In a quick 59 sec­onds, David Lynch tells you the films and film­mak­ers that he likes best. In equal­ly suc­cinct videos, though with a bit more salty lan­guage (read: lan­guage that’s not ide­al for work), Lynch also gives you his thoughts on prod­uct place­ment and the whole con­cept of watch­ing a movie on an iPhone. You can find sev­er­al of Lynch’s ear­ly short films in our col­lec­tion of Free Movies Online. This bit of cul­tur­al good­ness comes from our archives.

It starts as it always does on the sub­way in France. The speech has the same for­mu­la­ic windup. And you think you know what’s com­ing next — the pitch for some spare change. But then things head in a new direc­tion, and a mini dra­ma unfolds. I won’t spoil the rest. J’At­tendrai Le Suiv­ant (I’ll Wait for the Next One) was nom­i­nat­ed for an Acad­e­my Award for the Best Short Film in 2002. It received mul­ti­ple oth­er nom­i­na­tions and prizes. This comes our way via Daniel, a film stu­dent in Berlin. We’ve added it to our col­lec­tion, 4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas­sics, Indies, Noir, West­erns, Doc­u­men­taries & More.

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In the ear­ly days of cin­e­ma, cen­sor­ship was com­mon­place in Amer­i­ca, and even slight­ly sug­ges­tive film clips wound up on the cut­ting room floor. Now, at long last, some clips are final­ly reach­ing the sil­ver screen. In 2007, a film­mak­er found cut scenes in an old the­ater some­where in Penn­syl­va­nia, and, with them, pro­duced a short film. Above, you can revis­it the lega­cy of cen­sor­ship in ear­ly Amer­i­can film. And, what’s more, you can watch lots of great vin­tage films with our col­lec­tion of Free Online Movies.

via Maria Popo­va, aka @brainpicker, the writer behind Brainpickings.org

Orig­i­nal­ly from Paraguay, Joaquin Bald­win moved to LA and start­ed study­ing at The UCLA Ani­ma­tion Work­shop, where he direct­ed this short ani­mat­ed film, Papiroflex­ia (Span­ish for “Origa­mi”). The film end­ed up being a final­ist at the Cannes Film Fes­ti­val in 2008. Then, in 2009, Bald­win went on win the com­pe­ti­tion with a new ani­mat­ed film, Sebas­tian’s Voodoo, even though he was com­pet­ing with films by Pixar and Dis­ney. You can watch four shorts (includ­ing Sebas­tian’s Voodoo) at Bald­win’s site, PixelNitrate.com. And for lots of oth­er film good­ness, be sure to check out our col­lec­tion of Free Movies Online.

The Wil­helm Scream, named after Pri­vate Wil­helm, a char­ac­ter in the 1953 West­ern film The Charge at Feath­er Riv­er, has appeared in over 140 Hol­ly­wood films, includ­ing Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reser­voir Dogs, and oth­ers. (See full list here.) Now the scream is com­ing back. Accord­ing to the LA Times, the scream will again echo through cin­e­mas with the May 7 release of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2. Above, you can watch a mon­tage of The Wil­helm Scream. Nat­u­ral­ly, the ur-scream comes first. Thanks Veron­i­ca for the tip on this one!