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Twin Peaks: The Return

To the Very End

Calvin McMillin·
Issue 78: Best of the Decade
As I watched Twin Peaks: The Return each week, I couldn’t help but recall the words of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky: “The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.”
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The Return, Time, and Shakespearean Romance

Elise Moore·
Issue 68: Time
Twin Peaks: The Return | Showtime
With The Winter's Tale in mind, it's possible to see why there have to be two stories, with two endings, in Twin Peaks: The Return.
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That Was Laura, But She’s Only a Dream

Lindsey Romain·
Issue 51: David Lynch
Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer in 'Twin Peaks' | ABC
Laura Palmer has shifted in essence from a silent dead girl to the distillation of David Lynch’s most operatic revelation: that to harness beauty, with its absolute visibility, is to tell the fables of our world, the horror and the fairy tale.
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