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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.

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

Eternal Spring

First, and most simply, this documentary retells the 2002 hijacking of state-owned TV channels in Changchun, China, through animation.

By |October 14th, 2022|Animated, Documentary|0 Comments

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

It's 1974 in the Philippines, and a Japanese lieutenant lives his life as though World War II is still raging.

By |October 6th, 2022|War|0 Comments

The Justice for Bunny King

If there is one reason to see this, it is Essie Davis.

By |September 28th, 2022|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Good Boss

A fine and engaging dark comedy of the lying and hypocrisy of the business world.

By |September 1st, 2022|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

Inu-oh

This animated film transports viewers to a time when music was of paramount importance to storytelling.

By |August 11th, 2022|Animated, Musical|0 Comments

Resurrection

A horror film that fully embraces its fairy-tale roots (stories of a boogeyman who devours children) and goes to some wild and grotesque extremes.

By |July 29th, 2022|Horror, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Deer King

A grand sweeping epic fantasy with beautiful animation and many moving parts and levels of intrigue.

By |July 19th, 2022|Animated|0 Comments