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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.

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

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