John Fink

[Montclair Review] Hello, My Name is Doris

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...

[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 ...

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.