What’s it like to practice a sport build on freedom and expression in a highly oppressive environment where being a young man equals having a target on your bac...
Highlighting the consequences of personhood laws, which essentially prioritize the rights of an unborn fetus over those of the woman carrying the child, Jo Ardi...
An intimate yet slight portrait of New York cartoonist, poet, children’s book author, New York Times op-ed contributor, and father to nine child, Stevenson: Los...
The most meaningful educational experiences often take place around the kind of classroom learning that is prescribed in a curriculum, the “ah-ha” moments that ...
In a certain light, all filmmakers–even the most successful–are con artists as heart, convincing investors, a crew, and performers to go along for the ride with...
“The words to pop songs are about the only literature of advice we have on romantic matters," said an uptight yuppie struggling with matters of the heart in Whi...
As a life-long appreciator of Atom Egoyan–trust me on this one–Guest of Honour is one of his stranger pictures veering occasionally into the territory of dark c...
Arriving about two years after a series of revelations brought to public predatory behavior that’s been at the core of the film industry since its inception, Ki...
The thesis of the impeccably directed Dogs Don't Wear Pants is that you can teach a dog new tricks, especially if that dog has a threshold and an appetite for e...
It’s no wonder Netflix is distributing the latest work in the Shaft cinematic universe internationally, skipping a theatrical release in many territories. Tim S...
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.
