Richard Kelly’s visually imaginative and intellectually challenging debut film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an otherwise confused teenager in a world of mystery and imagination.
Robert Rodriguez brings a sense of whimsy to his family adventure of battling siblings (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) who discover their parents are retired international spies.
Lynch transformed the pilot of a TV show into a neo-noir with a weird, mystical logic that, in its unique Lynchian way, makes a twisted emotional sense.