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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.

Sundance 2017 Review: Axolotl Overkill

Sundance 2017 Review: Axolotl Overkill

Andrea Thompson
Film

By Andrea Thompson

Ain’t no nihilism like German nihilism, cuz German nihilism don’t stop!

Did that sound like a protest slogan? Well, it’s been a long weekend of them. Perhaps it’s also a reaction against "Axolotl Overkill," which, much like its 16-year-old anti-heroine, completely fails to capture the prevailing mood of the modern world it obviously thinks it knows so well. Worse, it not only fails to offer anything new, but it also fails to channel the 1970s sensibilities it so desperately, and ironically, desires to emulate...

Sundance 2017 Review: City of Ghosts

Sundance 2017 Review: City of Ghosts
'Sleepless' Will Keep Viewers Mostly Alert

'Sleepless' Will Keep Viewers Mostly Alert