John Fink

[SXSW Review] Paul

Paul is a highly enjoyable love letter to geek fandom. Starting at Comic-Con (where else?), two British sci-fi enthusiasts (Simon Pegg as Graeme and Nick Fros...

[SXSW Review] Beginners

Beginners is a heartbreaking, soulful exploration of both hetero and homosexual repression. It’s a deeply personal and haunting narrative recalling other ho...

[SXSW Review] Bridesmaids

Note: although South by Southwest’s programming department considered last night’s screening of the upcoming comedy Bridesmaids a work in progress, in his intro...

[SXSW Review] Blacktino

Blacktino is nothing short of revolutionary. As a crowdpleaser, it’s so frank about diversity, the notion is reduced to its smallest unit: the individual. Aaron...

[SXSW Review] Girl Walks Into A Bar

As the title may imply, Girls Walks into a Bar is largely a one-joke film, and not a very funny joke as it follows a group of strangers in several strange bar...

[SXSW Review] Inside America

Inside America is a study of institutionalized behavior turning its lens to Brownsville, South Texas and to conditions that may produce either a homegrown terro...

[Review] Take Me Home Tonight

In three or four months when your walking past your local RedBox and you see a DVD titled Take Me Home Tonight, please don’t take its advice. The sin of the fil...

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.