An Honest Liar was a highlight of what had been a very strong documentary program at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Co-directed by Tyler Measom (Sons of...
Part of the reason I gravitate towards and often find documentary films more interesting than narrative ones are because the format allows filmmakers freedoms a...
Like many, I learn about my subcultures from The Howard Stern Show, which had sent a correspondent to cover this year’s BronyCon, an annual fan convention for f...
A micro-budget midnight selection, Summer of Blood seems, apart from several contemporary references, an indie of another era. Written, directed and starring On...
Employing multiple modes of documentary storytelling, from talking heads, undercover reporting and on-the-ground war reporting, Virunga is a potentially paradig...
While it's not the most perceptive film exploring the diversity of the lesbian experience, Life Partners has several insightful comic moments that ring true. Th...
Goodbye to All That initially provides us with little context, launching directly into what on the outside seems to be a functional loving marriage between Otto...
Opening in New London, CT, Lou Howe’s Gabriel begins with its title character (played by Rory Culkin) in search of his long-lost girlfriend Alice with the inten...
“We live in cities, you’ll never see on screen. Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things," says Lorde her hit Team. The opening moments of Home, Jame...
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.
