Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks captured the attention of millions of viewers when it first aired on April 8, 1990. People had never seen anything like it on television which inspired some like Joseph Dispenza, former Albuquerque Journal correspondent and once chairman of the Communication Arts Department at the College of Santa Fe,…
When Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks first aired on April 8, 1990, newspapers and magazines had wall-to-wall coverage of the show that was unlike anything ever seen on network television. Two days after the pilot was shown, the American celebrity tabloid magazine, Star, published a two-page spread about the real Twin Peaks of North…
Despite my intense love of David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, I’ve come to realize that there were many who didn’t enjoy it when the film was released in 1992. While only a handful of critics offered praise, many panned the prequel to the groundbreaking television series. It doesn’t mean these critics…
On June 10, 1991, the ABC Television Network aired the final two episodes of Mark Frost and David Lynch’s groundbreaking series, Twin Peaks. Episode 2.021 (#28) and 2.022 (#29) were shown back-to-back during an ABC Monday Night Movie event. There were plenty of commentary from reporters about the ending of the series that once took viewers…
When David Lynch and Mark Frost cast Piper Laurie in the role of Catherine Martell, it was a big deal. This incredibly talented actress had a long acting career before she joined the groundbreaking series in the early 1990s. In early 1991, reporter Joey Berlin published a profile of Laurie for the Copley News Service….
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…