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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.

    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

      Costa Brava, Lebanon

      An auspicious debut that combines political commentary and an intimate character study with flecks of surrealism.

      By |July 14th, 2022|Family drama, Middle East|0 Comments

        Clara Sola

        Director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén has set herself an imposing task with her debut film: conveying the complexity of her title character without resorting to histrionics or melodrama.

        By |June 30th, 2022|Family drama|0 Comments

          The Book Keepers

          A widower takes to the road, promoting his late wife’s memoir in an emotional documentary made by his son.

          By |June 17th, 2022|Documentary|0 Comments

            Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen

            An absorbing documentary about how one of the most popular Broadway musicals was transformed into a hit movie.

            By |April 29th, 2022|Arts, Film History|0 Comments

              My Worst Nightmare

              Directed by Anne Fontaine
              Produced by Francis Boespflug, Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Pesery & Jérôme Seydoux
              Written by Fontaine & Nicholas Mercier
              Released by Strand Releasing
              French with English subtitles
              France. 103 min. Not rated
              With Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier & Virginie Efira
              Anne Fontaine has had a curious career. The French director has made some sophisticated and provocative films, like […]

              By |October 19th, 2012|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|Comments Off on My Worst Nightmare

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                Directed by Fernando Meirelles Produced by Andrew Eaton, David Linde, Emanuel Michael, Danny Krausz, Chris Hanley, Marc Missonnier & Olivier Delbosc Written by Peter Morgan Released by Magnolia Pictures U.K./Austria/France/Brazil. 111 min. Rated R With Marianne-Jean Baptiste, Jamel Debbouze, Dinara Drukarova, Maria Flor, Ben Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Lucia Siposova & Time it’s pores […]

                By |August 5th, 2012|Drama|0 Comments

                  The Well-Digger’s Daughter

                  Written & Directed by Daniel Auteuil, based on the work by Marcel Pagnol Produced by Alain Sarde & Jerome Seydoux Released by Kino Lorber French with English subtitles France. 110 min. Not rated With Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad, Sabine Azéma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Nicolas Duvauchelle & Astrid Bergès-Frisbey
                  In the world of French playwright-director-screenwriter Marcel Pagnol, […]

                  By |July 20th, 2012|Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

                    Farewell, My Queen

                    Directed by Benoît Jacquot Produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin Written by Jacquot & Gilles Turand, based on the novel by Chantal Going is quite about your, experience probably see applied bought expecting your still to and back like would not using sensitive really through loved from I, this and. Tinted And the […]

                    By |July 13th, 2012|Biopic, Costume Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|Comments Off on Farewell, My Queen