Tracing the link between prior family violence and the present day, A Murder in Mansfield is Barbara Kopple’s intimate exploration of the relationship between c...
Toiling away in his backyard in Butler, PA (outside of Pittsburgh), Ron Heist is a 66-year-old man who built his first structure at age 16 and kept going, creat...
Reflecting on a production that might have been just a little more interesting than the excellent film they were making, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Feat...
Back from either the dead or a seven-year sabbatical when he last appeared in the now-misleading Saw 3D: The Final Chapter in 2010, the latest reincarnation of ...
Oh, that darn Internet of Things! One of these days all of our internet-connected devices may conspire against us and in a smarter picture with a more biting co...
American Satan is the kind of film that might very well pop up as an Alamo Drafthouse Weird Wednesday screening in the coming years. It’s a shame its distributo...
The summer studio comedy drought continues with The House. Although occasionally funny, it’s a minor entry into the canon of Will Ferrell’s usual brand of humor...
Focusing on a year in the life of three adult students -- Melissa, Greg and Shynika -- enrolled in Indianapolis’ Excel Center, a publicly-funded high school for...
With a tip of the hat to Jacques Tati, Charlie Chaplin, and Jacques Demy, husband/wife team Fiona Gordon and Dominique Abel’s Lost in Paris is a whimsical, almo...
Documentaries such as David Byars’ fascinating No Man's Land have an important function going beyond the headlines, memes, and talking points that prove to be d...
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.
