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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.

Val

Val Kilmer has, in his own words, saved everything. The extent to which he has documented his life both on set and offstage is staggering, and these video snippets are the strongest assets in this documentary portrait.

By |July 22nd, 2021|Pop Culture|0 Comments

Zola

No story can succeed on notoriety alone, and this one demands a deeper treatment.

By |June 28th, 2021|Road Trip|0 Comments

The Sparks Brothers

Edgar Wright's documentary inspires nothing so much as a burning desire to cancel all plans and just listen to the band Sparks.

By |June 17th, 2021|Music, Top Picks|0 Comments

Sublet

Eytan Fox’s new film brings us yet another cinematic odd couple, one comprising two contrasting personalities from two different cultures.

By |June 10th, 2021|GLBT|0 Comments

Super Frenchie

For fans of extreme sports, this portrait of skier and base jumper Matthias Giraud should be a fun ride.

By |June 3rd, 2021|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

New Order

The dystopian film is best described as a parade of trauma and violence.

By |May 25th, 2021|Thriller|0 Comments

Sequin in a Blue Room

A teenager's life stops and starts relative to his sexual encounters in this intense film driven by the insatiability of his libido.

By |May 20th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, GLBT|0 Comments

RK/RKAY

The interplay between reality and illusion, namely that of a filmmaker and his invented characters, is the theme of this laid-back comedy.

By |May 13th, 2021|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Limbo

On a sparsely populated island off the northwest coast of Scotland, a group of refugees wait for approval of their asylum requests.

By |April 30th, 2021|U. K.|0 Comments