Ghostlight

2026 Films, Berlinale, Coming of Age, Directing, Drama, Indie Films, LGBTQ+, Queer Stories, reviews, Screenwriting

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Berlinale 2026: “Mouse” Destined to be Hailed Among the Year’s Best Films

by Matt Fagerholm

February 13, 2026

There is no filmmaking duo whose work I await with greater anticipation than Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson. In 2019, Thompson made his debut feature, “Saint Frances,” written by and

2024 Films, reviews

10 min read

Cinema Femme’s Top 10 Films of 2024

by cinemafemme

December 13, 2024

This year started as it usually does for Cinema Femme with the Sundance Film Festival. Although we didn’t get the kind of coverage we’d like, as we were covering mostly

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

2024 Films, Profile, reviews, Thelma

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Femme Film Friday: “Babes,” “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” “Tell that to the Winter Sea,” “Ghostlight” and “Thelma”

by cinemafemme

May 24, 2024

Babes – Pamela Adlon (screens in theaters nationwide starting today) At the beginning of the film “Babes,” directed by Pamela Adlon, we start with two childhood best friends, Eden (Ilana

Chicago, Interviews, Sundance, Sundance 40

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Sundance 40: Kelly O’Sullivan hopes you see empathy in her directorial feature debut, “Ghostlight”

by Rebecca Martin

January 31, 2024

O’Sullivan and Thompson gently fold their story together, finding humor and heart at every turn, leading to the kind of ending that somehow inspired the film’s very first audience at Sundance to

Film Festivals, Sundance

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Sundance 40: Twelve projects that have caught our eye

by cinemafemme

December 7, 2023

Yesterday, the Sundance Film Festival announced 91 of their projects to be featured in the 40th edition of the festival next month. We’re so excited to kick off our coverage next

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