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Reviews and More by Kevin Filipski

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

July '26 Digital Week IV

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   I Want Your Sex  (Magnolia Pictures) Gregg Araki has been making weirdly off-kilter sex comedies-cum-drama...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

July '26 Digital Week III

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4K/UHD Releases of the Week   The Crying Game  (Criterion Collection) Neil Jordan’s best film is brilliantly directed and written (he won th...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

Rock Album Review—“Dear God” by the Pretty Reckless

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Pretty Reckless—Dear God  (Fearless Records) If 2021’s Death by Rock and Roll was an unsparing self-portrait of Pretty Reckless singer-lyric...
Thursday, July 9, 2026

July '26 Digital Week II

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4K/UHD Release of the Week   They Will Kill You  (Warner Bros) Zazie Beetz makes a formidable protagonist as Asia, a young woman at a myster...
Thursday, July 2, 2026

July '26 Digital Week I

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In-Theater/Streaming Release of the Week   Obsession  (Universal) The biggest surprise at this year’s box office so far has been this low-bu...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Off-Broadway Musical Review—“Girl, Interrupted” at the Public Theater

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Girl, Interrupted Music and lyrics by Aimee Mann Book by Martyna Majok, based on the book by Susanna Kaysen  Choreography by Sonya Tayeh; di...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

June '26 Digital Week III

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In-Theater Release of the Week   Disclosure Day  (Universal) In Steven Spielberg’s latest extravaganza, bits of Close Encounters, E.T. and M...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Shakespeare in the Park Review—“Romeo and Juliet” at the Delacorte Theater

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Romeo and Juliet Written by William Shakespeare; Spanish translations by Alfredo Michel Modenessi Choreography by Mayte Natalio; directed by...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

June '26 Digital Week II

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   Honeyjoon  (Collective) Young, single June goes to the Azores with her mother Lela on the first anniversar...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Broadway Play Review—David Auburn’s “Proof” with Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle

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Proof Written by David Auburn; d irected by Thomas Kail Performances through July 19, 2026 Majestic Theater, 245 West 44th Street, NYC proof...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

June '26 Digital Week I

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Film Series of the Week   Louis Malle: Portraits of America  (Metrograph, NYC) French director Louis Malle (1932-95) was best known for inte...
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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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