Edward Frumkin

Edward Frumkin is a Brooklyn-based neurodivergent film critic and programmer. He is on the features programming team for Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and has written for IndieWire, Frieze, BOMB magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere.

REAL-LIFE INSPIRATION

They Returned to Prison to Bring ‘Sing Sing’ to Life

The formerly incarcerated cast of “Sing Sing” on trusting “white dudes” to tell their story, filming in a prison again after their release, and what it’s like making everyone cry.

Edward Frumkin

An illustration of a silhouette of a man's head with a film reel spinning with different colors all around

NO LAUGHING MATTER

Be Careful Before You Judge Me for Laughing at the Movies

A neurodivergent film critic responds to the backlash he’s received from those who find his very distinctive laugh inappropriate.

Edward Frumkin