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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.

Let It Be Morning

A droll comedy/drama of an Arab village in Israel stuck in limbo.

By |February 3rd, 2023|Book adaptation, Israeli|0 Comments

All Quiet on the Western Front

The latest remake of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 anti-war novel, now from a German filmmaker.

By |January 12th, 2023|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, War|0 Comments

ICYMI: The Territory | Navalny | The Janes

Now streaming, three real-life stories of resistance and repression. In each, the emphasis is on hope.

By |December 17th, 2022|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

2nd Chance

The story of the man who invented the modern-day bullet proof vest is a classic American tale: a not-quite rags-to-riches beginning, followed by success that swells until it gets out of hand.

By |December 1st, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments

Retrograde

Director Matthew Heineman chronicles the process, and the aftereffect, of President Biden’s decision to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.

By |November 18th, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments

The King’s Horseman

Based on a play by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, which, in turn, is based on a real incident.

By |November 10th, 2022|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Something in the Dirt

How not to make a supernatural phenomena into a cash cow.

By |November 3rd, 2022|Comedy, Sci-fi|0 Comments

Please Baby Please

Director Amanda Kramer creates a world and commits to it. In other words, she swings hard.

By |October 27th, 2022|GLBT|0 Comments

Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros

This brief, fascinating documentary about incarcerated men who have been all but forgotten by the rest of the world, has itself been lost since 1987.

By |October 20th, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments