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“Got a light?” Twin Peaks, episode 8

In case you missed it, here’s my friend Keith’s re-cap (although this series is redefining what a recap even IS and I say GOOD) of episode 7. Episode 8 felt like a mini-retrospective of Lynch’s career. Up to and including … Continue reading

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“Fuck you, Tammy!” Keith Uhlich’s recap of Twin Peaks, episode 7

There are a couple of other people doing re-caps whom I also enjoy (Noel Murray at the Times), for one, but Keith’s hit the sweet spot in terms of analysis, humor, an eye for detail, as well as a willingness … Continue reading

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Celebrating the Disreputable: An interview with Charles Taylor about his new book Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-in Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s

Charles Taylor’s new book Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s was an intense pleasure to read. He discusses 15 films from the 1970s, films that were not made as prestige … Continue reading

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Sweeping. It’s All About the Sweeping. Twin Peaks, episode 7

It’s ALSO all about my friend Larry Clarke, as one of the cops who questions poor baffled Dougie (Kyle McLachlan) and Dougie’s increasingly irate wife (Naomi Watts) about their missing car. I squealed when I saw Larry stroll into the … Continue reading

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“Did you ever see the movie The King and I?”

A lot of banner moments in episode 6 of Twin Peaks. The line I put in the title. The gesture and behavior that went along with that line. WHAT??? My favorite moment in the episode. Harry Dean Stanton, reprising his … Continue reading

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“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

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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

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Announcement: Editor Anne Coates: Lifetime Achievement Oscar

I suppose I can mention this now, since my draft is in and there have been conference calls with the Dudes in Charge, and the train has most definitely left the station: I have been asked to write the narration … Continue reading

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“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

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Some Movies Just Hit the Sweet Spot

This is one of those movies.

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