Four New Non-Fiction Books
Carlos Castaneda, The Frenchmen, Didion & Babitz, The Velvet Underground
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Three Scenes of the 1970s
A suite of moviegoing reminiscences from 2017
Defining Moments in Movies (Part 2 of 4)
Further entries from a 2007 film encyclopedia
Defining Moments in Movies (Part 1 of 4)
Entries from a 2007 Coffee-Table Encyclopedia
105 Essential Australian Films
(in response to a recent Sydney Morning Herald/Age poll)
Four Glimpses of Contemporary Portuguese Cinema
Program notes from my curated selection of 2016
100 THINKING MACHINE Video Essays!
A celebration & look-back in FILMKRANT magazine
40 Films You Must See
A magazine feature from 1999
30 (RELATIVELY) RECENT BOOKS I HEARTILY RECOMMEND (Part 2)
From Streisand to Foucault, and from Boxcar Bertha to Abd al-Qádir … it’s all here!
30 (RELATIVELY) RECENT BOOKS THAT I HEARTILY RECOMMEND (Part 1)
Covering film, memoir, surrealism, politics, drugs, sex, philosophy, theory ...
The Fickle Life of a Freelancer
(Magazine Section)
ILLUSTRATED VIDEO LECTURE (80 minutes): “How Films Transform Space and Place”
Audiovisual essays included!
A Reflection on an Introduction to Film Studies
This week at my website Film Critic (www.adrianmartinfilmcritic.com), I have launched a new feature: a ‘virtual’ reconstruction of a lecture course I gave, Introduction to Film Studies, to 1st year university students between 1982 and 1985.
Return
(On the meaning of this word in Twin Peaks: The Return)
A cheaper ticket to my Fritz Lang course!
The 1st of 5 weeks of my FRITZ LANG course at CINEJOURNEYS has passed, but – at a cheaper rate!
Introduction to CITY OF PIRATES (Ruiz, 1983)
On 4 September 2025, the ICA in London screened Raúl Ruiz’s CITY OF PIRATES (1983) to a packed house, as part of a Serge Daney-related season curated by Arta Barzanji & Gerard-Jan Claes.
Beautiful Dreamer: The Delights of Alan Rudolph
(plus a reminder of my first online film course starting in September!)
Four Days of French Cinema
Notes on a run of films I’ve been watching lately
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
At long last, I am offering online film courses!
Illustrated Video 48-minute Lecture for Paying Subscribers: “Body Hopping” (2019)
I don’t get asked much anymore to give keynote lectures, and I sort-of miss it.