A film squarely in the wheelhouse of co-writer and director John Carney, Power Ballad plays the hits with a few heartfelt twists. It leans into the natural che...
Thornton Wilder’s meta-play Our Town, a staple of high school productions and English-class readings, has been used countless times onscreen—from its own adapt...
As far as dumb comedies go, Pizza Movie is a masterclass in throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. It doesn’t always land, but when it does, it re...
A parody of dialectical materialism (you’ll understand what this means when you see the film), superficial economies, and the cult of fast fashion, I Love Boos...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on February 13.
Offering a twist on the body-sw...
Working with her sister Anna—a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a developmental disability—director Liz Sargent’s sensitive drama Take Me Home is both witty and...
A kaleidoscopic celebration of creativity and inquiry into the boundaries of free speech, David Shadrack Smith’s Public Access revisits the birth of cable tele...
A brisk docu-thriller that could do more with the richness of the players it chronicles, Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s Hanging by a Wire is not without thrills and huma...
Taking a genre familiar to Sundance audiences and creating something distinct, if not entirely original, Ramzi Bashour’s road-trip drama Hot Water finds subtle...
We know so little about the life of Eleni (Cemre Paksoy), a nurse working in an upscale retirement community, until something awakens in her. Directed by Georg...
John Fink is a New York City area-based critic, filmmaker, educator and curator. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Buffalo International Film Festival.
