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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.

Indigenous Women Brave a Hostile Environment in Erica Tremblay’s Sundance Feature ‘Fancy Dance’

Indigenous Women Brave a Hostile Environment in Erica Tremblay’s Sundance Feature ‘Fancy Dance’

The Sundance film Fancy Dance will be difficult to pin down in the way some of the best movies to ever grace the festival circuit are meant to be. It’s partly a road trip movie, which never takes its eyes off the central cast; it’s also a family movie where a key member of the family never appears, and the two main characters spend much of it on the run, but still communicating with those they’re running from.

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Alice Englert Makes an Utterly Incoherent Feature Directorial Debut in ‘Bad Behaviour’

Alice Englert Makes an Utterly Incoherent Feature Directorial Debut in ‘Bad Behaviour’

Mom Is Buggin’ in The Twisted Sundance Fairy Tale ‘In My Mother’s Skin’

Mom Is Buggin’ in The Twisted Sundance Fairy Tale ‘In My Mother’s Skin’