Kevin Filipski

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kevin Filipski

12 hours agoIndia: Violent bullfight ends in tragedy deadly as 85-year-old falls during desperate attempt to reach safetyKota, India - May 31, 2025 An 85-year-old man tragically lost his life when two bulls clashed near a parked car. As he tried to flee by climbing a nearby shop's stairs, one of the bulls struck him, causing a fatal fall. The incident occurred in Kota district, in northern India’s Rajasthan, on May 31.

3 weeks ago | playbill.com | Kevin Filipski

Already an annual must-attend event, Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City began in 2022 as a post-pandemic way of bringing art from the New York area and beyond to audiences just beginning to venture out again, and it has grown in size and scope to what it is today: hosting hundreds of artists who perform for appreciative local and international audiences.

3 weeks ago | staticmultimedia.com | Kevin Filipski

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several music-related releases, including a documentary on rock promoter Ron Delsener, the classic “Pink Floyd at Pompeii” concert film, a concert by Heart vocalist Ann Wilson, and a new production of Sergei Prokofiev’s great opera “War and Peace.” French writer-director Jonathan Millet makes his feature debut with this tense, intelligent slow-burn thriller about a Syrian refugee in France who one day notices a man who looks like the person who tortured...

1 month ago | staticmultimedia.com | Kevin Filipski

This week’s roundup includes reviews of new documentaries including “Drop Dead City” about NYC’s near-default in 1975, along with new films on Blu-ray: Robert DeNiro in two roles in the gangster movie “The Alto Knights” and the horror entry “The Woman in the Yard.”The mid-’70s were anything but a glorious time for New York City: its finances were a mess, and when Abe Beame became mayor, it was discovered that the city was $6 billion in debt.

1 month ago | staticmultimedia.com | Kevin Filipski

This week’s roundup includes long-awaited film series of works by neglected/forgotten major directors, Ukraine’s Kira Muratova (onscreen at NYC’s Film at Lincoln Center) and Spain’s Vicente Aranda (streaming at Film Movement Plus), along with new films in theaters by Sweden’s Bille August (“The Kiss”) and Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud (“Love,” the first film in a trilogy).