Name: An Evening with Kyle MacLachlan in conversation with Rene Rodriguez
Start: 2026-11-27T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-27
Location: Bill Cosford Cinema

An Evening with Kyle MacLachlan in conversation with Rene Rodriguez

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Partnered with Miami Film Festival, join us with renowned actor Kyle MacLachlan to celebrate the release of his memoir, FICTIONAL SELVES.

Bill Cosford Cinema

🎟️ Please note: Tickets are REQUIRED. Each ticket admits one (1) guest into the venue and includes one (1) copy of Fictional Selves ($44 + tax). Books will be handed out upon entry. Additional books will be available for sale at the event. Can't make the event? <a href="https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9798217086320" title="https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9798217086320" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Buy your copy here.</a>

<h4>About The Book</h4>In this highly anticipated memoir, the beloved actor and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him—and created a cult icon. Everywhere I go I am followed by a mystery man. He looks like me but—not quite. On talk shows, I sip coffee on couches and pretend to be him; on social media, I put on his mask to engage in suburban silliness. And of course, we work together. But for him, the movies and TV shows never end. Where does this guy—this Kyle MacLachlan—end and where do I begin? And is he even real? And, holy mackerel…am I? To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlan’s funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch’s Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynch’s provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks. Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgangers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (“Other Kyle”), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us to the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable—and often unpredictable—life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.

<h4>About The Author</h4>KYLE MACLACHLAN is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe–winning actor, podcaster, wine­maker, and internet sensation whose career spans more than four decades, marked by an array of dis­tinctive roles across television, film, and voice work from Dune to Twin Peaks to Sex and the City. Beyond acting, MacLachlan is creating a roster of projects, including the award-winning Varnamtown podcast and the What Are We Even Doing? podcast, explor­ing the creativity and drive behind Gen Z cultural icons. He is the proud proprietor of his own wine label, Pursued by Bear, produced in his home state of Washington. Of all his roles, he is most proud to be a husband to his wife, Desiree, a father to their son, Callum, and a dog dad to Bailey and Elvis.

<h4>About The Moderator</h4>Rene Rodriguez is a film critic of more than 25 years and the director of the Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami.

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