Adam Nayman
@brofromanother.bsky.social
Let’s count the rings around my eyes
Toronto! On March 31 I'll be hosting a chat at @torontolibrary with Daniel Kraus about his terrific new book PARTIALLY DEVOURED, about the history and legacy of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Sign up below. www.eventbrite.ca/e/daniel-kra...
Daniel Kraus: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life
Join bestselling horror writer Daniel Kraus as he discusses the zombie classic Night of the Living Dead with film critic Adam Nayman.
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Starting on March 24 I'm beginning a virtual lecture series with @torontolibrary on modern fairy tales on film. The first episode is about Phantom Thread, with guests Haley Mlotek and Manuela Lazic; information below. eventbrite.ca/e/modern-fai...
Modern Fairy Tales on Film: Phantom Thread
Join host Adam Nayman as he discusses P.T. Anderson's masterpiece with critics Manuela Lazic and Haley Mlotek.
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Talked to Matt Johnson about lenticular storytelling, being annoying, and studying Norman McClaren in film class mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Notes from the Peanut Factory: Matt Johnson on “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie”
Toronto’s most dynamic alt-comedy duo leaps to the silver screen (and travels through time…and scales the CN Tower).
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In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social today with the third installment of The Biden Years On-Screen with pal and mentor @brofromanother.bsky.social. nobody better. thx Ellie Eberlee, AJ Urquidi and @paulxt.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/joe-...
Sounds of Freedom: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part Three | Los Angeles Review of Books
The third installment of ‘The Biden Years On-Screen’ considers the cinematic fallout of cancel culture, the overruling of Roe v. Wade, and the 2022 midterm elections.
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On Jim Jarmusch’s lo fi enigma machine FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2051...
The Subtle Mysteries of Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother
The movie, starring Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett, probes a web of quietly intriguing family relationships.
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On Kathryn Bigelow's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, for @the-ringer.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2025/10/22/m...
In ‘A House of Dynamite,’ the End of the World Is Ho Hum
Kathryn Bigelow’s latest feature, hitting Netflix this weekend, documents doomsday from the too-static confines of a situation room
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This is next Tuesday afternoon; excited to talk about this group of movies. Hope you'll consider joining the session. miskatonicinstitute.com/events/sunke...
Sunken Places: Hypnosis in Horror Cinema (Online) - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
Horror cinema's obsession with mind-controlling mesmerists illuminates something essential – and unsettling – about the very nature of film spectatorship.
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On Paul Thomas Anderson's phenomenal ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, for @the-ringer.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2025/09/24/m...
‘One Battle After Another’ Is Paul Thomas Anderson at His Best
A director who never misses is back with his most urgent film to date, about the messed up world we’re passing on to our children
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A few years ago I did an online lecture for @miskatonicihs.bsky.social on SPOORLOOS and had a blast; in October, I'll be doing another one on motifs of hypnosis in horror cinema, including clips from THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, CANDYMAN, CURE and GET OUT. miskatonicinstitute.com/events/sunke...
Sunken Places: Hypnosis in Horror Cinema (Online) - The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
Horror cinema's obsession with mind-controlling mesmerists illuminates something essential – and unsettling – about the very nature of film spectatorship.
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EDDINGTON is the movie of the year. Maybe of the decade. Amanda, @brofromanother.bsky.social, and I dive into it on The Big Picture. Then Ari Aster joins me to talk about his new film. open.spotify.com/episode/3dSC...
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Is a Mirror. Like What You See?
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There’s no discharge in a war, and no iPhone charger, either. On Danny Boyles’s goofy and moving 28 YEARS LATER for @the-ringer.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2025/06/20/m...
‘28 Years Later’ Is Infectious
Two decades removed from the frenetic glory of the first films, anything was possible with a return to the franchise. Consider what we got a best-case scenario.
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On Celine Song's MATERIALISTS, for @sightsoundmag.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Materialists review: Match me if you can
Celine Song’s second feature starring Dakota Johnson as a matchmaker for rich New Yorkers aims for screwball velocity, but the dialogue keeps missing the mark.
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fantastic piece. Parts of Materialists bothered me in ways that reminded me of one of my least favourite movies ever (Up in the Air).
Sam Bodrojan@helmetgirl.bsky.social · last yr.Celine Song’s Materialists is not just a bad movie - it is an eldritch horror with the veneer of a Maiden Home catalogue. I *hated* it: open.substack.com/pub/cchelmet...
Tried to take Avery on a set of failed adventures today (TTC delays, fire station not open to visitors, lousy weather). Apologized to her as we limped home in the grey. “It’s ok, it was fun to be out, don’t worry.” Occasionally life is perfect.
For @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy on THE STUDIO, which nibbles the hand that feeds
From his Iceman in Top Gun to an uncanny Jim Morrison in The Doors, Van Kilmer was a gifted Method man known for his heart-on-sleeve weirdness and myriad eccentricities. By @brofromanother.bsky.social www.bfi.org.uk/features/val...
Val Kilmer obituary: mercurial A-lister who toggled between total immersion and resistance
From his Iceman in Top Gun to an uncanny Jim Morrison in The Doors, Kilmer was a gifted Method man known for his heart-on-sleeve weirdness and myriad eccentricities.
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Here is the first instalment of a new monthly essay series for @the-ringer.bsky.social , co-written by myself and @manilazic.bsky.social we’ve made a list of 10 films from the last 25 years that we wanted to go back and forth about; first up, THE LORD OF THE RINGS www.theringer.com/2025/03/28/m...
21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’
Kicking off a yearlong series about the movies that defined the last 25 years of filmmaking, two critics tackle the one blockbuster to rule them all
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Collaborating with @brendanowicz.bsky.social on a four part series on Biden era cinema for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social; part one is out today
The Irishman and the Empty Man: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part One | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the first installment of a quarterly series, Brendan Boyle and Adam Nayman use two films as a lens on the Biden years.
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On Michael Gracey’s kamikaze, schlock-expressionist pop musical BETTER MAN, which exists beyond good and evil, and which I quite enjoyed. For @the-ringer.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2025/01/07/m...
Robbie Williams Has a Biopic. In It, He’s Played by a Monkey.
‘Better Man’ is as bonkers as it sounds—and there’s something respectable about that
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