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Tony Paley @tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 23d

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Sep 11

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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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · Sep 1

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Sep 1

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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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · Aug 27

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:
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#FilmSky 📽️

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · Aug 26

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 👇

Aaron West @awest505.bsky.social · Aug 26

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Aug 16

New Substack essay: thoughts on Alan Rudolph (and some other things). Not on my website. Please pay up & subscribe! adrian243.substack.com

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Films, books, events & links recommended by international critic Adrian Martin. Click to read Adrian Martin Recommends, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Aug 12

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Jun 23

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Jun 14

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · May 28

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...

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Apr 23

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...

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Apr 13

Now that I’ve finally cracked entry into the Locarno book publication this year (it only took me 45 years of film criticism to get that invitation), my next career goal is to appear in OUTSKIRTS one day before I die!

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Aaron West @awest505.bsky.social · Apr 8

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Apr 2

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Mar 22

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Mar 5

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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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Mar 1

MCC, the link you gave is not actually the complete essay I did for CINEASTE, just an online promo ‘teaser’; but a much fuller version, incorporating other material, is on my website: www.adrianmartinfilmcritic.com/reviews/o/ou...

Out 1: Noli me tangere

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks, Iván!

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Adrian Martin @adrianpmartin.bsky.social · Feb 12

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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