Count me among those who consider David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” to be the greatest American film of the 1980s. (Sorry, “Raging Bull,” better luck next time ...
The term auteur – the idea that films retain the personal sensibilities of their directors, like fingerprints – is thrown around quite frequently in this field. This theory, while extremely popular, ...
(KRT) Sandy: “I don’t know if you’re a detective or a pervert.” Jeffrey: “Well, that’s for me to know and you to find out.” With those words, so begins one of the most spectacularly twisted sequences ...
One of the quickest ways to offend someone is to trash a movie that's dear to their heart -- or to praise one they loathed. People take movies very seriously: We look to them for validation of our ...
David Lynch’s 1986 film Blue Velvet is a masterpiece, one of the great achievements of cinema. But as the new Blu-ray suggests, making it involved getting the exact right balance of tone - 52 minutes ...