The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology is a rather challenging film to review; like his other, rather useful The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (and his collaborations with...
The great Gene Siskel famously had a test a film with this stellar of a cast would have to pass: is it more interesting than watching a documentary of these act...
Brisk and informative, The Paw Project, from director Dr. Jennifer Conrad, is a look at practice of cat declawing and, ultimately, the lobbying efforts to have ...
I’m in Love with a Church Girl is the worst kind of faith-based film; preaching the converted, it continually talks about a hip Christian life style as an alter...
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Brian De Palma’s Carrie, but I’m not sure a remake is necessary, even if it's made by a filmmaker I greatly admire, despite her...
During the first 20 minutes of Baggage Claim, it dawned on me: if you’re up for this movie, you’ll have a mostly good time. This is simple enough, until mid-fil...
Dance movies, typically, are amongst the best kinds of films for 3D, although motion is heavily regulated and carefully controlled. I remember listening to Jon ...
Opening with a hilarious (and extremely awkward) first date at an empty restaurant, Juan Cavestany’s People In Places is unapologetically strange and often very...
Imagine for a moment if the heroes of Klown, Frank and Casper, landed in the 60's, at the height of the sexual revolution, and started taking over small Danish ...
The narrative-driven documentary Beyond the Edge, arriving on the 60th anniversary of the first successful Everest summit by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norg...
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.
