180 Essential Films by Female Directors
Yesterday, Greta Gerwig became the fifth woman ever to be nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards. This richly deserved achievement arrives 41 years after Lina Wertmüller made history […]
Tag Archives: Sonita
Indie Outlook: Fifth Anniversary
There’s no question that this independent film blog has been one of the great joys of my life for over the past five years. It has enabled me to champion […]
Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami on “Sonita”
Few moviegoing experiences from last year rivaled the sheer emotion of taking two of my cousins to see Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s Sundance prize-winning documentary, “Sonita,” at the Chicago […]
Indie Outlook Picks the 2016 Nominees
With Oscar prognostications in full swing, I’m presenting my annual list at Indie Outlook of the five nominees I would personally select in nearly every category, including one that I […]
Top 20 Films of 2016: Part II
I’ve often referred to my all-time favorite films as the gifts that keep on giving. These aren’t pictures that can be fully experienced upon an initial viewing or even the […]
My Film Reviews and Interviews at RogerEbert.com
It was a decade ago this fall when I was officially hired to write film reviews for my college paper, The Columbia Chronicle. Little did I know that this job, […]
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