Mulholland Drive

"...Story, will likely find their heads exploding somewhere into Mulholland Drive's final reel, although longtime fans of Lynch's bizarro-world..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Donnie Darko

This unnerving, electrifying film provides a unique take on the teen psyche in modern suburbia.

"...idiot authority figures, bullies with switchblades, an exploding sex drive made all the more volcanic by the new girl..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ellie Parker

This Naomi Watts performance showcase has been slipping into theatres that are presently readying themselves for the onslaught of King Kong, starring Watts as the woman who would be Fay Wray.

"...actress caught some nice breaks with her roles in Mulholland Drive and The Ring and has a list of..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Fabric

Marianne Jean-Baptiste says yes yes yessss to the dress

"...the script, akin to what David Lynch does in Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway. Yet while the first hour..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Room 237

Pet theories about what really went down at the Overlook Hotel abound in this documentary about Stanley Kubrick's intentions in The Shining.

"...ever lost days trying to crack the nut of Mulholland Drive or Synecdoche, New York, or Tarkovsky’s Solaris knows..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jonathan Blow Talks Fantastic Fest

Indie gaming stalwart talks ethics, elves, and Braid: The Movie

"...directly apparent. The biggest influence was David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive. It's hard to describe what the influence was,..."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Ring

An urban myth about a videotape that causes the death of anyone who watches it is given a good workout in this American remake of the Japanese horror sensation.

"...David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers, and compared to the slash-by-the-numbers drivel that's been passing for horror lately, it resonates with..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Video Reviews

"...a darkly sensual love story that -- like Lynch's Mulholland Drive -- miraculously transmutes a fairly standard-issue head-bonk-amnesia tale..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Review by Will Robinson Sheff

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...attendance), and the return of the ultimate historian of drive-in movies, Joe Bob Briggs, with his special presentation, How..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...an hourlong dream sequence shot in a single take. Mulholland Drive times 10. 3) Marriage Story..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Critics Poll

Critics' favorites from 2001

"...Renshaw: Drive-By Truckers, Triple Crown Pub (San Marcos)..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: Lynch/Oz

How the Wizard of Oz shaped the Blue Velvet director

"...resonances between Dorothy's journey home and Diane's delusions in Mulholland Drive. John Waters, the closest thing to Lynch's peer..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Lynch/Oz

Six different paths from Kansas to Wild at Heart

"...resonances between Dorothy's journey home and Diane's delusions in Mulholland Drive. John Waters, the closest thing to Lynch's peer..."

June 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Films About Memory Loss

Forget your troubles (and everything else) with these movies

"...for this mysterious and incandescent performance. – Marjorie Baumgarten Mulholland Drive (2001)..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Live Shots: Failure

Emo's, July 25

"...tracks including the noisemongering "Atom City Queen" and dreamy "Mulholland Drive" hit all the marks. The fortysomething crowd responded..."

July 31, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Neo Noir Is the New Black

'Neo-teurs' Shane Black and Brian Helgeland discuss film noir

"...names of recent films they would consider neo noir. Mulholland Drive, A History of Violence, and Brick were repeated..."

Oct. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Razorlight

"...reiterates "Waltz," whose boulevard of broken dreams lands on "Mulholland Drive with the radio on. They played Augustus Pablo..."

March 9, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...subway involving a homeless woman with strange powers recalls Mulholland Drive a bit too much, but most of it..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Jess Sauer

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...and would rehearse at Nesmith's big house up on Mulholland Drive. Then we played around the San Fernando Valley,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Are We on the Edge?

Spank Dance Company's Black Things, in which black-clad dancers dance in near darkness, is original, striking, and resonant of the shadow side of our interior and exterior worlds

"...were working at the peak of his powers – Mulholland Drive, say – he might create something like Black..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...island where natives sacrificed blondes to a giant ape. Mulholland Drive had nothing on a girl named Norma Jean,..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Critics Poll 2001

"...Most Overrated Films: Moulin Rouge, Mulholland Drive, Amélie..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...rip my jaw off!" Haw! (Oct. 19)... David Lynch's Mulholland Drive -- once a TV show, now a feature..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...Mulholland Drive (Universal Focus)..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature

Selections by Sublett

"...Lost, did just that. Took a nose dive off Mulholland Drive, crashed and burned. Now Chili decides to get..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Everything Must Go

Tower's last hours

"...independent company," says the store's local operations manager Dave Mulholland days before his operation is put to rest...."

June 25, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...when all information is stored on one big hard drive. In a nod to Arthur C. Clarke, let's call..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Tenants' Rights in Question at Cross Creek

Tenants' rights in question at North Austin apartments

"...at the North Austin apartment complex at 1124 Rutland Drive. Things were looking up – until just a few..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine