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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.

    One to One: John & Yoko

    Kevin Macdonald's documentary centers on John Lennon's final full-length live concert, held in 1972.

    By |April 10th, 2025|Music|0 Comments

      Being Maria

      In Jessica Palud’s bumpy but effective biopic of Maria Schneider, the Last Tango in Paris shoot casts a shadow over everything that follows in Schneider’s life.

      By |March 20th, 2025|Biopic|0 Comments

        Who by Fire

        A reunion rife with old grievances and new tensions, often exploding around a dining room table.

        By |March 13th, 2025|Canada|0 Comments

          This Life of Mine, Visiting Hours, Winter in Sokcho | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025

          It wouldn't be a French film festival without Isabelle Huppert, and she arrives this year in Patricia Mazuy’s Visiting Hours.

          By |March 8th, 2025|Festivals, French|0 Comments

            The Empire

            A half-baked and only fitfully amusing parody of Star Wars and Dune, of all things.

            By |March 8th, 2025|Sci-fi|0 Comments

              The Count of Monte Cristo

              The kind of movie that Hollywood studios used to make in its sleep, an old-fashioned, grand-scale costume epic.

              By |December 19th, 2024|Featured|0 Comments

                Bona

                Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka’s restored 1980 drama is a blunt study of the effects of abuse.

                By |December 5th, 2024|Film History|0 Comments

                  Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

                  About one of the most important photographers many have never heard of.

                  By |November 21st, 2024|Arts, Top Picks|0 Comments

                    Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

                    The boisterous Italian-American Balsano family gathers for what may be their final Christmas Eve dinner in the suburban ancestral home.

                    By |November 7th, 2024|Family drama|0 Comments