By Andrea ThompsonRita Moreno needs no introduction, but to anyone who’s somehow unaware, she’s an actress with a career spanning over 70 years, a remarkable achievement for…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2021 Review: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It”

By Andrea ThompsonRebel nuns sticking it to the patriarchy isn’t going to be a tough sell by any stretch, but “Rebel Hearts” is still determined to not…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2021 Review: Rebel Hearts”

By Andrea ThompsonThe rape revenge film “Violation” is meant to evoke bad feeling from its opening with a cute little rabbit being devoured by a black wolf…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2021 Review: Violation”

By Andrea ThompsonCritically and commercially successful artist Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson didn’t just make a remarkable directorial debut with the documentary “Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul”

By Andrea ThompsonBased on newly declassified files, the documentary MLK/FBI (now out on demand) tells the story of how the FBI didn’t just monitor Dr. Martin Luther…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Sam Pollard on what “MLK/FBI” can teach us about the Capitol riots”

By Andrea ThompsonIt’s been a very odd year, and we didn’t get nearly as many films directed by women as we should have. But we still got…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Film Girl Film’s Top 10 Films Directed By Women In 2020”

By Andrea Thompson Wonder Woman 1984 isn’t just one of the few superhero movies to have a female lead with the titular heroine, a.k.a. Diana Prince (Gal…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Wonder Woman 1984′s Cheetah Is All Wasted Potential and Bad Implications”

By Andrea Thompson 2020 was a complicated year to the say the least, one I can’t imagine feeling nostalgic for or wanting to repeat. But silver lining?…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: My Top Films of 2020”

By Andrea ThompsonFilms about the afterlife are bound to get philosophical about life…well, most of the time, but films like “Beetlejuice” are no less fun for their…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Latest Pixar creation ‘Soul’ gets lost between worlds”

By Andrea ThompsonEveryone knows the score in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and they’re all grappling with it in their own way one night in Chicago in 1927…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Viola Davis struts, but Chadwick Boseman electrifies in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’”