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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.

Little Woods (2018) REVIEW – A Gripping Modern Western With A Feminist Twist

Little Woods (2018) REVIEW – A Gripping Modern Western With A Feminist Twist

By Andrea Thompson

Of all the surprising benefits to the resurgence in Westerns, one of the best is that they can be for everyone now, not merely for the conflicted white men who have long been the genre’s traditional heroes. In the case of Little Woods, it gives us a female-centric modern Western, written and directed by Nia DaCosta, about two sisters in North Dakota who are forced to turn to less than legal means when they find themselves in dire need.

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Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 (REVIEW) – Rami Malek Barely Saves This Movie

Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 (REVIEW) – Rami Malek Barely Saves This Movie

Netizens (2018) REVIEW – An Infuriating Doc About Women & Online Harassment

Netizens (2018) REVIEW – An Infuriating Doc About Women & Online Harassment