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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 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

                Miracle

                After a novice nun leaves her convent, a police inspector attempts to piece together what happened to her and why in this absorbing Romanian drama.

                By |September 20th, 2022|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

                  Hold Me Tight

                  Vicky Krieps gives a magisterial, totally committed performance in a a remarkable, singular character study. Rarely has a performer conveyed painful sorrow in such a restrained but forceful manner.

                  By |September 8th, 2022|Featured|0 Comments

                    A Love Song

                    Debut director Max Walker-Silverman smartly keeps the focus on his stars, Dale Dickey and Wes Studi.

                    By |July 28th, 2022|Road Trip|0 Comments