“Language Lessons” opens with what has become our new normal, with two people connecting via a Zoom meeting. But it’s more serendipitous than your typical virtual meet…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: SXSW 2021: Language Lessons”

By Andrea ThompsonIf repression is the ultimate aphrodisiac, there are few films that make such a case for it than Wong Kar-wai’s sumptuous 2000 masterpiece In the…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: “In the Mood for Love” is a masterclass in cinematic yearning”

By Andrea ThompsonOut with the old, in with the new. “WandaVision” may have ended, but a new Marvel show is here…and it scoffs at your fan theories…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Marvel is up to their old tricks in the best way in new series ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’”

By Andrea ThompsonHell is other people, it’s been said. It’s a line that will always hold true, and certainly does in the SXSW film “See You Then,”…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: SXSW 2021: See You Then”

By Andrea ThompsonCan be a groundbreaking and a little cliche at the same time? I’d say yes, because the indie film “Suicide Kale” embraces this inherent contradiction.…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: 52 Films By Women: Suicide Kale (2016)”

By Andrea ThompsonThe 1971 film “The Velvet Vampire” couldn’t be called a good film exactly, but there’s a reason it’s achieved a kind of cult status. It’s…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: 52 Films By Women: The Velvet Vampire (1971)”

By Andrea ThompsonSo even Disney is making films about inequality, and even class privilege. Is there a catch to this?Well, if anyone has exploited and/or dominated how…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Loss permeates Disney’s latest fairy tale ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’”

By Andrea ThompsonFull disclosure: I not only resided in Milwaukee for many years, Tyshun Wardlaw, the director of “Growing Up Milwaukee,” was also a 2020 Film Girl…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: 52 Films By Women: Growing Up Milwaukee (2020)”

By Andrea Thompson“Compensation” is the kind of boldly independent experimental film that makes me rage and moan at the long and productive career of an artist that…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: 52 Films By Women: Compensation (1999)”

I sat down with the Chicago Indie Critics to interview the cast from “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. to discuss the film.…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Chicago Indie Critics Roundtable Interview With ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Cast”