Adesola Thomas

writer/director
east coast reporter @letterboxd
words in @PasteMagazine, @guardian
[email protected] | she/her

[Adesola Thomas @Adesolasayshey]

hi twitter. i wrote and have been directing a joyful play about climate catastrophe. it starts with a panic attack and ends with a dance set to radiohead. if you're in scotland next weekend, come see it and give me a squeeze. art is providence!! enjoy these cop 26 photos

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As Killer of Sheep releases theatrically for the first time in 30 years, @Adesolasayshey speaks with filmmaker Charles Burnett about his six-decade long filmography and the deep impact of making films about Black domestic life in Southern California. https://t.co/APu0YQE8Nq

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Reciting this brilliant sketch from memory in honor of Chloe Troast 🫡
Like fellow one-season SNL star Jenny Slate, history will look kindly upon her!

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As Toronto’s @paradiseonbloor kicks off their John Waters retrospective, @Adesolasayshey chats with the “Pope of Trash” himself about the language of the art world, rodent hijinks and why Pink Flamingos is the perfect first date movie. https://t.co/CNt8S0teEz

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With her poetic debut feature All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt now on digital, filmmaker Raven Jackson tells @Adesolasayshey about her vision of the present, her love of her own past, and the magic of Southern communities. Read more: https://t.co/CLpHZD8yr6 #BlackHistoryMonth

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This week on Best in Show, we chat with five-time Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West on her work for Killers of the Flower Moon. Plus, the crew catches up with @adesolasayshey to chat all things Sundance!

Listen now: https://t.co/Fl0soBpwZZ

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@zacharoni22 Zach you flatter me

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I wrote and directed 'Ola Ola' a sweet short film and yesterday it screened at my favorite theater in Brooklyn at @NoBudge Live

You can watch the film and fun bonus features here on the internet 🧑🏾‍🚀❤️📼

https://t.co/Yunln2bVnQ

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I'm going to Sundance for @letterboxd this month, wrote about a few films I'm excited to see and that devil's dandruff utah snow

https://t.co/GrEXA4MF9d

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American Fiction filmmaker Cord Jefferson and actor Jeffrey Wright speak to @Adesolasayshey about inviting smarter questions from audiences, Black grouches, and André 3000’s creative freedom. https://t.co/9iodgpczk0

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during our interview Jeffrey wright said westworld was documentary and that andre 3000's flute album was cool 😎🥳🪈

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This week on Best in Show, the crew chats with some of our favorite award-winning actors—Paul Mescal! Andrew Scott! Jeffrey Wright! Plus, we recap the LA Film Critics Association winners and answer your mailbag questions 💌

Listen now: https://t.co/GsgKMLxo9Y

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🙏🏾

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@ChrisSanfordLA say that! I just watched and was blown away 🙌🏾 mugler, lord ak.? now thats what I call television 📺😎💋

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“I knew that I wanted it to be fluid, to have that very fluid quality of exploring a life.”

Raven Jackson tells @Adesolasayshey about the poetic process of making her feature debut All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: https://t.co/CLpHZD8yr6

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With Palme d’Or (and Palm Dog) winner Anatomy of a Fall in theaters now, director Justine Triet speaks with @BrianFormo about truth, fiction, 50 Cent and Fincher. With additional insights from @Adesolasayshey in conversation with star Sandra Hüller: https://t.co/NZLgTWQ8hg

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@PhilAugustaJ no, this was my show ! :( clang clang forever

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*elusive/illusive

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https://t.co/Qnn3fSHChc
for letterboxd, I interviewed Guslagie Malanda and Alice Diop about Saint Omer, transmuting memory into film, and the illusive nature of justice🤰🏾🌊👩🏻‍⚖️👀😭

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rip tort 🐢
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@RepCori https://t.co/s4U0pQ4Tpw

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@kassianeckles probably frank or all that jazz