Author - Kevin Filipski

The latest Digital Week roundup features reviews of Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” biopic, the UHD release of Spielberg’s “The Color Purple” (with the musical version just around the corner) and a couple of restored Buster Keaton classics on Blu-ray. In-Theater Releases of...

My latest Digital Week roundup includes 4K releases both new (“The Expend4bles,” “Oppenheimer” and “Saw X”) and old (“The Fugitive” with Harrison Ford) as well as a Claude Chabrol classic on Blu-ray from Criterion (“La ceremonie”). 4K/UHD Releases of the WeekThe...

This week’s roundup features reviews of classics in 4K (1973’s “American Graffiti” and 1963’s “Contempt”) as well as new films on disc, in theaters and streaming, including “The Nun II,” “The Marsh King’s Daughter,” “Girls on Film” and the documentary “Subject.” 4K/UHD...

This week’s roundup features reviews of the new Alexander Payne-Paul Giamatti comedy, “The Holdovers” and the 4K release of Tom Cruise’s latest “Mission: Impossible” vehicle. In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the WeekThe Holdovers (Focus Features) Alexander Payne teams...

This week’s roundup features reviews of two highly anticipated new films: Martin Scorsese’s epic adaptation of the non-fiction mystery “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Justine Triet’s epic-scaled investigation into a husband’s suspicious death, “Anatomy of a Fall.” In...

This week’s roundup includes reviews of the 50th anniversary 4K release of the cult chiller “The Wicker Man” and 4K releases of the Stephen King-Frank Darabont horror entry “The Mist” and the surprising box-office success from Australia, “Talk to Me.” 4K/UHD Releases...

This week’s roundup includes a must-see new film by Italian master Marco Bellocchio, “Kidnapped,” premiering this week at the New York Film Festival; “The Royal Hotel,” starring the three-time Emmy winner from “Ozark,” Julia Garner; and fine new documentaries about...

This week’s roundup includes several interesting new documentaries (including an incisive one from Argentina, at Film Forum in NYC); classic French short films; and a trio of new features: the thriller “Cobweb,” Italian family drama “L’Immensita” and redemption flick...

This week’s roundup features new UHD rereleases of two seminal films: William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic “The Exorcist” and Orson Welles’ unheralded 1962 Kafka adaptation, “The Trial”; also of note are four recommended new documentaries: “American—An Odyssey to...

Basically about three actors sitting around on a boat while their movie, “Jaws,” is taking longer than ever to make because the mechanical shark rarely works, “The Shark Is Broken”—written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon—is a decent enough diversion. Ian is the son of...