David Lynch’s short film released on Netflix, What Did Jack Do?, works as both a gift to Lynch fans and a troll on Netflix viewers. In the film, Lynch portrays a detective who diligently interrogates a monkey suspected of homicide. Shot in black and white, Lynch stages a minimal scenery: a table top illuminated by … Continue reading
Ho Ho HooooooooWHOAA! Hello there, cheeriest Filthy Dreams Christmas cookies! What’s that? What am I doing? Well, I’m just making a list and checking it twice. No, not my shopping list! Planning is for fools! And who wants to plot too far in advance about the gifts you’re giving to OTHER people this holiday season?! … Continue reading
In his text Transcendental Style in Film, the critic turned auteur Paul Schrader observed a formal connection between several mid-1900s filmmakers, particularly Yasujirô Ozu, Robert Bresson and Carl Thedor Dreyer. “Transcendental film,” Schrader argues, “seeks to maximize the mystery of existence; it eschews all conventional interpretations of reality: realism, psychologism, romanticism, expressionism, and finally, rationalism.” … Continue reading
As you know, dearest Filthy Dreams readers, we, here at Filthy Dreams, spent most of the year obsessing about Twin Peaks: The Return. Even after the show’s finale in September, we’ve been stuck in the Roadhouse, haunted by not-Laura Palmer’s final scream and whisper. I still close my eyes and see Laura pulling off her … Continue reading
Well, hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics! It’s a good thing we made so many sandwiches! Sadly it’s time for one last jaunt to get Lost In The Bang Bang Bar for Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 17 and 18. I hope to see all of you again–every one of you. … Continue reading
Well hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics! You are awake–100%! And you know what that means–time to head to the Roadhouse for our weepy penultimate Lost In The Bang Bang Bar for Twin Peaks: The Return Part 16. So get out your tissues. And I know I’m talking with a lot of assurance–Side … Continue reading
*turns on the TV* Oh! Sunset Boulevard–my favorite! You know, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics, every time I watch Norma Desmond make her cracked actress descent down that staircase, I just feel like taking a fork and jamming it in a wall socket. BZZZZZZ! SIZZLE! Don’t you? No? Well, as you probably … Continue reading
I’m like the blue rose….Oh! Hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and fellow Twin Peaks fanatics. I don’t know about you but I’m feeling in the mood for another Bloody Mary with a side of existential terror and half a neck, but we’ll get to our role model Sarah Palmer later as we continue to … Continue reading
Juuuuuuust youuuuuuuu and Iiiiiiiii! Oh whoa! Sorry, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics. I just got carried away in a fit of hysterical caterwauling along to that musical icon James Hurley at the Roadhouse. Sure, he’s been singing that same damned song for 25 years but what a banger it is! That must … Continue reading
Why hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics! What’s that? You’re in the mood for a Bloody Mary? Well, me too! Ever since last Sunday, Sarah Palmer got me in the mood. Why even she knows Bloody Marys are always in season! I only wish that before she went on a tear … Continue reading