"Blue Velvet" remains a cult classic and somewhat controversial film from offbeat director David Lynch, and the film’s star, Isabella Rossellini, is correcting some of the negativity connected to it.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Next up on our Classic Films and Movie Icons series is an interview from our archive with Isabella Rossellini. She's the daughter of two film icons, actor Ingrid ...

Isabella Rossellini has long been a modern-day icon of sophistication and elegance, with the impressive pedigree to match. Reflecting on her famous mom, who died in 1982, Isabella said, "If I could ...

Isabella Rossellini and Mikey Madison have two of the most complicated roles of the year in “Conclave” and “Anora,” respectively. In Edward Berger’s Vatican-set thriller “Conclave,” Rossellini had to ...

She kept her beauty minimal. “My mother had a very down-to-earth approach to life that translated also in her beauty routine, which was simple but efficient,” Rossellini once told T&C about her mother ...

"I remember I was told that Roger Ebert said that [Lynch] exploited me, and I was surprised, because I was an adult. I was 31 or 32. I chose to play the character," Rossellini told IndieWire when ...

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After honing his craft in his native Germany, director Edward Berger helped bring life to hit shows like Your Honor with Bryan Cranston and The Terror with Jared ...

Rossellini talked about being the daughter of movie icons Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini and about playing playing an abused woman in Blue Velvet. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.