Edward Frumkin

A Woman Escapes Review: Three Directors Expand the Possibilities of Experimental Filmmaking

Since Sofia Bohdanowicz introduced Deragh Campbell's Audrey Brenac in Never Eat Alone, the eye-gravitating protagonist has always been on some inquiry, not unl...

5 Must-See Films at Prismatic Ground 2023

Prismatic Ground is becoming a must-attend filmmaker-centered showcase on the rise for underground documentaries, avant-garde, and experimental cinema in the h...

True/False Review: Ramona Incisively Contests Traditional Casting Practices

What is the criteria for playing a character based on a factual person? How much artistic license is granted toward playing such a character in a fiction piece...

True/False Review: Going Varsity in Mariachi is a Harmonic Symphony of Culture and Community

"To make a dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence." This quote from civil rights activist Cesar Chavez ...

True/False Review: Time Bomb Y2K Returns to the Mass Hysteria of Global Technological Collapse

We all felt doomsday looming over us when COVID-19 spread rapidly in March 2020. HBO's all-archival documentary Time Bomb Y2K reminds us that, pre-pandemic, th...

True/False Review: Dogwatch Examines Masculinity and the Lives of Private Mercenaries on the High Seas

Institutions dedicate extensive effort towards preparing for the future, often implementing protocols that help arrange for the inevitable, but what happens wh...

News

New Image from Bi Gan’s Sci-Fi Detective Feature Resurrection

Nicolas Winding Refn to Shoot New Feature In Japan

Martin Scorsese on Marlon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks: “It Cries Back to the End of the Westerns”

Trailers

Nickel Boys Trailer: RaMell Ross’ Stunning, Radical Colson Whitehead Adaptation Arrives in October

New Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis Arrives Ahead of IMAX Preview

First Trailer for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths Finds Marianne Jean-Baptiste Searching for Happiness

Reviews

TIFF Review: Bonjour Tristesse Strikes a Different Note Than Otto Preminger’s Masterpiece

Venice Review: Broken Rage Is a Hilarious, Rollicking Self-Portrait of Takeshi Kitano

Venice Review: Lee Kang-sheng Imbues Stranger Eyes with Mystery and Disquiet

Features

Posterized September 2024: Eureka, Red Rooms, Matt and Mara & More

New to Streaming: Rebel Ridge, My First Film, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Dìdi (弟弟) & More

NYC Weekend Watch: L.C. Barreto Productions, Andy Warhol, Another Woman & More

Interviews

Look Into My Eyes Director Lana Wilson on Psychic Tradition vs. Therapy, the Loneliness of NYC, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life

Jeremy Saulnier on Rebel Ridge, the Power of Information Deprivation, and Staying Energized Through Production Delays

Lee Daniels on The Deliverance, Shifting Culture, Douglas Sirk, and That Glenn Close Performance

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (January 14, 2005)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 546 – Trap (with Dan Mecca)

Edward Frumkin

A Woman Escapes Review: Three Directors Expand the Possibilities of Experimental Filmmaking

5 Must-See Films at Prismatic Ground 2023

True/False Review: Ramona Incisively Contests Traditional Casting Practices

True/False Review: Going Varsity in Mariachi is a Harmonic Symphony of Culture and Community

True/False Review: Time Bomb Y2K Returns to the Mass Hysteria of Global Technological Collapse

True/False Review: Dogwatch Examines Masculinity and the Lives of Private Mercenaries on the High Seas

Edward Frumkin