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I Need To Talk About Twin Peaks (Season 3 Episode 8)
Holy moly. I know I initially said I wasn’t going to recap the new Twin Peaks episodes, because Game of Thrones is my main recapping responsibility and I can’t add another recapping job to my repertoire. But my god. Season three, episode eight. The tagline of the episode is “Gotta light?”, and I think everyone […]
February 2017 Favourites
Happy March everyone! Hope everyone has had a fantastic year thus far. It seems like the year is going by far too fast, but I always seem to say the same thing around this time of year. Easter will be around the corner any day now. I picked up my university study again in February, […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: The Neon Demon (2016)
Nicolas Winding Refn’s most recent directorial effort, The Neon Demon (2016) is a psychological horror tale of a murderous, bloody-minded fashion industry that attracts young Jesse (Elle Fanning) to Los Angeles. Jesse hopes to become a big time fashion model because being pretty is the only talent she knows. She makes fast friends with make-up […]
January 2016 Favourites
The first month of 2016 is over and done, and what a month it was. Quite the auspicious start to my new year, with a change of jobs and an entire week off to relax in between! During that time, I watched and enjoyed a whole bunch of films, and it was great. And as […]
December 2015 Favourites
Well, December has truly come and gone, and with it some excellent times in the form of Christmas and New Year’s. I’ve already done my 2015 recap post, so feel free to have a look to see my highlights and lowlights in the year’s film and television offerings over there. As for this post, here […]
Blindspot 2015: Wild At Heart (1990)
Even though I’m a huge fan of the one and only David Lynch, before I started making a dent in my Blindspot Series list, I’d never seen Wild At Heart (1990) – a film which some may consider his most ‘straightforward’ or ‘mainstream’ story. I’m thoroughly used to the David Lynch we see in films […]
Three Short Films: Restaurant Dogs (1995); Castello Cavalcanti (2013); Idem Paris (2013).
This edition of my short reviews on short films features works by acclaimed filmmakers Eli Roth, Wes Anderson and David Lynch. Watching long-form films by these auteurs is a great way to get to know their style, but it’s also interesting to see how these iconic creatives condense their aesthetic, preferred themes and directorial style […]
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013): “This movie has to be just like I dream it.”
Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of the most famous and groundbreaking science fiction novels of all time, and has a tumultuous film history. The story is quite complex, with thousands of years of history and lore to communicate, and an expansive story to fit its sweeping, bleak landscape. David Lynch attempted to translate it into […]
The Elephant Man (1980): “People are frightened by what they don’t understand.”
David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980) portrays the true story of John Merrick (John Hurt), named as such due to his physical deformities which included malformed bones, sagging skin, and swollen growths over 90% of his body. In the film, Merrick is being displayed at a ‘freak show’, for all of 19th century London to […]
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992): “Chug a lug, Donna.”
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) is quite the contentious subject for fans of the original television series. It serves as both a prequel and sequel for the series; allowing the viewer an insight into the final seven days of the life of the mysterious Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), and also some […]
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