Honoring the spirit of the namesake of TIFF’s Wavelengths program, another Toronto-based filmmaker masterfully plays with space and time creating what has been ...
Apparently kids from Baltimore to County Durham to Auckland have the same problem: parents just don’t understand. So little has changed since Will Smith and DJ ...
Diagnosed some 37 years ago by the poet laureate of the great state of New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen’s song and album of the same name, The Darkness on the Edge...
Colorful and beautifully shot, Mala Mala is occasionally as tender and provocative as some of Pedro Almodóvar’s best work. Told through nine subjects, directors...
There has yet to be a great documentary about education reform. A politicized issue if there was ever one, Greg Whitely, director of Mitt and New York Doll trie...
Amongst the national conversation we’re having about race is a topic a topic often glossed over amongst the conservative talking point of “accountability." Yes,...
In what could also be described as a horror film, Welcome to Leith is a truly terrifying portrait of a small town of 24 residents that one day receives an unwel...
Borrowing its title from Maya Angelou’s poem Nina Simone: High Priestess of Soul, Liz Garbus' What Happened, Miss Simone?, akin to her previous works, incorpora...
Confronting the memory, myth and legend of Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Love and Mercy, directed by Bill Pohlad is an often-heartbreaking watch, exploring Wilson’s...
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.
