John Fink

[Tribeca Review] Do Not Resist

A film that may lead to important conversation regarding where the ethical lines are drawn between advancing technology and the extent to which peaceful protest...

[Tribeca Review] The Happy Film

So it turns out the key to happiness is Zoloft and a gorgeous women 20 years your senior. At least that's the message in Stefan Sagmeister and Ben Nabors' The H...

[Tribeca Review] Detour

A gleeful throwback to a genre that unfortunately jumped the shark years ago, Detour harkens back to the '90s noir that ultimately met its death with one too ma...

[Tribeca Review] Betting on Zero

A documentary reminiscent of The Big Short on a smaller and less-successful scale, director Ted Braun’s Betting on Zero has a narrow focus and an unlikely hero:...

[Tribeca Review] All This Panic

Shot over a three-year period in Brooklyn, All This Panic offers a frequently disjointed look at the interior lives of several ordinary, middle-class Brooklynit...

[SXSW Review] Tower

Utilizing an engaging mix of newly filmed footage rotoscoped à la Waking Life, archival materials, and interviews, Tower employs a verbatim style to capture the...

[Review] A Space Program

A work of documentation, as opposed to a pure documentary, A Space Program offers a vision of what The Martian might look like as directed by the heroes of Mich...

[Review] The Perfect Match

Pleasant enough, if not paper-thin and featherweight, The Perfect Match is a bland picture starring attractive people that never quite seems to connect the dots...

[Review] The Brothers Grimsby

Crude, cruel, and uncalled-for in the best possible way, The Brothers Grimsby, like The Dictator, marks another evolution away from the guerilla theater that pu...

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.