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About Kevin Filipski

Kevin Filipski earned his master's degree in Cinema Studies from New York University and has written about the arts for the New York Times, Playbill, Time Out New York, and Brooklyn Paper, along with several websites.

Soul Patrol

An invaluable record of firsthand testimonies correcting a whitewashed history.

By |November 5th, 2026|Documentary, War|0 Comments

Closure

An emotional and nakedly intimate chronicle of a man desperate to find out whether his son is alive or dead.

By |October 28th, 2026|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Alex Gibney’s never less than riveting account of the knife attack on Salman Rushdie.

By |September 18th, 2026|Documentary|0 Comments

Franz

For her ambitious biopic about Franz Kafka, director Agnieszka Holland refuses to take the obvious route.

By |August 20th, 2026|Biopic|0 Comments

Wild Inside

The absorbing documentary explores how an owl that has spent its life in captivity finds itself in the wild and urgently needs to learn basic skills to survive.

By |July 31st, 2026|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Remake

Ross McElwee's latest film may be his most personal exploration yet, chronicling the grief he has felt since 27-year-old son died of a fentanyl overdose.

By |July 9th, 2026|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

An unabashedly nostalgic trip back to a musical era that no longer exists.

By |June 19th, 2026|Music|0 Comments

Aloïse

A biopic about Aloïse Corbaz, a self-taught Swiss artist who belonged to the outsider art movement, starring Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig.

By |May 14th, 2026|Biopic, Film History|0 Comments

Bernstein’s Wall

If there was ever a rock star in classical music, it was Leonard Bernstein.

By |April 23rd, 2026|Music|0 Comments