David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks sparked numerous articles leading up the North American debut on April 8, 1990. One example is Toronto Star’s supplemental to the Saturday Star called Starweek. The April 7-14, 1990 issue featured a story by Jim Bawden offering readers a first look at the wonderful and strange new show.
For this Reviewing Peaks article, I feature Scott Rosenberg’s review of David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The one-and-a-half star review appeared in the August 30, 1992 edition of the San Francisco Examiner.
In this installment of “Reviewing Peaks,” I revisit the end of the show’s second season with a review by William Grimes with the New York Times. A few months earlier, an aggressive letter writing campaign by fans brought Twin Peaks back to ABC Television following a brief five-week hiatus. But the honeymoon didn’t last long…
With the “Behind the Badge” event at the North Bend Theatre about a week away, I’m returning to another movie review of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me from 1992. This time, movie critic John Hurley from the Staten Island Advance gave Lynch’s masterpiece a one-star review in an article published on Sept. 4, 1992.
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was screening for one-night only during the 42nd Melbourne International Film Festival on June 13, 1993. Fans who missed this sold-out showing would have to wait months to see Lynch’s masterpiece which arrived in Sydney and Melbourne theatres in November and December 1993 respectively. Here’s a look back…
In the weeks following the debut of Twin Peaks on the ABC Television network on April 8, 1990, the entire nation was asking, “Who killed Laura Palmer?” Before April ended, The Oregonian asked readers on April 26, 1990 who they thought was the killer. Like many papers at the time, they encouraged fans to don their detective…
Long before Twin Peaks: The Return aired in 2017, Showtime marked the premiere of David Lynch’s masterpiece, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, with a unique promotion. Nearly a year after it’s debut in North American movie theatres, the film debuted on . For it’s arrival, the network turned to Bucky and Vinny, two cab drives-turned-movie critics,…
The Washington Post syndicated columnist Tom Shales was one of the earliest supporters of Twin Peaks. In early Sept. 1989, Shales published a positive review of the mesmerizing pilot episode, claiming it was “must see television.” A few days before the first episode debuted on the ABC Television Network, he published an interview with the…
There was much excitement in the air when Twin Peaks was first broadcast on the ABC Television Network in spring 1990. Despite the buzz, not every household had tuned into David Lynch and Mark Frost’s groundbreaking show, especially since it aired at the same time as NBC’s incredibly popular Cheers. As May began with the last half of…
While many film critics panned David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me during the film’s initial release in August 1992, I love finding reviews from individuals who appreciated the legendary filmmaker’s vision. One such critic is Christopher Potter, former News Arts Writer for the The Ann Arbor Times in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Let’s take…