Clever readers (or at least those familiar with “Twin Peaks,” which is often the same thing) can tell by the offerings that ...

Though surreal and sometimes impenetrable, Lynch's films lead us down dark roads to curious, new possibilities.

Many of Lynch’s movies travel from a familiar outside world into a strange inner one. The structure of “Room to Dream,” which ...

When David Lynch died last week, it was almost hard to know whom exactly to mourn. He was a Renaissance man: musician, ...

Lynch’s “The Straight Story” (1999), however—written by Mary Sweeney and John E. Roach— is more like a lazy daydream. It’s a ...

Lynch, the 78-year-old artist and filmmaker, had emphysema from decades of smoking. When the runaway blaze got too close to ...

The late director’s best work prioritized puzzles over solutions.

For the iconic writer-director, who was diagnosed with emphysema before his death last week at 78, cigarettes were more than ...

The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said ...

David J. Lynch joined The Washington Post in November 2017 from the Financial Times, where he covered white-collar crime. He was previously the cybersecurity editor at Politico and a senior writer ...

We’re rerunning it following David Lynch’s death at 78 ... She’ll say, “Look, a dad is here” and I’ll say, “That’s a homeless man.” But I shouldn’t make fun.

Perhaps Lynch's most surprising film is a G-rated feature produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Richard Farnsworth earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Alvin Straight, a man who drives a ...