Sarah Schwartz

Sarah Schwartz (also known by her pen name, Midol Girl) is a columnist for the website Ain't it Cool News Harry Knowles (founder of Ain't it Cool news) Schartz is known for her commentary on cinema and female perspective on films. Sporting her trade-mark nerdy retro back cat-eye glasses and a Monroe piercing, she acquired a large following of geeky fan boys almost overnight after posting a review on the film SUPERBAD. In this article the website editor included a photograph of her interviewing the film's producer Judd Apatow at San Diego Comicon 2007 wearing a low-cut dress. Talkbackers reaction on the site were in unusually high numbers causing one member of the site to name himself "The Breasts of Midol Girl" and another to take on the screen name "Midol Boy". Also close friend of Zack Lipovsky from FOX Network's summer TV show On the Lot, Sunshine Girl that aired as part of the program. Graduate from the Vancouver Film School in 2004 she wrote and directed a short film entitled RUBY WRITES THROUGH which received screenings at the [http://www.vfs.com/news.php?id7&news_id503]Screening at the Vancouver Canwest Comedy Fest, Toronto First Take Student Film Festival and The Squamish Sea to Sky Film Festival. She is currently a freelance film editor and broadcaster on the website justin.tv where she reviews movies live. Sarah Schwartz’s “Midol Girl” tagline is; Queen Geektra of the movie Multiverse!


A few years ago when she started doing online movie reviews readers found them really different and opinionated, there aren't a ton of chicks doing film reviews after all. People couldn't remember her random screen name at the time so referred to her as "That girl who needs a Midol". Over time she was simply called "Midol Girl". When she started writing for Ain't it Cool News she embraced her quirky screen name and the rest is history!"
 
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