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Indie Flashback: Gaby Hoffmann on “Uncle Buck,” “Nate & Margaret” and More

March 29, 2020by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

The following interview was originally published at HollywoodChicago.com on August 21st, 2012. Few performers are lucky enough to make their big-screen debut in a hit movie, let alone two. In […]

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Indie Flashback: Sophia Takal on “Green” and “Gabi on the Roof in July”

December 10, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

The following interview with actor/filmmaker Sophia Takal was originally published on September 5th, 2012, at HollywoodChicago.com. Takal’s third directorial feature, “Black Christmas,” arrives in theaters on Friday. In a mere […]

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Why “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” is My Favorite Tarantino Film Since “Kill Bill”

July 25, 2019by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

I’ll never forget the moment I first fell in love with the cinema of Quentin Tarantino. Having grown up Catholic pre-Gibson’s “Passion,” I was not at all accustomed to graphic […]

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Top 10 Performances in a “Star Wars” Movie

January 7, 2016by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

It sure is a great time to be a “Star Wars” fan, and it sure is a lousy time to be George Lucas, at least according to George Lucas. The […]

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Bel Powley Amazes in “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”

August 13, 2015by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

There are about a million or so ways Marielle Heller’s “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” could’ve flown clear off the rails. While leaving the screening room, I ran into […]

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Seven Scenes by Joe Swanberg

July 24, 2014by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

In a recent interview with Moviemaker Magazine, Chicago’s trailblazing indie auteur Joe Swanberg was praised by writer Sean Hood for creating a “sustainable production model” based on creative tribalism. The […]

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How to Train Your Human

July 16, 2014by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

Interesting how two of this summer’s most entertaining and expertly crafted blockbusters are ultimately about the same thing. Dean DuBlois’ “How to Train Your Dragon 2” and Matt Reeves’ “Dawn […]

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Twenty-Five Anticipated Films at Sundance 2014

January 15, 2014by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

The 2014 Sundance Film Festival, held from Thursday, January 16th, to Sunday, January 26th, in Park City, Utah, offers an embarrassment of riches for any self-respecting cinephile. Merely attempting to […]

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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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Joe Swanberg Preserves Style on Bigger Budget in “Drinking Buddies”

August 19, 2013by Indie Outlook Leave a comment

I’m always perplexed by critics who complain that nothing happens in Joe Swanberg’s films, as if a more straightforward plot structure would serve as an improvement. Swanberg’s films don’t have […]

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