The Long Goodbye of David Lynch's 'The Straight Story'
In 1999, Lynch defied expectations with a G-rated Disney movie based on a true story. It wasn't the departure it seemed to be.
Under the Sycamore Trees: The Night ‘Twin Peaks’ Went Off the Air
With the finale to the original run, David Lynch patched together pieces of a broken series and set the stage for the rest of his career.
Call for Entries: The 3rd Annual Reveal Subscriber Poll ✦
Some years we have a good idea what readers will consider the year's best. 2024 seems up in the air. Make your vote count!
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In Review: 'Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still Here'
A classic monster gets a revival while the latest from Walter Salles explores a more commonplace threat.
Richard Pryor Kept Trying to Tell Us Something About His Life ✦
Released in 1986, ‘Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling’ found the comic attempting to tell his personal history. It was one entry in an ongoing autobiography written in public.
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#66: ‘Touki Bouki’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Djibril Diop Mambéty's film offers a restless, darkly funny, determinedly weird twist on the lovers-on-the-run story that doubles as look at Senegal at a turning point in its history.