John Fink

[Tribeca Review] A Faster Horse

The branded documentary is a curious creation. On one hand, it is dismissive to consider A Faster Horse a car commercial, but as one, it works. The bind the pic...

[Tribeca Review] Dirty Weekend

Returning again to the scope of his previous dialogue-driven films, Neil LaBute’s Dirty Weekend is a playful buddy comedy with notes of Neil Simon – and a littl...

[Tribeca Review] Cartel Land

Following in the footsteps of the late, great, cinematic badass Michael Glawogger, whose work often put him on the front-lines of the most dangerous jobs (or at...

[Tribeca Review] The Adderall Diaries

For a highly praised author, Stephen Elliott is a pretty dull guy. Having just found success publishing his memoir Apart, Stephen (James Franco) is on top of th...

[Tribeca Review] A Courtship

Arriving in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival in front of a presumably liberal audience, A Courtship is a fascinatingly personal look at the Bible belt and ...

[Tribeca Review] Come Down Molly

While Molly (Eleonore Hendricks) was never quite the manic pixie dream girl trope, she was certainly held in high regard by the men of her past. Recalling her w...

[Tribeca Review] Bleeding Heart

Suffering from performances, direction and writing that each lack nuance, Bleeding Heart takes subject matter deserving of mature, thoughtful treatment and dist...

[Tribeca Review] Democrats

Offering immediate access to historical sausage-making, Camilla Nielsson's Democrats is an intimate look at the process of drafting a new constitution for Zimba...

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.