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The answer is still the most rigorous series in modern television. https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/twin-peaks-and-the-tv-that-learned-to-dream.html https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/twin-peaks-and-the-tv-that-learned-to-dream.htmlWed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT In 1990 a single question — who killed Laura Palmer? — took auteur cinema into prime time and opened the door every prestige series has walked through since. https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/central-station-28-years-later.html https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/central-station-28-years-later.htmlWed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT The film that gave the Retomada its face is still the most generous portrait of a country in transit — and proof that Brazilian cinema knows how to come back. https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/reviews/vertigo.html https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/reviews/vertigo.htmlWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Hitchcock’s most personal film is a magic trick in reverse: it reveals the secret halfway through and still leaves us with no ground under our feet. https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/bernard-herrmann-architect-of-vertigo.html https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/bernard-herrmann-architect-of-vertigo.htmlFri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT From Citizen Kane to Taxi Driver, by way of the fifth dimension: how an irascible composer taught film music to think. https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/an-odyssey-made-by-hand.html https://www.yesterdayontv.com/en/articles/an-odyssey-made-by-hand.htmlWed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT With no computer graphics, 2001 built outer space with a rotating centrifuge, front projection and a watchmaker’s patience. 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