Amongst the national conversation we’re having about race is a topic a topic often glossed over amongst the conservative talking point of “accountability." Yes,...
In what could also be described as a horror film, Welcome to Leith is a truly terrifying portrait of a small town of 24 residents that one day receives an unwel...
Borrowing its title from Maya Angelou’s poem Nina Simone: High Priestess of Soul, Liz Garbus' What Happened, Miss Simone?, akin to her previous works, incorpora...
Confronting the memory, myth and legend of Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Love and Mercy, directed by Bill Pohlad is an often-heartbreaking watch, exploring Wilson’s...
Earning a grand jury prize at this year's Sundance, The Russian Woodpecker is an exhilarating collaboration between US-based filmmaker Chad Gracia and Ukrainian...
Thought Crimes gets a lot of mileage out of its subject: the online activity of Gilberto Valle aka the NYPD’s Cannibal Cop whose fantasies involved kidnapping a...
Irritably charming, Les Combattants (which will be released later this month as Love at First Fight in the U.S.) is a warm summer romance destined to be remade ...
At multiple points throughout Tim K. Smith’s Sex and Broadcasting we’re told its subject, the Jersey City radio station WFMU, should not exist. It's not an NPR ...
While generations of high school films have used the prom or homecoming as a climax, the stakes have never simultaneously been so high or paradoxically as low a...
As odd as it is endearing, Michael Showalter’s Hello, My Name is Doris is a rare character-driven comedy that hinges upon the believability of its central relat...
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.
