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Serious Oscar Contenders Dazzle at 2022 BendFilm Festival
An article detailing various highlights at the 2022 BendFilm Festival.
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 article detailing various highlights at the 2022 BendFilm Festival.
Matt writes: Louise Fletcher, the brilliant actress whose timeless portrayal of Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman's 1975 classic "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" brought her cinematic immortality, died this past Friday at age 88.
An interview with actress Essie Davis, star of "The Justice of Bunny King" and "Nitram."
Matt writes: The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on September 8th and runs through Sunday, September 18th.
Matt writes: In past years, the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Ebert Director Award has been given to such revered talents as Martin Scorsese, Claire Denis, Ava DuVernay, Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda, Denis Villeneuve, Chloé Zhao and Taika Waititi. This…
An interview with actors Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall about their new film, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., directed by Adamma Ebo.
Matt writes: 1987's "Back to the Beach," director Lyndall Hobbs' cheerful send-up of the teen movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, received three-and-a-half stars from Roger Ebert before abruptly drifting into obscurity.
An interview with Mary Sweeney, editor of "Lost Highway," which is now screening in theaters in a new 4K restoration.
Matt writes: One of television’s greatest trailblazers, Norman Lear, turned 100 on July 27th. In his "breakfast thoughts" video posted on Instagram during the final day of his 99th year, he spoke about the importance of “living in the moment.…
Matt writes: On July 6th, we lost one of cinema's great actors, James Caan, who died at age 82. Though he was only nominated for one Academy Award (as Best Supporting Actor for "The Godfather"), he delivered equally indelible work…