Ebert Club
#431 April 26, 2022
Matt writes: After endless days of quarantined viewing, returning to Champaign, Illinois for the 22nd installment of Ebertfest was nothing short of a tonic for the soul.
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: After endless days of quarantined viewing, returning to Champaign, Illinois for the 22nd installment of Ebertfest was nothing short of a tonic for the soul.
Matt writes: We could not be more thrilled to return to the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, for the long-awaited 2022 installment of Ebertfest from Wednesday, April 20th, through Saturday, April 23rd.
Lucian Georgescu and Barry Gifford on The Phantom Father; Incriminated White Females; A Night in Bridgerton; The Automat Warms the Soul; Bill Hader on Barry.
Matt writes: Celebrated filmmakers George Lucas, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg spoke with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in 1990 about what they perceived to be the future of movies. This fascinating episode of "Siskel & Ebert" is filled with…
Matt writes: Last week, RogerEbert.com presented its 2022 edition of Women Writers Week, featuring remarkable reviews, interviews and essays from essential female writers including our site's publisher Chaz Ebert; Contributing Editor Nell Minow; critics Sheila O'Malley, Christy Lemire, Tomris Laffly;…
Matt writes: The College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently announced that the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies will officially launch this year, with programming to begin in Fall 2022.
Matt writes: This past weekend, we lost the beloved comedy director Ivan Reitman, who passed away on February 12th at age 75. His death makes the palpable sense of loss in his son's recent blockbuster, "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," feel all the…
Matt writes: The 2022 Sundance Film Festival virtually presented numerous titles guaranteed to be major contenders next awards season, and our writers Brian Tallerico, Nick Allen, Marya E. Gates, Robert Daniels and Isaac Feldberg were on hand to cover them…
Matt writes: We have lost so many legends in the early days of 2022, none of which were more towering than Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 6th at age 94. He made history as the first Black performer…
Matt writes: Happy New Year, Ebert Club subscribers! We are kicking off 2022 with a letter from RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert that provides an essential overview of the work published on our site in 2021.