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 […]
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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 […]
Jaclyn Bethany on “Indigo Valley,” “The Rehearsal” and More
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 […]
CIFF 2019: “Knives Out,” “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and Five More Contenders
Few modern filmmakers understand the essence of Frank Oz’s artistry as innately as Rian Johnson. The most euphoric sequence in Johnson’s sublime 2017 blockbuster, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” occurs […]
Rob Christopher on “Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago”
“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 […]
Ognjen Glavonić on “The Load”
There’s a scene early on in Serbian writer/director Ognjen Glavonić’s profoundly tense narrative feature debut, “The Load,” that is worthy of Hitchcock. A police car gradually appears in the side […]
Writing for RogerEbert.com: Vol. 5
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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