Adam Nayman

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Festivals

Salvation: well-crafted debut offers a glimpse into the manosphere

A life coaching Ponzi scheme causes a man’s world to unravel in this disarming first feature from Scottish director Tom Nicoll.

By Adam Nayman

Salvation: well-crafted debut offers a glimpse into the manosphere

Festivals

The Julia Set: Chase Infiniti levels up a college romance coming-of-ager

By Adam Nayman

The Julia Set: Chase Infiniti levels up a college romance coming-of-ager

Reviews

Spider-Man: Brand New Day: An underwhelming spidey spectacle

By Adam Nayman

Spider-Man: Brand New Day: An underwhelming spidey spectacle

10 great

10 great Canadian debut features

By Adam Nayman

10 great Canadian debut features

Reviews

The Love that Remains: a family breakdown is treated with a light tragicomic touch in Hlynur Pálmason’s impressive directorial balancing act

By Adam Nayman

The Love that Remains: a family breakdown is treated with a light tragicomic touch in Hlynur Pálmason’s impressive directorial balancing act

Features

The art of acting: award season’s most astonishing screen turns

By Adam Nayman

The art of acting: award season’s most astonishing screen turns

Obituaries

Rob Reiner obituary: Hollywood director behind a golden run of 1980s and 90s classics

By Adam Nayman

Rob Reiner obituary: Hollywood director behind a golden run of 1980s and 90s classics

Reviews

Avatar: Fire and Ash: a big, goofy spectacle that wears its heart on its sleeve

By Adam Nayman

Avatar: Fire and Ash: a big, goofy spectacle that wears its heart on its sleeve

Festivals

Sacrifice: celebrity-stuffed eco-satire takes aim at the virtue signalling of wealthy elites

By Adam Nayman

Sacrifice: celebrity-stuffed eco-satire takes aim at the virtue signalling of wealthy elites

Features

1975: the year that changed cinema forever

By Adam Nayman

1975: the year that changed cinema forever

Obituaries

Val Kilmer obituary: mercurial A-lister who toggled between total immersion and resistance

By Adam Nayman

Val Kilmer obituary: mercurial A-lister who toggled between total immersion and resistance

Reviews

Mudbound review: families at war on home soil

By Adam Nayman

Mudbound review: families at war on home soil

Reviews

The Tribe review

By Adam Nayman

The Tribe review

Reviews

Dark Waters review: Mark Ruffalo takes up weary arms against a malicious multinational

By Adam Nayman

Dark Waters review: Mark Ruffalo takes up weary arms against a malicious multinational

Reviews

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood review: Quentin Tarantino unleashes his nostalgic fetishes

By Adam Nayman

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood review: Quentin Tarantino unleashes his nostalgic fetishes

Critics’ 50 Greatest Documentaries of All Time

By Sight & Sound contributors, Nick James and others

Critics’ 50 Greatest Documentaries of All Time

Reviews

Film of the week: Sorry to Bother You is an unruly, outrageous corporate satire

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Sorry to Bother You is an unruly, outrageous corporate satire

Features

This was China: Wang Bing’s West of the Tracks

By Adam Nayman

This was China: Wang Bing’s West of the Tracks

Reviews

Film of the week: Phantom Thread unravels the relationship between an artist and his muse

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Phantom Thread unravels the relationship between an artist and his muse

Reviews

Ant-Man and The Wasp review: miniaturised Marvel caper wins on zing

By Adam Nayman

Ant-Man and The Wasp review: miniaturised Marvel caper wins on zing

Reviews

Film of the week: Moonlight, a prism of repression and desire, awash in poetry

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Moonlight, a prism of repression and desire, awash in poetry

Reviews

Film of the week: Loveless takes a symbolic hammer to a family tragedy

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Loveless takes a symbolic hammer to a family tragedy

Reviews

Film of the week: Happy End is a welcome departure for Michael Haneke

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Happy End is a welcome departure for Michael Haneke

Reviews

Film of the week: Good Time takes a spin around Robert Pattinson’s no-good hood

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Good Time takes a spin around Robert Pattinson’s no-good hood

Reviews

Film of the week: Nocturnal Animals

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Nocturnal Animals

Festivals

Reality and the red carpet: Hot Docs 2014

By Adam Nayman

Reality and the red carpet: Hot Docs 2014

Reviews

Film of the week: Arrival

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Arrival

Reviews

Film of the week: Swiss Army Man

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Swiss Army Man

Reviews

Film of the week: Dear White People

By Adam Nayman

Film of the week: Dear White People

Review: From What is Before

By Adam Nayman

Review: From What is Before