This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new films, including the latest from directors Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Cédric Klapisch along with the new Jason Stratham vehicle (“Mutiny”) and an auspicious debut by violist-turned-triple threat Isabel Hagen (“On a String”)...
Author - Kevin Filipski
My latest roundup features reviews of a pair of films by autobiographical director Ross McElwee: his 1986 breakthrough, “Sherman’s March,” and his latest, “Remake”; as well as a new documentary about experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, “Hammer Forever,” and the...
My latest roundup includes my reviews of the 1998 witch sisters’ rom-com, “Practical Magic,” on the eve of its sequel’s release; a raunchy Italian sex comedy (“P.O. Box Tinto Brass”); and a trio of new films, from Lithuania (“How to Divorce During the War”), the U.S...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of three new releases in theaters (including the music doc “If These Walls Could Rock”) and two streaming features (“Miroirs No. 3” from Germany and “Secret Friend” from Hungary). In-Theater Release of the WeekIf These Walls Could...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of Paul McCartney’s new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” as well as new films “Late Fame” (in theaters) and “The Drama,” with Zendaya (now streaming) and the UHD release of Tum Burton’s “Mars Attacks!” CD Release of the WeekPaul...
My latest Digital Week roundup includes reviews of several new films that are in theaters (“I Want Your Sex,” “Lost Chapters”), on 4K (“Mortal Kombat II”), and streaming (“Brunello—The Gracious Visionary,” “Due West”). In-Theater Releases of the WeekI Want Your Sex...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new titles, including the Oscar-winning classic The Crying Game and a new mummy movie (both in 4K); and a trio of current in-theater releases (“The Floaters,” “Hadestown” and “Night Nurse”). 4K/UHD Releases of the WeekThe...
If 2021’s Death by Rock and Roll was an unsparing self-portrait of Pretty Reckless singer-lyricist Taylor Momsen’s descent into depression and drug abuse after the shocking deaths of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and the band’s producer Kato Khandwala less than a...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new releases, including the bloody horror black comedies “They Will Kill You” (4K) and “Corporate Retreat” (streaming); a documentary about a beloved American poet, “Mary Oliver—Saved by the Beauty of the World” (in...
My latest roundup includes reviews of “Obsession,” the surprise horror hit that’s now streaming; “Couture,” Alice Winocour’s drama set during Paris Fashion Week with Angelina Jolie, now in theaters; and several vintage foreign films—“Maurice,” “Don’t Play With Fire”...

