Great Movies
Ebert Club
#394 November 24, 2020
Matt writes: In the sixth edition of RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert's "My Happy Place" series, she shares various ways we can each find joy during the 2020 holiday season when under lockdown.
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: In the sixth edition of RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert's "My Happy Place" series, she shares various ways we can each find joy during the 2020 holiday season when under lockdown.
Matt writes: The third and final panel of the 2020 Ebert Symposium Series premiered last Thursday on the YouTube and Facebook pages of Ebertfest. Entitled "Representation in Media," the panel explored inclusion and equity in film and media, and was…
Matt writes: It was the day after the Cubs had won the World Series. With fans cheering and cars honking into the early morning hours, I had gotten no sleep. And yet nothing was going to stop me from interviewing…
An article about "Memory House" by Brazilian director João Paulo Miranda Maria winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival.
An article about the highlights from the first 2020 Ebert Symposium on the future of the movie industry.
Matt writes: On October 8th, our site's publisher Chaz Ebert joined Dr. Nate Kohn in moderating the first virtual panel for the 2020 Ebert Symposium. Entitled "The Film Industry in a Time of Change," the insightful conversation featured such distinguished…
Matt writes: On September 18th, the world was shaken by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), whose extraordinary life was chronicled in Betsy West and Julie Cohen's Oscar-nominated documentary, "RBG."
Wendy Robie on "Twin Peaks"; Regina King on "Watchmen"; Mark Pellington on Quibi; Diane Quon on producing; Yusuf on Cat Stevens.
Matt writes: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic preventing our writers from attending the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival in person this year, our Managing Editor Brian Tallerico is still screening all of the highlights remotely. Keep your eyes peeled each day…
An interview with actor Kevin Pollack about the New Works Virtual Festival (Oct. 18-24) benefitting The Actors Fund.
