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Chrystabell & David Lynch

Cellophane Memories

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Low Culture Essay

Low Culture Essay: James Cooray Smith on David Lynch Sitcom, On The Air

Although David Lynch's 1992 sitcom was a quickly forgotten flop, James Cooray Smith argues that it has enough of the director's mercurial strangeness to be considered alongside his finest work
Film

Another Planet: The Quietus’ Top 20 Favourite Cinema Memories

As the UK finally prepares to reopen its cinema doors, tQ contributors remember their most precious memories that could have only happened in front of the big screen
Film

“Henry Is A Total Blank”: David Lynch On The Origins Of Eraserhead

In an exclusive extract from his new biography, Room To Dream, David Lynch recalls meeting Jack Nance and the music he played on set while filming Eraserhead

Film

Easelhead: David Lynch: The Art Life Reviewed

Nadia Attia reviews a biography of David Lynch as oblique and questioning as the work of the man himself
Television

Twin Peaks Season Three: No Cosy Nostalgia

John Tatlock prepares himself some damn fine coffee and stays up all night to bring us the first review: The alpha programme of modern TV returns, but you'll find no cosy nostalgia here, he says
Film

Kiss Me Deadly: David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive Remembered

To coincide with the release of Mulholland Drive's 4K restoration, Robert Bright looks back at Lynch's masterpiece through the lens of film noir and the city of Los Angeles itself

Books

Short Fiction By: Nicholas Rombes

This week's new writing comes in the form of an edited, self-contained extract from Nicholas Rombes' forthcoming novel The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing, in which the eponymous cinephile Laing is interviewed regarding the destruction of a rare film
Books

An Inexhaustible Realm Of Fascination: David Lynch’s Factory Photographs

With a new book and exhibition in London, Kiran Acharya considers a surprisingly straightforward but characteristically unsettling selection of images from the subversive director
Film

Lost Highway: Jack Nance Remembered By David Lynch & Others

In a piece originally written to mark the 15th anniversary of Jack Nance's death, Cyrus Shahrad looks back over the actor's life and work and talks to those close to him, including Catherine Coulson and David Lynch
A Quietus Interview

Cracking Up: Scott Walker Interviewed

Sometimes, when it seems like the whole world’s going to Hell around you, the healthiest thing to do is laugh. John Doran, writing for The Stool Pigeon and The Quietus, talks to Scott Walker about his devastating new album Bish Bosch.

Film

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Reassessed

The third Twin Peaks UK Festival takes place at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith today. Events include an anniversary screening of the iconic TV series' big screen prequel, which Petra Davis analyses in-depth here
Books

Damn The Torpedoes! The Quietus Comics Round Up Column For August!

Mat Colegate and Aug Stone get to grips with comic releases for August
Black Sky Thinking

Multiple Nightmares: The Haunted Legacy Of Lynch’s Eraserhead Soundtrack

Following its Sacred Bones vinyl reissue, Charlie Fox re-evalutates the terror of the Eraserhead soundtrack, and its influence on a vast array of musicians over the years since the film's initial release
Black Sky Thinking

Wild Sting: In Defence Of Dune

In the game of folly versus lolly David Lynch's version of the Frank Herbert science fiction novel Dune played and lost. Now revived as part of a BFI Southbank retrospective on the director, it is often regarded as a patchy, incomprehensible failure. Andrew Stimpson challenges this consensus
A Quietus Interview

“It’s so Beautiful, the World These Days”: An Interview With David Lynch

David Lynch released his debut album, Crazy Clown Time this year. Frances Morgan speaks to the legendary film director about the album, and how it's connected to his films' careful and powerful use of sound
A Quietus Interview

If You Only Knew: ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott Interviewed

Nicholas Abrahams talks to "Little" Jimmy Scott about his music, his muse and singing for David Lynch
Television

The Original Darkplace: Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom

David Moats explains the enduring appeal of Lars Von Trier's cult television show Riget (The Kingdom) which finally comes to DVD this week, packaged with lots of insightful special features about the mischievous Danish filmmaker
Film

Federico Fellini: A Profile Of The Director As A Pervert

Federico Fellini is normally placed in the polite, high art canon of cinema. But, argues Robert Barry, the filthy surrealism of his later works would give Jodorowsky and Lynch a run for their money
Film

Jodorowsky’s Dune And The Greatest Films Never Made

A new exhibition celebrates Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated _Dune_ project, due to star Salvador Dali, Pink Floyd and the future kings of science fiction. Lee Arizuno tells the full, psychomagical story

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Baker's Dozen

The Count Of 13: Ramsey Campbell’s Weird Selection

In a Baker's Dozen diversion, writer Ramsey Campbell guides Sean Kitching through 13 favourite pieces of weird culture, from film to opera and literature, via David Lynch, Arthur Machen and more

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