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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.

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Chen Kaige's epic has returned in all its visual splendor and with 14 minutes restored.

By |September 22nd, 2023|Costume Drama, Film History|0 Comments

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Filmmaker Mark Cousins takes a road trip to Cannes, and down film's memory lane, with producer Jeremy Thomas.

By |September 21st, 2023|Documentary, Film History|0 Comments

Between Two Worlds

Juliette Binoche stars as a journalist who goes undercover to take on menial cleaning jobs and write an exposé about how the other half lives.

By |August 10th, 2023|Book adaptation|0 Comments

A Compassionate Spy

Why did physicist Ted Hall share nuclear secrets with the Soviet Union as World War II was winding down?

By |August 3rd, 2023|Documentary|0 Comments

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

An enlightening documentary about Syd Barrett’s life, death, and continuing legacy.

By |July 13th, 2023|Music|1 Comment

The League

Director Sam Pollard recounts important aspects of African American history in his new, thoroughly engaging, but occasionally enraging look at the Negro baseball leagues.

By |July 13th, 2023|Documentary, Sports|0 Comments

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Nancy Buirski looks at the classic 1969 film through the twin lenses of its director’s homosexuality and the explosive 1960s.

By |June 21st, 2023|Film History, Top Picks|0 Comments

Dalíland

Mary Harron's chronicle of the exuberantly hedonistic 1970s New York art scene, with Salvador Dalí and his longtime muse and wife, Gala, as guides.

By |June 8th, 2023|Biopic|0 Comments

Close to Vermeer

“What makes a Vermeer a Vermeer?” is the question that opens Suzanne Raes’s meticulously observed and detailed documentary.

By |May 26th, 2023|Arts|0 Comments