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Ten Gems Worth Streaming on Disney+

January 30, 2020by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

2019 may have been an enormously profitable year for Disney, but it also was the studio’s worst purely in terms of creativity. The more money they make through the franchises […]

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Oscar-Winning Production Designer Eugenio Caballero on “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Roma” and More

December 16, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Few people in the film industry are as responsible for me choking back tears as Mexican production designer Eugenio Caballero. He won the Oscar in 2007 for Guillermo del Toro’s […]

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Indie Flashback: Sophia Takal on “Green” and “Gabi on the Roof in July”

December 10, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

The following interview with actor/filmmaker Sophia Takal was originally published on September 5th, 2012, at HollywoodChicago.com. Takal’s third directorial feature, “Black Christmas,” arrives in theaters on Friday. In a mere […]

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Rob Christopher on “Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago”

October 1, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

“Come on, Roy, let’s get out of here,” said his mother. The taxi was still waiting with the motor running and they got in. The driver put it into gear […]

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Writing for RogerEbert.com: Vol. 5

July 6, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

While waiting for the Lyft that would take me to my cousin’s home in Brentwood, following my trip to pick up the tux I would wear in the press room […]

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Indie Outlook: Seventh Anniversary

July 5, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

It’s only fitting that Independence Day has been followed each year by the anniversary of Indie Outlook, my site dedicated to films and artists who are among the finest in […]

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Why “Psycho” and “Alien” are the Perfect Double Bill

June 22, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

“Mother’s interrupted the course of our journey. She’s programmed to do that should certain conditions arise.”—Dallas (Tom Skerritt) 40 years ago today, Ridley Scott’s horror classic, “Alien,” went into wide […]

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Emily Lape and Alison Hixon on “Mercy’s Girl”

June 14, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Few films in recent memory have made me melt quite as often as “Mercy’s Girl,” Emily Lape’s debut feature as a writer, director, producer and editor. It was shot four […]

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Indie Flashback: Matthew Lewis on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”

April 30, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

As “Avengers: Endgame” continues to break box office records around the globe, let’s take a look back at the previous franchise that succeeded in completing an epic narrative spanning multiple […]

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Indie Flashback: Tommy Wiseau on “The Room”

March 31, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Of all the interviews I’ve conducted over the past 14 years of my career as a published critic, the one I am asked about the most is my peculiar chat […]

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