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Eddie Cockrell

Eddie Cockrell's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

East coast editor and video columnist, Nitrate Online (http://www.nitrateonline.com) Variety critic, Berlin, Toronto, Montreal, Karlovy Vary, Seattle, Denver festivals (http://www.variety.com) Catalogue editor/writer, Washington DC, Philadelphia,Hamptons, Sydney festivals Eddie Cockrell is a film critic, programmer and public speaker based in suburban Maryland. From 1994 to 1996 he presented sneak screenings at Washington's Biograph Theater, and continues to speak regularly at the Key Sunday Cinema Club, Talk Cinema and Sunday Cinema at the Charles program in New York, Washington, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Westchester. He contributes film catalogue notes to the Sydney and Hamptons film festivals, the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema and Filmfest DC, serving as Senior Catalogue Editor and Programmer for the latter since its inception in 1986. His recent programs for the Smithsonian Associates include "Understanding the Art of Film," "Comedy Today" and "The Hollywood Musical," and he has hosted programs at the Corcoran Gallery of Art exploring the films of Peter Weir and Stanley Kubrick and at the National Gallery of Art surveying contemporary Slovak Cinema. He has been film critic for Fox Morning News and Fox News at Noon in Washington, DC (Fox WTTG 5) and Programmer/Project Coordinator for "Films from the Americas," presented by the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel. Since 1992 he has served as Executive Director of The Americas Film Festival Foundation, a non-profit organization which presents new Spanish- and Portuguese-language film events around the world. For many years he served as the Associate Director of Film Programming for The American Film Institute National Exhibition Programs, planning and presenting film and video series at the AFI's year-round repertory cinema at WashingtonÕs Kennedy Center. He researched and wrote Preview, the theater's monthly film schedule. Highlights include previously banned films from Romania, an ongoing weekly examination of new American Independent Cinema, contemporary German films and tributes to film personalities (including John Cassavetes, Greta Garbo, Satyajit Ray, Fred MacMurray, Barbet Schroeder, Marlene Dietrich, Ken Russell and the gangster in film). A veteran of television, radio, and classroom, he has appeared on the Panorama (WTTG), John McLaughlin (CNBC) and WorldNet (USIA) TV programs; the Derek McGinty (WAMU FM), Voice of America (USIA) and Morning Papers (WHFS FM) radio broadcasts; and at various movie presentations, on-stage celebrity interviews and fundraising events. A Washington area native, Cockrell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature/Cinema Studies from The American University and served on the adjunct faculty from 1990 to 1993. From 1979 to 1989 he was film critic for WGMS radio in Washington, and for a time wrote the "Film Talk" column for the Friday Weekend section of The Washington Post. As Film Specialist he was involved with the "Filmmaking in America" project for the United States Information Agency from 1982 to 1989. In this capacity he researched and wrote panels for the exhibit and traveled to Athens, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Bratislava, where he trained the on-site tour guides and discussed the history of Hollywood with local media, academics and exhibit visitors. In 1992 he served as a juror for the inaugural edition of the Festival of First Films in Bratislava, (former) Czechoslovakia.

Location:

Wheaton, Maryland

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Chutney Popcorn (1999) 87% EDIT “Ganatra and co-writer Susan Carnival do a fine job of illuminating and contrasting the Indian and lesbian cultures, drawing subtle yet strong visual linkages and peppering their script with healthily acerbic observations.” – IndieWire May 29, 2020 Full Review EDIT “Director Adrian Buitenhuis made the revealing documentary I Am Heath Ledger two years ago, and he brings the same meticulous research to this project.” – The Australian Sep 20, 2019 Full Review Hearts and Bones (2019) 81% EDIT “The intuitive selection of the four leads, and their complex, perceptive playing of the material, is a credit to Lawrence's deft direction of both veteran and non-professional talent.” – Variety Jun 21, 2019 Full Review Emu Runner (2018) 89% EDIT “Thomas has made a deep, rich meditation on family, community, country and racial tensions that strides well beyond its girl-meets-bird logline. Flightless the Dromaius novaehollandiae may be, but "Emu Runner" soars.” – Variety Jun 16, 2019 Full Review Palm Beach (2019) 48% EDIT “This isn't so much a movie as a Venn diagram of working talent, cashing in their chips to have a good time together creating accessible entertainment.” – Variety Jun 5, 2019 Full Review Stuck (2017) 50% EDIT “A modest achievement that benefits from a lot of heart and not being like anything else out there.” – Variety Apr 18, 2019 Full Review Jirga (2018) 78% EDIT “Unfortunately cryptic but nonetheless fascinating...” – Variety Dec 11, 2018 Full Review The Second (2018) 63% EDIT “"The Second" is a sexy and satisfying thriller that toys with time, memory and the provocative side of storytelling.” – Variety Jul 10, 2018 Full Review Brothers' Nest (2018) 92% EDIT “Though brimming with pitch-black comedy, "Brothers' Nest" actually plays like more of an absurdist tragedy as it pits good brother against good-brother-gone-bad in a cautionary tale of longing and desperation that packs a surprisingly affecting punch.” – Variety Jun 19, 2018 Full Review Australia Day (2017) 50% EDIT “It holds a mirror up to contemporary Australian society and offers those unfamiliar with its tensions a relatively factual dramatic experience.” – Variety Jul 4, 2017 Full Review The Forest of the Lost Souls (2017) 75% EDIT “A nasty and impressive little thriller that goes about its business with ruthless cinematic efficiency.” – Variety Jul 4, 2017 Full Review Ellipsis (2017) 83% EDIT “An accidental encounter in Sydney leads to a night of whimsical discovery in this multicultural pastiche.” – Variety Jul 4, 2017 Full Review We Don't Need a Map (2017) 83% EDIT “The film manages to achieve that unique tone of Australian self-deprecation tempered by frustration but resolutely remaining positive about the future.” – Variety Jun 9, 2017 Full Review For Here or to Go? (2015) 41% EDIT “Bhilawadikar's too-busy script nevertheless scores legitimate points ...” – Variety Mar 30, 2017 Full Review Pork Pie (2017) 100% EDIT “Hello, "Pork Pie."” – Variety Mar 9, 2017 Full Review Red Dog: True Blue (2016) 100% EDIT “As an original Boys Own adventure, the film succeeds in painting a vividly nostalgic, if necessarily episodic, picture of an old-fashioned European Australian outback experience of sturdy men in a hard land.” – Variety Jan 24, 2017 Full Review Hounds of Love (2016) 88% EDIT “Australian director Ben Young's debut offers a bold new spin on the serial-killer genre.” – Variety Sep 2, 2016 Full Review Red Christmas (2016) 48% EDIT “An energetic, candy-colored romp through genre tropes that manages to take its subject matter seriously while poking fun at itself at the same time.” – Variety Jul 28, 2016 Full Review Women He's Undressed (2015) 91% EDIT “The film overstays its welcome by punctuating his story with ill-advised dramatic fantasy sequences that are meant to illustrate the anguish of a gay man in mid-century America, but come across as heavy-handed and mean-spirited.” – Variety Jul 25, 2016 Full Review Girl Asleep (2015) 81% EDIT “A strange, savvy, big-hearted teen adventure that feels perfectly pitched to its target audience as well as those of all ages in search of something unquestionably unique.” – Variety Jul 7, 2016 Full Review Thank You for Bombing (2015) EDIT “Affecting and well-made ...” – Variety Jun 19, 2016 Full Review Goldstone (2016) 76% EDIT “[A] socially conscious, supremely accomplished procedural thriller.” – Variety Jun 10, 2016 Full Review The 5th Wave (2016) 17% EDIT “An effectively decent post-apocalyptic, young-adult, world-in-the-balance survival thriller.” – Variety Jan 14, 2016 Full Review The Daughter (2015) 77% EDIT “Theater director Simon Stone delivers a powerful, low-key yet achingly intense reimagining of Ibsen's 'The Wild Duck.'” – Variety Aug 31, 2015 Full Review Kick-Ass 2 (2013) 33% 4/5 EDIT “Should Kick-Ass 2 represent the end of the line for this polarising, guilty pleasure-defining franchise, it sure was fun while it lasted.” – sbs.com.au Jul 7, 2015 Full Review
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