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...
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...
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...
The year is 1985. The extremist African-American liberation group MOVE has headquartered itself in a West Philadelphia house in a densely populated neighborhood...
Bridegroom is a curious, highly personal documentary, an intimate portrait of Tom and Shane, two all-American kids in love from the Midwest. What is so curious ...
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is a mostly fitting documentary for a comic genius. With a mix of hilarious clips and interviews, it’s lively and fun without reac...
Adult World is a likeable, boarding on loveable, comedy staring Emma Roberts as Amy, a recent college graduate with a degree in poetry. Not exactly a lucrative ...
A bleak work edging towards neo-realism, Sunlight Jr. takes place in a welfare state: a trailer park outside of Tampa. There aren’t full on revaluations about t...
A Case of You is a dumb romantic comedy -- not without a few laughs, but it's certainly missing many brain cells. Sam (Justin Long) writes novelizations of popu...
Matt Wolf’s Teenage is an awfully bland telling of an interesting story. Combining media, including archival materials with some newly shot footage, it traces t...
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.
