Jan 17, 2025 · In Blue Velvet, college student Jeffrey Beaumont (MacLachlan) goes back to his hometown after his father suffers from a stroke. One day, as he walks through the grassy meadow near his house, he...

Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 surrealist neo-noir mystery art film written and directed by David Lynch. Its plot follows an aspiring actress (Naomi Watts) who arrives in Los Angeles, where she befriends a woman (Laura Harring) who is suffering from amnesia after a …

Jan 17, 2025 · Prolific filmmaker and longtime Los Angeles resident David Lynch died Thursday. His death renewed interest in his works, such as "Mulholland Drive," named after the scenic Los Angeles street...

Jan 16, 2025 · Nor was the Academy always supportive: nominated for four Oscars (as director for Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and 1980’s The Elephant Man, which also garnered him an adapted screenplay nom ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” aren’t always easy to explain, but they live on in your mind and burrow under your skin. Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini in “Blue Velvet.”...

Jan 16, 2025 · His notable releases ranged from the neo-noir “Mulholland Drive” to the skewed gothic of “Blue Velvet” to the eclectic and eccentric “Twin Peaks,” which won three Golden Globes, two Emmys and even a Grammy for its theme music. Pauline Kael, the film critic, called Lynch “the first populist surrealist — a Frank Capra of dream ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Lynch never won an Academy Award, though he was nominated for directing "The Elephant Man," "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive." He was presented an honorary Oscar in 2019 for lifetime achievement.

Jan 16, 2025 · "Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Elephant Man defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade," he said in a statement, noting he had cast Lynch as director ...

Jan 16, 2025 · David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days before his 79th...

Sep 27, 2024 · This classic theatrical motif often contrasts the mid century, idyllic Americana set as the location of Blue Velvet and to an extent Mulholland Drive. Lynch likes roadhouses and underground jazz clubs and diners.