[SXSW Review] Nature Calls
Once upon a time there was an comedian named Chris Farley and a movie named Tommy Boy. Farley, coming from a hardworking middle class Midwestern family, often m...
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[SXSW Review] Daylight Savings
I had missed Surrogate Valentine at SXSW 2011. However, I learn that Daylight Savings is a continuation of the story of Goh Nakamura (playing himself), an Asian...
[SXSW Review] Scarlett Road
Scarlett Road makes a compelling and compassionate argument in its portrait of Rachel Wotton, a mid-30s sex worker in New South Whales Australia, where her indu...
[SXSW Review] Crazy Eyes
There’s very little redemption in Crazy Eyes, a film that opens with the type of disclosure that appears buried in the end credits next to the copyright informa...
[SXSW Review] King Kelly
I would have never guessed Louisa Krause had it in her, front and center as a webcam girl in King Kelly, with an opening as she masturbates for her adoring fans...
[SXSW Review] Electrick Children
Rebecca Thomas’ Electrick Children opens in an undefined time and like another film about a village, it is revealed what appears to be the past is present day. ...
[SXSW Review] In Our Nature
In Our Nature is a strong debut feature by Brian Savelson. There is a trend this year (and somewhat last year with Sophia Takal’s Green) of people in their late...
[SXSW Review] Somebody Up There Likes Me
Many a Whit Stillman character has pondered if people really change. In Barcelona it’s argued that you can’t change, but you can change your context. Somebody U...
[SXSW Review] Eating Alabama
A running theme in SXSW is urbanites returning to the land. Either that or as sometimes happens when you’re seeing 3-6 screenings a day, unconscious themes neve...
[SXSW Review] Fat Kid Rules the World
After Jacob Wysocki's shining performance in the title role of Terri, Azazel Jacobs’ story of an overweight loner’s unlikely friendship with his principal, he i...
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.