Twin Peaks the Return Episode 16 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS NO KNOCK, NO DOORBELL The answer was always there, at the start of every episode. All that time we spent wondering if Cooper would ever fully return, if we’d ever seen Audrey come back again, if whatever evil had infected the world […]
Graham Williamson
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Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013) A Beautiful, Off-Kilter recreation of Edward Hopper’s Painting (Review)
In his book Which Lie Did I Tell?, William Goldman offered a typically pugnacious definition of the difference between a director and a cinematographer: “You say to your cinematographer, ‘I want this to look like a Hopper painting’, and you pray he can do it.” The choice of Edward Hopper […]
Twin Peaks The Return Episode 15 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 15 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS THERE’S SOME FEAR IN LETTING GO In the end, Twin Peaks: The Return is all about time. Arriving after Laura Palmer’s prophesied twenty-five-year interval, it embraces the fact that the world is different now. The Black Lodge has spread its influence, Lucy […]
Twin Peaks The Return Episode 14 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 14 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS WE ARE LIKE THE DREAMER The White Lodge is a place beyond linear time, without cause and effect, a place where American fans might be watching episode 13 of Twin Peaks: The Return, and German fans might be watching episode 14. […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 13 (the Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 13 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS WHAT STORY IS THAT, CHARLIE? Since we last saw them, it’s fair to say the Mitchum brothers have been getting along just famously with Cooper. They were introduced as villains and will leave with a testimony to their “hearts of gold”, so […]
Twin Peaks The Return Episode 12 (The Rewatch)
Twin peaks the return episode 12 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS LET’S ROCK So, out of David Lynch and Mark Frost, which one’s been spending too much time on the internet? I mention this because episode 12 appears inspired by one of the most extraordinarily silly of online conspiracy theories: the Mandela […]
Hotel Salvation (2017) a respectful, tender exploration of old age and dying (Review)
It’s not easy being an independent film-maker anywhere in the world, but spare a thought for Indian directors outside the system. This should be their time: films like Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court have cleaned up at international film festivals, while directors like Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur), Vishal Bhardwaj (Omkara) and R. […]
Twin Peaks The Return Episode 11 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks The Return Episode 11 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS THERE’S FIRE WHERE YOU ARE GOING So far, Agent Cooper has spent seven non-consecutive episodes being nothing but completely bizarre, and everyone he meets – from Janey-E to the Detectives Fusco to Bud Mullins – has created a tenuous rational explanation […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 10 (The Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 10 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS LAURA IS THE ONE The humour and horror of Twin Peaks are both on full display in episode 10 of The Return, which features some of the series’ biggest laughs and warmest moments – Nadine’s shop! Albert’s date! – but opens […]
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 9 (the Rewatch)
Twin Peaks the Return Episode 9 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS This is the Chair We are now halfway through Twin Peaks: The Return, and the show has reset a little following the astonishing rupture of last week. Episode 9 has a fairly even mix of scenes set in Buckhorn, Las Vegas and […]