Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Early on in The Straight Story, the 1999 drama that David Lynch called his “most experimental film,” ...

David Lynch built his reputation by revealing the violence beneath American surfaces — severed ears in manicured lawns, nightmare corridors behind suburban doors, desire curdling into dread. Then he ...

Joseph Ornelas is a former freelance features writer at Collider, where he explored the worlds of film and television through in-depth essays, lists, and analysis. Passionate about storytelling across ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Straight Story” begins like many other David Lynch films. First with stars flickering in the night. Then shots of a small ...

Not long into David Lynch’s 1999 film The Straight Story, the G-rated tale of a septuagenarian slowly making his away across the Midwest on a John Deere riding lawnmower to reunite with his estranged ...

Released in 1999, The Straight Story is a bit of a departure from what most people would associate with Lynch’s work, which is known and praised for juxtaposing surreal and sometimes sinister elements ...

Is it a cop-out to honor David Lynch by reflecting on his least Lynchian film? Lynch, who passed away last week at the age of 78, was one of the most influential filmmakers, best known for dark, ...