Australia Editor
Eddie Cockrell is a film critic, public speaker and consulting programmer based in Sydney, Australia. For showbiz bible Variety, he reviews new international films from the Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Montreal and Toronto festivals, as well as notable DVD releases and the occasional Hollywood movie. He also writes the U.S. report to the annual Variety International Film Guide, reviews from selected festivals for indieWIRE, and pens catalogue notes for the annual "New Films from Germany" series at New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Visions cinema/bistro/lounge in Washington DC.
Cockrell has contributed program notes to festivals in the Hamptons, Philadelphia, Sydney and Washington DC, serving as Senior Catalogue Editor and contributing programmer for Filmfest DC since its inception in 1986.