Robert Kojder chats with Mouse writer-directors Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson…Chicago filmmaking duo and life partners Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson have, thus far, had a hand in everything from acting to writing to producing and directing shorts and features. With Mouse (and their previous effort, Ghostlight, which IFC also distributed), there is a palpable […]
Movie Review – Mouse (2026)
Mouse, 2026.Written and Directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson. Starring Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Chloe Coleman, David Hyde Pierce, Tara Mallen, Iman Vellani, Beck Nolan, Addisyn Grace Cain, Audrey Grace Marshall, Christopher R Ellis, Mary Kathryn Bryant, Barry Clifton, Raeden Greer, Mary Hollis Inboden, and Abigail Rose Solomon.SYNOPSIS:In 2002, best friends Minnie and […]
Movie Review – Rounding (2025)
Rounding, 2025.Directed by Alex Thompson. Starring Namir Smallwood, Sidney Flanigan, Michael Potts, Rebecca Spence, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, David Cromer, Max Lipchitz, Kelly O’Sullivan, Bradley Grant Smith, Charin Alvarez, Nadirah Bost, Edwin Lee Gibson, Tim Hopper, Kayla Raelle, Ed Kross, Meighan Gerachis, Sara Deodhar, Larry Neumann Jr., Pierce Cravens, Hanna Dworkin, and Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel.SYNOPSIS:A driven young […]
Movie Review – Ghostlight (2024)
Ghostlight, 2024.Directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson. Starring Keith Kupferer, Dolly de Leon, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Hanna Dworkin, Dexter Zollicoffer, H.B. Ward, Tommy Rivera-Vega, Alma Washington, Matthew C. Yee, Marlene Slaughter, Bradley Grant Smith, Lia Cubilete, Cindy Gold, Charlie Lubeck, Francis Guinan, Sarab Kamoo, Charin Alvarez, Anthony Lee Irons, Deanna Dunagan, Jaci […]
Movie Review – Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Cha Cha Real Smooth, 2022.Written and Directed by Cooper Raiff. Starring Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett, Raúl Castillo, Colton Osario, Amara Pedroso Saquel, Odeya Rush, Brooklyn Ramirez, Kelly O’Sullivan, and Javien Mercado.SYNOPSIS:A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a […]
Dakota Johnson stars in trailer for Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth
Apple TV+ has released the first trailer Cha Cha Real Smooth, the acclaimed Sundance comedy-drama from writer-director Cooper Raiff who also stars in the film as Andrew, a 22-year-old college graduate who feels like he has no clear path in life until he strikes up a friendship with Domino (Dakota Johnson) and her daughter Lola […]
Movie Review – Saint Frances (2019)
Saint Frances, 2019.Directed by Alex Thompson. Starring Kelly O’Sullivan, Charin Alvarez, Lily Mojekwu, Max Lipchitz, Jim True-Frost and Ramona Edith Williams.SYNOPSIS:In the aftermath of having an abortion, a woman becomes the nanny for a precocious six-year-old.One of the most refreshing elements of the brilliant recent BBC drama I May Destroy You was its frank depiction […]
