Matt Fagerholm

Interviews, LGBTQ+

13 min read

To Be a Free Person: Ksenia Ivanova on “Jack and Anna”

by Matt Fagerholm

June 29, 2020

“For many years, I had to confront the cruel system in my home country that does not tolerate people with a different mindset. People judged me for my ideas as

Chicago, Interviews

22 min read

Transcending Gender: Chloe Baldwin on her web series ‘Like What You Like’

by Matt Fagerholm

November 15, 2019

It was no surprise that when Chloe Baldwin met me at Chicago’s Bourgeois Pig for her Cinema Femme interview two months ago, her sandwich of choice was the Hamlet. Her

Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+

16 min read

Emily Lape brings a rawness to the filmmaking and acting process with ‘Mercy’s Girl’

by Rebecca Martin

July 15, 2019

"Four years ago when I was trying to make “Mercy’s Girl,” it was so hard. Now, I don’t know if it’s because I know more people, but it’s very ripe.