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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.

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

What this documentary does beautifully is remind us what makes Sesame Street unique.

By |April 23rd, 2021|Documentary|0 Comments
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Gunda

The actions in this nontraditional documentary are outwardly simple: viewers observe animals on a farm and in nature living their lives.

By |April 15th, 2021|Documentary|0 Comments
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Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad

With a lot of help from friends, a family negotiates with their captive father's kidnappers in this incredibly suspenseful documentary.

By |March 24th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Quo Vadis, Aida?

As tragic, horrifying, and bracing as it should be.

By |March 12th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks, War|0 Comments
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Boogie

A coming-of-age story and a sports drama, from the point of view of a Chinese American basketball prodigy.

By |March 4th, 2021|Sports, Teen|0 Comments
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The Father

For most of the drama, Anthony Hopkins is at his very best.

By |February 26th, 2021|Family drama, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Little Fish

A pandemic causes its victims to gradually lose their memory in this sci-fi romance.

By |February 17th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Sci-fi|0 Comments
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Minari

If the skeleton of the family drama sounds somewhat familiar, the refreshing specificity of character and situation makes it feel new and unexpected.

By |February 11th, 2021|Family drama, Top Picks|0 Comments
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The White Tiger

A strong film about the amorality that is required to succeed in an amoral world.

By |February 4th, 2021|Book adaptation, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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