Indie film on ice
click to enlarge Last March, Jeremy Sklar’s first feature film, Tom of Your Life, made its festival debut at San Jose’s Cinequest at a prime-time Friday night, cursed. As COVID-19 shut down California, the comedy-fantasy-drama premiered in front of an audience of 12, Sklar’s two brothers included; the rest of the fest was canceled entirely. Sklar, who’s in his early 50s and goes by Jer, spent a few days visiting family out west, then returned home to Logan Square where, holed up in his apartment, he watched a lot of Law & Order and furiously brainstormed ways to promo...
Source: chicagoreader.com