Re-recording mixer Gregor Bonse and supervising sound editor Dominik Leube tell IndieWire about using sound to bring disparate spaces - including its protagonist's emotional turmoil - to life.

I definitely felt like I came away from it changed.' Ultimately, because of this experience, she says, 'I understand the mind of an alcoholic a lot more than I did before.' Gold Derby editor Daniel Montgomery hosts this webchat.

The crashing of waves, the somber recrimination of chilly charcoal clouds: for the young woman at the center of this story, Rona—played, in a marvelously nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan —these are both markers of time and reminders that sometimes it’s necessary to temporarily drop out of time,

Ronan is at her searching, sensational best in "The Outrun" in the change-of-pace role of Rona, a biologist living in London with her boyfriend Daynin (the excellent Paapa Essiedu), who grows increasingly impatient with the destructive hardcore party girl Rona has become.

Saoirse Ronan says it was vital that her new drama “The Outrun” remained true to the memoir it’s based on by Amy Liptrot. Liptrot captured her life as she moved to an extremely remote, tiny island in Scotland to try to maintain her sobriety after reaching rock bottom in her life.

Saoirse Ronan stars as an alcoholic woman in recovery in "The Outrun." Credit: StudioCanal Have you ever felt so alienated from your world that only the folklore of wild things could soothe you? In the opening of The Outrun,

Saoirse Ronan is having a big fall with two major films coming to theaters. First is “The Outrun,” an adaptation of Amy Liptrot's memoir of alcoholism and recovery that she stars in and produced alongside her husband Jack Lowden.

In the recently released indie comedy “My Old Ass,” the heroine has a little brother who has a pop culture crush on the actress Saoirse Ronan, such that his bedrooms walls are covered with her photos in a manner usually reserved for boy bands.

Our entertainment correspondent sat down with Ronan at the Telluride Film Festival to talk about her starring role in the film.

Saoirse Ronan appears in virtually every frame of “The Outrun,” and it's hard to imagine this poignant but brutal portrayal of an addiction and recovery journey without her.

The star and producer of "The Outrun" tells IndieWire about her approach to making seemingly arduous roles feel enjoyable, even "indulging." Her husband and co-producer Jack Lowden agrees.