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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

Milwaukee Film Festival – Day 7: Bronx Gothic, Lucky, Life of the Party

Milwaukee Film Festival – Day 7: Bronx Gothic, Lucky, Life of the Party

By Andrea Thompson

Life is a strange, strange, thing. Sometimes it’s magical, giving us joy when we least expect it. Other times, it gives us the most painful experiences we could never imagine, leaving us to cope as best we can. That strangeness, that randomness, is on full display for day seven of the Milwaukee Film Festival. Each film is about life taking us to unexpected places, and how we must process that, whether it happens to be about a black woman coping with growing up in 1980s America, an elderly man in a small town facing his impending death, or the various wedding reception attendees musing about where they were and where they all are now.

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Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 – Day 8: Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, The Work, Infinity Baby

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Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 – Day 6: Girl Unbound, I Am Evidence, The Blood Is at the Doorstep

Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 – Day 6: Girl Unbound, I Am Evidence, The Blood Is at the Doorstep