Kevin Nguyen

If you’re mourning one of America’s film greats, then maybe sooth yourself by rewatching some of his very un-soothing movies. The 2016 documentary on his work, David Lynch: The Art Life, is available on Criterion for free (no subscription required). The arthouse platform also has a strong selection of his films, including Eraserhead, Mulholland Dr., and Lost Highway.

That’s the kind grown specifically for football turf, and now it’ll be used for indoor golf too. According to Jacob Feldman at Sportico, the vibes of TGL — a new rival golf league to the PGA — feels a lot like professional wrestling. TGL hopes they can create a compelling new TV product with video game-like camera angles, loud sound effects, golfer entrance music, and of course, new grass.

The film won Best Motion Picture in Drama and Best Director. Hollywood’s awards season is long, but the Globes are a good signal for the 3.5-hour saga’s Oscar chances.

This month Criterion Channel’s new “Surveillance Cinema” series features a number of Verge reader favorites: Gattaca, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Conversation.

Phil Elverum fuzzy guitars and crashing cymbals don’t really conjure “remix material” in my mind, but I love that he dropped his new record Night Palace along with a folder of all the stems, in case you were ever so inclined. Since his days under the moniker The Microphones, Elverum has embodied the DIY spirit, so I guess now you can do it yourself, too.

One small detail in this NYT story about Elon Musk building a multi-family compound is the resolution around the billionaire promising the name “Valkyrie” to two different mothers of his kids:

The content moderation thriller on Broadway (you heard that right) wraps up its final performances over the next week and a half. And after tonight’s show (10/17), The Verge hosts a talkback with JOB playwright Max Wolf Friedlich.

Pitchfork was the music tastemaker of the blog era. Now, after media empire Condé Nast acquired it and eventually gutted the staff, several former Pitchfork writers are launching a (mostly) worker-owned music site called Hearing Things. NYT has the backstory of how it came together.