This week’s roundup is highlighted by the entertaining new documentary, “Squaring the Circle” by Anton Corbijn, an illuminating look at Hipgnosis, creators of the most iconic album covers of the 1970s. In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the WeekSquaring the Circle...
Author - Kevin Filipski
This week’s roundup features my Blu-ray reviews of two great films by directors at the peak of their powers: Celine Sciamma’s “Petite Maman” (2021) and Shohei Imamura’s “Warm Water Under a Red Bridge” (2001), along with two fascinating art-world documentaries, in...
This week’s roundup features my reviews of several new releases, both in theaters and streaming, featuring top-notch performances: “Master Gardener,” with Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell; “Sanctuary,” with Margaret Qualley; “Giving Birth to a...
This week’s roundup features reviews of the new boxed set of “Superman” movies starring Christopher Reeve (on 4K/UHD); vintage “Superman” cartoons and recent Oscar winner “All Quiet on the Western Front” (both on Blu-ray); and new documentaries in theaters and/or...
This week’s roundup features reviews of Ralph Fiennes’ tour-de-force reciting of T.S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets,” Japanese director Naomi Kawase’s best film, “Radiance,” and the new film about the religious hippie movement, “Jesus Revolution.” In-Theater/Streaming...
This week’s roundup includes my reviews of the re-release of an unforgettable B&W film from 1990 by Hungarian director György Fehér; and two new films: “Other People’s Children,” showcasing the great Belgian actress Virginie Efira; and Ray Romano’s NYC family...
This week’s roundup features my reviews of several new films, including a fascinating documentary about John Lennon, “The Lost Weekend”; the loony “Cocaine Bear”; and Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum’s latest collab, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” In-Theater/Streaming...
This week’s roundup includes vintage re-releases worth noting: Terry Gilliam’s “The Fisher King” on 4K from Criterion; James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” on 4K from Warner Brothers; and “Amnesia” by the unheralded Dutch director Martin Koolhaven, on Bluray from Cult...
This week’s roundup includes my review of “Hilma,” Lasse Hallström’s biopic of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, and reviews of two rereleases: Japanese master Shohei Imamura’s classic, “Warm Water Under a Red Bridge,” and Finnish director Mikko Niskanen’s “Eight Deadly...
This week’s roundup features my reviews of a pair of interesting new films: Stephen Frears’ “The Lost King,” which dramatizes one woman’s fight to dig up of King Richard III’s remains; and the political documentary “What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears?” In...
