Tag: Alex Thompson
Amma Asante, Florian Zeller, Mike Leigh, Michael Dowse, Kamila Andini Among Our TIFF 2026 Predictions
What will surely be a flurry of festival announcements in the coming week ahead, we now shift our attention to the 2026 fall festival...
2026 Berlinale: Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson’s ‘Mouse’, Danielle Arbid’s ‘Only Rebels Win’ in Panorama
The Berlinale will be unveiling their titles over the next couple of weeks and this morning we have the first items selected for the...
Girlfriend Material: Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan Complete Production on ‘Mouse’
Best known for last year's surprise Sundance breakout Ghostlight (but we took notice back with 2019's tragicomedy Saint Frances - the SXSW competition section...
2024 Sundance: A Different Man, The Outrun, Winner & Sasquatch Sunset Among Premieres
Sundance Film Festival's Premiere section (a mix of fiction and docs) will have some biggie titles to contend with the likes of Aaron Schimberg's...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alex Thompson’s Rounding
After receiving tons of accolades for his feature debut film Saint Frances, filmmaker Alex Thompson began the year shooting an under-the-radar sophomore feature in...
Saint Frances | Review
Au Pair Affair: Thompson and O’Sullivan Present Warm Debut with Body Positive Dramedy
There’s much to be said for an authentic, well-calibrated scenario, whether or...
Interview: Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan – Saint Frances
Ostensibly the story of a relationship between a nanny and the 6-yr-old girl she’s looking after, Alex Thompson’s Saint Frances mixes drama and comedy...
2019 SXSW Film Fest Recap: Us, The Peanut Butter Falcon & Booksmart Lead Dylan Kai Dempsey’s Top 8
SXSW’s 2019 competition was dominated by talented women. Happily, this best-of-fest list contains several of their narrative achievements—plus two highly recommended out-of-competition docs. One...
Top 50 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2019: A Prelude
At the beginning of the year, we gave our readers an overview of the most anticipated foreign films for the new year (Top 150...
