David Lynch

Top 15 Teen Movie Music Moments

​Teen movies, in general, have great music. I don't know how that is, but when you think about it, teenagers take music more seriously than any other demographic I can think of, so if you're making a movie by/for them, it's gotta have a great soundtrack. Some of the choices may be silly, but, the ... More >>

What Josh Freese Wants for Christmas

[Mental Notes] Plus, John Doe on new material from X? Stay tuned

Black Keys' Video Appropriated? Director Chris Marrs Piliero Says Definitely Not

​A New York artist/model/filmmaker/musician who gave herself the nom de plume Bon Jane is claiming that the Black Keys stole the idea for one of their videos without giving her credit. In a release, Bon Jane says she gave the Black Keys a video treatment proposal for the song "Ten Cent Pistol" tha ... More >>

John Freese's Holiday Shopping Guide

​You only have one holiday shopping weekend left. Freak ya out? In order to help your lazy, procrastinating ass, we enlisted the help of drummer extraordinaire Josh Freese. And why not? The man who rocks behind the kit for bands such as Devo and Weezer is also one of the greatest marketing ... More >>

Five Refurbishments That Can Help 'The Haunted Mansion' (The Movie)

​Disneyland's seasonal The Nightmare Before Christmas overhaul of the Haunted Mansion is complete (the attraction reopens today after a 17-day closure), thus kicking off the park's Halloween-themed festivities.Of course, the official launch of the park's Halloween-ness is September 30th which is w ... More >>

10 Best Albums of the Year--So Far

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Hey, the year's half over! Isn't that reason enough to count back through the albums that have been released thus far in 2011 and decide which ones we can safely say are great? Yes, it is.Check out our picks after the jump--and see which ones made it.

A Christmas Carol

South Coast Repertory

'Boxing Gym' Packs a Punch

The beauty and rhythm of the fight in Frederick Wisemano's knockout doc

Talking to Myself: Dave Barton Interviews Dave Barton

The Unkindest Cut: David Lynch's Blue Velvet ​  When I scribble a good review, the people on the receiving end are generally so grateful for the kudos, they never question or bother to ask about my internal criteria that determines how their work was superior (or just more interesting) ... More >>

Record Review: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, 'Dark Night of the Soul'

​The Hype: By now, any Mark Linkous fan worth his/her sparkle has studied, read about and certainly pirated Dark Night of the Soul (out today on Capitol Records). Originally set for release by Linkous (a.k.a. Sparklehorse) producer Danger Mouse and filmmaker David Lynch back in 2009, this mam ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

[Summer Guide] Flicks to help you enjoy the great indoors

Laurie Lipton Takes Aim at 'Weapons of Mass Delusion'

Her Grand Central Art Center exhibition of mostly pencil-and-paper works expose the evil of banality

Blue Velvet

Bay Theatre

Surfer Blood, Detroit Bar, 3/28

Andrew Youssef​The Hype: Surfer Blood have been riding a wave of buzz behind their catchy debut album, Astro Coast. A sign posted outside of the Detroit Bar informed patrons that the evening's performance was being filmed for Carson Daly. It seems that both the Detroit Bar and Surfer Blood we ... More >>

[Year In Film] Looking Back On a Decade Dominated by Movie Franchises, Our Critics Pick Nine Faves

Andrew Youssef​The Hype: Surfer Blood have been riding a wave of buzz behind their catchy debut album, Astro Coast. A sign posted outside of the Detroit Bar informed patrons that the evening's performance was being filmed for Carson Daly. It seems that both the Detroit Bar and Surfer Blood we ... More >>

The Raveonettes at the Glass House and Detroit Bar

Andrew Youssef​The Hype: Surfer Blood have been riding a wave of buzz behind their catchy debut album, Astro Coast. A sign posted outside of the Detroit Bar informed patrons that the evening's performance was being filmed for Carson Daly. It seems that both the Detroit Bar and Surfer Blood we ... More >>

Om, Lichens, Echoplex, January 20, 2008

Lichens (Chicago guitarist/vocalist Robert Lowe) has balls. Before a crowd of metal heads who wanted to rock the fuck out on cochlea-threatening volume and controlled bombast, he began his set with field recordings of birdsong, while seated off to the left side of the stage. You could sense he was s ... More >>

INDIEFEST/FAIF -- DAY 3

Lichens (Chicago guitarist/vocalist Robert Lowe) has balls. Before a crowd of metal heads who wanted to rock the fuck out on cochlea-threatening volume and controlled bombast, he began his set with field recordings of birdsong, while seated off to the left side of the stage. You could sense he was s ... More >>

DVDish

A Bitter End

LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 10-26-07

How to go about this, when I've already written so much about this week in film? Well, for starters, SAW IV is only a pick for hardcore SAW fans like me, and it's still likely to disappoint them a little bit. FINISHING THE GAME, the Justin Lin comedy about the making of Bruce Lee's GAME OF DEATH, ... More >>

Independent Cinema Comes to Santa Ana

As some readers may know, I occasionally dabble in acting and film-making, though I've only been paid for acting once, playing an evil American druglord in a Chinese movie called A Date in Paradise that, from what I understand, will likely never see the light of day. Last week, I got to show my stu ... More >>

Summer Cinema: A Vaguely Helpful Guide

Ten films to see, five worth a look, and five more to shield your eyes from

His Biggest Break

Indie 103.1’s Surf Junkie Jeff keeps an eye on the waves—and tries to get Jonesy out on the water

Glittering Hunks of Trash

Grindhouse welcomes you to the democracy of cinephilia

The Big Valley

OnDVD: Twin Peaks: The Second Season

Weird and Wonderful

Eraserhead, A History of Violence, Star Wars Episode IV and more

Get Out!

June 29 - July 6: Handjobdrugscum

Obsession, He Calls It

Soft Hands soft sell

She Wore Blue Velvet ... Tonight and Tomorrow

Some of the best writing in OC Weekly can be found in a place you have to hunt for: Greg Stacy's Special Screenings. We love Greg a lot around here, but every so often he gets his dates wrong and he'll have a movie playing a week late or early or whatever. Thank the God of Educational Loans for our ... More >>

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Movie of the Week Also Showing

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

This Week in Epic Failures

OnDVD: DuneExtended Edition

This Week in Reluctant Do-Overs

OnDVD:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bueller ... Bueller Edition

Eclectic Boogaloo

Baxter actor Theroux on David Lynch and the art of deadpan

Pay Attention!

"Exquisite Electric" demands you participate

Have Yourself a Celluloid Little Christmas

"Exquisite Electric" demands you participate

Pan American

"Exquisite Electric" demands you participate

Crying Time

The Saddest Music in the Worlds surreally funny sob story

Kings of the Otherworld

The Saddest Music in the Worlds surreally funny sob story

Black Jack

Life in the shadow of Eraserhead

Were Open to Stucco

U.K.s Lube ready to loosen up

Newport Beach Film Festival Beams Down

Aliens, interstates, Captain Kirk and chemotherapy

Dazed and Amused

Gods sixth annual Calleys

Ambient Sidewinding

Revving up with Sidecar

Conceptual Cacophony

Liezel Rubins art is sexy like a raccoon penis

Smells Like Spleen Spirit

Liezel Rubins art is sexy like a raccoon penis

Without Words

Picking the top movies of 2001

Childhoods End

Whats eating Donnie Darko

Point of No Return

Mulholland Drive is Lynchs best since Blue Velvet

Without a Prayer

Left Behind is a flat wedge of Jesus cheese