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Netflix has really stepped up their game this year with an influx of horror films and TV shows all perfect to watch over the Halloween period. Apostle was released on October 12th, and this movie has a little bit of everything; it is a period drama starring a Wicker Man-esque cult, a mythological goddess, and …
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Today at the Twin Peaks UK Festival attendees were treated to a number of fan made, Lynch-inspired short films, including that of The Summer House at Pearl Lakes -- Part 2 by Director Thor Amli whom I chatted to just before the Festival about his new film. Many fans have been looking forward to seeing the …
"Only the good die young" as the song goes. Over the years there have been a number of TV shows that have made an impact on us here at 25YL, which we have been sad to see struck down in their prime. A season or two that grabbed us, and...that's it. Whether there is some …
I recently wrote about how Paul Rudd inspires me on and off-screen. His films always bring me a sense of comfort but I omitted The Fundamentals of Caring from the films highlighted in that article, not because it isn't one of my favourites, on the contrary -- this film deserved more than a few short …
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Here at 25YL 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! …
“On-Screen, Off-Screen” is our monthly film series created to showcase a more personal retrospective about some of our favourite filmmakers. Each month, one 25YL staffer will choose one of their own favourite filmmakers – be it a director or performer or writer or composer or production designer, etc – and will analyse what it is …
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I recently had a chance to catch up with Lindsey Bowden, Founder and Producer of the Twin Peaks UK Festival which is happening over the weekend of 29th & 30th September. With only a few weeks to go until the event takes place I wanted to find out just what is in store for ticket …
Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. Maybe you saw this coming, maybe you didn't but whatever the case, "Falling" is one of the most devastatingly brilliant hours of television I have seen in recent years. "Falling" begins with one of Camille's dreams. This time it's of the dollhouse that Amma spends a lot of time tending to. This …
David Lynch is notoriously a fan of the epic TV drama Mad Men, and it is no surprise why. Yes, because of the brilliant characters and his love for the 1950's and 60's, but also because he is such a creative Ad Man himself. As Lynch told Chris Rodley in Lynch on Lynch, he thinks of commercials as …
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Welcome back to 25YL’s analysis of Sharp Objects. "Ripe" left us on a cliffhanger, with Camille frenziedly racing after her younger sister, Amma. Camille feared she might be next in line to be murdered by the local serial killer after having had a vision of her toothless corpse in the creepy hunting shed. "Closer" begins with the …