John Fink

[Montclair Review] God Bless the Child

While the state of Maryland debates the difference between absentee and free-range parenting, God Bless the Child, directed by Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda...

[Tribeca Review] Applesauce

Those that find Noah Baumbach too neurotic ought to stand clear of a entirely different brand of neurosis from American-Turkish Brooklynite writer-director-star...

[Tribeca Review] Very Semi-Serious

Like Live From New York!, the Saturday Night Live documentary which also screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, underscores the difficulty of making a picture a...

[Tribeca Review] TransFatty Lives

TransFatty Lives is a stunning personal documentary directed by Patrick O’Brien aka DJ Transfatty, an artist/filmmaker living with ALS. Produced, written and co...

[Tribeca Review] Live from New York!

Unfortunately lacking deep insight into the Saturday Night Live dynasty, Live From New York! plays as a series of mini-documentaries that might come packaged wi...

[Tribeca Review] In Transit

Ripe with rich source material each worthy of their own feature films, In Transit provides a glance into various lives and narratives. Some intersect and intera...

[Tribeca Review] King Jack

An impressive debut feature from Felix Thompson, King Jack is a powerful day-in-the-life drama following two lower-middle class families at war with each other ...

[Tribeca Review] Killing Them Safely

Killing Them Safely is, above all, an example of excellent, ethical, fair, and balanced journalism allowing both sides to state their case. What emerges in its ...

John Fink

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.