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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.

Virginia Minnesota (2017) REVIEW – A Female-Led Indie Gem

Virginia Minnesota (2017) REVIEW – A Female-Led Indie Gem

By Andrea Thompson

irginia Minnesota is one of the indie gems of the Beloit International Film Festival, the kind of film you hope you run into into when you head off the beaten path well-trodden with the same old ideas. Granted, there are some familiar themes in Virginia Minnesota, but the fact that it takes place in a lush, very non-stereotypical Minnesota which writer-director Daniel Stine obviously has great affection for makes that warmth contagious.

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