Friday, 28 February 2025

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Friend turned into fiend

After selling him every possible weapon, he tears him down because he refuses to hand over Ukraine's minerals




Friday, 17 January 2025

Farewall of a genius


Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Dune, The Elephant Man  and Blue Velvet.

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Lynch ploughed a highly idiosyncratic furrow in American cinema: from his beginnings as an art student making experimental short films, to the cult success of his surreal first feature Eraserhead, and on to a string of award-winning films including Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, as well as the landmark TV show Twin Peaks. He received three best director Oscar nominations , and was given an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 2019; he won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 1990.