It's a tough act for a critic to try and explain the joys and pleasures of Derek DelGaudio’s In & of Itself. In short, it’s an evocative exploration of nar...
As an optimist that believes theatrical exhibition will survive, I look forward to the day when David Prior’s The Empty Man is introduced by a genre geek at an...
Throughout his sixteen feature films, prolific Toronto-based, Egyptian-born filmmaker Atom Egoyan has explored obsession, modern technology, fragmented familie...
A dazzling and frank dance musical (with, truth be told, very little memorable music), Boaz Yakin’s Aviva is an ambitious picture free from the restraints of t...
Arguably the most eclectic director of the “Toronto New Wave," Bruce McDonald returns with his most ambitious and perhaps most frustrating film yet, Dreamland....
The story is so simple that there must be more to it: Melissa Lucio, a young mother of fourteen children with demons of her own, is tried and convicted by a ju...
Arriving a few years after Jim Jarmusch’s rosy portrait of New Jersey’s third-largest city, Paterson, Jean-Cosme Delaloye (Stray Bullet) returns to the town. ...
Set in the remote village of Ainu, a UNESCO World Heritage site that has been transformed into a tourist destination filled with shops and performances, Ainu M...
Well-meaning but often repetitive, Hydration is a behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the inaugural year of the much-needed Something In The Water festival...
Avoiding the trappings of other melodramas about the short lives of terminally ill teens, Asia is a restrained and nuanced exploration of the relationship betw...
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.
