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“[You] Build a Movie Like You Build a Fire”: Lost Highway DP Peter Deming on Restorations, Lighting and Working with David Lynch

An elevated house on fire in the night.Lost Highway (courtesy of the Criterion Collection)

With all three seasons of Twin Peaks having arrived on MUBI today and two sold-out 35mm screenings of Lost Highway(1997), presented by cinematographer Peter Deming, having taken place at Film at Lincoln Center last night, it’s clear that David Lynch’s…  Read more

By Jun 13, 2025

“But Then My Obsession Went to Darker Things: Joe Coleman and Whitney Ward on Being Subjects in the Tribeca-Premiering Doc, How Dark My Love

How Dark My Love

Joe Coleman and Whitney Ward are having a big summer. The reigning king and queen of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade also are known as two of the most original figures in a New York underground scene that flourished in…  Read more

By Jun 11, 2025

“Shooting in the Fall, Premiering in June”: Travis Wood and Alex Mallis on Their Tribeca Debut The Travel Companion

A young woman with brown hair, a tall man with salt and pepper hair and a man with a beard and afro sit together on a subway seat.The Travel Companion

Anxieties surrounding flight credits, male friendship and fraught filmmaking prospects fuel the bittersweet yet always amusing narrative of The Travel Companion, the feature debut from directors Travis Wood and Alex Mallis. Co-written by the duo alongside their Chicago-based buddy Weston…  Read more

By Jun 9, 2025

“Dark, Difficult, Dank Spaces”: Rob Petit on His Tribeca World Premiere Underland

A beam of sunlight radiates town into a dark cavern, where a person stands and looks incredibly small amid the massive, dark space.Underland

Based on British author Robert Macfarlane’s non-fiction book of the same name, Underland, the feature debut from Rob Petit, investigates the world hidden beneath our feet. In particular, the film ventures into the depths of a cave system in Mexico…  Read more

By Jun 9, 2025


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