Adrian Martin
@adrianpmartin.bsky.social
Film critic, writer, speaker, occasional teacher, author of 10 books, hundreds of essays, thousands of reviews, a website (www.adrianmartinfilmcritic.com) and a Substack (https://adrian243.substack.com/).
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Adrian Martin
@adrianpmartin.bsky.social
· May 28
Filmmakers Thinking - Sticking Place Books
Adrian Martin Foreword by Jude Radu Filmmakers Thinking begins from a simple premise: that we do not take the ongoing reflections of filmmakers about their medium, their art and their craft, seriously...
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NEWS: There is now a cheaper way to buy my most recent book FILMMAKERS THINKING direct from its publisher, Sticking Place! You can bypass Amazon altogether (as I know some prefer to do). Here is the page to use. stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
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Here's @adrianpmartin.bsky.social being typically insightful and informative about a cinephile's dream movie ... one of my very favourites of 2024 ... THE OTHER WAY AROUND www.adrianmartinfilmcritic.com/reviews/o/ot...
The Other Way Around
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September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Here's @adrianpmartin.bsky.social being typically insightful and informative about a cinephile's dream movie ... one of my very favourites of 2024 ... THE OTHER WAY AROUND www.adrianmartinfilmcritic.com/reviews/o/ot...
The 1st of 5 weeks of my FRITZ LANG course at CineJourneys has passed, but – at a cheaper rate! – you can enrol in the 4 remaining classes! cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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September 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The 1st of 5 weeks of my FRITZ LANG course at CineJourneys has passed, but – at a cheaper rate! – you can enrol in the 4 remaining classes! cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
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Registration is still open for @adrianpmartin.bsky.social’s class on Fritz Lang over at CineJourneys. It’s going to be fantastic!
Details here:
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Details here:
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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September 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Registration is still open for @adrianpmartin.bsky.social’s class on Fritz Lang over at CineJourneys. It’s going to be fantastic!
Details here:
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Details here:
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Another reminder, as we are only (depending on where you are) 4 or 5 days from the start of my online film course: FRITZ LANG on the CineJourneys website! See here for registration details. Help to keep me alive & fed as a film critic in this cold, cruel world! cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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September 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Another reminder, as we are only (depending on where you are) 4 or 5 days from the start of my online film course: FRITZ LANG on the CineJourneys website! See here for registration details. Help to keep me alive & fed as a film critic in this cold, cruel world! cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
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We have so many exciting things coming to CineJourneys, including @adrianpmartin.bsky.social's upcoming class on Fritz Lang. Registration is open! Details at the link:
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
#FilmSky 📽️
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#FilmSky 📽️
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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August 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We have so many exciting things coming to CineJourneys, including @adrianpmartin.bsky.social's upcoming class on Fritz Lang. Registration is open! Details at the link:
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
#FilmSky 📽️
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
#FilmSky 📽️
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So excited to have @adrianpmartin.bsky.social at CineJourneys. In our Guide Spotlight feature, Adrian talks about his upcoming class on Fritz Lang. Registration details at the link below 👇
Had a lovely, brief conversation with @adrianpmartin.bsky.social about his upcoming Fritz Lang class and what other topics he plans to explore on CineJourneys.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So excited to have @adrianpmartin.bsky.social at CineJourneys. In our Guide Spotlight feature, Adrian talks about his upcoming class on Fritz Lang. Registration details at the link below 👇
Only 11 days before I begin teaching my first online film course: FRITZ LANG for the website. Registration details here, please consider signing up: cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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August 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Only 11 days before I begin teaching my first online film course: FRITZ LANG for the website. Registration details here, please consider signing up: cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
New Substack essay: thoughts on Alan Rudolph (and some other things). Not on my website. Please pay up & subscribe! adrian243.substack.com
Adrian Martin Recommends | Substack
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August 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New Substack essay: thoughts on Alan Rudolph (and some other things). Not on my website. Please pay up & subscribe! adrian243.substack.com
My first online course, as part of the CINEJOURNEYS platform, starts 6 September 2025: 5 weeks on FRITZ LANG! All details here: cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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August 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My first online course, as part of the CINEJOURNEYS platform, starts 6 September 2025: 5 weeks on FRITZ LANG! All details here: cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! I am collaborating with the web platform CINEJOURNEYS, “shared, interactive experiences where we collectively embark on an exploration of all things cinema”. My first course will be on FRITZ LANG, beginning 11 September 2025.
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cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
Fritz Lang: Inside the Machine – Online Class Details | CineJourneys
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June 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! I am collaborating with the web platform CINEJOURNEYS, “shared, interactive experiences where we collectively embark on an exploration of all things cinema”. My first course will be on FRITZ LANG, beginning 11 September 2025.
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
cinejourneys.com/fritz-lang-i...
The Summer Film School program that Cristina Álvarez & I help teach in Antwerp is now online for bookings (scroll down for the English version). On the bill this year: teen movies, Satyajit Ray, Arnaud Desplechin ... see you in July! cinea.be/events/zomer...
Zomer Film College 2025 — Cinea
From July 6 to 12, we expect you back in De Cinema in Antwerp for ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE!
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June 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Summer Film School program that Cristina Álvarez & I help teach in Antwerp is now online for bookings (scroll down for the English version). On the bill this year: teen movies, Satyajit Ray, Arnaud Desplechin ... see you in July! cinea.be/events/zomer...
NEWS: There is now a cheaper way to buy my most recent book FILMMAKERS THINKING direct from its publisher, Sticking Place! You can bypass Amazon altogether (as I know some prefer to do). Here is the page to use. stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
Filmmakers Thinking - Sticking Place Books
Adrian Martin Foreword by Jude Radu Filmmakers Thinking begins from a simple premise: that we do not take the ongoing reflections of filmmakers about their medium, their art and their craft, seriously...
stickingplacebooks.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
NEWS: There is now a cheaper way to buy my most recent book FILMMAKERS THINKING direct from its publisher, Sticking Place! You can bypass Amazon altogether (as I know some prefer to do). Here is the page to use. stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
There is now a ‘buy from UK’ option for my most recent book FILMMAKERS THINKING! On this page: stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
Filmmakers Thinking - Sticking Place Books
Adrian Martin Foreword by Jude Radu Filmmakers Thinking begins from a simple premise: that we do not take the ongoing reflections of filmmakers about their medium, their art and their craft, seriously...
stickingplacebooks.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There is now a ‘buy from UK’ option for my most recent book FILMMAKERS THINKING! On this page: stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
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We are thrilled to announce that @adrianpmartin.bsky.social has joined @cinejourneys.bsky.social as a guide. Here is a welcome post and keep your eyes peeled for some online classes coming soon.
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cinejourneys.com/welcome-adri...
April 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We are thrilled to announce that @adrianpmartin.bsky.social has joined @cinejourneys.bsky.social as a guide. Here is a welcome post and keep your eyes peeled for some online classes coming soon.
cinejourneys.com/welcome-adri...
cinejourneys.com/welcome-adri...
The latest audiovisual essay (no. 90!) in the THINKING MACHINE series in FILMKRANT by Cristina Álvarez and me. All a film needs is a girl and a gun ... plus a guy, a knife, a wheel and a wall. Dare we say, one of our most spectacular efforts ! vimeo.com/1071722879
The Thinking Machine #90: All a Film Needs is a Girl, a Guy, a Gun, a Knife, a Wheel and a Wall
The saying is legendary, and has been credited to everyone from D.W. Griffith to Jean-Luc Godard: “All you need to make a film is a girl and a gun”.…
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April 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The latest audiovisual essay (no. 90!) in the THINKING MACHINE series in FILMKRANT by Cristina Álvarez and me. All a film needs is a girl and a gun ... plus a guy, a knife, a wheel and a wall. Dare we say, one of our most spectacular efforts ! vimeo.com/1071722879
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: for those in USA there is now a cheaper way to order & buy my latest book FILMMAKERS THINKING in either paperback or hardback. (Another URL will follow for those outside the USA!) If you are averse to using Amazon, this is the way to go! stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
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March 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: for those in USA there is now a cheaper way to order & buy my latest book FILMMAKERS THINKING in either paperback or hardback. (Another URL will follow for those outside the USA!) If you are averse to using Amazon, this is the way to go! stickingplacebooks.com/filmmakers-t...
Latest audiovisual essay instalment (no. 89!) by Cristina Álvarez López & me in our THINKING MACHINE monthly series for FILMKRANT. Bring Back Hal Hartley! vimeo.com/1062446030
The Thinking Machine #89: Handle With Care
You’ve heard about the “hands of Bresson”, but what about the hands of American director Hal Hartley? This today often forgotten filmmaker has…
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March 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Latest audiovisual essay instalment (no. 89!) by Cristina Álvarez López & me in our THINKING MACHINE monthly series for FILMKRANT. Bring Back Hal Hartley! vimeo.com/1062446030
CAUGHT IN THE DREAM OF THE OTHER: new audiovisual essay by Cristina Álvarez López & I on/with Vincente Minnelli's MADAME BOVARY (1949) & A MATTER OF TIME (1976). This is number 88 (!) in our monthly series THE THINKING MACHINE for DE FILMKRANT. Enjoy! vimeo.com/1054831788
The Thinking Machine #88: Caught in the Dream of the Other
“Each of us is more or less a victim of other people’s dreams”. That was Gilles Deleuze’s summation of the central dynamic in Vincente Minnelli’s…
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February 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CAUGHT IN THE DREAM OF THE OTHER: new audiovisual essay by Cristina Álvarez López & I on/with Vincente Minnelli's MADAME BOVARY (1949) & A MATTER OF TIME (1976). This is number 88 (!) in our monthly series THE THINKING MACHINE for DE FILMKRANT. Enjoy! vimeo.com/1054831788
My beloved Cristina Álvarez López has two outstanding recent video works. In DOUBLE LIVES, SECOND CHANCES she expands a 2011 video about INLAND EMPIRE and DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE. THE BODY HYSTERIC is about women in A. Zulawski’s cinema: it’s wild! Subscribe, or be damned! laughmotel.wordpress.com
Laugh Motel
On, With, Around Film
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February 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My beloved Cristina Álvarez López has two outstanding recent video works. In DOUBLE LIVES, SECOND CHANCES she expands a 2011 video about INLAND EMPIRE and DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE. THE BODY HYSTERIC is about women in A. Zulawski’s cinema: it’s wild! Subscribe, or be damned! laughmotel.wordpress.com
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The new one from @adrianpmartin.bsky.social is awesome.
February 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The new one from @adrianpmartin.bsky.social is awesome.
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"Breaking Plates is metalepsis unbound .... Breaking plates, smashing frames, bursting out of constraints"‼️
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Thank you @adrianpmartin.bsky.social for this beautiful review of @karenpearlman.bsky.social's brilliant new film, BREAKING PLATES (2023)!! 🎞️🍽️🌪️
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Thank you @adrianpmartin.bsky.social for this beautiful review of @karenpearlman.bsky.social's brilliant new film, BREAKING PLATES (2023)!! 🎞️🍽️🌪️
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Breaking Plates is metalepsis unbound .... Breaking plates, smashing frames, bursting out of constraints"‼️
adrianmartinfilmcritic.com/reviews/b/br...
Thank you @adrianpmartin.bsky.social for this beautiful review of @karenpearlman.bsky.social's brilliant new film, BREAKING PLATES (2023)!! 🎞️🍽️🌪️
adrianmartinfilmcritic.com/reviews/b/br...
Thank you @adrianpmartin.bsky.social for this beautiful review of @karenpearlman.bsky.social's brilliant new film, BREAKING PLATES (2023)!! 🎞️🍽️🌪️
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Here's a primer for those like me attending the Chantal Akerman BFI season opening night (whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...) this evening by @adrianpmartin.bsky.social & Cristina Álvarez López
Day going into night ... www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Day going into night ... www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Chantal Akerman: a primer
Throughout her career, Chantal Akerman pursued certain themes and ideas. Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin offer a guide to some of the most important.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Here's a primer for those like me attending the Chantal Akerman BFI season opening night (whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...) this evening by @adrianpmartin.bsky.social & Cristina Álvarez López
Day going into night ... www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Day going into night ... www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...