Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” is the most euphoric cinematic mix tape I’ve seen since Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill.” Its hero, Baby (Ansel Elgort), copes with his chronic tinnitus by blaring […]
Four summers ago, I met filmmaker James Fotopoulos at a screening in Chicago. I was so taken with his thoughts regarding cinema that I agreed to visit the set of […]
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the underrated and utterly sublime gem, “Ruby Sparks,” I am sharing my interviews with the film’s writer/star Zoe Kazan, her co-star Paul Dano and […]
Ever since I was hired by Chaz Ebert in early 2014, I have accompanied my anniversary retrospectives at Indie Outlook with an annual compilation of my writing for RogerEbert.com. This […]
There’s no question that this independent film blog has been one of the great joys of my life for over the past five years. It has enabled me to champion […]
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