This week’s roundup features reviews of several new films, from “Materialists” with Dakota Johnson and a documentary about Scottish rockers Simple Minds to the latest Blumhouse flick, “Drop.” In-Theater Releases of the WeekMaterialists (A24) In her second feature—her...
Author - Kevin Filipski
This week’s roundup features reviews of new films in theaters (including Ana de Armas in “Ballerina”) and streaming (including Remi Malek in “The Amateur”) along with classics like Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” and a half-dozen Sean Connery Bond films on 4K. In-Theater...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several music-related releases, including a documentary on rock promoter Ron Delsener, the classic “Pink Floyd at Pompeii” concert film, a concert by Heart vocalist Ann Wilson, and a new production of Sergei Prokofiev’s great...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of new documentaries including “Drop Dead City” about NYC’s near-default in 1975, along with new films on Blu-ray: Robert DeNiro in two roles in the gangster movie “The Alto Knights” and the horror entry “The Woman in the Yard.” In...
This week’s roundup includes long-awaited film series of works by neglected/forgotten major directors, Ukraine’s Kira Muratova (onscreen at NYC’s Film at Lincoln Center) and Spain’s Vicente Aranda (streaming at Film Movement Plus), along with new films in theaters by...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of Clint Eastwood’s first go-round as “Dirty Harry” (on 4K) and a trio of new in-theater/streaming releases that run the gamut from French Riviera miserabilism (“Bonjour Tristesse”) and Scandinavian miserabilism (“The Gullspång...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of the new black comedy “The Trouble with Jessica” and restored versions of vintage films ranging from an Oscar-winning documentary about jazzman Artie Shaw to a pair of Clint Eastwood westerns, “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and “Pale...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new releases, including the newly restored version of the concert documentary, “Pink Floyd at Pompeii”; the latest body-horror flick by David Cronenberg, “The Shrouds”; a comic biopic of French First Lady Bernadette...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of new documentaries about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1972 benefit concert (“One to One”), Neil Young’s latest solo tour (“Coastal”) and rock and pop drummers and their influences (“Count Me In”). In-Theater Releases of the...
This week’s roundup includes films, new and old—new releases include the biopic “Audrey’s Children,” the dog pics “The Friend” and “Dogman,” the French dramas “Holy Cow,” “When Fall Is Coming” and “Rose,” and the Andy Kaufman doc “Thank You Very Much.” Vintage films...

