Damn Fine TV/Film
Here at 25YL, we love The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. Jennifer Lynch gives us a masterful glimpse into Laura’s inner life that enriches any viewing of the series and the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Over the next few weeks, we will be doing a deep dive into the Secret Diary …
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“We are like flies crawling across the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: we cannot see what angels and gods lie underneath the threshold of our perceptions. We do not live in reality: we live in our paradigms, our habituated perceptions, our illusions; the illusions we share through culture we call reality, but the true historical …
In the grand tradition of epistolary writing in and about the world of Twin Peaks, and in the name of doing something a little bit different for 25YL, I have taken it upon myself to write about one of the canon-adjacent novels as if it were being investigated for clues about Agent Cooper's disappearance. And …
What is the first film you think of when you hear Jennifer Jason Leigh's name? For some, I imagine Fast Times at Ridgemont High was a quintessential film from their youth. Am I right? For others, it could be something as recent as The Hateful Eight, which unquestionably became her most critically acclaimed work when …
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I don't think it is hyperbole to say that Harry Dean Stanton will be remembered as one of the greatest character actors of all-time. Throughout a career that lasted over 60 years, he appeared in everything from The Godfather Part II to Alien to Pretty in Pink and even The Avengers. As a David Lynch …
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I recently had the pleasure of speaking with David Patrick Kelly about what it was like playing Jerry Horne in both the original run of Twin Peaks and again in The Return. David was really gracious with his time and I hope you enjoy our conversation! MH: Prior to Twin Peaks, you were a film …
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I was so excited that Adam and Mark, one half of the powerhouse Diane Podcast, agreed to chat with me about The Return Parts 13-16. I was a regular listener of theirs during the initial run of The Return last summer, and was always blown away by the insights that they and their team (including Rosie and …
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Considered too old by studio executives at the age of just 30 while filming the original TV pilot of Mulholland Drive, Naomi Watts' career is proof that the American Dream actually exists. Since her long-awaited breakthrough in David Lynch's masterpiece, she has gone onto amass a truly remarkable filmography, highlighted by two Academy Award nominations …
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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! …
As much as he'll be remembered for his impossibly uncanny live-action portrayal of Shaggy Rogers, Matthew Lillard has carved out a pretty successful career elsewhere, appearing in everything from cult classics like Hackers and SLC Punk! to Alexander Payne's Academy Award-winning drama, The Descendants. Welcome back to "As Seen on Twin Peaks" and this time …
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