Dern said her professors did not allow her to take a leave of absence to film David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet.' By Zoe G. Phillips Laura Dern gave up her college education for David Lynch‘s Blue Velvet.

David Lynch makes the audience an accomplice. The new 4K edition on UHD not only sharpens the image but also the unease.

Thirty-eight years after the late critic's one-star review, the actress has expressed how "surprised" she was by the allegation, as she chose to portray the abused character. By Tatiana Tenreyro ...

In 1985, a skinny, chain-smoking film director with a rakish pompadour and a Boy Scout’s cordial manner arrived in the swampy southeast corner of North Carolina, ready to make a movie that would set ...

Lynch, in his fearless way, reinvented movies, letting the avant-garde rapture of his brain flower into an aesthetic that turned the tropes of Hollywood inside out. My first encounter with a Lynch ...

Dean Stockwell's lip-sync performance to Roy Orbison's "In Dreams" in "Blue Velvet" is a memorable scene showcasing the film's unique style. A dog eating a human heart in "One Tree Hill" became a ...

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Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...