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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.

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

Amrum

Actor Jasper Billerbeck plays one of the most memorably multidimensional young wartime protagonists since The Tin Drum and Empire of the Sun.

By |April 16th, 2026|Germany, Top Picks, War|0 Comments

Reunion

Rarely seen since the early 1990s, this haunting memory piece, written by Harold Pinter and directed by Jerry Schatzberg, returns to the screen.

By |April 3rd, 2026|Film History, Top Picks|0 Comments

Living the Land

Living the Land makes its points about the loss of a certain way of life in the face of inevitable modernism gently and memorably.

By |April 2nd, 2026|China, Family drama|0 Comments

At Work, Love Me Tender, Meteors | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026

These three films have garnered international awards recognition.

By |March 4th, 2026|Festivals, French|0 Comments

Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It

As director Paris Barclay makes clear, Preston was one of the early 1970s’ most exciting and original musicians, either as an invaluable sideman or as a hitmaker.

By |February 19th, 2026|Music, Top Picks|0 Comments

Cover-Up

A damning indictment of the past half-century of U.S. involvement in various scandals and cover-ups that continue to this day.

By |January 16th, 2026|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Young Mothers

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's latest, set in a state-run maternity home, follows five underprivileged teenagers who have either recently given birth or are about to.

By |January 9th, 2026|Foreign|0 Comments