The cinematic world is still reeling from the sudden death last week of iconoclastic auteur David Lynch at the age of 78. As a compliment to our look at his life and career, MovieFanFare would like to hear from you…
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The Quietly Unsettling Normalcy of David Lynch
Few filmmakers are influential enough that their very names become synonymous with the cinematic style their bodies of work present. To this day “Hitchcockian” means flights of movie mystery and nerve-tingling suspense. Sentimental melodramas of basic American values are dubbed…
Read more →Happy Twin Peaks Day!
This is just your annual reminder that it was on this day in 1989 that FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle McLachlan) first arrived in the sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. And…
Read more →This Week’s New Releases Include “In the Heights” and “Bugsy Malone”
From hit musicals to schlocky horror picture shows, September arrives with an impressive batch of new releases. Dive right in to what you’ll be watching as summer fades into memory! We think you’ll love this assortment of new DVD, Blu-ray…
Read more →Now Available: The Robert Redford Favorite “Jeremiah Johnson” and Other New Titles
The past meets the present in this week’s new releases. Leading things off is a 1972 classics, and the rest of the DVDs and Blu-rays that are now available leap back and forward in time from the 1930s to today….
Read more →Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Character from David Lynch’s 1984 Sci-Fi Classic “Dune”?
Since the release of the theatrical trailer for Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune remake last week, interest has been reignited in David Lynch‘s 1984 take on Frank Herbert‘s sprawling, seminal sci-fi tale. So for this week’s poll, we thought we’d get your…
Read more →Check Out These Damn Fine Vintage “Twin Peaks” Coffee Ads
In the early 1990s, Twin Peaks was everywhere. The show had captured the pop culture zeitgeist and became such a phenomenon that cash-ins on the franchise were inevitable. And so, tie-in books (including the excellent Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent…
Read more →It Came from the ’90s: Alan Thicke Explains Twin Peaks
To celebrate their then-new shows Twin Peaks and Cop Rock, ABC aired a half-hour special in the fall of 1990 that introduced viewers to these programs. Hosted by the late, great Alan Thicke, this special is an absolute time capsule…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
When Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me debuted at the Cannes film festival in 1992, it was infamously greeted with boos. Why? The audience was expecting something more akin to the quirky tone of Twin Peaks‘ first season than the…
Read more →Who Is Your Favorite “Twin Peaks” Character?
With Twin Peaks currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, we wanted to get your opinion of which of the series’ many quirky characters is your favorite? Is it optimism-fueled FBI Agent Dale Cooper? Doomed high-schooler Laura Palmer? Conspiracy theorist Dr. Jacoby?…
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