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Author: Ryan Molyneux

I am a MA Film Graduate from Newcastle University with an obsession for Twin Peaks and all things Lynchian.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, or the not-so-subtle art of not giving a fuck.

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Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, or the not-so-subtle art of not giving a fuck.

Posted in Andy Kauffman, Danny De Vito, Documentary, Film, Jim & Andy, Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon, Milos FormanTagged Acting, Andy Kauffman, Danny De Vito, Film, Film Blog, Jim & Andy, Jim Carrey, Man on the Moon, Milos Forman, Netflix

An Ode to Zanzibar: the return of Inside No. 9.

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An Ode to Zanzibar: a poetical review of the triumphant return of Inside No. 9.

Posted in Comedy, Inside No.9, Poetry, Reece Shearsmith, Shakespeare, Sonnet, Steve Pemberton, The League of Gentleman, TV, TV ReviewsTagged Comedy, Dark Comedy, Inside No.9, Poetry, Reece Shearsmith, Shakespeare, Sonnet, Steve Pemberton, The League of Gentleman, TV

A Clockwork Orange: Ultra-Violent Self-Censorship

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It’s funny how the colours of the like real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.

Posted in A Clockwork Orange, Film, KubrickTagged A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, Censorship, Film, Film Blog, Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick

The Shining: Kubrick Transforms King’s Novel into a Uncanny Narrative of American Colonialism

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"The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living."

Posted in Film, Kubrick, The ShiningTagged Colonialism, Jack Nicholson, Kubrick, Shelley Duvall, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining

Mulholland Drive: Destructive Worlds of Fantasy and Reality on the Winding Roads of Lynch Angeles

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Silencio.

Posted in David Lynch, Film, Mulholland Drive, SpoilersTagged David Lynch, Dreams, Lynchian, Mulholland Drive, Naomi Watts

Lost Highway: Suppression of Reality in Lynch Angeles

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Dick Laurent is dead.

Posted in David Lynch, Film, Lost HighwayTagged Balthazar Getty, Bill Pullman, David Lynch, Dreams, Lost Highway, Lynchian, Patricia Arquette

Twin Peaks: Dual Worlds of Dreams and Reality in Lynchtown

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Because that's what you do in a town where a yellow light still means slow down and not speed up.

Posted in David Lynch, Spoilers, TV, Twin PeaksTagged Cherry Pie, Damn Fine Coffee, David Lynch, Dreams, Duality, Kyle Maclachlan, Lynchian, Twin Peaks

Blue Velvet: Twin Worlds of Desire Within the American Idyll of Lynchtown

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And now it's dark...

Posted in David Lynch, Film, Lost Highway, SpoilersTagged Blue Velvet, Chicken Walk, David Lynch, Duality, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle Maclachlan, Laura Dern, Lynchian

Moonrise Kingdom: Cultural Tools of Escapism Enabling a Storm of Youthful Rebellion

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What kind of bird are you?

Posted in Film, Spoilers, Wes AndersonTagged Benjamin Britten, Camp Ivanhoe, Carnivalesque, Coming of Age, Family, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson

Welcome to The Overlook

March 2, 2017June 14, 2017 Ryan MolyneuxLeave a comment

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