[Review] The Double Hour
The Double Hour is a well-crafted thriller from Italy, holding our attention, while often keeping us guessing as we get plunged into the cold. The exhilarating ...
John Fink
[Review] Madea’s Big Happy Family
I’ve been closely following the Tyler Perry phenomenon, before the film adaptation of Diary of a Mad Black Women. His signature character Madea has achieved...
The Best of SXSW Film Festival 2011
South By Southwest is largely awesome as a condition of place. Austin is an amazing case study that has much going right. It is a city of filmmakers, lovers...
[Review] Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is on par with a good sitcom like Malcolm in the Middle but never reaches the heights of a great one, like Arrested Develo...
[SXSW Interview] ‘Apart’ Director Aaron Rottinghaus and Star Josh Danziger
Following the premiere of their visually striking love story, Apart, The Film Stage sat down with the film’s director/co-writer Aaron Rottinghaus and star/c...
[SXSW Review] Weekend
Weekend opens with a simple premise: Russell (Tom Cullen) is alone. His life is static. The opening moments establish the lyrical qualities of the film. He pa...
[SXSW Review] Self Made
Self Made is the feature film debut of Gillian Wearing, an artist who emerged in the unofficial movement (yet branded by the international art world) YBA, or Yo...
[SXSW Review] A Year in Mooring
For ambiguous reasons a man doesn’t take to the sea, but exiles himself besides the sea. Josh Lucas plays an unnamed man, credited as “Young Mariner” in A Yea...
[SXSW Review] The Other F Word
Watching Generation X turn 40, facing the consequences of a drop-out lifestyle lies a contradiction. How to you keep your edge while putting food on the table...
[SXSW Review] Apart
Problematic is any new film technology as its use becomes more pervasive, limits and controls are found as its boundaries are pushed. The advent of the Red One,...
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.