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Hi.

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.

Review: Widow Clicquot

Review: Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot could’ve been a cheeky acknowledgment of how women with dreams of success for themselves must often rely on their proximity to powerful men to realize their ambitions. It could’ve been a kind of living connection to the likes of Sofia Coppola, with her famous filmmaker parents, and Kathryn Bigelow, whose former surname Cameron still comes up in Google searches (nevermind that she hasn’t been married to fellow director James Cameron since 1991, and that they divorced after a mere two years).

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Review: Jackpot!

Review: Jackpot!

A preteen slowly finds her own orbit in 'Janet Planet'

A preteen slowly finds her own orbit in 'Janet Planet'