For a highly praised author, Stephen Elliott is a pretty dull guy. Having just found success publishing his memoir Apart, Stephen (James Franco) is on top of th...
Existing at the edge of performance art, Bodyslam: Revenge of the Banana! chronicles a band of misfits who aren’t degenerates in real life but enjoy playing the...
Arriving in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival in front of a presumably liberal audience, A Courtship is a fascinatingly personal look at the Bible belt and ...
While Molly (Eleonore Hendricks) was never quite the manic pixie dream girl trope, she was certainly held in high regard by the men of her past. Recalling her w...
Suffering from performances, direction and writing that each lack nuance, Bleeding Heart takes subject matter deserving of mature, thoughtful treatment and dist...
Offering immediate access to historical sausage-making, Camilla Nielsson's Democrats is an intimate look at the process of drafting a new constitution for Zimba...
While several films open every year chronicle the multiple facets of the European Jewish experience of World War II, there's only a select few about the Armenia...
With all the markings (and trappings) of his usual tastes, Woman in Gold is a minor entry into the canon of Harvey Weinstein auteur theory, a film that has part...
If the bank of trustworthiness requires constant investment, Alex Gibney’s previous work pays dividends in what is his most challenging film to date, Going Clea...
If there's one lesson director Bert Marcus ought to have learned from his subjects is that focus and determination is everything. Like a young kid channeling al...
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.
