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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.

Janet Planet

Is playwright Annie Baker's debut film the cinematic masterpiece that many reviews are already claiming?

By |July 16th, 2024|Drama|0 Comments

Ghostlight

A small and subtle triumph of acting. The characters are all drawn with empathy and are often surprising.

By |June 13th, 2024|Family drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

Flipside

The film is about this store and the director's attempt to make sense of a life that he has not, thus far, spent the way he intended.

By |May 30th, 2024|Documentary|1 Comment

In a Violent Nature

Director Chris Nash brings a fresh approach to this familiar slasher story—to a point.

By |May 30th, 2024|Horror|0 Comments

Gasoline Rainbow

A group of recent high school grads are determined to have one last hurrah, so they pack themselves into a battered van and head for the Pacific Coast.

By |May 10th, 2024|Road Trip, Teen|0 Comments

Uncropped

The documentary profiles photographer James Hamilton, an artist who seems to have lived a Bohemian dream.

By |April 25th, 2024|Documentary|0 Comments

Mourning in Lod

The documentary follows three families in the fallout of two tragedies and one godsend.

By |April 22nd, 2024|Documentary|1 Comment

On the Adamant

Last year’s Golden Bear winner is a documentary about a facility where the mentally ill can pursue a variety of artistic and artisanal activities.

By |March 28th, 2024|Documentary|0 Comments

Much Ado About Dying

An accidental film that is moving, maddening, multifaceted in the questions it poses, and of significant depth.

By |March 21st, 2024|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments