By now most filmgoers have decided whether they love what David Lynch has to say, are simply baffled by his oblique and fractured storylines, or think his work is overrated and pretentious. To let you know where I stand, I'd actually call him a genius. But I don't use that word lightly. A genius, in my mind, is someone who… read more!

I won't spend much time defending David Lynch. By this point, most folks have already decided whether they love his work or hate it. Me, I admire him for his artist's eye and his tireless imagination, though I don't always find an emotional connection to his increasingly opaque dream dramas. Such was the case with Lost Highway and such is… read more!

The "G" rating has had a tortured history. When it was first introduced in the late '60s, it was awarded to such films as Planet of the Apes, with its bare-buttocked men, its scenes of torture and violence, and its climactic cry of "God damn you all to hell!" Today, in these supposedly more progressive times, something like Apes could… read more!