The following interview was originally published at HollywoodChicago.com on February 17th, 2011. Perhaps no one but Gregg Araki could make a hallucinogenic, doom-laden mystery as playful and curiously optimistic as […]
The following interview was originally published at HollywoodChicago.com on January 5th, 2011. Happy Halloween, everyone! His face is inviting, but his intentions are ambiguous and perhaps somewhat devious. That’s precisely […]
There’s no program I’ve found to be more therapeutic during this exceedingly strange and despairing year than David Lynch and Mark Frost’s “Twin Peaks.” After visiting Mary Reber, the wonderful […]
Dreams have often become practically indiscernible from reality during this quarantined era where our days have blurred together like never before. It’s coincidental yet entirely fitting that filmmaker Jaclyn Bethany’s […]
No film reflecting our current quarantined era has connected with me as profoundly as “Curiouser and Curiouser,” the mesmerizing new debut short film directed by and starring Polish actress/writer Weronika […]
Not long before I spent my first night in the Oscar press room, a remarkably insightful show about the ceremony and the history of its Best Actress category premiered online. […]
On an icy night in December of last year, Julie Andrews arrived at the Chicago Theatre 14 years after her production of “The Boy Friend” graced the venue’s stage. She […]
There are so many reasons why Indie Outlook has proven to be the gift that keeps on giving. Ever since I founded the site eight years ago, it has enabled […]
Last week at RogerEbert.com, I joined the site’s publisher, Chaz Ebert, and my fellow editors in sharing articles both new and republished to express our allegiance with the #BlackLivesMatter movement. […]
One of the most joyous moments I’ve had thus far in quarantine was my conversation last month with Halina Dyrschka, the German director whose debut feature, “Beyond the Visible – […]
