Contributions from Martyn Conterio | Little White Lies

Contributor Martyn Conterio

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Deep Dive

The curious case of the Suspiria smile

by Martyn Conterio

Suzy Ban­nion is put through the wringer in Dario Argento’s 1977 hor­ror clas­sic. Why, in the end, is she so hap­py about it?
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First Person

Dissecting Audrey’s Dance with Twin Peaks star Sherilyn Fenn

by Martyn Conterio

The actress reveals how Prince inspired an icon­ic moment from the recent third season.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Judy

by Martyn Conterio

David Lynch wrapped up his extra­or­di­nary series with a typ­i­cal­ly cryp­tic mes­sage: mys­tery is a beau­ti­ful thing.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Audrey’s Dance

by Martyn Conterio

Part 16’s final shot of Audrey Horne was one hell of a cliffhang­er to leave us with.
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Twin Peaks UK Festival

Enter the world of David Lynch at the Twin Peaks UK Festival

by Martyn Conterio

Grab a slice of cher­ry pie at the annu­al week­end-long Lynch extravaganza.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: The doorway picture

by Martyn Conterio

David Lynch has dropped anoth­er seem­ing­ly cru­cial ref­er­ence to Fire Walk with Me.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: The Wizard of Oz

by Martyn Conterio

David Lynch’s obses­sion with the clas­sic MGM musi­cal has come to the fore again.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: The Owl Cave ring

by Martyn Conterio

The super­nat­ur­al motif which first appeared in Fire Walk with Me has cropped up again – but how many rings are there?
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Let’s rock

by Martyn Conterio

Audrey Horne’s return coin­cid­ed with the reap­pear­ance of a famil­iar phrase.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: The Black Dahlia

by Martyn Conterio

An infa­mous 70-year-old true crime case con­tin­ues to bleed into David Lynch’s work.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: Vision of Laura

by Martyn Conterio

In Part 10, a call­back to Fire Walk with Me pro­vides one of the show’s most sur­pris­ing moments.
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Not Movies

Twin Peaks season 3 decoder: The redemption of Bobby Briggs

by Martyn Conterio

In Part 9, Twin Peaks’ res­i­dent bad boy final­ly appears to have come good.