Before Midnight (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcast #3)

First Vienna, then Paris, now a Grecian island. First nineties, then zeroes, now the teens. First twentysomething, then thirtysomething, now fortysomething. And first meeting, then reuniting, then struggling to stay together. The Before trilogy comes to a close as I review the third and (so far?) final film in Richard Linklater's series, part of a longer overview of Ethan Hawke I'm publishing this year. At the end of this podcast I preview my first "Left of the Movies" entry (eventually to be spun off into its own program) covering Medium Cool which captured another tumultuous summer's Democratic presidential convention back in 1968.

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Episode 69: Twin Peaks cinema - The FBI Story (+ remembering Michael Brooks, Twin Peaks Reflections: Louie, Jonathan, Double R Diner, Hap's Diner, Lucy's pregnancy/Part 4, Fire in the Sky, The Double Life of Veronique & more)

Before Sunset (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcast #2)

My public podcast continues its three-part Before trilogy and seven-part Ethan Hawke coverage with Before Sunset, Richard Linklater's sequel to the mid-nineties which finds how now-thirtysomethings rediscovering one another and perhaps rekindling their romance against the backdrop of Bush-era international tensions. What are the characters keeping from one another? What does it mean when the "end of history"...ends? I explore the macro and micro aspects of this ever-evolving narrative in this discussion, alongside an update on my work elsewhere and, as always, an invitation to...

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In two weeks, the Before focus will wrap with Before Midnight although the general Hawke coverage will continue (with some interruptions) through his fiftieth birthday in November.

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The era of Before Sunset

My original Patreon coverage of this film was part of a podcast episode that discussed a retrospective documentary on the 2000s decade as well

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Twin Peaks Unwrapped 225: Season Three Madness

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Before Sunrise (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcast #1)

I originally planned to provide a podcast update once a month - patron, public, everything - but instead I've decided to create individual episode posts. My first official episode reviews Before Sunrise (originally recorded in 2018, although I cleaned them up a bit for public re-issue), kicking off both a one-month Before trilogy review and a four-month Ethan Hawke retrospective. This cross-post also marks the 12th anniversary of this website which first published on July 16, 2008. Here's to another dozen years! (If you'd like to learn more about my work in that time, check out the 10th anniversary podcast episode I released publicly a couple years ago.) Please offer your own thoughts on the episode if you have any, and I'll share them on the next episode. Most importantly, if you like what I'm doing please...

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In two weeks, I'll continue the theme with Richard Linklater's follow-up Before Sunset in which the Sunrise characters meet up again after nine years.

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Before Sunrise

Amy Lehrhaupt: The Girl Who Inspired Linklater's "Before Sunrise" (video by Jeff Rowan)

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Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 36: The Return

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Four Worlds in Pinocchio: a visual tribute

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Lost in Twin Peaks #17A: S2E9 (Arbitrary Law/"Episode 16"), Part 1 & #17B: Part 2