As I was watching Disclosure Day, it was impossible not to think of The X-Files. Of course both tap from similar UFOlogy sources and Spielberg was himself in turn an influence on TXF, but the similarities here are even greater -- to the point where Disclosure Day could easily be reimagined as a possible resolution for the series' mythology, a finale film that never was! Mulder and Scully bringing…
Actor Charles Cioffi died on May 22 aged 90 (Deadline article).
The X-Files fans know him as FBI Section Chief Scott Blevins, who recruited Scully in the 1X79: Pilot. He appeared again in 1X03: Conduit and came back years later in the momentous 4X24: Gethsemane / 5X02-03: Redux trilogy.
I think his character could have been used more in the series, but he was a busy actor in theatre, TV and…
Here is a relatively recent (August 2025) interview with editor Jeff Cahn, by the X-Files Museum. An overall great guy and a fan of the show itself, he is full of behind the scenes stories beyond just about his role as assistant editor. He is credited for no less than 148 episodes of The X-Files over all seasons (s1-9) + on Fight the Future. His first credited episode was early season 1's…
The all-new bottom-up edit of the 2008 movie "I Want To Believe" is coming 11 June on streaming! As announced by Polygon.
More on what this is about in this Carter interview from December
How different can this director's cut be?
Very soon! I thought they would somehow use this to promote the new Coogler spin-off but that won't be coming out in a long while yet. Odd.
Unceremoniously dumped on…
New interview: "Hey Danny It's Mulder" sat down with Craig Wrobleski, the director of photography for The X-Files season 11, taking over from Joel Ransom in s10, a Canadian who among other things worked on "Fargo" and followed up TXF with some episodes of "The Twilight Zone". Cinematography is of course one of the most important parts of what made TXF a success, so all eyes were on the DoPs for…
A recent interview with the writers of The X-Files season 11 episode 11X07: Rm9sbG93ZXJz aka "Followers": Kristen Cloke-Morgan and Shannon Hamblin, from the "Hey That's Me" podcast. There's quite a bit of repetition compared to an interview with Cloke from two years ago for The X-Files Diaries. Here are the highlights:
Most importantly:
Glen offered them to write the episode. During s11 there…
3X20: Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' aired 30 years ago, on April 12 1996. Written by Darin Morgan, this was quite possibly the most important episode of The X-Files' mythology without being one. I know, I know, superlatives are risky. But JCFOS was an episode that could be read on so many levels: an entertaining story in of itself; a synthetic illustration of lots of UFO/conspiracy theories;…
As time passes, we are cruising through the 30th anniversary of The X-Files season 3. 3X17: Pusher first aired on February 23 1996 and it was only the first episode written by Vince Gilligan as a staff writer, after he was recruited with the freelance 2X23: Soft Light. Pusher remains not only one of Gilligan's best episodes, but one of the most memorable episodes of the show's history. Gilligan…