In a clear, engaging way, John Farr can synthesize movies and the media like no one else.
After Princeton, he began his career at Ogilvy Advertising, where he branded and sold everything from tissue paper to the “I Love New York” Campaign.

After close to 20 years in the ad business, John left to pursue what he’s always loved most: uncovering and promoting the best of world film, old and new.

In 2003, he helped revive the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Conn., a not-for-profit, landmark cinema, showing the best of independent, foreign, and classic films. In his capacity as co-founder, he interviewed the likes of Robert Altman, Gene Wilder, Tim Robbins, Arthur Penn, and Paul Newman, among others. In 2004, he also began writing the “DVD Detective” column for The Stamford Advocate and The Greenwich Time.

With his own multi-media enterprise, Best Movies by Farr, John now promotes outstanding film via an ongoing lecture series and a website that already features over 2,200 movie recommendations: www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com

Currently, John is a featured weekly film blogger on the Huffington Post, and also provides branded film suggestions on video to WNET’s “Reel 13” program website (www.reel13.org).

He has been interviewed on Westwood One Radio, WCBS Radio, as well as Air America’s “Ron Reagan Show”, and has also appeared on CNN.

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