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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.

Shoshana

The biopic follows its titular heroine through the turbulent late 1930s in Tel Aviv.

By |July 24th, 2025|Biopic|0 Comments

Life After

Elizabeth Bouvia and her demand for the right to die is at the center of Reid Davenport’s angry, unapologetically polemical documentary.

By |July 17th, 2025|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Familiar Touch

Rarely has the subject of dementia been explored with such delicacy and insight as in Sarah Friedland’s feature debut.

By |June 21st, 2025|Indie, Top Picks|0 Comments

Television Event

Did a made-for-TV movie actually influence U.S. nuclear policy?

By |June 2nd, 2025|Documentary|0 Comments

Pink Floyd at Pompeii: MCMLXXII

Adrian Maben’s 1972 concert film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii has been digitally restored and remixed for IMAX screens.

By |April 25th, 2025|Music|0 Comments

The President’s Wife

Catherine Deneuve is a delight throughout. Her deadpan delivery hovers between bemusement and elegance.

By |April 17th, 2025|Biopic|0 Comments

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