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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.

Life for Women Is a Royal Pain in the Dreary ‘Corsage'

Life for Women Is a Royal Pain in the Dreary ‘Corsage'

We are living in the age of the message movie, since not acknowledging the dumpster fire that is creeping ever closer to the door of even the most determinedly non-political citizen almost feels like naivete at this point. The problem is when a movie’s runtime is devoted to hammering it home over and over again at the expense of all else.

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The Revolution Will Be Orchestrated in the Stunning Musical Biopic ‘Chevalier’

The Revolution Will Be Orchestrated in the Stunning Musical Biopic ‘Chevalier’

Steven Spielberg Makes His Most Personal Film Yet in the Heartfelt ‘The Fabelmans’

Steven Spielberg Makes His Most Personal Film Yet in the Heartfelt ‘The Fabelmans’