Tributes to David Lynch plus The Seed of the Sacred Fig and Memoir of a Snail

With the film world mourning the loss of David Lynch, the most original and influential American filmmaker of the late 20th and early 21st century, The CineSkinny pay their own tribute by tracing a line through his career from Eraserhead to Blue Velvet to The Straight Story. 

We also review two new releases: Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, a surprisingly propulsive drama exploring Iran's patriarchal regime through the prism of one family, and Adam Elliot's Memoir of a Snail, a downbeat and whimsical stop-motion film from Australia.

TIMESTAMPS:

HippFest 2025 (1:25)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig review (5:45)
Memoir of a Snail review (22:20)
Our celebration of the one and only David Lynch (35:50)

Recorded at Ground Floor, Leith – eh.fm/live

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