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Edelstein became a journalist after graduating from Harvard in 1981. He is often associated with friend, fellow film critic, and iconoclast Pauline Kael , to whom he was close. 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), 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 '', '' Esquire '', and elsewhere. He is a member of the '' National Society Of Film Critics ''. 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). He lives in Brooklyn, New York .
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