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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.

Space: The Longest Goodbye

An informative and moving documentary that delves into the many difficulties of spending a long time in outer space.

By |March 7th, 2024|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Io Capitano

Director Matteo Garrone is scrupulous in his attention to the harrowing logistics of a Senegalese immigrant's journey to Italy.

By |March 4th, 2024|Drama|0 Comments

Perfect Days

The work of an artist with nothing to prove, with a hand at the wheel so sure you don’t even notice it.

By |February 6th, 2024|Japanese, Top Picks|1 Comment

Society of the Snow

J.A. Bayona’s approach to the famous 1972 Andes plane crash is a classic Hollywood tug-on-the-heartstrings affair.

By |January 25th, 2024|Book adaptation, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

American Symphony

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman offers a window into the lives of Jon Batiste and his partner Suleika Jaouad at an incredibly fraught time.

By |January 11th, 2024|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

All of Us Strangers

Andrew Haigh's new film can be seen as a long, protracted “if only.”

By |December 22nd, 2023|Book adaptation, GLBT|0 Comments

Monster

A film of tremendous unease that adults experience on behalf of children and children experience between themselves.

By |December 7th, 2023|Japanese, Top Picks|0 Comments

Apolonia, Apolonia; Neirud | DOC NYC 2023

Two arresting portraits of women artists who, in different ways, grew up in the theatre. 

By |November 30th, 2023|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

While We Watched, Bad Press | DOC NYC 2023

Two documentaries direct our gaze to places in the world where freedom of press is especially fraught.

By |November 24th, 2023|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments