The Iron Lady begins and spends much screen time on the least interesting part of Margaret Thatcher’s life. Her husband Denis (Jim Broadbent) has passed awa...
If only this was a sit-com, what an uproarious work The Devil Inside would be. From this critical angle, (perhaps after proper lubrication, Alamo Drafthouse...
I believe Rush is correct when they say that “living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal” – Roadie, a new drama from Michael Cuesta starring Ron Eldard...
Suggesting from its opening credits the idea of a zero-sum game, My Piece of the Pie is slightly more allegorical than it should be – this type of Trojan ho...
The process of rebelling is often against your own past and, in that spirit during the magic of SXSW, The Other F Word is a compelling documentary I happened ...
If you are keeping count there have been four films concerning faith released just in the last month or so – The Mighty Macs (made in 2007) counters the patern...
When one sees 250+ films in a given year one tends to remember both the really good ones and the ones that insulted your intelligence or wasted your time. T...
Tom Petty was right – the waiting is, indeed, the hardest part. Paranormal Activity 3 involves much waiting, some neat effects, more waiting, and then an en...
From the opening frame Wetlands commands our attention. A naked, Marie (Pascale Bussières) walks through an open field and down to the wetlands, in the bliste...
Taylor Lautner is out of his league. What works in the Twilight series - where everyone is about as human as a doll - from Mattel Inc., isn't functional in ...
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.
