
‘Blue Velvet’ literally means an illicit opioid concoction taken by injection. That is exactly what David Lynch creates in this 1986 cult classic. Lynch goes beneath the skin of suburbia, driving a needle into a nightmarish, seedy underbelly. He is known for his exploration of the darker sides of life through surrealism and in Blue…

Xiu Xiu are a tricky group to pin down. Primarily the brainchild of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Stewart, the band have put out over 30 different albums since releasing Knife Play in 2002, almost all of which embrace a difficult, often quite inaccessible experimental rock sound, merged with pop and industrial too. Their albums may…

Following the early 20th century writings of Freud on dream theory, the similarities between dreaming and the experience of cinema has long been theorized; drawing comparisons between the movie goer and the dreamer in a sense that we are idly transported psychologically via the presentation of images. Few filmmakers have explored this quite to the…
Cut a slice of cherry pie and pour yourself some coffee – the Twin Peaks revival seems to finally be stepping into motion.
The third season of Twin Peaks has hit yet another bump in the road and has been plagued with problems since Showtime first announced the revival back in October, last year.