OUTLANDER, 3.2 – ‘Surrender’
The new season of Outlander continues steadily on its course, with “Surrender” building on themes and subplots established in “The Battle Joined” and proving…
OUTLANDER, 3.1 – ‘The Battle Joined’
It’s been a long wait for the third season of Outlander. It was well over 12 months ago that second 2 concluded with “Dragonfly…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 17 & 18’
So, David Lynch thought it would be ironically perverse to end Twin Peaks: The Return with just as traumatic a cliffhanger that concluded the…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 16’
I confess I had to eat humble pie — probably a cherry pie would be most appropriate — after watching Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 16” this week….
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 15’
A startling contrast of emotions and moods pervades “Part 15” of Twin Peaks: The Return. With a sense of impending closure as we hurtle…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 14’
It’s never good to be complacent about Twin Peaks: The Return. The unfolding of “Part 14” this week manages to clear up questions left…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 13’
The big question, having watched Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 13”, is what the heck is going on with Audrey? We’ll get to that…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 12’
The shifting tones of Twin Peaks: The Return offer unexpected delight and increasing frustration, so the teasing, arduous longueurs of “Part 12” are bound…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 11’
Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 11” wastes no time picking up from last week’s disturbing visit to the dark heart of patriarchy. Well, we…
STALKER (1979)
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 10’
Twin Peaks: The Return, like its predecessor, doesn’t flinch from depicting violence towards women. This variation of ‘the evil that men do’ has been…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 9’
After plunging us into the dark origins of Twin Peaks: The Return in “Part 8” (perhaps the most Lynchian expression yet given free reign…