By Andrea Thompson Growing up, I would hear about families adopting girls from China in nothing but the most positive terms. Why not? Everyone knew about the…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Memory Informs Trauma in the Extraordinary Documentary ‘One Child Nation’”

By Andrea Thompson There’s a really good movie hiding in Where’d You Go, Bernadette, but by the time the heroine runs off in the second half, it’s…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Where’d You Go, Bernadette Movie Review: Even Cate Blanchett can’t salvage this train wreck”

By Andrea Thompson Writer-director Numa Perrier certainly chose a fascinating topic for her feature film debut with “Jezebel,” which tells the coming-of-age story of Tiffany, a 19-year-old…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: An Interview with ‘Jezebel’ Director Numa Perrier”

By Andrea Thompson It makes sense that “Jezebel,” a movie about a 19-year-old who becomes an Internet fetish cam girl, would start off with some dirty talk.…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: ‘Jezebel’ Brings a Black, Female Gaze to Sex Work”

By Andrea Thompson Watching the movie “Brian Banks” is…awkward. To some extent, it’s a classic sports underdog movie, but the struggles Brian Banks had to overcome are…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: The Price for Inspiration is Too High in ‘Brian Banks’”

By Andrea Thompson “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher degree; the pen has…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Who Tells Our Stories: Gender Progress Behind the Screen is Reflected On It”