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Reviews and More by Kevin Filipski

Thursday, April 30, 2026

April '26 Digital Week III

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In-Theater Release of the Week   The Seduction of Mimi  (Kino Lorber) Italian director Lina Wertmuller—who died in 2021 at age 93—made frant...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Broadway Play Review—“Dog Day Afternoon”

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Dog Day Afternoon Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis Directed by Rupert Goold Performances through June 28, 2026 August Wilson Theatre, 245 Wes...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Book Reviews—Wings, Scorsese, Miyazaki, Hirschfeld's Sondheim

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Wings—The Story of a Band on the Run   (Liveright) As part of Paul McCartney’s ongoing Wings reclamation project—which began with the music ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

April '26 Digital Week II

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   Hamlet  (Vertical Releasing)  Updating Shakespeare has become such a mania that it’s rare to find an adapt...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

April '26 Digital Week I

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   Forbidden Fruits  (IFC) In this bumpy but often stylish ride, a secret witch coven among employees at a fl...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Off-Broadway Reviews—Two at the Public: “Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)” and “Public Charge”

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Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) Written by Anna Ziegler Directed by Tyne Rafaeli Performances through April 12, 2026 Public Theat...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Musical Review— Michael John LaChiusa’s “The Wild Party” at Encores

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The Wild Party Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa   Book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe; based on the poem by Joseph Mo...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

March '26 Digital Week IV

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   Project Hail Mary  (Amazon MGM) Based on the novel by Andy Weir—whose first bestseller, The Martian, was ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

March '26 Digital Week III

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   Slanted  (Bleecker Street) Chinese-American high-schooler Joan yearns to be as popular as white girl Olivi...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

March '26 Digital Week II

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Film Series of the Week/Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Case 137  (Film Movement) The great French actress Léa Drucker adds another sharply-e...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

March '26 Digital Week I

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In-Theater Release of the Week   Wuthering Heights  (Warner Bros) In Emerald Fennell’s latest pseudo-provocation, Emily Bronte’s classic nov...
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Kevin Filipski....
began writing reviews in 1983 for his college newspaper, the Buffalo State Record. Since then, he's written about movies, music, theater, books and videos/DVDs for the New York Times, Buffalo News, Buffalo Night-Life Magazine, Metro Weekend, Blue Dog Press, Queens Resident, New York Resident, Stagebill, Playbill, Time Out New York, Brooklyn Bridge magazine, Musicworks magazine, Brooklyn Paper, West Side Spirit/Our Town, staticmultimedia.com, amazon.com, film-forward.com, filmfestivaltraveler.com and timessquare.com. He's also written the program notes for Brooklyn Philharmonic concerts and penned the liner notes for the 2004 Special Edition CD of "The Big Chill" soundtrack.
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