Great Movies
Interviews
Crossing Over the Color Line: Bret Wood on “Pioneers of African-American Cinema”
An interview with Bret Wood, producer of Kino Lorber's "Pioneers of African-American Cinema" set.
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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An interview with Bret Wood, producer of Kino Lorber's "Pioneers of African-American Cinema" set.
An interview with "Life, Animated" director Roger Ross Williams and producer Julie Goldman.
Second movie is biggest career hurdle; Filmmakers of "The Videoblogs"; In defense of "The Purge"; Chatting with Michael Ballhaus; Profile of Jesse Eisenberg.
An article about Elevated Films Chicago's screening of "Little Men" on July 14th.
Matt writes: Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away July 4th at age 76, was one of the great masters of the cinematic art form. I'll never forget the experience of watching his 1990 landmark, "Close-Up," in its pristine Criterion edition, or…
My dinner with Michael Cimino; Emily Ratajkowski's naked ambition; When Disney got trippy; Filmmakers are fans of TCM; Diversity ignores the disabled in Hollywood.
An interview with Matt Ross, writer/director of "Captain Fantastic."
The life of Olivia de Havilland; Sitting down to make a stand; My visit to LAIKA; Scars that bleed and wounds that heal; Mimi Leder on "The Leftovers."
Aziz Ansari blasts Trump; Communal magic of Filmfront; Scorsese on "King of Comedy"; Brexit's impact on British film; Anthony Hemingway on "Underground."
An article detailing the 50th Anniversary Gala for Kartemquin Films held June 24th, 2016.
