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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.

The Man in the Basement

Philippe Le Guay’s taut thriller is about a subject all too relevant today: denialism.

By |January 27th, 2023|Thriller|0 Comments

Corsage

The brash biopic dramatizes an eventful year in Empress Elisabeth of Austria’s life, when she turned 40.

By |December 22nd, 2022|Biopic|0 Comments

Good Night Oppy

Rarely has science been so buoyantly personalized as in this wondrous journey that follows the amazing—and extended—lifetime of the Mars rover Opportunity.

By |December 8th, 2022|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile

The banally descriptive title aside, Kathlyn Horan has made an engrossing account of the recording of 2019’s While I’m Livin’, the first album of all-original material in 17 years by country star Tucker.

By |November 30th, 2022|Music|0 Comments

A Couple

French actress Nathalie Boutefeu stars as Sophia Tolstoy, wife of the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, in a solo tour de force.

By |November 10th, 2022|Biopic, French|0 Comments

You Resemble Me

Director Dina Amer's incisive and unsettling debut explores how a young French-Moroccan woman ended up becoming radicalized.

By |November 3rd, 2022|Drama|0 Comments

The Fire That Took Her

Sometimes it’s enough for a film to be an unapologetic piece of advocacy journalism, as is the case with Patricia E. Gillespie’s absolutely heartbreaking documentary.

By |October 20th, 2022|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Last Flight Home

Depicting the last days of her 92-year-old father, Ondi Timoner has a made a heartbreaking and profound documentary.

By |October 6th, 2022|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Taming the Garden

A disturbing documentary and cautionary tale about those with too much money.

By |September 29th, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments