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Adam Nayman

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The Drama Has a Big Reveal—and a Strangely Anodyne Effect

Films don’t come much more self-consciously provocative than Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama. It’s a cautionary tale...

03.04.2026 7

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Adam Nayman

The Last Human Oscars?

The In Memoriam segment of this year’s Academy Award ceremonies lasted for 15 minutes. On a night when several winners’ speeches were cut...

16.03.2026 3

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Adam Nayman

The Subtle Mysteries of Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother

16.01.2026 8

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Adam Nayman

The Year the Movies Went Big on Isolation

22.12.2025 20

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Something Is Rotten in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet

12.12.2025 10

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Adam Nayman

The Broadway Allure of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon

14.11.2025 9

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Sentimental Value Is an Upper-Middle-Brow Crowd Pleaser

07.11.2025 9

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After the Hunt Would Like to Touch a Nerve

17.10.2025 9

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Adam Nayman

Jafar Panahi’s Revenge Road Trip Masterpiece

14.10.2025 6

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Adam Nayman

The Lackluster Return of Spinal Tap

12.09.2025 9

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The Enigma of Clint Eastwood

04.09.2025 8

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Adam Nayman

Honey Don’t! Is All Dressed Up With No Place to Go

22.08.2025 7

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Adam Nayman

The Late-Capitalist Menace at the Heart of Cloud

22.07.2025 7

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Adam Nayman

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Embraces the Modest Pleasures

30.05.2025 10

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Adam Nayman

Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides Is an Epic of Loss and Perseverance

13.05.2025 6

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Adam Nayman

David Cronenberg Takes High Tech to the Graveyard

18.04.2025 6

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Adam Nayman

The No-Drama Oscars

03.03.2025 9

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Adam Nayman