Great Movies
Ebert Club
#411 July 20, 2021
Matt writes: The 74th Cannes Film Festival came to a close this past Saturday, and RogerEbert.com was there every step of the way to provide readers with in-depth dispatches on the numerous enticing selections.
Matt Fagerholm is the former Literary Editor at RogerEbert.com and is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He
spent four years writing film reviews and interviews for
HollywoodChicago.com and has contributed to a variety of publications
including Time Out Chicago, The A.V. Club, No Film School, Cinema Femme and Magill's Cinema Annual. His writing/editing experience includes serving as Assistant A&E Editor at the Columbia Chronicle and a full-time writer interviewing such icons as Betty White, Ed Asner and Judy Collins at the Woodstock Independent. For nearly a decade, he served as a monthly guest on Vocalo radio's The Morning AMp program, and is also the founder of Indie Outlook, a blog and podcast featuring
exclusive interviews with some of the most exciting voices in modern
independent filmmaking. Follow him on Twitter at @IndieOutlook and @mattfagerholm.
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Matt writes: The 74th Cannes Film Festival came to a close this past Saturday, and RogerEbert.com was there every step of the way to provide readers with in-depth dispatches on the numerous enticing selections.
Matt writes: Martin Scorsese's 1999 film, "Bringing Out the Dead," starring Nicolas Cage as an overworked ambulance paramedic in Manhattan, was recently analyzed by two terrific writers, Scout Tafoya and Willow Maclay, who discussed its newfound relevance in light of…
Matt writes: On Juneteenth week this year, RogerEbert.com proudly presented its inaugural edition of Black Writers Week, featuring seven days (June 14th-20th) of essential content penned by Black film critics, filmmakers, philanthropists and other thought leaders.
Matt writes: With the 2021 Cannes Film Festival set to run from July 6th through the 17th, our contributor Lisa Nesselson penned an in-depth preview of this year's offerings, led by the wildly audacious Leos Carax's highly anticipated musical, "Annette,"…
Matt writes: One of the essential cinematic works of 2021 is unquestionably Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins' towering ten-part series, "The Underground Railroad," which debuted in its entirety on Prime Video on May 14th.
Matt writes: On May 1st, we lost the brilliant actress Olympia Dukakis, who passed away at age 89. Her portrayal of Rose, the mother of Loretta (Cher) in Norman Jewison's 1987 crowdpleaser "Moonstruck" was one for the ages, earning her…
Matt writes: History was made during last night's Oscar telecast when "Nomadland" filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the first Asian woman, the first woman of color and the second woman ever to win the Academy Award for Best Director. The film…
An article about the 2021 Bentonville Film Festival, set to run from Tuesday, August 3rd, through Sunday, August 8th.
Matt writes: With the numbers of vaccinated Americans on the rise, theaters are starting to see their highest attendance since the beginning of the pandemic. Despite being released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, Adam Wingard's giddy popcorn blockbuster,…
Matt writes: On March 15th, the 2021 Oscar nominees were announced, and though David Fincher's "Mank" scored the most nominations, the clear frontrunner in the Best Picture category is Chloé Zhao's "Nomadland," followed closely behind by Lee Isaac Chung's "Minari."
