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Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville Opens Today in Chicago
An article about the new Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville opening today, January 27th, in Chicago.
Matt Fagerholm is the 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 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 about the new Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville opening today, January 27th, in Chicago.
Matt writes: The 2023 Sundance Film Festival kicked off on January 19th and runs through Sunday, January 29th. Stay tuned each day for dispatches from our writers Brian Tallerico, Nick Allen, Robert Daniels and Marya E. Gates.
Matt writes: Happy New Year, Ebert Club subscribers! As we embark on 2023, RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert would like to take a moment to reflect on all of the essential writing that was published at our site in 2022.
Matt writes: In this final Ebert Club newsletter of 2022, we are pleased to present our RogerEbert.com writers' composite list for the Top Ten Films of 2022, led by Martin McDonagh's latest masterwork, "The Banshees of Inisherin," starring Colin Farrell…
A tribute to Angelo Badalamenti (1937-2022), the legendary composer of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr.
An announcement of passes going on sale Monday, December 12th, for the next Ebertfest Film Festival, which will take place April 19-22, 2023, in Champaign, Illinois.
Matt writes: As end-of-the-year lists make their annual rounds, ten of our contributors recently spotlighted various essential films from 2022 that they feel were overlooked, including Alli Haapasalo's marvelous prize-winner, "Girl Picture."
Matt writes: RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert's grandson, Joseph London Smith, was killed this past August at age 30.
An interview with Elegance Bratton, writer/director of The Inspection.
Matt writes: While covering this year's BendFilm Festival in Bend, Oregon, last month, I had the great joy of speaking at length with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tamara Jenkins ("Slums of Beverly Hills," "The Savages"), who was honored by the festival as…