For Women Writers Week, Jen Johans writes about Joan Cusack, and how she’s "crackling, high-voltage live wire who commits to scenes with an intensely funny mischievous ferocity."

"A movie like Blue Velvet and a performance like Rossellini’s have to make us feel uncomfortable in order for it to be honorable. They hold true to her experiences by showing us that Vallens is a woman with no protection from her emotions and her exposed vulnerability." Superb essay.

I was invited to participate in Women Writers Week at the Ebert website, and I wrote about Isabella Rossellini's performance in BLUE VELVET, and how she helped guide the film into its dark and mysteries places. www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...

Yeah I watched the State of the Union

Got to visit Lumberton today ... 1. Jeffrey's House

2026: LaBeouf Gras

A thread for Michael Silverblatt ... Michael was a lot of things to a lot of people, but for me he remains one of the greatest, most inspiring teachers & mentors I have ever had. I know many may not consider him a teacher, but I can think of few people who are better educators.

A brief note about Robert Duvall ... When I was a senior in high school, Duvall came to Lafayette, LA, to film THE APOSTLE. My friend & I had a show on public access cable where we reviewed movies & made short films. The people Duvall was staying with saw our show & asked Duvall if he'd meet us.

“Like a David Lynch film itself, Miley’s book is frequently unexpected, sometimes startling, wholly absorbing, and a superb testament to the virtues of lateral thinking.” Read more about DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE in the new issue of @sightsoundmag.bsky.social @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social

Bud Cort's great gift was that he made us all feel like no matter how nerdy, odd, on the spectrum, contrary, or confused we might be, as long as we were true to our authentic selves, then we'll find others who dance to the beat that only we can hear each day when we walk out the door. #RIP

Great book! If you enjoy the idea of connecting the dots between Lynch and the work of Cormac McCarthy, Lana Del Rey, David Foster Wallace, Maurice Sendak, & more, it's for you.

DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE came out one year ago today. Thanks to @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social and everyone who has welcomed it so eagerly over the last year.

On the one-year anniversary of David Lynch's passing, I'm trying to focus on how wonderful it's been that we've spent a whole year celebrating his work and digging into it deeper. I hope it never stops.

David Lynch’s American Dreamscape author @mikemiley.bsky.social on Writers on Film open.spotify.com/episode/16Lc...

I've been told this one from back in February fits snugly into any regulation-size stocking. www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-lyn...

I had a really fun time talking with @www.johnbleasdale.com. If you're not already a regular listener, let this one form your new habit.

New episode of Writers on Film @mikemiley.bsky.social talks David Lynch podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...

HA HA HA YES

Mike Miley discusses his new book on David Lynch. Particularly interested in the idea of Lynch's influence on "Laura Palmer Pop", i.e. Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo... newbooksnetwork.com/david-lynchs...

RIP Penelope Milford

Finishing up Mike Miley's David Lynch’s American Dreamscape : Music, Literature, Cinema (2025) when the conclusion hit me kinda hard - he compares Lynch to DFW and Lana Del Rey. LDR has never really done it for me but he makes an interesting case w/sincerity-in-irony for all 3 artists.

Back in @criterion.bsky.social with a write-up on the LRB piece about David Lynch's American Dreamscape. Thanks, @dwhdaily.bsky.social! www.criterion.com/current/post...

The narrative is elsewhere. Buried as the conspiracy of the real. ⚫️^o^ Ebooks of Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 dropped a few days ago. Physical release Oct 16. Preorder here: bloomsbury.com/uk/twin-peaks-… Or even better: Please ask your local indie bookstore to stock Timecodes Series titles.

Katie on Haynes is required reading.

For your timeline pleasure, here's a VHS trailer for New World's HEATHERS: youtu.be/9FZYzcWIR20 #FilmSky

It is the eagerest hope of many, many good citizens of the town that George Amberson Showrunner gets his comeuppance. I hope he gets it three times filled, and running over. I also hope that those who longed for it are there to see it. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

David Lynch's American Dreamscape in the London Review of Books: @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I bought 3 of these during the last sale (Sirk, De Palma, Jarmusch) and have worn at least two of them every week since. If you don't buy them now, you're just losing money.

Let's make some *good* news! Here's what's ahead this fall on Watch With Jen pod. As always, guests & themes are subject to change & I'll have more announcements soon but this is a wonderful lineup & I'm honored to share it with you!

Happy 35th to ‘Pump Up the Volume.' An old piece about its prescience:

My first book is 50% off through Friday! www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Trut...

I went deep on David Lynch's American Dreamscape with Lost in the Movies. Joel's a really insightful reader and asked me some great questions. www.lostinthemovies.com/2025/08/twin...

New episode! David Lipson chats with @mikemiley.bsky.social about his new book DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE, his insights into the intertextuality of Lynch’s work, and being a high school teacher publishing academic books. aca-media.org/episode81

Listen to me talk with David at @aca-media.bsky.social about my nontraditional academic path and David Lynch!

People Are Like Radios :: Mike Miley on David Lynch’s American Dreamscape aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/08/08/p... Comparing and contrasting his oeuvre Miley demonstrates the strange and powerful way Lynch tapped into the human experience and the broader American pop landscape.

"[Lynch's] originality comes from how much he’s in dialogue with the world around him, and can transmute the stuff he’s taking in." Spoke with @mikemiley.bsky.social about his excellent David Lynch book, now up at @aquariumdrunkard.com. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/08/08/p...

Proud as all get-out to have my book be considered part of "the good shit" at @aquariumdrunkard.com. Thanks to @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social for a great interview and @thescrvnr.bsky.social for making the connection.

“Over the course of three decades of making movies, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson has changed a lot, but his fascination with how people and things do or do not change, has remained amazingly consistent.”

It's the last day of June so I'm going to share my book again. Caden and I wrote CFM with a deep and abiding love for trans people and our history dating back to the silent era of cinema up through the modern age. We did our best. Love y'all. bookshop.org/p/books/corp...

Share good news when you find it. This is a great (and greatly underappreciated) New Orleans novel.

Unranked and more or less off the dome

One of the most fun interviews I've done! Got to unpack DUNE in a post-David Lynch world with all around cool dudes @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social & @jasondashbailey.com on the latest GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC! Listen here: www.oneheatminute.com/guide-for-th...

NEW EPISODE of GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC is live! The great @maxevry.bsky.social joins us to discuss David Lynch’s “Dune” — and his tremendous book about its making and legacy, “A Masterpiece in Disarray.” Give it a listen: pod.link/1274489817/e...

I need to become or befriend a rich person ASAP

Listen to me talk about David Lynch’s American Dreamscape with @petecant.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Reading @mikemiley.bsky.social’s new book DAVID LYNCH’S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE after getting the go-ahead for my own #TwinPeaks monograph.

And @mikemiley.bsky.social’s DAVID LYNCH’S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE

Support your local independent bookstore today (and every day). bookshop.org/p/books/davi...

If you've ever wanted to read INFINITE JEST but haven't gotten around to it, register for this course I'm teaching for @92ndstreety.bsky.social's Roundtable series. Course runs 10 weeks, with 5 virtual meetings. Explore the book in a supportive atmosphere roundtable.org/live-courses...