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Reviews and More by Kevin Filipski

Thursday, September 24, 2026

September '26 Digital Week IV

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   The Weight  (Vertical Releasing) In early 1930s Oregon, Murphy (Ethan Hawke), who made a wrong move agains...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

September '26 Digital Week III

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   Kwaidan  (Janus Films/Film Forum) Japanese director Mitsuo Kobayashi’s 1964 classic is unlike other ghost ...
Monday, September 14, 2026

Off-Broadway Play Review—Revival of Wendy Wasserstein’s “An American Daughter”

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An American Daughter Written by Wendy Wasserstein Directed by Sarna Lapine Performances through September 20, 2026 Irene Diamond Stage at th...
Thursday, September 10, 2026

September '26 Digital Week II

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Streaming Releases of the Week   Sherman’s March   (Music Box Films) Ross McElwee has been making personal chronicles masquerading as docume...
Thursday, September 3, 2026

September '26 Digital Week I

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4K/UHD Releases of the Week   Practical Magic (Warner Bros) Griffin Dunne’s pleasant enough 1998 movie about a family of women witches and t...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

August '26 Digital Week II

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In-Theater Releases of the Week   If These Walls Could Rock  (Bungalow Media & Entertainment) The Sunset Marquis, a hotel in Hollywood t...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Shakespeare in the Park Review—“The Winter’s Tale” at the Delacorte Theater with Raúl Esparza

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The Winter’s Tale Written by William Shakespeare Choreography by Mimi Lieber; directed by Daniel Sullivan Performances through August 23, 20...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

August '26 Digital Week I

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CD Release of the Week   Paul McCartney—The Boys of Dungeon Lane  (Capitol Records) Now 84, Paul McCartney has released his first album sinc...
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...
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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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