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Your One and Only Absolutely Indispensable and Essential Guide to Twin Peaks, the First Two Seasons

April 24, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Watching the 1990 series for the first time or just preparing for the reboot, we have you covered.

Filed Under: Featured, TV Tagged With: David Lynch, Mark Stenberg, TV, Twin Peaks

Whose Dream Is It?: David Lynch’s ERASERHEAD

November 6, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

The Criterion Collection advertises itself as “a series of important contemporary and classic films.” That is an understatement. It’s more accurate to describe Criterion as a moveable museum, containing films from all over the world, preserved in gorgeous detail, unpacked with creator interviews and essays written by film scholars. The folks at Criterion have gathered a community […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Criterion Collection, David Lynch, Eraserhead, Joey Armstrong

Twin Peaks Revival UPDATE

April 6, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Sad Lara Flynn Boyle is sad.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: David Lynch, Twin Peaks

Laura Palmer’s Promise Comes True: Twin Peaks to Return in 2016

October 6, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Laura’s 25 years are almost up…

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: ABC, Catherine Eaton, David Lynch, Mark Frost, Showtime, Twin Peaks

Backwoods Netflix: Notes for a review of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

December 30, 2024 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

A very strange review of a very strange movie.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Backwoods Netflix, David Lynch, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude van Damme, John Hyams, Universal Soldier, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER DAY OF RECKONING

Beyond Horror: Blue Velvet

October 31, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

David Lynch’s iconic film finds horror in the banal. It’s as potent and disturbing today as when it appeared in 1986.

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Beyond Horror, Blue Velvet, David Lynch

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