Lynch’s films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture – one increasingly out of the shadows today. As someone who teaches film noir and horror, I often think about the ways American cinema holds up a mirror to society.

Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to the late David Lynch, who died on Thursday at 78. The legendary actress, who had her breakthrough role in Lynch's 1986 film "Blue Velvet" and was in a roughly five-year relationship with the director afterwards,