his “all time favorite filmmakers” and noted that Lynch had been in contact with the streamer to direct a limited series. The production went unrealized due to complications caused by the Covid pandemic and, later, “health uncertainties.” In 2024, Lynch publicly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema after a lifetime of smoking, and that any future directing would have to be done remotely.

“He came into Netflix to pitch a limited series which we jumped at,” Sarandos wrote. “It was a David Lynch production, so filled with mystery and risks but we wanted to go on this creative ride with this genius. First Covid, then some health uncertainties lead to this project never being produced but we...

If there's one thing that David Lynch's passing on January 16th, 2025 revealed, it's that the filmmaker and artist had a profound and massive impact on so many people. This is, on paper, surprising, given how esoteric and offbeat his work was throughout his career, not to mention how unapologetic he was about that fact. A consummate artist, Lynch confounded and delighted so many in equal measure because he was that rarest of creatures: a quintessentially American surrealist. Americans are somewhat used to European filmmakers employing surrealism or symbolism; at least, they can easily dismiss foreign directors as coming from a culture and tradition they don't know and don't understand. Lynch doesn't allow people the comfort of that response, as even a cursory look at his filmography reveals it to be steeped in pure Americana: the wind blowing through Douglas Firs, the smell of fresh, hot, black coffee and cherry...

David Lynch’s death is leading many to go back and cherish – or possibly even discover for the first time – some of the director’s best films.

Lynch’s various acclaimed films and TV shows are spread out across a number of streaming platforms but all the classics are there for viewing pleasure while mourning the legend. Maybe it’s time to head back to Twin Peaks and the Black Lodge with a binge of Lynch’s iconic ’90s series, or perhaps it’s finally time to see how his ’80s version of “Dune” compares to the modern take.

Whether you want to revisit “Mulholland Drive” and “Eraserhead” or “Blue Velvet” and “Inland Empire,” here’s where to find the majority of Lynch’s most iconic work.

Streaming on Max Eraserhead (1977) Dune (1984) Blue Velvet (1986) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Inland Empire (2006) Streaming on Paramount+ Twin Peaks (1990-1991) Twin Peaks: The Return...

Just as we were about to record this week’s “Screen Talk,” we found out that one of our favorite auteurs, David Lynch, had succumbed to emphysema at age 78. In this episode, we explore his legacy, catch up with awards news from the PGA and BAFTAs to the WGA, and report on a new development in the Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni case.

Plus, we each picked five must-see films at Sundance, which launches January 23, the same day as the Oscar nominations are announced, after some postponements. Co-host Ryan Lattanzio interviewed Robert Schwartzman, who runs Utopia distribution with Cole Harper. The company partnered with Lionsgate on “Megalopolis,” from Schwartzman’s uncle Francis Ford Coppola, and hawked sales for Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl” back at Cannes. That movie is out now from Roadside Attractions. But Utopia has also released indies from rising directors we know now, including Jane Schoenbrun...

David Lynch, the undisputed master of surrealism and the uncanny, has left an indelible mark on the world of film and television. His works are characterized by haunting visuals, enigmatic narratives, and an unparalleled ability to explore the darker corners of human nature. Upon his passing, we hope to commemorate his lasting impact on the art of cinema with a closer look at seven of his most iconic projects, with my personal favorite, Twin Peaks, reigning supreme.

7. Dune (1984)

While Dune remains one of Lynch’s most polarizing works, it deserves recognition for its ambition and scale. Adapting Frank Herbert’s sprawling sci-fi epic was no small feat, and Lynch brought his unique visual style and atmospheric world-building to the project. Starring actor Kyle MacLachlan in his first collaboration with Lynch, the film immerses viewers in the desolate beauty of Arrakis.

Although Lynch famously disowned the final cut due to studio interference,...

The late, great David Lynch obviously gave us so many wonderful films over the course of his career. I mean, the guy literally turned a failed ABC TV pilot with no surviving costumes or sets into a movie that some have hailed as the greatest film of the 21st century.

Probably one of his more underrated works was 1997’s Lost Highway, the film that dared to ask: what if O.J. Simpson was a saxophone-playing Bill Pullman, and he briefly had the ability to shape-shift? At the very least, it’s the only movie in history to use “Two Thumbs Down” from Siskel and Ebert as a selling point in its marketing campaign.

Lost Highway is especially notable for comedy fans, because it featured Richard Pryor’s final screen performance. Pryor plays Arnie, who owns the auto shop that employs Pete – the young man who may or may not be some...

David Lynch is one of the most acclaimed directors of our time and he sadly passed away this week, but we can luckily watch a lot of his beloved movies on streaming.

Last year, David confirmed he was diagnosed with emphysema after a lifetime of smoking, and would likely not be able to leave his house or ever direct again. He sadly passed away at the age of 78 this week.

David began his career as a painter and short animated and live action filmmaker before his 1977 feature debut Eraserhead, quickly garnering him acclaim and a cult following. His filmography includes the original Dune adaptation, Mulholland Drive, and the TV series Twin Peaks.

So, which movies are available on streaming?

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1977 – Eraserhead

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I learned about David Lynch’s passing in the most David Lynch possible way: doing jury duty. A fellow potential juror told me the news as we waited in the stark, Kafka-esque halls of L.A.’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice building. Instantly, the stone-faced bailiffs and unblinking prosecutors took on a subtle air of menace, as if I’d been sucked right into a cut scene from Twin Peaks or Lost Highway. When the Judge asked how I’d weigh eyewitness testimony, I couldn’t refrain from citing the power of framing in presenting evidence, or the inescapably unreliable nature of memory. The judge lectured me: “You do realize this is real-life, and not a television show?” I was quickly dismissed from jury duty.

Reading the odes to Lynch, his art, and the supremely unique notion of the “Lynchian” he left the world, many have lovingly called him a surrealist master.

A few years back, I went to see my favourite David Lynch film, Mulholland Drive, at the Prince Charles Cinema in London. The house was, pleasingly, pretty much packed. And as the movie started, I sank into Lynch’s nocturnal underworld of haunted starlets and malevolent hoods. Then, something odd happened. Half an hour into the film, a group of about ten people shuffled into the empty row in front of us. They sat, stock still, as the albino Cowboy issued his enigmatic threats (“You will see me one more time if you do good. You will see me two more times if you do bad”) to Justin Theroux’s Hollywood director. Then, seemingly without signalling or even looking at each other, they all shuffled back out again, mere minutes after they’d sat down.

Who were these people? Had the Cowboy chilled their blood? Had they come into the wrong screen,...

In heaven everything is fine, David. © Getty Images

David Lynch, que estás en los sueños (y sobre todo en las pesadillas), venerado sea tu nombre por los feligreses del séptimo arte. Fuiste -y eres- uno de los cineastas más innovadores, rompedores, vanguardistas y únicos de la historia del cine, hasta tal punto que creaste un género propio que lleva tu nombre. Aunque hayas tenido algunos mediocres imitadores, una película de David Lynch solo la puede imaginar David Lynch.

Ahora que has trascendido, seguramente podrás reunirte con algunos de los turbadores personajes que creaste en tu mente. Quien sabe si el bebé deforme de Cabeza borradora (1977) te acompañará con su adorable llanto persistente -y lleno de flema- durante toda la eternidad. Podría ser que John Merrick, el incomprendido -y poco apreciado nivel estético- protagonista de El hombre elefante (1980), te ofrezca una taza de té con sus maravillosos modales ingleses. Puede que,...

America has lost a unique talent. David Lynch’s passing leaves behind an indelible and bewitching body of work.

David Lynch has passed away at the age of 78. It follows last year’s announcement that he had been diagnosed with emphysema and may never direct again. According to Deadline, Lynch’s health worsened after he had to evacuate from his home due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Making his feature debut in 1977 with Eraserhead, Lynch’s surrealist style marked him out as an auteur who largely worked outside of the studio system to create uncompromising art. Briefly, he was nominated in 1980 for an Oscar for The Elephant Man, battled Dino De Laurentiis over 1984’s Dune before disowning the film, directed the incredible Blue Velvet in 1986 and was instrumental in encouraging Nic Cage to develop his unique performance style in 1990’s Wild At Heart.

In the same year, Lynch co-created the TV drama,...

David Lynch, director of film classics such as Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man, and co-creator of the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks, has died aged 78.

His family announced the news in a Facebook post, saying:“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, “Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.” It’s...

Numerous leaders in entertainment, celebrities, and former collaborators have mourned the death of David Lynch, the multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker whose spectacularly unnerving work fused dreams and nightmares and forever changed the landscape of movie-making.

Steven Spielberg, who featured Lynch in his semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, remembered him as “a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade. He added, “The world is going to miss such an original and unique voice. His films have already stood the test of time and they always will.”

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Laura Harring is mourning the loss of her Mulholland Drive director David Lynch, who died at age 78.

The actors who worked with Lynch over his prolific career have shared their thoughts, and Harring paid tribute to the late filmmaker in a post on social media.

“Ohh dear David, All artists and humans who came across you, will mourn your passing on, but I know you are creating movies, writing, painting and meditating from up above,” Harring posted on Instagram. “The Heavens welcome your sweet soul into Eternal Bliss. Goodbye, my friend. May you rest in peace, Buddy Dave.”

Harring accompanied her post with a photo of herself and her Mulholland Drive co-star Naomi Watts kissing the director on the cheek at the 54th Cannes Film Festival in May 2001.

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The life of David Lynch has left a mark on Hollywood, especially for those who worked with the 4x Oscar-nominated writer and director.

Patricia Arquette, who starred in Lynch’s 1997 neo-noir thriller Lost Highway, mourned the filmmaker as she learned of the his death during an interview on Thursday, hours after he died at age 78.

“I was just at the Marrakech Film Festival, and the woman who ran it, Melita [Toscan du Plantier], she loves David and they’re good friends. We were talking about David, and then I called my friend Balthazar [Getty], who was in Lost Highway with me, and I was like, ‘We gotta go see David.’ And I tried to leave word for him. I was feeling like I needed to see David,” she said on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy. “David was really incredible. There’s nobody like him.”

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The world of film lost one of its biggest, most unconventional names this week with the death of David Lynch at the age of 78. Lynch was one of the most singular filmmakers to have ever lived, and his is a filmography where that descriptor, "singular," really does fit. Lynch was a one-of-a-kind director, whose work was so unique, so head-scratching, yet so compelling that he was able to create indelible image after indelible image across stories set in the worlds of science fiction, suburbia, and everywhere in between. But what that also means is that David Lynch was among the most divisive directors. A few people have noted that Lynch's last notable piece of work was as the legendary John Ford in the final scene of Steven Spielberg's 2022 film "The Fabelmans"; his one-scene cameo is absolutely delightful, hilarious, and kind of as inexplicable as the rest of Lynch's career.

Legendary American filmmaker David Lynch has died at the age of 78, it has been confirmed. The beloved director behind some of the most boundary-breaking works of cinema – from Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive to Inland Empire – had previously announced a diagnosis of emphysema that left him unable to leave the house.

The news was confirmed in a Facebook post from Lynch’s family that reads as follows: “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”

David Keith Lynch was born on 20 January, 1946 in Missoula,...

David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker who died Thursday at 78, months after revealing he had been diagnosed with emphysema as a lifetime smoker, was such an essential figure in the history of cinema that he had his own adjective: Lynchian. The term describes works that share characteristics with some of his most memorable creations.

Lynch’s work was unmistakable. “I loved David’s films. Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Elephant Man defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade,” Steven Spielberg, who cast Lynch to play John Ford in The Fabelmans, said in the aftermath of his friend’s death. It’s a sentiment shared widely on social media over the last several hours.

In movies like 1986’s Blue Velvet, 1997’s Lost Highway, and 2001’s Mulholland Drive — not to mention the 1990s ABC TV drama Twin Peaks — Lynch portrayed a mundane America of seemingly pastoral splendor undercut by stupefaction and terror.

Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Cage, and Kyle MacLachlan are among the prominent figures paying tribute to David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday.

“I loved David’s films. Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and Elephant Man defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade,” Spielberg said in a statement. “I got to know David when he played John Ford in The Fabelmans. Here was one of my heroes — David Lynch playing one of my heroes. It was surreal and seemed like a scene out of one of David’s own movies. The world is going to miss such an original and unique voice. His films have already stood the test of time, and they always will.”

Cage, who starred in Lynch’s Wild at Heart, called Lynch “a singular genius in cinema, one of the greatest artists of this or any time. He was brave, brilliant, and...

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During the Town Hall, Andy breaks the news of David Lynch’s passing and Patricia Arquette – who starred in David’s 1997 movie “Lost Highway” – Adam Scott, Ben Stiller, and Dan Erickson reflect on the visionary filmmaker’s works and legacy. The stars of “Severance” also talk about Season 2 of the acclaimed series, Ben praises the editing of “The Real Housewives” shows and discusses watching them with his daughter, Christopher Walken recalls his scene in the 1977 classic “Annie Hall” and dancing with Liza Minnelli at her sweet sixteen, and much more.

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Hollywood is mourning the death of visionary filmmaker David Lynch, with friends, fans and frequent collaborators paying tribute to his immense legacy.

Kyle MacLachlan, who played FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper on Lynch’s Twin Peaks and also starred in Lynch films like Blue Velvet and Dune, said on Instagram: “Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.”

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Editor’s note: All figures below are adjusted unless otherwise noted.

David Lynch, who died this week at the age of 78, was the kind of visionary artist whose value has little to do with its commercial success at the time. Still, a review of the U.S./Canada box office for his 10 feature film releases shows most attracted interest from devotees, with his two first studio films by far getting the most theatrical response.

Adjusting their reported domestic box office to about $11/ticket (current average), his second and third films — “The Elephant Man” (1980) and “Dune” (1984) — stand out above all others. “Elephant Man” stands at about $106 million, “Dune” at $103 million. (These and all subsequent dollar amounts are stated at 2025 values; see the full Lynch feature film ranking at the bottom of this story.)

His most profitable film, in terms of return on investment at least, was “Eraserhead” (1977), his first. Released primarily as a midnight film,...

David Lynch is dead at the age of 78. By any measure the most influential filmmaker of our time, the Missoula, Montana-born artist left such a mark that his very name became an adjective. There’s Hitchcockian, and then there’s Lynchian.

Controversial, visionary, and absolutely singular, his films from “Eraserhead” and “Blue Velvet” to “Lost Highway” and “Mulholland Drive” were immersive plunges into rich cinematic landscapes of twisted psyches and luscious surfaces.

The news of Lynch’s death was confirmed on his official Facebook page.

“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.'”

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If you’re looking to revisit some of David Lynch’s most seminal works following the iconic director-writer’s death on Thursday morning, there are a variety of box sets online featuring his expansive film collection.

Lynch radicalized American film with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” “Mulholland Drive” and “Lost Highway,” and continued to meld elements of horror, film noir, the whodunit and classical European surrealism in the ’90s TV show “Twin Peaks.” Now, nearly all of his films are available in 4K in recently-released Blu-ray sets, in addition to an upcoming 4K re-release of “Twin Peaks,” available to pre-order on Amazon now.

Seven of Lynch’s films are 4K restored on Criterion, all of which include bonus content, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes short films: “Blue Velvet,...

One of the all-time greats is gone. That thought went through my head this afternoon when word came down that David Lynch, the incredible mind behind Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and so many more, was no longer with us. The news was a shock as, despite his fragile health, Lynch was still pretty active, teasing potential new projects and also receiving rave reviews for his acting turn as John Ford in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. Of course, with this news, it’s time to take a look back at the master’s work, and lucky for us, he leaves an incredible cinematic legacy behind. We all have our favorite David Lynch movies, but here are my top 5 picks:

Lost Highway (1997):

This was an important movie in my cinematic education. It came out in the late nineties, at a time when I was coming of age as a potential cinephile.