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As the world gears up to take in Dune's anticipated reboot at the Venice Film Festival, I sat down with British actress Francesca Annis, star of the original Dune, to talk candidly about the ins and outs of working on one of the most fabled sci-fi films of the 1980s.   Were David Lynch and Dino De Laurentiis really at…

Dan Kneece, the veteran camera and Steadicam operator who frequently worked with filmmaker David Lynch, has died. He was 64. His death was confirmed by ICG Local 600’s National President John Lindley, in a message sent out to guild members. “Dan Kneece was a hard working member and colleague with a ready smile and…

In Godfather of Harlem, Forest Whitaker has tapped into one of the most complex roles and narratives of his storied career, which has already netted him an Oscar, a BAFTA Award, two SAG statuettes, the Cannes Film Festival's award for Best Actor and countless other accolades. The character he plays in the Epix series…

The House of Representatives returned to Washington on Saturday to vote on a measure to reverse changes and provide $25 billion in additional funding to the U.S. Postal Service, as Democrats and activists suspect that the slowed service is part of President Donald Trump attempt to stymie vote-by-mail efforts in this…

David Lynch took a detour today during his laconic Los Angeles weather report to walk straight into the controversy over the Trump administration's war with the United States Postal Service. "Today, I'm thinking about the postal workers and how much we need and appreciate them," the Twin Peaks kingpin said Monday…

It was an historic night at the Governors Awards on Sunday, and not just because Lina Wertmuller wants Oscar to go through a gender change. Ninety-one-year old Wertmuller was honored in part as a ground-breaker by being the first Oscar-nominated female director. Geena Davis took the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award…

In television, the TV series role Robert Forster is probably best known for is in starring turn in David Lynch’s 2017 Twin Peaks revival. It was 25 years in the making. Oscar-nominated Forster, who died Friday at age 78, revealed in 2016 that Lynch had approached him to co-star in the original 1990 Twin Peaks series…

The AFI Conservatory, one of the crown jewels of the American Film Institute, celebrated its 50th anniversary in style Thursday night at the place where it all started, the fabled Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. One of the first “colleges” for filmmakers (there were only four at the time), it opened at Greystone…

Jennifer Fox has been set to return to produce the 11th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President David Rubin announced today. Honorary Awards will be presented to director David Lynch, actor Wes Studi and director Lina Wertmüller, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian…

In another show of increasing diversity for all things Oscar, actors Wes Studi and Geena Davis and directors David Lynch and Lina Wertmuller are the winners of the 11th Annual Governors Awards. The honors, as voted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Board of Governors in a special Saturday session, were…

Editor’s note: This story originally ran on June 13 as Emmy nomination-round voting began. After David Lynch’s Twin Peaks bowed on ABC in April 1990, it became a cultural phenomenon, producing two Emmys and 18 nominations. All these years later, Lynch is back in the running with three nominations for Showtime’s…

Director of photography Peter Deming, who shot the entire 18-episode series of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return, has been working with the Los Angeles-based auteur since his ABC summer comedy series On the Air. In addition, Deming has worked on Lynch’s HBO series Hotel Room and the movies Lost Highway, Inland Empir…