Yes I had watched the series first. Based on a few people I know who saw the film without seeing the show, I think the movie works pretty well on its own. but it definitely helps if you've seen at least the Lynch-directed episodes.

True enough, and I'm glad its reputation has grown over the years.

I think they were just expecting something more like Wild at Heart, or like the more absurdist parts of the show.

It was booed at Cannes, but honestly that's become a point of pride there now anyway. It was not kindly received by most critics on release.

That's a good point, and I think the thing that's often missing when people make those kinds of associations is a matter of tone, or a specific point of view on the material. All three of those examples are hard to emulate, especially since all of them also allow for often contradictory impulses to flow through their…

Same here. I'm generally bored by Ozon, but this new one sounds wonderfully trashy.

I love all dogs.

That's crazy talk. The ending is awesome!

Seeing North By Northwest outdoors on Saturday and A New Leaf/Ishtar…indoors on Sunday.

He's the best thing in both The Rover and Lost City of Z too.

Chunks of gold?!?!

Keanu will be playing not just John Wick in Chapter 3, but also Leopold and Loeb.

Amazon for sure because they have so much available to rent outside of Prime, but I'm consistently underwhelmed by Netflix's offerings in general, and especially in regards to international/arthouse - to your point, they only take the biggest stuff from festivals. It's better than it was say two years ago (unlike…

Seconded! Ravenous is fantastic.

I've got a lot of catching up to do on those myself.

This gorilla gets it!

All the movies coming out this holiday weekend sound terrible.

The actress Amy Seimetz made a good neo-noir a few years back called Sun Don't Shine that captures the oppressive, madness-causing humidity of Florida pretty well.

I love the idea of someone defending the Grove!

I object to Reddit purely on aesthetic grounds. Like Youtube, it's a fucking eyesore designed for trash-eyed youngsters.