Once upon a time before Jason Blum's Blumhouse, there was Trimark Pictures. Launched by investors who also controlled video stores in 1988, Trimark was founded ...
Harkening back to IMAX's origins, Stalingrad -- the highest-grossing Russian film of all-time -- makes full use of the format with an absolutely dazzling sound ...
Strong performances help In Secret overcome what might have been a “prestige” retelling of Tyler Perry’s Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. Far from subtle, t...
I have no doubt one day director and co-writer Shana Feste will make a truly compelling masterpiece about the “New South." Her previous feature, Country Strong,...
Vampire Academy is often more fun than many brainless supernatural tween films like, for example, last year's dud The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. This is...
Love & Air Sex (formerly riddled with the far more generic title The Bounceback) is an uncanny romantic comedy, one that grows on you like a lazy weekend wi...
Verbatim theatre is a genre that aims to provide a certain kind of honesty through anonymity. Performances are derived from primary source documents like interv...
Legend has it that after 9/11, a fan rolled down his window and shouted to Bruce Springsteen, “we need you now,” inspiring the now classic album The Rising. Aft...
Written and directed by Ron Krauss, Gimme Shelter is an example of a faith-based, pro-life film done right. Often I’ve taken issue with faith-based cinema that ...
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.
