Author - Kevin Filipski

Digital Week – October 16

This week’s roundup features reviews of new films including the Trump/Cohn bromance (“The Apprentice,” in theaters); Mary-Louise Parker in a different kind of time-travel puzzle (“Omni Loop,” streaming/in theaters); and Ti West and Mia Goth’s latest cheeky...

Digital Week – October 1st

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new films, including Kate Winslet’s labor of love “Lee,” a biopic of WWII photographer Lee Miller; French provocateur Quentin Dupieux’s latest silliness, “Daaaaaali,” about the Spanish surrealist; and Italian...

Digital Week – September 24

This week’s roundup includes reviews of the latest French body-horror entry, “The Substance,” starring—of all people—Demi Moore; Elizabeth Banks trying on an accent in the New Zealand hospital drama “A Mistake”; Bob Hoskins in the classic British crime drama “The Long...

Digital Week – September 17

This week’s roundup features reviews of “My Old Ass” (in theaters), a new comedy with the always-great Aubrey Plaza; and Mexican director Lila Avilés’ impressive sophomore feature “Tótem” and the slick horror flick “Late Night With the Devil” (both on Blu-ray). In...

Digital Week – September 11

This week’s roundup includes reviews of director Sean Wang’s delightful exploration of adolescence, “Didi”; Edie Falco’s formidable performance in “I’ll Be Right There”; and an interesting documentary about Donald Trump, “#UNTRUTH,” that unfortunately won’t be seen by...

Digital Week – August 27

This week’s roundup includes reviews of the first film by Spanish auteur Victor Erice in over three decades (“Close Your Eyes”), the latest absurdist comedy by Belgian directors Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (“The Falling Star”) and a dramatic showdown between...

Digital Week – August 20

This week’s roundup includes the unforgettable refugee drama by Polish director Agnieszka Holland, “Green Border,” now streaming; the return of the controversial “Caligula,” in theaters; and two recent releases now on 4K/UHD: Jeff Nichols’ new drama “The Bikeriders”...

Digital Week – August 7th

My latest roundup features reviews of new releases: the powerfully evocative love story between two young women, “The Beautiful Summer” (streaming); the impressive documentaries, “Electric Lady Studios—A Jimi Hendrix Vision” and “Modernism Inc.” (both in theaters); and...

Digital Week – July 30

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new releases, including the biopic about a Czech composer who predated Mozart, “The Bohemian” (streaming); the serial-killer drama “Longlegs” (in theaters); the Emily Blunt-Ryan Gosling rom-com, “The Fall Guy” (4K); and...

Digital Week – July 23

This week’s roundup includes reviews of “Fresh Kills,” the impressive writing-directing-acting effort by Jennifer Esposito (streaming); the new “Rocky” box set (4K); fascinating documentaries, on Blu-ray, about artist Anselm Keifer (“Anselm”) and Pink Floyd founder Syd...