I think Lynch has always nailed the 'shitty aesthetic' VFX - Mulholland Dr is full of composited images and jaggy digital edges and its a very weird, postmodern thing going on… or something. When they did it with Josie in S2… it didn't work because they tried to make this effect look convincing, be scary/shocking and…

He says 'blue rose' - although not exactly the same, in Mark Frost's book, Briggs is involved with 'Project Blue Book', an actual air force study on UFOs. Not sure if there is a connection.

I dont know if this has been covered already, but Dougie had the limp arm and ring that the shoe-salesman had — and by connection, Mike. So he's the Mike version of Coop, rather than the Bob version?

The original series had like 3 songs that it repeated based on the tone of individual scenes. It was way cozier. These first two episodes were so steeped in Black Loge mythos it definitely was way way way darker. There is a lot to set-up, I guess. I do hope it gets a bit lighter going forward.

I also was getting some Hillary vibes from her.

here we go………

The FBI computer was pretty corny - however isn't Lynch always pretty corny or stylized with things like that? I wouldn't expect Twin Peaks of all things to have realistic hacking. Especially with Lynch being something of a luddite (however he does like his Twitter, right?)

I don't know if it's deliberate but it definitely made me think of that, or the idea that it might have been accidental and Lynch used it.

Lynch has not skipped a beat. It's so great to have him back and so bittersweet that this will likely be the last thing we ever see from him behind the camera. Yet, also so fitting. People had been raving about Fargo challenging 'prestige' TV and Fargo is great but THIS is really what we've been waiting for. 26 years…

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer sounds really interesting. I didn't love The Lobster, liked it though. Felt it was a bit held back by its own smug satisfaction with its kooky premise — this seeming a bit more restrained and the idea of refusing the explain the more surreal elements is definitely a plus for me. Farrell…

Agreed.

This person is a sociopath - or at least, that's the best we can hope for. Why bother engaging? The "didn't you notice I used words like 'sad' as you empathetic creatures use? Surely that is sufficient emotion?" should be enough of a clue.

Too bad. Seems shortsighted. Keep this up and arthouse cinema will further be pushed into the margins of relevance… I'm sure that in 5 years even Cannes and its douchebag audiences will come around and pretend like they've always loved streaming.

It makes almost no difference. It can look different, it can also look very similar due to proper color grading and camera profiles. Not to mention audio is still mixed for theatrical screenings and the whole concept of being in a big room with a big screen, lights off and a captive audience — that's the idea anyway.

Really redundant to nitpick grade scores, especially arthouse festival films to a mainstream blockbuster.. I doubt Dowd gives much thought to the grades since these are all hot takes as the festival is happening. Sometimes the grade even shifts when it comes to a full review on release.

comed"ic"?

I have a feeling the powers that be only begrudgingly still let the writers here cover Cannes - not as cost-effective as just sending a freelancer to try out a new omelette.

5 is the best film. It's script is genius. It's basically Ocean's 11 but after planning the heist for the entire film, the SECOND they start pulling it off, their entire plan falls apart and they just go into FUCK IT mode and improvise. I've never seen a heist movie just totally disregard the strategy it spends the…

YEAH - Tokyo Drift was totally unexpected and enjoyable, especially for a series that was goofy from the outset and became a facepalm with the title '2 Fast 2 Furious'. The drifting stunts were awesome and shaking up the location and cast was smart.

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