Indie Outlook Picks the 2022 Nominees
The more one is aware of how politicized award seasons are, the less one cares about who actually wins. Last year’s Oscar telecast was such a travesty that it left […]
Tag Archives: David Lynch
Top 20 Films of 2022
2022 was, without question, the greatest year of my life. On July 1st, I married the love of my life, Rebecca, while surrounded by so many of our loved ones […]
Writing for RogerEbert.com: Vol. 8
As Indie Outlook comes to a close, at least for the time being, I have taken a significant hiatus from writing reviews and interviews for RogerEbert.com, in light of other […]
Indie Outlook: Tenth Anniversary
Last month, I had the honor of delivering the keynote speech at the Illinois Journalism Education Association’s All-State Journalism Team & Journalist of the Year Celebration in Springfield, Illinois. I […]
John Neff on “The Straight Story,” “Mulholland Dr.” and “Inland Empire”
A day prior to seeing the new 4K restoration of 2006’s surrealist epic “Inland Empire” at the Music Box Theatre’s “David Lynch: A Complete Retrospective—The Return,” programmed by Daniel Knox, […]
David Lynch: A Complete Retrospective—The Return, A Photo Journal
The films of David Lynch have always had a special place in my heart. At age 13, I saw my very first Lynch picture, “The Straight Story,” a movie my […]
Daniel Knox on “David Lynch: A Complete Retrospective—The Return” at the Music Box Theatre
Fifteen years ago, I stood for hours while enduring subzero temperatures in a line that stretched for several blocks to see one of the greatest living filmmakers present his latest […]
Indie Outlook: Ninth Anniversary
The past year could’ve very easily been the last of my site, Indie Outlook. I founded it the day after Independence Day in 2012 as a way to provide a […]
Jacqueline Xerri and Sofia Popol on “Monkey Bars”
Roger Ebert once told David Lynch that the director’s 2001 masterpiece “Mulholland Dr.” is a movie that “refuses to be over” in the best sense. The same could be said […]
Wendy Robie on “Dreaming Grand Avenue,” “Twin Peaks” and More
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 […]
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