INLAND EMPIRE
- Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026, 7:00pm
Screening location: Northwest Film Forum – 1515 12th Ave, Seattle
2026 marks the 20th anniversary of INLAND EMPIRE. Come see it with us on David Lynch's 80th birthday!
“Strange, what love does.” The role of a lifetime, a Hollywood mystery, a woman in trouble . . . David Lynch’s first digitally shot feature makes visionary use of the medium to weave a vast meditation on the enigmas of time, identity, and cinema itself. Featuring a tour de force performance from Laura Dern as an actor on the edge, this labyrinthine Dream Factory nightmare tumbles down an endless series of unfathomably interconnected rabbit holes as it takes viewers on a hallucinatory odyssey into the deepest realms of the unconscious mind.
“An amazing and unshakeable experience.” Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
“INLAND EMPIRE opens and contracts in your imagination while you watch it — and you’re still watching it well after it’s left the screen.” Jim Emerson, RogerEbert.com
“INLAND EMPIRE is essentially a journey inside David Lynch’s mind, sometimes burrowing very deep indeed. Nobody else could have made this film; nobody else should try.” Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times