Matt Fagerholm

2024 Films, Chicago, Film Festivals, Indie Films, Interviews, Now Playing

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This is Our Family: Tara Mallen, Keith Kupferer and Katherine Mallen Kupferer on “Ghostlight”

by Matt Fagerholm

June 10, 2024

When it comes to monumentally euphoric moviegoing experiences in 2024, Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson have set a mightily high bar with their latest crowd-pleaser, “Ghostlight.” Five years after helming

Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Queer Stories, Short Films

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Uniquely Euphoric: Bridget Frances Harris and Virginia Alonso-Luis on “Places of Worship”

by Matt Fagerholm

June 3, 2024

Every once in a while, I come across a film that feels as if it has been made especially for me. That happened most recently at this year’s joyous in-person

Awards, Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Film Festivals, Profile, Short Films

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2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Awards

by cinemafemme

May 7, 2024

On Thursday, May 2nd, at 2:00 PM Central, Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm and festival collaborators announced the award winners for the 2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, starting with

Interviews

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Shelter from the World: Iliana Zabeth on “House of Pleasures,” #MeToo in France and More

by Matt Fagerholm

April 9, 2024

One of the finest female ensembles in recent years can be found in Bertrand Bonello’s 2011 masterwork, “House of Pleasures,” originally titled “L’Apollonide” in France, the name of the Parisian

2023 Awards, 2023 Films, Awards, Profile

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Cinema Femme’s Top Ten Films of 2023

by cinemafemme

December 14, 2023

This year has been a celebration of thought-provoking films, and audiences have been showing their gratitude for them by leaving their streaming platforms at home and going to the movies.

Interviews, Television

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Attracted to the Darkness: Sophia Adler on Her Pivotal Role in “Harlan Coben’s Shelter”

by Matt Fagerholm

November 22, 2023

If there were any justice in the realm of film distribution, every member of the #MeToo movement would currently be the proud owner of a boxed set featuring four movies

Profile

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Camera Ambassador and Cinema Femme Present: The Call Sheet Magazine Vol. 2

by cinemafemme

November 10, 2023

Camera Ambassador and Cinema Femme Present: The Call Sheet Magazine Vol. 2 Introducing the latest edition of the groundbreaking magazine collaboration by Camera Ambassador and Cinema Femme. Working closely with

Interviews

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The Poetry of Everyday Life: Brooke Westphal on “Young People”

by Matt Fagerholm

August 4, 2023

A film lasting only a few minutes has the potential to impact viewers in a way that is tantamount to a feature, and that is certainly the case with “Young

International Films, Interviews

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The Birth of a Heroine: Afrin Khanom and Angelos Rallis on “Mighty Afrin: in the time of floods”

by Matt Fagerholm

July 21, 2023

At the 2017 installment of Hot Docs in Toronto, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a documentary so devastating and essential that it made my top ten list of

Documentaries, Indie Films, Indigenous in Film, Interviews, Sundance

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Rebecca Harrell Tickell on “Prancer,” “Regenerate Ojai” and “On Sacred Ground”

by Matt Fagerholm

February 23, 2023

With over two feet of snow piled upon the driveway, I spent this past Christmas Eve with my wife, Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin Fagerholm, binging holiday perennials at her

Interviews, Slamdance

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Slamdance 2023: Wendy McColm on Their Audacious Triumph, “Fuzzy Head”

by Matt Fagerholm

January 18, 2023

“To understand my work,” David Lynch once told a bewildered moviegoer in Chicago, “you must follow the emotion. Because if you follow the buttermilk, you’ll end up going to the

2022 Films, International Films, Interviews

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Gaysorn Thavat on Her Sublime Directorial Feature Debut, “The Justice of Bunny King”

by Matt Fagerholm

September 21, 2022

Like many moviegoers of my generation in the United States, I was first captivated by the breathtaking landscapes of New Zealand in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Yet

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