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Welcome to the latest edition of Topics, a new monthly feature here on 25YL where I speak with a guest about a Twin Peaks topic of their choice. This month, my guest is JB Minton, co host of The Red Room Podcast and author of the upcoming book, The Skeleton Key To Twin Peaks. JB …
“But a terror of this nature, as it occupies and expands the mind, and elevates it to high expectation, is purely sublime, and leads us, by a kind of fascination, to seek even the object, from which we appear to shrink” - Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) [1] Most people are aware of …
Continue reading "The Art of Literary Misinterpretation in Alien: Covenant"
This week’s episode had almost everything I love about Better Call Saul: Jimmy up to his usual nonsense, exceptional Kim content, Mike being Mike, and Gus Fring getting his hands dirty. “Breathe” (written by Thomas Schnauz and directed by Michelle MacLaren) opens in a dark hospital room. The doctor Gus has on his payroll is …
Fans of old can give a knowing nod, whispering “Joseph,” as the red rubber ball bounces back out of the dusty attic and onto a special limited edition Blu-ray of Peter Medak’s The Changeling by Severin Films. I specify the director to help distinguish from Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film Changeling starring Angelina Jolie. This is …
Welcome back to our continuing coverage and analysis of each week's new episode of Sharp Objects! We're officially in the home stretch now with only two more episodes remaining. This week's episode did move the story forward, both with the characters and the plot, but perhaps more than any other episode so far left us …
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Larry Clarke about his role as Detective T. Fusco in Twin Peaks Season 3! Larry was gracious with his time and hopefully you enjoy our conversation! MH: How did you find out about the role in Twin Peaks and what was the casting process like? LC: I was …
Writer-director Matt Palmer received the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival for his feature-length debut, Calibre. This film takes place in the beautiful, albeit eerie Scottish Highlands, a place that I myself have always dreamed of visiting. As an avid watcher of the Outlander TV series, I’ve always …
The story we were told last week was not entirely true. Not even in the ballpark of truth. And in a powerhouse hour of TV with more than a few twists and painful revelations, we learned what really happened to Alison the night she died. Last week belonged to Joshua Jackson, from beginning to end. This week …
Continue reading "She Weaves a Pattern All Her Own: The Affair – Season 4 Episode 9"
Part 14 of Showtime’s Limited Event Series titled “We are like the dreamer” aired on August 13, 2017. Part of fans' fun watching the series live that summer was in speculating on the meaning of the Parts' titles as they were released early on Showtime’s schedule. If Part 12, "Let's rock," had seemed to fans …
Continue reading "Blue Roses, Green Gloves, and Who Is The Dreamer?: Return Rewatch Part 14"
Here at 25YLSite, we handle a lot of heavy lifting. Analysis, interpretation, deep discussion, introspective interviews… you name it, we've got it. "Favorites" takes a lighter approach to the material we normally cover. Each week, we will take you through a list of favorites - whether it's moments, scenes, episodes, characters, lines of dialogue, whatever! …