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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.

    My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

    Filmmaker Mark Cousins provides a master class in focusing on thematic strands in Hitchcock’s imposing body of work.

    By |October 24th, 2024|Featured|0 Comments

      Daytime Revolution

      Erik Nelson’s engaging new documentary recounts when John Lennon and Yoko Ono cohosted The Mike Douglas Show.

      By |October 10th, 2024|Pop Culture|0 Comments

        The Goldman Case

        A methodical and engrossing courtroom drama based on the real-life 1976 trial of the mercurial far-left militant Pierre Goldman.

        By |September 16th, 2024|Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

          The Memory of Justice

          Marcel Ophuls's intelligent and riveting 1976 film, newly restored, might be the most expansive canvas he ever worked on.

          By |September 16th, 2024|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

            Sisi & I

            A historical drama blessed with two formidable performers, Sandra Hüller and Susanne Wolff.

            By |July 11th, 2024|Biopic|0 Comments

              Green Border

              A border crisis is the subject of Agnieszka Holland’s incendiary new film, which forcefully wears its anger on its sleeve.

              By |June 21st, 2024|Top Picks|0 Comments

                The Dead Don’t Hurt

                Vicky Krieps’s masterly performance carries this flawed but compelling character study masquerading as a western.

                By |May 30th, 2024|Featured|0 Comments

                  Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

                  Accompanied by an often swelling orchestral score, director Marco Bellocchio is unafraid to go for broke telling this true story set in the mid-19th century.

                  By |May 23rd, 2024|Drama|0 Comments

                    Taking Venice

                    An engaging look back when American culture was used to combat communism.

                    By |May 17th, 2024|Arts|0 Comments