Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and Allison Torem on “Ellie Lumme”
Described by its director as a “ghost story without a ghost,” the 40-minute film “Ellie Lumme” is one of those mesmerizing mind-benders that plays differently every time you see it. […]
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The Freedom Trilogy
Aristotle was right. The whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts. Sometimes films that are otherwise unrelated form a richer picture than they could merely on their […]
Remembering Harold Ramis
The movie was “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” The theater was Century 12 Evanston. The man sitting behind me was Harold Ramis, though I was initially unaware of […]
Deconstructing Woody Allen
“I just met a wonderful new man. He’s fictional but you can’t have everything.”—Cecilia (Mia Farrow) in “The Purple Rose of Cairo” (1985) There’s a scene toward the end of […]
Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Reviews
Laughter is one of the great gifts human beings can give to one another. There’s something cathartically rejuvenating about being doubled over with guttural chortles while witnessing a peerless satirist […]
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman
I remember hearing a story once about the vast amount of time it took Philip Seymour Hoffman to walk to a craft service table. He was on the set of […]
Danny Rubin on “Groundhog Day”
Since its release in February of 1993, Harold Ramis’s comic masterpiece, “Groundhog Day,” has proven to be the sort of cinematic treasure that reaps bountiful rewards on repeat viewings, thus […]
Top Ten Biblical Films
What makes a great biblical film? Is it the accuracy of its script to the original text, the sheer magnitude of its spectacle or its popularity with churchgoing audiences? For […]
Robert Hillyer Barnett on “Tears of God”
After delivering one of last year’s most electrifying performances in Amy Seimetz’s “Sun Don’t Shine,” the remarkably prolific actress, Kate Lyn Sheil, is set to star in a deeply intriguing […]
Indie Outlook’s Two Cents on Oscars 2014
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 […]
