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About Andrew Plimpton

Andrew Plimpton is a writer based in Western Massachusetts. His fiction has appeared in Heavy Feather Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Write Launch, and other venues. His plays have been performed at The Tank in New York City, and he has written for Film-Forward since 2018.

Rose of Nevada

Knowing or not knowing its supernatural twist should not ultimately affect the viewer’s enjoyment of this ghostly drama.

By |June 19th, 2026|Fantasy|0 Comments

Underland

One doesn’t need to go far underground before everything becomes strange.

By |June 5th, 2026|Documentary|0 Comments

Time and Water

The documentary is as much about Icelandic writer and poet Andri Snær Magnason’s reflections on his family as it is about Iceland’s environment.

By |May 28th, 2026|Documentary|0 Comments

The Python Hunt

The Python Challenge, a 10-day extravaganza, invites amateurs from all over the country to catch and kill as many Burmese pythons as they can.

By |May 7th, 2026|Documentary|0 Comments

Our Hero, Balthazar

What, in this age of isolation and the male loneliness epidemic, are all the sad young men up to?

By |April 3rd, 2026|Crime, Dark comedy|0 Comments

Yes

It is hard to make films about current events so soon after they have occurred.

By |March 27th, 2026|Israeli, Satire|0 Comments

Ghost Elephants

Werner Herzog's newest offering is especially rich in incidental detail.

By |February 26th, 2026|Documentary|0 Comments

My Father’s Shadow

This striking film is, in some ways, a simple, realist story in which two young boys are allowed a full day with the father who they rarely see.

By |February 13th, 2026|Family drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

An invaluable and chilling picture of a propaganda machine at work in the everyday lives of those under its thumb.

By |January 20th, 2026|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments