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”...
Author - Kevin Filipski
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...
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...
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...
This week’s roundup includes a trio of standout features: the Blu-ray release of last year’s best film, Marco Bellocchio’s exciting, densely political and religious thriller “Kidnapped”; the 4K release of the latest—last?—animated film from legendary Japanese director...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of a mix of old and new titles, from Criterion’s 4K release of Sam Peckinpah’s 1973 revisionist western “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” and two vintage Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray releases with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as the...
When Paul McCartney released his first Archive Collection set in 2010—Band on the Run, often considered his greatest post-Beatles work (for me, it’s just behind Ram)—he included One Hand Clapping, a long-unseen 50-minute TV documentary from 1974 about Wings, including...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of “Last Summer,” 75-year-old Catherine Breillat’s latest study of sexual politics; a documentary about the first women’s World Cup, “Copa 71”; a Powell and Pressburger classic, “The Small Back Room”; and “The Underground Railroad,”...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new movies in theaters: “Firebrand,” with Alicia Vikander and Jude Law; “Ride,” with C. Thomas Howell and Annabeth Gish; “Thelma,” with June Squibb and Richard Roundtree in his final role; and “Treasure,” with Stephen Fry...
This week’s roundup features reviews of a tearjerker starring Richard Gere (“Longing,” in theaters), the latest monsterverse adventure (“Godzilla + Kong—A New Empire,” on 4K), and a TV miniseries about the Sex Pistols (“Pistol,” on streaming). In-Theater Release of the...
