The Call, from director Brad Anderson, is a mostly effective thriller despite some minor objections. Centered on a strong performance by Halle Berry as a 911 op...
Taking on a challenging subject useful to all men, gay or straight, Unhung Hero asks, 'how do we measure up?' In fact, there is an app for it, The Chubby Checke...
Handsomely lensed and well acted, Emperor, from director Peter Webber (Girl with the Pearl Earring), embraces classical Hollywood sensibilities, almost to the p...
Filmmakers have always been intrigued by the loneliness and isolation felt by teens everywhere, not just in anonymous suburbs lined with big box stores off inte...
21 and Over begins with little warmth and affection, retracing a wild night as our “heros” (can we call them that?) walk naked, save for a sock, along a typical...
Todd Robinson’s Phantom is, at times, a skillfully executed film saved from direct-to-video boredom, mostly due to top-notch performances. Starring Ed Harris as...
Kyle Henry’s Fourplay is a curious case: an anthology of individual films with production dates from 2010-onwards exploring broadly sex between species, heteros...
Fiercely independent, John Sayles' latest drama Go For Sisters is set to premiere at this year's SXSW and looks to be a return to the gritty realism of his ...
The day has yet come in which Tom Green’s Freddie Got Fingered has been considered a landmark of surrealism, nor I fear will it for the uneven, half-baked gross...
Silly and loveable, Parental Guidance hits me at a critical blind spot. It’s an entertaining piece of craft that harkens back to the silly post-Latchkey kid Chr...
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.
