Anne Thompson
Anne Thompson was raised on movies on New York's Upper West Side, where she embraced her father's fave war flicks and Westerns as well as the French New Wave. She ran the film society at Hamilton College before transferring to NYU Cinema Studies, and launched her film industry career in the publicity bullpen at United Artists, promoting “Rocky,†“Network,†“Bound for Glory,†“Carrie,†“Annie Hall,†“Manhattan†and more. She joined editor Richard Corliss at Film Comment before following her future husband, critic David Chute, to Los Angeles. She delivered the LA Weekly syndicated column Risky Business for seven years, supplied regular stories to The New York Times and The London Observer, and took staff jobs at Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety before taking her blog Thompson on Hollywood to IndieWire, where she has happily served as Editor at Large since 2016 and cohosts the weekly Screen Talk podcast. In 2014, Harper Collins published “The $11 Billion Year: From Sundance to the Oscars,†an Inside Look at the Changing Hollywood System.
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Screen talk
As always around the holidays, some Oscar contenders build momentum while others lose it.
Consider This
The star and filmmaker behind one of the festival season's instant hits walks IndieWire through their meticulous process, from real singing to even more real emotion.
Consider This
The faithful Denzel Washington-produced August Wilson adaptation centers on two siblings fighting over an inherited piano. And no one amps up the intensity like Deadwyler, a likely Oscar nominee.
Screen Talk
On this week's episode of "Screen Talk," we also discuss Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown."
Thompson on Hollywood
The Bob Dylan biopic has finally screened. We assess the Oscar chances for James Mangold's movie, led by Chalamet as the folk icon.
Consider This
The British filmmaker immerses viewers in the 1940 London bombings as an imperiled mother and her lost nine-year-old son try to reunite. The Apple TV+ original could contend for a bunch of Oscars.
Thompson on Hollywood
At this point in the race, "Sugarcane" is the frontrunner for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.
Thompson on Hollywood
Will Ferrell talked his old pal Harper Steele into a filmed road trip, he tells IndieWire. Neither knew it would turn into one of the best documentaries of the year.
Thompson on Hollywood
On the scene at the annual event, where the late Quincy Jones, filmmaker Richard Curtis, casting director Juliet Taylor, and "James Bond" producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson were honored.
Thompson on Hollywood
The timely film is based on true stories from the Prague Spring in 1968.
Screen Talk
But will multiple Oscar nominations follow? Ariana Grande looks good for Supporting Actress.
Thompson on Hollywood
Payal Kapadia's Cannes Grand Prix winner heads into the Oscar race without backing from India or elsewhere for International Feature.
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