Edward Frumkin
Brooklyn-based neurodivergent film critic and culture writer
Edward Frumkin he has written for IndieWire, Frieze, The Daily Beast, BOMB, Reverse Shot, Interview Magazine, and elsewhere. His interests include the innovation of documentary filmmaking and looking back at film pioneers like Jean-Pierre Melville. He participated in the 2023 Tiff Media Inclusion Initiative and graduated from the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the University of Missouri. He has also served as a screening committee member for True/False and Camden Documentary Film Festivals. In his free time, he performs open improv jams at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective (BCC), sees movies at his nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and attends comedy shows at Life World.
Other posts by Edward Frumkin
Evidence
The political intertwines with the personal in Lee Anne Schmitt's feature-length self-reflexive documentary, as the American filmmaker explores her father's career in a business of very questionable ethics - from the New York International Film Festival
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Barrio Triste
Four petty criminals operate under the purview of supernatural entities, in this Colombian blend of spiritual and gangster flick - from the New York International Film Festival
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Gavagai
In his self-reflexive new film, German director Ulrich Köhler meditates on the neocolonial hierarchies that he himself helped to perpetuate - from the New York International Film Festival
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Kites (Pipas)
Brazilian filmmaker blends magical realism, autofiction and documentary, in this love letter to the marginalised people of the favelas - from Tribeca
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Fior di Latte
New York playwright is addicted to sniffing perfume in order to keep the memories of a romantic holiday in Italy alive - from Tribeca
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The Scout
First-time director captures the thankless routine of a location scout seeking the perfect New York house for a television pilot - from Tribeca
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