Articles about Dune

Ranking David Lynch's films from worst to best.

@details on "Life of PI" and other times famous directors have chosen unknown actors to carry tentpole fiilms

Fans hope ''Cloud Atlas'' escapes the fate of these beloved books (''The Great Gatsby,'' ''The Scarlet Letter,'' ''The Da Vinci Code'') that lost the magic in page-to-screen translation

There's no telling why a great but straightforward book might become a lousy movie—or why a film version of a "difficult" novel might be a classic.

Kyle MacLachlan owes much of his career to his collaborations with David Lynch (Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks). Since then, he has been seen playing characters from both DC Comics and Kafka and earned small-screen success in Sex And The City and Desperate Housewives. MacLachlan talks here to @TheAVClub.

Some of the greatest works of literature have been deemed as unfilmable, and yet writers, directors, producers and stars keep trying, either developing such projects for years with no success, or very occasionally getting the films financed, usually with mixed success. Here are some.

Using the current nationwide drought as inspiration, Bob Mondello of @npr looks at movies about dry times

The shark doesn't work?! Star as a muumuu-wearing kookball?! They were horror stories on the set -- but fun for fans to repeat!

Steven Spielberg's Harry Potter, Sergio Leone's Godfather, and other movies that could have been.

Some of the similarities and differences between two great cerebral horror directors, Davids Cronenberg and Lynch.