David Edelstein

David Edelstein (born 1959) is the chief film critic for "New York" magazine and "CBS Sunday Morning". He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two daughters.
Career.
Edelstein became a journalist after graduating from Harvard in 1981. He is often associated with close friend, fellow film critic, and iconoclast Pauline Kael. He is also credited with coining the term "torture porn," a genre to describe such movies as "Hostel" and "Saw".
He has previously been a film critic for "Slate" (1996–2005), NPR's Fresh Air (2002-2018), the "New York Post", "The Village Voice", and "The Boston Phoenix". His work has also appeared in "The New York Times" Arts & Leisure section, "Rolling Stone", "Vanity Fair", "The New York Times Magazine", "Variety", and "Esquire", among others. He is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. Edelstein regularly appeared as a guest on "Charlie Rose" to talk about the movies and the Oscar telecast.
Controversy.
In 2018, WHYY-FM, the producer of "Fresh Air", fired Edelstein after he made a joke on his Facebook page about a rape scene in the film "Last Tango in Paris" which was viewed as "offensive and unacceptable." Edelstein stated that he was unaware of the link between the film and rape, apologized, and deleted the post. He was defended by several media outlets, including "Salon" and the editorial board of the "New York Post" and "The American Conservative". After an investigation NPR's "Fresh Air" released a statement letting Edlestein go as a contributor writing, "The post does not meet the standards that we expect from Fresh Air contributors...We have decided to end Fresh Air’s association with him, and have informed David accordingly.”
Bibliography.
He is the author, with independent film producer Christine Vachon of Killer Films, of "Shooting to Kill" (Avon Books, 1998). He is also the author of two plays, "Feed the Monkey" (Loeb Experimental Theater, Harvard College, 1993) and "Blaming Mom" (Watermark Theater, New York City, 1994).