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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.

‘Women Talking’ Leaves Too Much Unspoken

‘Women Talking’ Leaves Too Much Unspoken

Silence can be the most unsettling sound of all, and Sarah Polley is determined to shatter it in her first feature since her 2012 documentary Stories We Tell. Her latest work, the Toronto International Film Festival entry Women Talking, is also about stories, the kind the powerful tell about those they have taken power from, and how to take it back.

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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’

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Cynicism Is in Fashion in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or–Winning Satire ‘Triangle of Sadness’