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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.

Words on Bathroom Walls

A film built around the message that if you accept love into your life, all your problems will disappear.

By |August 21st, 2020|Book adaptation, Teen|1 Comment

I Used to Go Here

Gillian Jacobs stars as a writer who finds herself spiraling downwards in the vein of a gentle, life-affirming screwball comedy.

By |August 7th, 2020|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Red Penguins

The failed partnership between American capitalists and post-Soviet Russians.

By |August 4th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Sports|0 Comments

Yes, God, Yes

Natalia Dyer captures the mannerisms, physicality, and inner life of a teenager so precisely and with such individuality that there is nothing paint-by-numbers about her performance.

By |July 21st, 2020|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Outpost

Based on Jake Tapper’s best-selling nonfiction book, the film features a rich and varied cast that sometimes transcends the tough-talking masculinity we expect from war films.

By |July 6th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, War|0 Comments

Beats

With distinctive black-and-white cinematography, masterful tracking shots, and an incredible ability to capture dancing bodies, Beats makes us feel as though we too are at the rave.

By |June 26th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks, U. K.|0 Comments

7500

A hijacking drama with Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a pilot of an airplane taken over by terrorists.

By |June 18th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Thriller|0 Comments

The Short History of the Long Road

A teenager copes with the loss of her father and strives to survive on her own during a cross-country trek.

By |June 16th, 2020|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Road Trip|0 Comments

Judy & Punch

The script walks a sometimes uneasy line between genuine darkness and a Monty Python–esque embrace of anachronism and the bizarre.

By |June 4th, 2020|Australian, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments