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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.

    Jeanne du Barry

    A conventional costume drama about mostly pompous and entitled characters set against an exquisite visual palette.

    By |May 2nd, 2024|Biopic|0 Comments

      The Old Oak

      Another potent Ken Loach-Paul Laverty collaboration.

      By |April 3rd, 2024|Top Picks, U. K.|0 Comments

        Karaoke

        A gregarious new neighbor upends the lives of two retired empty nesters.

        By |March 28th, 2024|Israeli|0 Comments

          All to Play For, No Love Lost, Toni | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024

          Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.

          By |March 2nd, 2024|Festivals, French|0 Comments

            The Promised Land

            A cinematic soap opera of the highest order.

            By |February 1st, 2024|Book adaptation, Costume Drama|0 Comments

              Driving Madeleine

              As the title character, Line Renaud is a true force of nature.

              By |January 11th, 2024|French, Road Trip|0 Comments

                Immediate Family

                Director Denny Tedesco’s enjoyable documentary follows the long and winding careers of four men who are widely considered among the best session musicians of the rock era.

                By |December 14th, 2023|Music|0 Comments

                  The Taste of Things

                  Food porn is much better when seen on a big screen, filmed by world-class directors. Case in point: the culinary eroticism in Tran Anh Hung’s latest film.

                  By |December 14th, 2023|Drama|0 Comments

                    Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

                    Is the director a German caricature or a complicated, messy, but original filmmaker?

                    By |December 5th, 2023|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments