This week’s roundup includes reviews of two animated films (“Robot Dreams” in theaters and “Kung Fu Panda 4” on UHD) as well as features as disparate as the latest senior romp with Diane Keaton (“Summer Camp,” in theaters) and an Italian migrant drama (“Io Capitano,”...
Author - Kevin Filipski
This week’s roundup includes reviews of last year’s best film, Marco Bellocchio’s riveting historical drama “Kidnapped,” finally opening in the U.S.; the Amy Winehouse biopic, “Back to Black,” showcasing a terrific Marisa Aleba, also in theaters; and the loud rom-com...
This week’s roundup includes a trio of new releases on 4K/UHD: the long-awaited digital upgrade of Queen’s 1981 concert film, “Queen Rock Montreal”; the blockbuster sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two”; and the restored version of Francis Coppola’s much-maligned 1982 musical...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of the latest poetic tale by Oscar-winning Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Evil Does Not Exist” (in theaters); a documentary about model-actress-Stones muse Anita Pallenberg, “Catching Fire” (in theaters/streaming); and the 4K...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of the new tennis bromance starring Zendaya, “Challengers”; the latest Jason Stratham action flick, “The Beekeeper”; and the latest 4K release of a movie by Italian “titillateur” Tinto Brass, “Frivolous Lola.” In-Theater/Streaming...
This week’s roundup features reviews of new films including “Civil War” (in theaters) and “Drive Away Dolls” (on Blu-ray) to 4K re-releases of Scorsese’s Oscar-winning “The Departed” and the cult items “Cathy’s Curse” and “Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker.” In...
The latest roundup features reviews of new films that run the gamut of seriousness, from the Southern border crisis (“The Absence of Eden”), the Holocaust (“Irena’s Vow,” “Resistance—They Fought Back”) and the food crisis (“Food, Inc. 2”)—as well as others, now on 4K...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of “Coup de Chance,” Woody Allen’s 50th film (in theaters and streaming); “The Beast,” Bertrand Bonello’s Henry James adaptation with the great French actress Lea Seydoux (in theaters); and “Monster,” the latest successful drama by...
This week’s roundup features reviews of the latest film by one of today’s most fascinating directors, Alice Rohrwacher (“La Chimera”); a couple of timely documentaries (“Against All Enemies,” “The Lie”); a couple operas on Blu-ray (“Doktor Faustus,” “Maskarade”); and...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new features and documentaries, including the Australian Outback procedural “Limbo” and the satirical “Club Zero” in theaters as well as the jokey French crime drama “The Crime Is Mine,” the gritty biopic “The Iron Claw”...
