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Indie Outlook Picks the 2018 Nominees

December 28, 2018by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

The more movies one sees during a given year, the more maddening one finds the conspicuous omissions during awards season, where voters’ memories fail to extend past the month of […]

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Top 20 Films of 2018: Part II

December 12, 2018by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

There’s a certain magic that occurs when a film so thoroughly fulfills your long-held wishes that it seems as if the director had made it especially for you. Some films […]

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CIFF 2018: Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” and Six More Highlights

October 21, 2018by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Today marks the end of the 54th Chicago International Film Festival, and I feel as if it’s only begun. My crazier-than-usual schedule combined with a lack of pre-festival press screenings […]

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Top 100 Favorite Films: 2017 Edition

January 4, 2017by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

A few years ago, I was asked by a friend to rank my Top Five Favorite Films. It was so daunting to limit my list to only five titles that […]

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I Don’t Know If I’m Coming or Going: An Appreciation of “Nine Lives”

April 28, 2016by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Some wonderful things happen in the moments prior to a film screening. Strangers in the audience strike up a conversation, connections are made and in some cases, lives are forever […]

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Indie Outlook’s Two Cents on Oscars 2014

January 16, 2014by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

With the 2014 Academy Award nominees announced early this morning, Indie Outlook offers its instinctive predictions for each category: who will win, should win and should’ve been nominated. For a […]

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Top Twenty Films of 2013: Part I

December 17, 2013by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Audacity reigned at both mainstream multiplexes and art house theaters in 2013, proving once and for all that cinematic storytelling is best experienced on a big screen with a large […]

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Six Reasons Why Emmanuel Lubezki Should’ve Won an Oscar by Now

September 11, 2013by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

There are many gifted cinematographers in modern cinema—Roger Deakins, Janusz Kaminski, Christopher Doyle, Robert Richardson, John Toll, to name a few—yet none have caused my jaw to routinely drop to […]

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23 Films to See in 2013

February 1, 2013by Indie Outlook 1 Comment

Though 2013 has barely begun, a slew of hotly anticipated titles have already materialized on the calendar, including a handful destined to generate Oscar buzz prior to next year’s ceremony. […]

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