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 […]
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 […]
My annual article selecting the films and artists I’d love to see nominated during this year’s awards season further affirms why my Best of 2021 list was alphabetized. There were […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow. Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli. Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash […]