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Tag Archives: Twin Peaks
I Can’t Stop Thinking About This Moment
Read my friend Keith’s latest Twin Peaks recap on MUBI.
May 2017 Viewing Diary
Chuck (2017; d. Philippe Falardeau) A movie about the “real life Rocky,” the “bleeder from Bayonne” Chuck Wepner, starring Liev Schreiber. My review for Ebert. Take Me (2017; d. Pat Healy) God, I loved this movie. Please seek it out. … Continue reading
“Netherworld of Nonexistence:” Keith Uhlich on Twin Peaks: The Return
I’m so happy my good friend Keith Uhlich (my X-Files partner-in-crime) will be recapping Twin Peaks for MUBI. You’ll see why when you read his recap. I love this observation of his in particular: If the early parts of a … Continue reading
The Twin Peaks Countdown
I just re-watched Fire Walk With Me and I continue to feel that it’s a bizarre and messy masterpiece of suggestion, mystery, and surrealism. It answers some questions, maybe too neatly. Because I always felt it was obvious what was … Continue reading
“Don’t be fooled: Those saddle shoes have walked through some weird shit.” Kim Morgan on the music of Twin Peaks
Kim Morgan’s essay was included in a new book about music in the work of David Lynch, Beyond the Beyond: Music from the Films of David Lynch, and she’s reprinted it on her own site. Don’t miss it. Beyond the … Continue reading