INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND: Storytelling Power + Misogynistic Realities

On 06/29/201806/29/2018 By C.H. NewellIn Anastasia Phillips, Emilia Jones, Film, Horror, Mylène Farmer, Pascal Laugier, Psychological horror, Taylor HicksonLeave a comment

Pascal Laugier's INCIDENT IN A GHOSTLAND works as a brutal horror, and also an examination of storytelling as a means of escape or survival.

Legion— Chapter 13

On 05/02/201806/25/2019 By C.H. NewellIn Aubrey Plaza, Dan Stevens, FX, Legion, Navid Negahban, Rachel Keller, Season 22 Comments

David discovers something shocking about Lenny's return.

ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW Deconstructs Disney & the Happiest Place on Earth

On 09/16/2017 By C.H. NewellIn Dark Fantasy, Deconstruction, Film, Horror, Randy Moore, SurrealismLeave a comment

Walt Disney World, like you've never seen it. From American Dream to full-blown nightmare.

Twin Peaks – Season 3: “The Return, Part 8”

On 06/26/201710/10/2018 By C.H. NewellIn David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts, Season 3, Showtime, Twin PeaksLeave a comment

One of the single most surreal chapters of Twin Peaks to date.

Unpacking the Puzzle of TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME + MISSING PIECES

On 05/22/201709/04/2017 By C.H. NewellIn David Lynch, Drama, Fantasy, Film, Horror, Mental Illness, Mystery, Robert Engels, Sheryl Lee, Twin PeaksLeave a comment

Electricity. Good v Evil. Murder. Abuse. Existential pain. Masks. Doppelgangers. This is the world of TWIN PEAKS.

Lynch’s BLUE VELVET is Like Disturbing(ly Good) Literature

On 04/24/2017 By C.H. NewellIn David Lynch, Drama, Film, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Mystery, Surrealism, Thriller1 Comment

Lynch's film uses his surrealism through the absurd, burrowing to the underbelly of small town America & into the psychosis of a violent man.