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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.

    Unforgivable

    Directed & Written by André Téchiné
    Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
    Written by Mr. Téchiné, Mehdi Ben Attia & Philippe Djian, based on the novel Impardonnables by Djian
    Released by Strand Releasing
    French & Italian with English subtitles
    France. 110 min. Not rated
    With André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry & Adriana Asti, Mauro Conte
    What’s with middle-aged French actresses? Carole Bouquet, […]

    By |June 28th, 2012|Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|Comments Off on Unforgivable

      Corpo Celeste

      Written & Directed by Alice Rohrwacher Produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina, Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin & Tiziana Soudani Released by Film Movement Italian with English subtitles Italy/France. 98 min. Not rated With Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantaloupo, Pasqualina Scuncia & Anota Caprioli
      A startling debut film by writer-director Alice Rohrwacher, Corpo Celeste is a deeply insightful and compassionate […]

      By |June 10th, 2012|Italian|0 Comments

        Found Memories

        Directed by Julia Murat Produced by Taiga Films Written by Murat, Maria Clara Escobar & Felipe Sholl Released by Film Movement Portuguese with English subtitles Argentina/Brazil/France. 98 min. Not rated With Sonia Guedes, Lisa E. Fávero & Luiz Serra Although magic realism is famously known in Latin American literature through classic works by Jorge […]

        By |June 2nd, 2012|Foreign, Top Picks|0 Comments

          Amour

          Written & Directed by Michael Haneke Produced by Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschika & Michael Katz Released by Sony Pictures Classics French with English subtitles Austria/France/Germany. 127 min. Rated PG-13 With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Alexandre Tharaud & Isabelle Huppert Throughout his career—from his first feature, 1989’s The Seventh Continent, about a family’s […]

          By |May 21st, 2012|Family drama, Foreign|Comments Off on Amour

            Polisse

            Directed by Maïwenn Produced by Alain Attal Written by Maïwenn & Emmanuelle Bercot Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 127 min. Not rated With Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Joeystarr, Maïwenn & Emmanuelle Bercot
            The opening of Polisse announces the assuredness of actress-turned-writer/director Maïwenn’s study of Paris cops working in the Child Protection Unit. […]

            By |May 18th, 2012|Crime, Drama|Comments Off on Polisse

              Nobody Else but You

              Written & Directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
              Produced by Isabelle Madelaine
              Released by First Run Features
              French with English subtitles
              France. 102 min. Not rated
              With Jean-Paul Rouve, Sophie Quinton, Guillaume Gouix, Olivier Rabourdin, Clara Ponsot & Arsinée Khanjian
              She might be the guiding spirit behind the fictional Broadway musical that’s the subject of the television drama Smash, but the last place […]

              By |May 11th, 2012|Crime, French|1 Comment

                The Assault

                Directed by Julien Leclercq Written by Leclercq & Simon Moutairou Produced by Leclercq, Julien Madon & Marc Olla French & Arabic with English subtitles Released by Screen Media Films France. 90 min. Rated R With Vincent Elbaz, Aymen Saïdi & Mélanie Bernier Director Julien Leclercq’s grippingly re-creates the true story of the hijacking by Arab […]

                By |April 6th, 2012|Drama, French|Comments Off on The Assault

                  Cirkus Columbia

                  Directed by Danis Tanovic Produced by Cedomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo, Marc Bachet and Mirsad Purivatra Written by Tanovic & Ivica Dikic, based on Dikic’s novel Released by Strand Releasing Bosnian with English subtitles Bosnia and Herzegovina/France/UK/Germany/Solvenia/Belgium/Serbia. 113 min. Not rated With Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler & Jovana Stupljanin Bosnian director Danis Tanovic […]

                  By |February 25th, 2012|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Foreign, Top Picks, War|Comments Off on Cirkus Columbia

                    Mozart’s Sister

                    Written, Produced, & Directed by Réne Féret Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 120 min. Not rated With Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin & Lisa Féret Mozart’s Sister delicately explores how the soon-to-be-immortal composer’s sister lived in the wrong era— and in the wrong gender. Director […]

                    By |February 24th, 2012|Biopic, Costume Drama, French|0 Comments