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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.

Sundance 2020: THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS

Sundance 2020: THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS

By Andrea Thompson

A film that kicks off with their tortured male protagonist standing pointing a gun at his estranged wife’s head while she’s asleep (next to her new boyfriend) may not be the most qualified film to explore toxic masculinity. But that’s how The Killing of Two Lovers does indeed begin, with David (Clayne Crawford) thankfully failing to follow through, partly because he hears his children in the home he no longer shares with Nikki (Sepideh Moafi), his wife. If we somehow had any doubts about where this could still go, the score clears them away via an unnerving combination of the Jaws theme and Trent Reznor, offering us a disquieting glimpse into an unraveling mind ripe for exploration. If only that casual perusal had become a thorough character study.

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Sundance Film Festival 2020 Review – małni – towards the ocean, towards the shore

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