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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.

The King’s Horseman

Based on a play by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, which, in turn, is based on a real incident.

By |November 10th, 2022|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Something in the Dirt

How not to make a supernatural phenomena into a cash cow.

By |November 3rd, 2022|Comedy, Sci-fi|0 Comments

Please Baby Please

Director Amanda Kramer creates a world and commits to it. In other words, she swings hard.

By |October 27th, 2022|GLBT|0 Comments

Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros

This brief, fascinating documentary about incarcerated men who have been all but forgotten by the rest of the world, has itself been lost since 1987.

By |October 20th, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments

Eternal Spring

First, and most simply, this documentary retells the 2002 hijacking of state-owned TV channels in Changchun, China, through animation.

By |October 14th, 2022|Animated, Documentary|0 Comments

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

It's 1974 in the Philippines, and a Japanese lieutenant lives his life as though World War II is still raging.

By |October 6th, 2022|War|0 Comments

The Justice for Bunny King

If there is one reason to see this, it is Essie Davis.

By |September 28th, 2022|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Good Boss

A fine and engaging dark comedy of the lying and hypocrisy of the business world.

By |September 1st, 2022|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

Inu-oh

This animated film transports viewers to a time when music was of paramount importance to storytelling.

By |August 11th, 2022|Animated, Musical|0 Comments