A tough nut to crack, Aloft is a poetic drama exploring a rather abstract issue: that line between faith and the openly observable. Written and directed by Clau...
As talented a director as David Koepp is, he’s no Blake Edwards. The screenwriter of many excellent features (Jurassic Park, Carlito’s Way, The Paper, Panic Roo...
If Kevin Hart ever makes a sequel to his concert film Let Me Explain, I hope he explains the circumstances behind his latest effort, The Wedding Ringer, an inco...
Tucked away in a screen at your local multiplex you’ll find another feature film, all be it not an Oscar prestige drama, tackling another contemporary issue hea...
Like filmmakers before him who have crafted works expressing the fears and anxieties surrounding Y2K (Wong Kar-wai, David Fincher, and Gary Burns spring to mind...
The saying “it is what it is” comes to mind when describing Taken 3. While that's certainly a cop-out in film criticism, unlike the thrillers that promise thril...
While I certainly won't evoke Chicken Little, and while the box office was down this year, the sky is not totally falling cinematically. But if we're speaking...
With a kind of quiet reserve, Big Eyes is a rare effort from the Tim Burton that plays it straight. The director wisely keeps the Burton-esque touches to a mini...
Opening with cold, narrative efficiency, Rupert Wyatt’s remake of Karel Reisz’s 1974 film is a stylish mess. Mark Wahlberg stars as Jim Bennett, a down-on-his-l...
In a season of Oscar-bait one of the most daring films of the year can be found in that perhaps sole multiplex in your region that frequently dedicates a screen...
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.
