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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.

Videoheaven

The only way to “visit” video stores now is through their depictions on film and TV, because that’s the only place they still exist.

By |July 7th, 2025|Pop Culture|0 Comments

Lemonade Blessing | Tribeca Festival 2025

Much of this coming-of-ager is so convincingly awkward that I kept needing to hide my face in embarrassment.

By |June 26th, 2025|Comedy, Festivals|0 Comments

Meeting with Pol Pot

Two journalists and one academic from France receive, and accept, an invitation to interview the notorious dictator.

By |June 16th, 2025|Drama|0 Comments

Dangerous Animals

The past decade has seen a sharp uptick in horror films with art-house aspirations. The wonderfully paced and imaginative Dangerous Animals is not one of them.

By |June 5th, 2025|Horror, Top Picks|0 Comments

Ghost Trail

Restraint here is powerful and multifaceted and dramatically effective, signaling terrors rather than drowning us in them.

By |May 30th, 2025|Drama|0 Comments

Jimmy in Saigon

A director's search to discover the truth about the brother he barely knew.

By |April 25th, 2025|Documentary, War|0 Comments

The Uninvited

A ritzy Hollywood party does not go as planned.

By |April 11th, 2025|Drama|0 Comments

Eric LaRue

The directorial debut of Michael Shannon, based on a play by Brett Neveu.

By |April 3rd, 2025|Drama|0 Comments

The Friend

At times, it feels like Eat Pray Love or Under the Tuscan Sun are the best points of reference here.

By |March 27th, 2025|Book adaptation|0 Comments