John Fink

[Review] Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat takes several “-isms" and throws them into a hilarious blender. The film works as an uncompromisingly dark horror comedy with director Danny Mulheron...

[Review] 1st Night

1st Night is a classy screwball comedy, so gorgeously lensed and very British, we almost forget just how silly the material might be had the same premise been a...

[Tribeca Review] Powerless

Kanpur, India is known as the Manchester of the East; an industrial town in the North, it's grappling with the realities of globalization, embodying the fundame...

[Tribeca Review] Oxyana

We never put a name to the face, as names are not required. It is brave of the residents of Oceana, West Virginia, the epicenter of OxyContin addiction to engag...

[Tribeca Review] All is Bright

Almost Christmas, the long-awaited second feature film Phil Morrison (Junebug) is an unexpected buddy comedy. Just released from a four years in Quebec jail, an...

[Tribeca Review] Deep Powder

Inspired by a true story, director and co-writer Mo Ogrodnik finds perhaps the least interesting way to tell what might have been a compelling narrative. I’m in...

[Tribeca Review] Some Velvet Morning

Since you have arrived at this film review, you do not like to enter the theater cold. Here’s my challenge; Some Velvet Morning is a demanding film to talk abou...

[Tribeca Review] Let the Fire Burn

The year is 1985. The extremist African-American liberation group MOVE has headquartered itself in a West Philadelphia house in a densely populated neighborhood...

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.