Writing for Cinema Femme: Vol. 1
I often wonder whether my wife and I ever would have met had she not founded the site, Cinema Femme. It connected directly with a passion I had developed simply […]
Tag Archives: Twin Peaks: The Return
Remembering David Lynch
The first David Lynch film I saw was “The Straight Story,” which is one of the most achingly beautiful films ever made. I was quite young when I first saw […]
Top 20 Films of 2024
If you had told me at the beginning of 2024 that I would be ending the year no longer working for RogerEbert.com, having left on good terms to work full-time […]
Writing for RogerEbert.com: Vol. 9
2023 marks my ninth year of writing for RogerEbert.com, and though Indie Outlook remains on an indefinite hiatus due to other projects, I couldn’t resist publishing my annual compilation of […]
John Neff on “The Straight Story,” “Mulholland Dr.” and “Inland Empire”
A day prior to seeing the new 4K restoration of 2006’s surrealist epic “Inland Empire” at the Music Box Theatre’s “David Lynch: A Complete Retrospective—The Return,” programmed by Daniel Knox, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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