Nadja is a vampire film, technically. But it’s really a lo-fi, black-and-white art piece where Elina Löwensohn drifts through a grainy, urban twilight while whispering existential poetry that smolders with ennui. That’s my kind of party. Produced by David Lynch – who probably did it just so he could cameo as the morgue attendant – … Read more
Wild at Heart arrived on Home Video today in 1991, after an August 17, 1990 theatrical release. If Blue Velvet whip-cracked the suburban smile to show what’s festering underneath, Wild at Heart drags it out into full-on operatic nightmare territory. Psychosexual violence, grotesque comedy, doomed romance, and snakehip swagger – with the radio cranked high … Read more
Blue Velvet arrived on Home Video this week in 1987, after a September 19, 1986 theatrical release. The first time I watched Blue Velvet, I thought I understood it. I was young. I thought it was about corruption under the surface. Dark things in nice places. Suburbia hiding its sins behind white fences. It felt … Read more
Don’t take the ring, Laura. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me rolled into Home Video this week in 1993, after an August 28th, 1992 US theatrical garmonbozia. This one’s for you, Mr. Lynch. I was definitely into the whole Twin Peaks Chic during its ’89-91 run on ABC. However, the series’ popularity waned heavily with … Read more