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...
Author - Kevin Filipski
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”...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of new movies starring a pair of accomplished veteran: “Know Goes Away” stars Michael Keaton (who also directs) as a hit man with dementia doing one last job; and “One Life” features Anthony Hopkins as a British stockbroker who...
This week’s roundup features reviews of several new films, including a trio of big hits: “Wonka” and “Migration,” both in 4K, and “Poor Things,” in theaters and streaming. 4K/UHD Releases of the WeekWonka (Warner Bros) In this colorful but pretty soulless prequel...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of new films that touch current and recent historical world events: the Bosnian war (documentary “Kiss the Future”), the migrant crisis (Oscar-nominated feature “Io Capitano”) and the war in Ukraine (documentary “Veselka”). Also...
This week’s roundup features reviews of several new films, including the Oscar-nominated satire “American Fiction”; a documentary about legendary film composer Ennio Morricone, “Ennio”; two new French films, one about sex (“My Sole Desire”) and one about cooking (“The...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of two films now in theaters: the Oscar-nominated Nazi character study by director Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest,” and the painstakingly animated drama “The Peasants” from the creators of the acclaimed “Loving Vincent.” In...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new films in theaters, streaming and on disc, including the space-station drama “I.S.S.,” the documentary “Apolonia, Apolonia,” the Finnish offbeat rom-com “Fallen Leaves” and the latest “Trolls” sequel. In...
