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About Andrew Plimpton

Andrew Plimpton is a writer living in Western Massachusetts. His plays have been performed at The Tank in New York City; his fiction has appeared in Silo. He was a reader for The Paris Review from 2019 to 2021, and has written for Film Forward since 2018.

The Hand of God

Naples is as important to this semi-autobiographical film as its characters and events. It's where the sacred and the profane collide.

By |December 20th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

C’mon C’mon

Mike Mills’s big heart is his greatest strength, but also his greatest weakness, both of which are on display in his new film.

By |December 13th, 2021|Family drama|0 Comments

Agnes

A convent becomes the site of a reported demonic possession.

By |December 9th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Horror|0 Comments

Indian Sweets and Spices

This is not the sort of film in which you forget that you are watching actors.

By |November 19th, 2021|Family drama|0 Comments

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

This film is shot by Christopher Doyle, the cinematographer most famous for working with Wong Kar-wai and Edward Yang, and it looks incredible.

By |November 12th, 2021|Japanese|0 Comments

The Beta Test

A hotshot Hollywood insider gets in over his head with anonymous sex and logarithms.

By |November 4th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in this dark, strange, and bizarre bio of a cat lover and his wild oscillations of fortune.

By |October 22nd, 2021|Biopic|0 Comments

Lamb

It is through the quiet, accumulation of unsettling details and development of mood that Lamb derives its power.

By |October 14th, 2021|Horror|0 Comments

Freeland

Change has fascinating implications in this stark, moving study of character and a vanishing way of life.

By |October 14th, 2021|Drama|0 Comments