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The Radio FWD PodcastAdam Nayman - Film Critic and UofT Cinema Studies LecturerProfessor Adam Nayman joins Radio FWD contributor Shawn Gouralnik to talk about professional film criticism, teaching at University of Toronto, Auteurism, Deadpool and Wolverine, and his favourite Coen Brothers line delivery.Adam Nayman’s book, David Fincher: Mind Games is available now! https://www.amazon.com/David-Fincher-Games-Adam-Nayman/dp/141975341X Find Adam Nayman at Twitter: https://twitter.com/brofromanother?lang=en and The Ringer. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________Radio FWD is University of Toronto, Scarborough’s student-run, not-for-profit Radio Station! You can find our latest events, articles, and studio production on our website: radiofwd.comCheck out what Radio FWD has brewing at all of our so...
2025-08-211h 28
The Film Comment PodcastSummer New Releases, with Alana Pockros and Adam NaymanIt’s officially summertime, and with the AC blasting in multiplexes around the globe, Film Comment Editors Clinton Krute and Devika Girish invited two fellow respite seekers, critics Alana Pockros and Adam Nayman, to chat about some of the buzziest new releases in circulation. The group begins with a deep dive into Celine Song’s romantic comedy Materialists (2:50) before turning to Eva Victor’s Sundance sensation Sorry, Baby (25:25); the racing blockbuster F1 (41:15), starring Brad Pitt; and the latest entry in Danny Boyle’s zombie franchise, 28 Years Later (56:03).
2025-07-031h 13
Watch With Jen™Watch With Jen - S6: E9 - Ira Levin Adaptations with Adam NaymanI always learn so much in my conversations with Canadian cinephile, critic, & author Adam Nayman & this episode - devoted to a quartet of big screen adaptations of Ira Levin's buzzy bestselling novels that captivated a generation of readers - is no exception. Listen in as we take you through his career as a master storyteller of what Stephen King deemed "Swiss watch" worthy plots while exploring the films A KISS BEFORE DYING (1956), ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968), THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975), & THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978).Bio: Adam Nayman is a critic, lecturer, and author based in Toronto. He writes for the...
2025-05-0558 min
SLEAZOIDS375 - SE7EN (1995) + THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (2002) ft. Adam NaymanHosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest critic Adam Nayman discuss 90s music video directors making atmospheric horror-procedurals with a double feature of David Fincher's aggressively unpleasant yet perversely watchable urban neo-noir/serial killer thriller SE7EN (1995) starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman and Mark Pellington's depressed, slow-burn supernatural folklore horror drama THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (2002) starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney.
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on the 50th anniversary of two Charles Bronson films: HARD TIMES (1975) + BREAKHEART PASS (1975), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5...
2025-04-052h 40
The Last Thing I SawEp. 283: Beatrice Loayza and Adam Nayman Do Their Bests (2024 Edition)Ep. 283: Beatrice Loayza and Adam Nayman Do Their Bests (2024 Edition)
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Tis season of making lists and checking them twice, and this December, I was pleased to welcome back Beatrice Loayza (of The New York Times and other publications) and Adam Nayman (of The Ringer and elsewhere) to the podcast. Loayza and Nayman share a few outstanding films that stuck with them from 2024, plus an assortment of other high points from their lists, ranging from debut features to crowning works by auteurs in their prime. I won’t spoil th...
2024-12-2254 min
Hit FactorySling Blade feat. Adam NaymanToronto-based critic, lecturer, and author Adam Nayman joins us to look back at Billy Bob Thornton's directorial debut and acting showcase Sling Blade. Once considered a high-water mark of 90s American indie cinema success within popular culture and the awards circuit, Thornton's film is now often relegated to 'curio' status; a fascinating time capsule of the mid-90s with very little (if any) cultural purchase among today's cinephiles. We discuss the work of Billy Bob Thornton, the evolution of Sling Blade (from one man show to short film to feature), and suggest some reasons for its breakout...
2024-12-031h 51
Junk Filter184: Saturday Night (with Adam Nayman)The author and film critic Adam Nayman returns to Junk Filter to discuss the new Jason Reitman race-against-time comedy thriller Saturday Night about the backstage antics leading up to the first episode of SNL in 1975, a feature film that serves an an ode to its producer Lorne Michaels while trying to spin tension and suspense out of a foregone conclusion.
Reitman is back in Oscar Bait mode after having some success with the new Ghostbusters films, but this one, like many of his recent award season efforts, failed to connect with audiences. Adam and I discuss the f...
2024-10-281h 23
The Film Comment PodcastToronto 2024 #3, with Adam Nayman and Beatrice LoayzaThis week, Film Comment is on the ground at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, which began on September 5 and runs through September 15. This year, as ever, the festival’s lineup is full of buzzy titles, including premieres of new films from directors like Luca Guadagnino, Pedro Almodóvar, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Brady Corbet, Dea Kulumbegashvili, and more.
For our third Podcast from the home of David Cronenberg, Drake, and the great Tim Hortons, Film Comment editor Devika Girish welcomes critics Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza to discuss some of the most anticipated films of this year’s festival. Kicking things off...
2024-09-1143 min
Writers on FilmFrom the Archives: Adam Nayman's MasterworksJohn Bleasdale talks about Paul Verhoeven, the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher and film bros with Adam Nayman, author of Paul Thomas Anderson Masterworks and The Coen Brothers. Adam talks about his beginnings as film critic in Toronto. He also tells John his thoughts on the current state of film criticism, including the impact on social media on the film discourse. Adam's recommended film book is Un-American Psycho: Brian De Palma and the Political Invisible by Chris Dumas.Buy Adam's latest book here. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on...
2024-09-111h 31
The Extra CreditsThe Best Movies of the 2020s with Adam NaymanToday is the beginning of our new series on the best movies of the 2020s with critics, podcasters, and filmmakers. We're joined in Part 1 of this series by critic, author, and professor Adam Nayman. He is one of our favorite critical writers in the film community; a truly sobering and thoughtful thinker. Today Adam has chosen to discuss four significant works and filmmakers--time stamps are below to each (mostly) non-spoiler discussion:
Knock at the Cabin (19:00)
Crimes of the Future (42:56)
Chime (51:20)
2024-07-121h 05
The Bright Wall/Dark Room PodcastRewind: Aftersun (with Adam Nayman)As summer begins in earnest, we're looking back at a 2022 highlight—Charlotte Wells’s staggering debut feature Aftersun—and revisiting one of our most popular episodes ever: a conversation with film critic, author, and educator Adam Nayman.
Adam shares special insights from his conversation with Wells about the film, plus the case for cinematic mystery, Paul Mescal crying, analog devices and the technology of memory, good karaoke scenes, fatherhood feelings, and why 2022 stinker The Whale stumbles precisely where Aftersun soars.
For more on Aftersun, check out producer Barry Jenkins’s conversation with director Wells for the Directors UK pod...
2024-07-031h 03
Full Audiobook: Where Words Come Alive and Dreams Take FlightIt Doesn't Suck: Showgirls Audiobook by Adam NaymanListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 758807
Title: It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls
Author: Adam Nayman
Narrator: Brian Telestai
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:10:52
Language: English
Release date: 03-26-24
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Non-Fiction, Social Science
Summary:
A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics series The Worst. Movie. Ever. is a masterpiece. Seriously. Enough time has passed since Showgirls flopped spectacularly that its time for a good hard look back at the sequined spectacle. A salvage operation on a very public, very expensive train wreck, It Doesnt Suck argues that Showgirls is...
2024-03-264h 10Junk Filter159: Year of the Dragon (with Adam Nayman)CW: This episode discusses cinematic sexual violence and racist themes.
The film critic and author Adam Nayman returns to the show for a deep dive into Michael Cimino’s 1985 pulp crime thriller Year of the Dragon, starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone and introducing the fashion model Ariane Koizumi as the female lead.
Year of the Dragon was Cimino’s attempt to reassert himself as an important (and commercially viable) American filmmaker after his post-Deer Hunter fall from grace in the wake of the disastrous Heaven’s Gate. Rourke plays Captain Stanley White, a highly-decorated Polish-American cop (an...
2024-02-231h 26
The Big Picture‘Drive-Away Dolls’ and Book Club No. 1—Francis Ford Coppola, ‘Apocalypse Now,’ and ‘The Path to Paradise’Sean and Amanda are joined by Ringer contributor and beloved “Mean Pod Guy” Adam Nayman to discuss ‘Drive-Away Dolls,’ the latest solo Coen movie—this time directed by Ethan and written along with his wife, Tricia Cooke (1:00). After that, it’s the first iteration of The Big Picture Book Club. Sean and Amanda dig into ‘The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story,’ what it reveals about the highs and lows of Coppola’s career, what it tells us outside of the already well-known mythology of Coppola, and—with ‘Megalopolis’ likely coming out this year—the ways it contributes to Coppola’s p...
2024-02-231h 10The Last Thing I SawEp. 216: Beatrice Loayza and Adam Nayman on May December, Zone of Interest, Knock at the Cabin, moreEp. 216: Beatrice Loayza and Adam Nayman on May December, Zone of Interest, Knock at the Cabin, Fallen Leaves, and more
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw with your host, Nicolas Rapold! As we approach the end of the year, I bring together a wonderful pair of critics who have appeared together here before: Adam Nayman (The Ringer) and Beatrice Loayza (The New York Times). In the spirit of the season, I asked them about their favorite movies of 2023, from Todd Haynes’s May December to M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin and Aki Kaurismaki’s Fallen Leaves, and we...
2023-12-1856 minThe Big PictureThe Top Five Movies of 2023Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman to share their respective lists of the five best movies released in 2023, including titanic works from master filmmakers, blockbuster hits that captured the zeitgeist, and smaller movies that challenged viewers to consider their artistry deeply.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam NaymanSenior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-12-051h 33The Big Picture‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something MoreSean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan to discuss the trio’s collective favorite movie of 2023, David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ (1:00). Then, Adam Nayman joins the show to give his take on ‘The Killer,’ the state of American auteur directors in 2023, and where the film fits into Fincher’s larger project (48:00).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam NaymanSenior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-11-101h 30The Film Comment PodcastNYFF61 Festival Report, with Molly Haskell, Adam Nayman, and Kelli WestonThe 61st New York Film Festival closed up shop last weekend, which means that it was once again time for Film Comment’s Festival Report, our annual live overview of the NYFF that was. FC co-deputy editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute convened an all-star team of critics—Molly Haskell, Adam Nayman, and Kelli Weston—for a spirited wrap-up discussion about the highlights and lowlights from the NYFF60 lineup. In front of a lively audience, the panel discuss and debate Todd Haynes’s May December, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Bradley Cooper...
2023-10-171h 24
SLEAZOIDS297 - DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) + THE VANISHING (1988) ft. Adam NaymanHosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Adam Nayman kick off Spooktober 2023 by discussing a double feature of acclaimed, European arthouse horror enigmatically structured around loss, obsession, and predestined convergences: Nicolas Roeg's gothic, surreally impressionistic grieving couple psychological horror film DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) and George Sluizer's more clinical, hypnotic kidnapping procedural thriller THE VANISHING (1988).
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on Roger Corman, Vincent Price and Edgar Allen Poe: HOUSE OF USHER (1961) and THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on...
2023-10-072h 44The Big PictureThe 20 Most Intriguing Movies of the Fall and the Best of the Toronto International Film FestivalSean and Amanda are joined by Ringer contributor and film critic Adam Nayman to discuss the highs, lows, and shifting culture of the Toronto International Film Festival (1:00). Then, they share a joint list of the most anticipated movies of 2023 that neither have shown each other until now (23:00), including ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,’ ‘Pain Hustlers,’ ‘Leave the World Behind,’ and more.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam NaymanSenior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-09-151h 31The Film Comment PodcastToronto 2023 #3, with Saffron Maeve and Adam NaymanWe’re reporting this week from one of the major film events of the fall: the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 7 to 17. Throughout this year’s festival, we’ll be on the ground, covering all the highlights (and lowlights) from the lineup with a rotating crew of critics and special guests.
For our second podcast dispatch from Toronto, Film Comment Co-Deputy Editor Devika Girish is joined by local critics Adam Nayman (The Ringer, Cinema Scope, and elswhere) and Saffron Maeve (Cinema Scope and elsewhere). They kick things if with a focus on Canadian films, including Atom Egoyan’s Seven...
2023-09-1247 minThe Film Comment PodcastToronto 2023 #2, with Chloe Lizotte and Adam NaymanWe’re reporting this week from one of the major film events of the fall: the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 7 to 17. Throughout this year’s festival, we’ll be on the ground, covering all the highlights (and lowlights) from the lineup with a rotating crew of critics and special guests.
For our second podcast dispatch from Toronto, Film Comment Co-Deputy Editor Devika Girish is joined by critics Adam Nayman (The Ringer, Cinemascope, and elswhere)and Chloe Lizotte (MUBI Notebook and elsewhere) to talk about festival selections Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World...
2023-09-1150 min
Watch With Jen™Watch With Jen - S4: E30 (Episode 200) - Burt Lancaster with Adam NaymanWelcome to the 200th episode of the podcast Watch With Jen. It's a milestone I never anticipated reaching when I launched the show in early 2020. Back then, I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested in listening to me talk about the movies I love. I am so grateful for your listenership & support & hope you'll stay tuned in the future as I continue to celebrate cinema with my knowledgeable, passionate guests. Returning to the podcast this week, we have the impressive critic, in-demand lecturer, & insightful author Mr. Adam Nayman, who longtime listeners will remember hearing last summer around this time...
2023-08-271h 06
Jacobin RadioMichael and Us: Le Petite Mort w/ Adam NaymanSo, why do they call it "the little death"? Will is joined by film critic Adam Nayman to discuss Claire Denis's transgressive masterpiece TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2001) and how it scandalized film culture circa 2001. PLUS: What is it like to teach the history of satire at a university?Follow Adam Nayman on Twitter and find his books here.Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-07-261h 01
Michael and Us#446 - Le petite mort (w/ Adam Nayman)So, why do they call it "the little death"? Will is joined by film critic Adam Nayman to discuss Claire Denis's transgressive masterpiece TROUBLE EVERY DAY (2001) and how it scandalized film culture circa 2001. PLUS: What is it like to teach the history of satire at a university?
Adam Nayman on Twitter - https://twitter.com/brofromanother
Adam's books - https://www.abramsbooks.com/contributor/adam-nayman_19289396/
2023-07-251h 01The Big Picture‘Asteroid City’ and the Wes Anderson Movie RankingsAdam Nayman joins Sean and Amanda to discuss Wes Anderson’s career and filmmaking aesthetic before they dig into his latest film, ‘Asteroid City’ (1:00). Then, Sean and Amanda rank all 11 of Anderson’s feature films (50:00).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-06-201h 24
RoyCastSuccession 4.10, "With Open Eyes" (Series Finale) with Adam NaymanIn the Succession series finale, "With Open Eyes", the closed-loop system begins another revolution as the Roys lose Waystar for good. Critic and author Adam Nayman returns to the RoyCast to discuss the anxieties and potential pitfalls of this final season, the insular quality of the ending, frustrated expectations, the uncertain fate of Mencken's Presidential bid, corporeal themes, eruptions of physical violence, hearty fare, meager rations, and the fates of the many lead and supporting characters we bid farewell to in this episode. We also offer some thoughts on Succession's legacy and the future of the podcast.
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2023-06-022h 08
The Climate PodClimate Film Club - "There Will Be Blood" (w/ Adam Nayman)When Adam Nayman reflects on what makes There Will Be Blood so resonate, it's one of the central questions Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 film asks that serves as a timeless themes in American culture. "What does it look like when you're appetite simply cannot be sated?" Nayman asks. "Your eyes are not bigger than your stomach. You literally need to have everything." On today's show, Nayman, the author of Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks joins to break down the film. We discuss how Daniel Plainview reflects the feeling of living through the Bush Administration and War On Terror, why Pau...
2023-04-261h 14The Big Picture‘Beau Is Afraid’: The Most Audacious and Polarizing Movie of the Year, With Ari Aster!Ari Aster’s third feature, the Oedipal nightmare comedy ‘Beau Is Afraid,’ is here. Sean discusses the film’s virtuosic gifts and alienating approach at length with Adam Nayman (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by Aster to discuss how he made his thrilling new movie (58:00).Host: Sean FennesseyGuests: Ari Aster and Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2023-04-211h 33
The Bright Wall/Dark Room PodcastAftersun (with Adam Nayman)For our annual fashionably late “Best Of” issue, we’re looking at a 2022 highlight: Charlotte Wells’s staggering debut feature Aftersun, featuring film critic, author, and educator Adam Nayman. Adam shares special insights from his conversation with Wells about the film, plus the case for cinematic mystery, Paul Mescal crying, analog devices and the technology of memory, good karaoke scenes, fatherhood feelings, and why 2022 stinker The Whale stumbles precisely where Aftersun soars.
For more on Aftersun, check out producer Barry Jenkins’s conversation with director Wells for the Directors UK podcast, Filmmaker’s profile, and Wells’s own letter to...
2023-01-301h 01
Robert Bellissimo At The MoviesAdam Nayman On His Book PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON: MASTERWORKS - From HARD EIGHT To PHANTOM THREAD!In this episode, I interviewed Writer Adam Nayman about his book, "Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks".
The book is beautifully written and is a deep dive into all of Anderson's films, from "Hard Eight" to "Phantom Thread".
We touch on all of Anderson's films by exploring not only what's great about them, but also their flaws.
HARD EIGHT starred Philip Baker Hall, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Reilly and Samuel L. Jackson.
BOOGIE NIGHTS starred Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
MAGNOLIA starred Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, J...
2023-01-131h 26The Big PictureThe 10 Actors Who Won 2022. Plus: ‘Bardo’!Sean and Amanda share their 10 favorite performances of the year (1:00). Then, Adam Nayman joins the show to discuss Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new Netflix film ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ (33:00).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-12-201h 17The Last Thing I SawEp. 151: Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza on Eternal Daughter, Genre, Recent ListingEp. 151: Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza on Eternal Daughter, Genre, Recent Listing
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m Nicolas Rapold. It’s been about a year since I was last joined by critics Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza, so it felt like high time to get the band (i.e., the two of them) back together. We discussed some recent viewing which inevitably meant talking about the Greatest poll we had all participated in, as they share some of the criteria behind their ballots.
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2022-12-111h 09The Big PictureThe Top Five Movies of 2022It’s here—time for year-end lists! Adam Nayman and Chris Ryan join Sean and Amanda to discuss Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time poll before diving into 2022 and sharing their top five movies of the year.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-12-061h 39The Big PictureThe David Lynch EpisodeThis year marks the 30th anniversary of David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,’ and the 25th anniversary of ‘Lost Highway.’ To celebrate, Sean and Adam Nayman are diving deep into the unnerving, beautiful, often terrifying dream logic of their Lynchian fascinatination.Host: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-10-121h 34The Big Picture‘The Woman King’ and 10 Movies to See Now. Plus: The Best and Worst Films at TIFF.After a quiet few weeks, movies are back in theaters in a big way—and none bigger than Gina Prince-Bythewood’s warrior epic ‘The Woman King.’ Sean and Amanda break down the new Viola Davis vehicle and nine more new releases, including a pair of disturbing horror movies, a David Bowie doc, and, um, ‘Pinocchio’ (2:00). Then, Adam Nayman joins Sean to share a report from the Toronto International Film Festival, including word on Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,’ and ‘My Policeman’ (56:00).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam Nayman
2022-09-201h 28
The Film Comment PodcastToronto 2022 #4, with Adam Nayman, Vadim Rizov, and Beatrice LoayzaAs we head into the last weekend of the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, Film Comment Co-Deputy Editor Devika Girish welcomes Adam Nayman (critic and certified Toronto native), Vadim Rizov (director of operations at Filmmaker Magazine), and Beatrice Loayza (associate web editor at the Criterion Collection) to talk about some of the major titles from this year's lineup, including The Fabelmans, Dry Ground Burning, Women Talking, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Whale, and the Bulgari ad directed by Paolo Sorrentino that plays before every TIFF screening.
2022-09-161h 01
The Film Comment PodcastIrma Vep and The Rehearsal, with Adam Nayman and Beatrice LoayzaThis week's podcast initially began as a sequel to our episode about Irma Vep from a few weeks ago, in which Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza joined us to discuss Olivier Assayas's new HBO series. We had only seen four episodes at the time, and we wanted to reconvene our guests, now that the miniseries has finished its run of eight episodes. But as we dug into the film-within-a-film rabbit holes of Irma Vep, its commentaries on auteurism and autofiction, and how it blurs the lines between reality, narrative, and fantasy, we realized that it echoed the themes of another s...
2022-08-0459 min
Watch With Jen™Watch With Jen - S3: E27 - Mind Control Movies with Adam NaymanReturning to the podcast this week, we have the impressive critic, in-demand lecturer, and insightful author Mr. Adam Nayman, who longtime listeners will remember hearing last summer around this time as he joined me to discuss the life and career of actress Gene Tierney. A contributor to The Ringer, Criterion, CinemaScope, and more, additionally, our Toronto-based guest has written thoughtful books on SHOWGIRLS, Ben Wheatley, the Coen brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson (which will come in handy today), and the recently released David Fincher: Mind Games from the great publisher Abrams.In this fascinating and rich conversation, we...
2022-07-221h 29The Big Picture‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music BiopicsBaz Luhrmann’s latest film, a life-spanning biopic of Elvis Presley, is here, and Sean and Amanda are breaking down this exhaustive, expansive new film (1:00). Then, Adam Nayman joins to discuss the prescient comedy ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’ and their favorite music biopics (24:00).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-06-241h 19
DOLLY BACKBecoming the Bulldozer with Adam Nayman - STONE COLD (1991)As the era of athlete-turned-action star raged on with the likes of Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Lundgren, and Van Damme all committed to their respective franchises and filmmakers, one lone American football star dared to turn the spotlight from international talent to domestic. Unfortunately, his efforts resulted in little except the efforts of your hosts trying to piece together its successes and downfalls. So bleach your mullets and cut off your t-shirts as Krishiv and Erich are joined this week by esteemed Toronto film critic and writer, Adam Nayman, to discuss the Craig R. Baxley directed, Brian Bosworth vehicle that is St...
2022-06-201h 21The Film Comment PodcastOlivier Assayas's Irma Vep with Adam Nayman and Beatrice LoayzaTwo episodes in, Olivier Assayas’s new, mind-bendingly metatextual HBO series, Irma Vep, has already proven to be catnip for cinephiles. An audacious expansion and reinvention of Assayas's 1996 film of the same title—in which an aging French filmmaker attempts to remake Louis Feuillade’s classic silent serial, Les vampires, with Maggie Cheung as the criminal vamp Irma Vep—the eight-part series features a nearly dizzying mise-en-abyme structure. Here, a neurotic filmmaker (seemingly modeled on Assayas) recreates Feuillade’s serial for a contemporary, binge-TV audience. Alicia Vikander plays Mira Harberg, an American pop heroine who is cast as Irma Vep among a glo...
2022-06-141h 07The Big Picture‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Evil Dead,’ and the Sam Raimi RankingsThis week sees the release of ‘Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,’ which is directed by one of our favorite filmmakers, Sam Raimi. Adam Nayman talks with Sean about Raimi's expansive career and style, before ranking his 15 features (38:00). Then, Sean is joined by Tom Gormican, the director of ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,’ to discuss his Nicolas Cage meta-action vehicle (1:11:00).Host: Sean FennesseyGuests: Adam Nayman and Tom GormicanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-05-031h 37The Big Picture‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and Top Five Most Audacious MoviesWe’re diving deep into Daniels’ multiversal extravaganza ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ one of the year’s most acclaimed and thrilling movies. Sean is joined by Adam Nayman and Joanna Robinson to break down the film, its bold style, and why it’s become such a sensation (1:00). Then, they share their favorite, zany, audacious movie swings (39:00).Host: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam Nayman and Joanna RobinsonProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-04-141h 25
The Strategy Inside EverythingJust how much do you need to know with Adam NaymanAdam Nayman is a film critic, lecturer, and author. In an interview he posted with the maker of the film The Empty Man (which I loved), Adam presses the director on other films he was reminded of or felt was referenced. The interview raised some questions for me about my approach to starting a new strategy assignment. How much do you need to know, to feel like you understand? How much information is too much? What is reasonable. This conversation stays rooted in film, but the bread crumbs to other types of thought work are certainly there. Adam Nayman’s...
2022-03-2753 min
RoyCastBonus — The Game (1997), with Adam NaymanFor the first installment in a series exploring works that make up the creative DNA of Succession, critic and author Adam Nayman joins Brendan to discuss The Game, the 1997 conspiracy thriller directed by David Fincher starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, and Deborah Kara Unger. The discussion kicks off with an analysis of the title sequence, which inspired Succession's own opening credits, and branches off from there to explore other interesting connections between film and series. Towards the end, Adam and Brendan also discuss Succession executive producer Adam McKay's recent film Don't Look Up. This episode was recorded before the Oscar...
2022-03-251h 45
A Year in Film: A Hollywood Suite Podcast2005 — Brick & Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Neo-Noir (feat. Adam Nayman)Follow Becky, Cam and special guest Adam Nayman as they investigate 2005 neo-noirs Brick (directed by Rian Johnson) and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (directed by Shane Black). Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope and writes on film for The Ringer, Sight and Sound, Reverse Shot, and Little White Lies. He has written books on the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher (forthcoming), Showgirls, and the films of Ben Wheatley. He lectures on cinema and journalism at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. Twitter: @brofromanother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-03-0152 min
Impressions of America: History PodcastMasculinity at the End of History: Late '90s Cinema with Adam NaymanSimon, Tobi, and Vaughn are joined by author and film critic Adam Nayman to look at the cinema of the late 1990s and in particular films such as Fight Club and The Matrix that portray the common theme of white men in comfortable office jobs rejecting their reality in search of a greater purpose.
2022-02-061h 44The Big Picture‘Reservoir Dogs’ at 30 and the Legacy of Sundance ’92We're hopping in a time machine back to 1992. Why? It’s been 30 years since Quentin Tarantino’s debut film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival along with other movies from a memorable class of other filmmakers. Adam Nayman joins Sean to discuss 'Dogs' and what it means now and how some of those other films were remembered, or not.Hosts: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-01-251h 18
Riverside Chats92. Adam Nayman on 'David Fincher: Mind Games'Adam Nayman is a critic at The Ringer and Cinema Scope and he is also the author of The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Room Together and Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, which he discussed in an earlier episode of this show. His latest book, David Fincher: Mind Games is a critical and visual survey of the filmmaker behind incredibly influential works include Seven, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl, and more. Nayman gives context, analysis, links themes, and conducts interviews with various people...
2022-01-1653 min
One Heat Minute ProductionsZodiac Sessions: Adam Nayman (Author of DAVID FINCHER: MINDGAMES)Welcome to a very special exclusive bonus episode of the Zodiac Sessions podcast (usually reserved for One Heat Minute Productions Patreon), with the author of Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks (Abrams, 2020) and The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together (Abrams, 2018), contributing editor to Cinema Scope and author of DAVID FINCHER MINDGAMES, Adam Nayman. Adam and I discuss his book's introduction as one of the great literary flexes, and David Fincher's work beyond Zodiac.One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER...
2022-01-1656 minThe Big Picture‘Encanto’ and the 10 Most Underrated Movies of 2021Andy Greenwald joins Sean to discuss Disney’s latest achievement in animation, ‘Encanto,’ and share some tips for how to be a dad who wants to introduce their child to movies (1:00). Chris Ryan swings by to talk about Paul Verhoeven’s sexy nuns movie, ‘Benedetta’ (38:00). Then, Adam Nayman and Sean list their 10 most underrated, underseen, or underdiscussed movies of 2021 (51:00).Host: Sean FennesseyGuest: Andy Greenwald, Chris Ryan, and Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-12-281h 47The Big PictureTop Five Movies of 2021. Plus: Denis Villeneuve on ‘Dune’!It's time to talk about the best of the year, so Sean and Amanda are joined by Adam Nayman and Chris Ryan to share their five favorite movies of 2021 (1:00). Then, 'Dune' director Denis Villeneuve comes to the show to talk about his extraordinary adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel (1:17:00).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Denis Villeneuve, Chris Ryan, and Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-12-071h 51The Last Thing I SawEpisode 88: Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta with Margaret Barton-Fumo and Adam NaymanWelcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Paul Verhoeven’s hotly anticipated new movie, Benedetta, is set mostly in a convent in the 17th century, following its title character as she becomes a nun and rises in the ranks. The movie typically bold and provocative about the workings over power and organized religion and about Benedetta’s rich fantasy life. Margaret has long been immersed in Verhoeven’s world, and talked with the director at length as part of her book of interviews with him. As has critic Adam Nayman, another Verhoeven-head and author of It Doe...
2021-12-0358 min
The Film Comment PodcastThe Mind Games of David Fincher, with Kent Jones and Adam NaymanThis week's conversation focuses on David Fincher—a director whose decade-spanning body of gritty Americana—from the grim moral drama of Se7en to the revisionist Hollywood tale of the recent Mank—has inspired reams of divisive analysis
A new book by Adam Nayman, David Fincher: Mind Games (out November 23), offers a canny and timely appraisal of the director’s filmography. Adam writes that, “Over the past thirty years, Fincher has cultivated and maintained a reputation that precedes him of formal rigor and technocratic exactitude, of moviemaking as a game of inches.” Film Comment editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute invited Adam...
2021-11-241h 14
RoyCastSuccession 3.1, "Secession" with Adam NaymanSuccession is back and the vibes are off in the season three premiere, "Secession". Critic and author Adam Nayman joins the Fly Guys to break down COVID's impact on the filmmaking process, Succession's changing relationship to contemporary reality, Kendall's clout madness, Shiv's flop era, and a handful of new characters.
Adam Nayman (Twitter: @brofromanother) writes about film for The Ringer and Cinema Scope magazine. His new book, David Fincher: Mind Games is out this fall. https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/david-fincher-mind-games_9781419753411/
2021-10-221h 39The Film Comment PodcastToronto 2021 with Adam Nayman and José TeodoroAs we enter the thick of fall festival season, it seems that every week brings with it a full slate of amazing new films from all over the world. This week, Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute rang up two of their favorite critics, Adam Nayman and José Teodoro, for a look at the 2021 edition of Toronto International Film Festival, which just wrapped this past weekend.
José and Adam had much to report on from their hometown fest. They kicked things off with a discussion of some of the bigger movies on offer, including Dune, Spencer, Jane Campion’s Th...
2021-09-211h 00The Big PictureTop 5 Clint Eastwood Movies and ‘Cry Macho’'Cry Macho,' the 44th film directed by 91-year-old Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, arrives in theaters and is now available on HBO Max. Adam Nayman and Chris Ryan join Sean to talk about the expansive, six-decade career of one of the signature filmmakers and movie stars of all time. They analyze 'Cry Macho,' his on-screen persona, his complicated political presence, and his relationship to genre, and, finally, they share their five favorite Eastwood films.Host: Sean FennesseyGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner L...
2021-09-171h 31The Last Thing I SawEpisode 68: Newish Releases with Adam Nayman and Beatrice LoayzaWelcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Before the onslaught of new fall releases, I thought it’d be nice to tackle three big summer titles. We start with Annette, the long-awaited new feature from Leos Carax starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard; The Green Knight, David Lowery’s medieval fantasy with Dev Patel; and last but definitely not least, the mind-bender Old, from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan. Joining the podcast for the first time is Adam Nayman, a contributing editor at Cinema Scope whose work is published in The Ringer and Sight & Soun...
2021-08-281h 08A Year in Film: A Hollywood Suite Podcast2000 — Mission to Mars & Red Planet: Baroque Space (feat. Adam Nayman) Prepare to see red as critic, lecturer and instructor Adam Nayman follows Becky and Alicia into uncharted (and occasionally uninhabitable) territory to revisit two of the first sci-fi stinkers of the new millennium: Mission to Mars and Red Planet. Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope and writes on film for The Ringer, Sight and Sound, Reverse Shot, and Little White Lies. He has written books on the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher (forthcoming), Showgirls, and the films of Ben Wheatley. He lectures on cinema and journalism at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. Twitter: @brofromanot...
2021-08-171h 02
Wiseman PodcastBasic Training with Adam NaymanWe talk Basic Training (1971) with Adam Nayman, Toronto teacher, author and film critic for The Ringer.0:00:00-0:44:02: intro0:44:03-1:48:49: chat w/Adam Naymanwisemanpodcast@gmail.com
2021-08-021h 48
Watch With Jen™Watch With Jen - S2: E30 - Gene Tierney with Adam NaymanThis week's guest is the impressive critic, in-demand lecturer, and insightful author, Mr. Adam Nayman. A contributor to The Ringer, Criterion, CinemaScope, and more, the Toronto-based Adam has written books on Showgirls, Ben Wheatley, the Coen Brothers, and Paul Thomas Anderson. His newest title, David Fincher: Mind Games is available for pre-order now and will be released in November from Abrams.If you're a fan of his work, it should come as no surprise that Adam Nayman is a very well-prepared and knowledgeable guest. In fact, he actually went above and beyond to track down a copy...
2021-07-301h 30The Big PictureThe Brian De Palma Top 10 and ‘Blow Out’ at 40It’s a very special episode of the show: a deep dive into the career of one of our favorite filmmakers, Brian De Palma. We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of his masterworks, ‘Blow Out,’ this summer, and exploring the depths of his career. Joining Sean is Ringer contributor and author Adam Nayman.Host: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-07-131h 22
One Heat Minute ProductionsZODIAC: CHRONICLE - GEMINI PT.1 (11/24)Welcome to Zodiac: Chronicle, a 24 part investigation into David Fincher's 2007 genre-altering masterpiece Zodiac. It was adapted from Robert Graysmith's novel by screenwriter James Vanderbilt. The film, of course, stars an incredible ensembles cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo. This is the eleventh episode of Zodiac: Chronicle - Taurus Pt. 2. Today's introduction was former long-runner editor of Time Out New York, editor, critic and writer for hire with bylines at the New York Times, Empire and Sight and Sound – the Tosci to my Graysmith - Joshua RothKopf. Joining me to answer if we cracked the...
2021-07-0255 min
The Sand TrapPunch-Drunk Love: Mr. Sandler Goes To CannesThe boys swirl around Sandler's critical turning point, Punch-Drunk Love. They talk PTA, Shoot the Piano Player, their thesis, Ghoulardi, Comedy in a different font, Surrealism, idealized himbos, Ben gets lost in the sauce, persona, & the Safdies. Links: The Cast & Crew of Punch-Drunk at Cannes Sandler & PTA in a brief Q&A Adam Nayman's MasterworksErnie Anderson as "Ghoulardi"Anderson on WTF — Keep up with the show on twitter or instagram @sandtrappod, dm us there or email us at yabbayew@gmail.com Hosts Ben Kasl (instagram @ben.k...
2021-05-2439 min
The Big Picture‘Army of the Dead’ and Top Five Zombie MoviesZack Snyder returns to the undead with his new Netflix blockbuster 'Army of the Dead.' Sean is joined by Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman to discuss Snyder's latest, what makes a great zombie movie, and share their five favorites from the genre.Host: Sean FennesseyGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam NaymanProducer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-05-211h 14
The Big PictureTop Five Cult Movies, ‘Bad Trip,’ and ‘The Empty Man’Adam Nayman returns to the show to discuss the elusive nature of cult movies: what makes one qualify, and when and why does a movie officially earn cult status. Sean and Adam use two of their favorite recent movies, Netflix's prank comedy 'Bad Trip' and the impressive 2020 thriller 'The Empty Man,' as a launch point before sharing their favorite cult movies of all time (0:15). Then Sean is joined by writer-director Emma Seligman to talk about her terrifically entertaining and terrifying first feature 'Shiva Baby' (1:01:00).Hosts: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam Nayman, Emma...
2021-04-091h 39
The Film Comment PodcastThe Return of Movie Gifts with K. Austin Collins and Adam NaymanOn this week's episode, we bring back a beloved Film Comment Podcast format of yore: Movie Gifts. It’s like Secret Santa but for movies—each participant picks a movie for another that the recipient hasn’t seen. It’s a fun way for us to share our enthusiasms, gain new insights on old favorites, and fill in some long-standing blindspots.
And who better to join us in the spirit of gift-giving than our two erudite guests: K. Austin Collins, film critic for Rolling Stone; and Adam Nayman, writer for The Ringer, contributing editor to CinemaScope, and author of Paul Thomas And...
2021-03-231h 18
SLEAZOIDS161 - SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) + THE STEPFATHER (1987) ft. Adam NaymanHosts Josh and Jamie and special guest Adam Nayman (The Ringer, Cinemascope) discuss coming to terms with the darkness of American suburbia and serial killing father figures in Alfred Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943) and its 80s slasher update THE STEPFATHER (1987). Next week's bonus episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on REAR WINDOW (1954) and THE BURBS (1989), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on patreon: www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast
Intro // 00:00-10:40
SHADOW OF A DOUBT // 10:40-1:02:42
THE STEPFATHER // 1:02:42-55:59
Outro // 1:28:35-1:32:56
Adam's David Fincher book: https://www.amazon.ca...
2021-02-271h 32The Big PictureAwards Season Has Gone Cuckoo. Plus: The 10 Best Movies at Sundance.Stonks, SAG Awards, and streamers: Amanda and Sean break down a roller coaster of a week in the movie business (0:36). Then, they’re joined by Adam Nayman to discuss a virtual Sundance Film Festival, the big acquisitions, and the very best films that just might be coming to a streamer near you (30:30).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2021-02-051h 29
Someone Else's MovieHaley Mlotek and Adam Nayman on ShowgirlsFilm critics Haley Mlotek and Adam Nayman were among a dozen experts interviewed by Jeffrey McHale for his 2019 documentary You Don’t Nomi, about the reclamation of Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls — received on its release in 1995 as an unmitigated disaster — as both a camp classic and legitimately good movie. So of course they’re here to talk about Verhoeven’s film, and why it’s time to take it seriously. Your genial host Norm Wilner learned a whole dance routine for this.
2021-02-021h 01
One Heat Minute ProductionsZODIAC: CHRONICLE - SAGITTARIUS PT. 2 (2/24)Welcome to Zodiac Chronicle, a 24 part investigation into David Fincher’s 2007 genre-altering masterpiece Zodiac. Adapted from Robert Graysmith’s novel by screenwriter James Vanderbilt and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo. Writer, critic and author with bylines at the New York Times, The Playlist, Vulture - the editor in chief of independent film publication Crooked Marquee and host of the FUN CITY CINEMA PODCAST - Jason Bailey provided our introduction. To help me discuss the entry into the city shaped irrevocably by the Zodiac, San Francisco are filmmaker and screenwriter of Rounders...
2020-12-3154 minThe Big PictureThe Top Five Movies of 2020This has been a strange year for movies, most of which were seen at home. But we didn't struggle to find some that lit up our imagination and reflected the times. Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman to pick their top five films of 2020.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-12-081h 33
Riverside ChatsAuthor Adam Nayman on Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks (Radio Edit)Critic Adam Nayman discusses his new book, Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, as well as the state of the auteur today and the future of cinema after the pandemic and the streaming revolution.Check out the book here.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/riversidechats/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riversidechats/support
2020-12-0752 minRiverside Chats51. Author Adam Nayman on 'Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks' and the Future of CinemaCritic Adam Nayman discusses his new book, Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, as well as the state of the auteur today and the future of cinema after the pandemic and the streaming revolution.
Check out the book here.
2020-12-0755 minThe Big Picture‘Mank' Week: The Importance of ‘Citizen Kane’ and Orson WellesThis week marks the arrival of David Fincher’s long-awaited 'Mank,' which chronicles the screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz’s life and work on the script for 'Citizen Kane.' Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman for an expansive chat on all things 'Kane,' Orson Welles, the fight over the film's authorship, and classic Hollywood.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-12-011h 30Junk Filter3: Punch-Drunk Love (with Adam Nayman)Host Jesse Hawken is joined by Toronto-based author and film critic Adam Nayman, who has written a new pictorial monograph “Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks”, for an in-depth discussion of Anderson’s singular romantic comedy Punch-Drunk Love. The film won the Best Director prize at Cannes but despite some great reviews, audiences weren’t quite sure what to make of it in 2002, as the long-anticipated followup to the epic Magnolia turned out to be a 90 minute (arthouse-adjacent) Adam Sandler comedy. But time has revealed Punch-Drunk Love to be the film that marked a new trajectory in Anderson’s career, a generous a...
2020-11-231h 15
No Happy EndingsEpisode 9: 'Paul Thomas Anderson' with author Adam NaymanAdam Nayman is the author of the new book 'Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks'
2020-11-151h 30
Stuck At Home with Cliff and Jason Presented by Starburns AudioThe Works of Paul Thomas Anderson with Adam NaymanAuthor Adam Nayman joins us today to talk about the subject of his new book, "Paul Thomas Anderson Masterworks". Producer Scott thinks Magnolia is the greatest movie ever, Cliff agrees, Jason is like "what's with all the frogs?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-11-061h 04
One Heat Minute ProductionsINCREMENT VICE - EPISODE #44: “…but you could use a keeper...” with Adam NaymanRaymond Chandler once wrote, “the French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.” As we begin to make our long goodbyes, that’s something to think about, isn’t it? Maybe that’s why it’s so hard to let go of what’s lost—it feels like dying a little. Just ask our ol pal, Bigfoot Bjornsen…About the Guest - ADAM NAYMANAdam Nayman is a critic, author and lecturer. He teaches cinema s...
2020-10-231h 15
One Heat Minute ProductionsINCREMENT VICE - EPISODE #44: “…but you could use a keeper...” with Adam NaymanRaymond Chandler once wrote, “ the French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.”
As we begin to make our long goodbyes, that’s something to think about, isn’t it? Maybe that’s why it’s so hard to let go of what’s lost—it feels like dying a little. Just ask our ol pal, Bigfoot Bjornsen…
*About the Guest - ADAM NAYMAN*
Adam Nayman is a critic, author and lecturer. He teaches cinema studies at the University of Toronto and is a contributing...
2020-10-231h 15The Big PictureTop Five Christopher Nolan Movies and a ‘Tenet’ Review From Canada'Tenet' is here! But not everywhere. With Christopher Nolan's latest unavailable to California and New York residents, Sean and Amanda call on Ringer contributor and Canadian citizen Adam Nayman to share a spoiler-free review of the filmmaker's latest journey into bended time and space. Plus: Sean, Amanda, and Adam share their favorite Nolan works and discuss how his films will be remembered.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-09-0153 minThe Big PictureThe Best Movies of 2020 … So FarMovie theaters have been closed for more than half the year, but we’ve still gotten our fair share of great films. Adam Nayman joins Sean and Amanda to share their top five movies so far this year.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam Nayman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-07-021h 00
The Big PictureThe Monster Movie Hall of Fame and 'The Invisible Man' | The Big Picture
To celebrate the release of 'The Invisible Man,' Leigh Whannell's clever reimagining of the classic Universal monster movie, Adam Nayman joins the show to help construct a shrine to the greatest creatures, ghouls, aliens, oversized apes, and ineffable spirits in film history (1:03). Then, Whannell joins Sean to talk about the making of his new movie, casting Elisabeth Moss as the protagonist of the story, and the unlikely inspirations he channeled (47:30).Hosts: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam Nayman and Leigh Whannell
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2020-02-281h 24
The Big PictureThe Top Five Movies of the Year | The Big Picture
Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman join Sean and Amanda to rank their top five movies of 2019, which got off to a slow start but has been flooded with great films over the last two months. The quartet discuss masters of their craft like Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese making late-period career retrospectives, as well as internationally renowned auteurs like Bong Joon-Ho and Claire Denis stunning American audiences.Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuests: Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman
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2019-12-061h 03
The Big PictureTop Five Martin Scorsese Movies. Plus: Edward Norton! | The Big Picture
'The Irishman' opens in theaters this weekend, so Sean has convened two Scorsese fanatics, Chris Ryan and Adam Nayman, to share their top five favorite Marty movies. The trio discuss Scorsese's signature themes and visual style, his approach to genre, and what makes him such a historic figure in the world of filmmaking (3:00). Then, Edward Norton joins Sean to discuss the making of his latest film—which he wrote, directed, and stars in—'Motherless Brooklyn' (61:00).Host: Sean FennesseyGuests: Chris Ryan, Adam Nayman, and Edward Norton
Learn more abou...
2019-11-011h 31
The Big PictureTop Five Stephen King Movies and the Most Anticipated Movies at the Toronto International Film Festival | The Big Picture
Ringer contributor Adam Nayman joins Sean to break down the films he's most looking forward to at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (1:10). Then, ahead of the release of 'It Chapter Two,' Sean and Adam share their favorite adaptations of Stephen King novels, including the classics you'd expect along with a few curveballs (7:30).Host: Sean FennesseyGuest: Adam Nayman
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2019-09-061h 00
The Big PictureThe Best Movies of 2019 So Far. Plus, ‘Yesterday’ Deletes the Beatles. | The Big Picture
In this double episode, Sean and Amanda review ‘Yesterday,’ a movie that delivered in Beatles nostalgia but came up short in plot payoff (1:00). Then, Adam Nayman calls in from Toronto to share his top five movies of a slow year so far (42:50).Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda DobbinsGuest: Adam Nayman
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2019-06-281h 35
The WatchApple Officially Wades Into the Streaming Wars, Plus: ‘Us’ and ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ | The Watch
At the Apple event this Monday, the company paraded out all of the original content that will be available through their streaming service (2:09). They’re about to go up against not only streaming services, but cable companies as well (11:12). Plus, Adam Nayman on ‘Us’ and ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ (28:32).Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy GreenwaldGuest: Adam Nayman
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2019-03-2653 min
The Lodgers | A Twin Peaks PodcastEpisode Twenty-Nine: Enjoy Yourself, it's Later Than You Think (ft. Adam Nayman and the cast of The Lodgers)After a considerable, scheduling-necessitated delay, we've brought back Adam Nayman to help us consider just where the season’s final episodes take us, how they affect our view of the series as a whole, and just what the hell we’re all going to do with our lives now. Also, we invited former guests of the show to chip in with their finale and series thoughts!
Thanks to our listeners for their feedback and attention.
RIP Harry Dean Stanton.
2019-02-051h 38The Lodgers | A Twin Peaks PodcastEpisode Fourteen: "Fire Walk With Me" (ft. Adam Nayman)New episodes of Twin Peaks land this Sunday (holy balls!), and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to revisit Fire Walk With Me, Lynch’s divisive, brutal film chronicling the final days of Laura Palmer. Author and critic Adam Nayman joins Kate and Simon to talk about the film’s critical rehabilitation, its wacky prologue, its impact on the Twin Peaks world at large, Sheryl Lee’s remarkable performance, and to take potshots at other filmmakers for kicks.
2019-02-011h 11
Someone Else's MovieAdam Nayman on FargoAuthor, critic and occasional actor Adam Nayman — whose shiny new book The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together is available now from Abrams — steps up for Fargo, their Oscar-winning 1996 dramedy about people making very bad decisions in Minnesota. Your genial host Norm Wilner agrees with him one hundred percent.
2018-10-091h 17
Start The Breakthrough Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together by Adam NaymanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343252to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together
Author: Adam Nayman
Narrator: Rob Shapiro
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Release date: September 11, 2018
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary:
A playfully critical journey through the Coen brothers' filmography From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the...
2018-09-119h 56
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together by Adam NaymanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together Author: Adam Nayman Narrator: Rob Shapiro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: September 11, 2018 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A playfully critical journey through the Coen brothers' filmography From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties...
2018-09-1110 minUnlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together by Adam NaymanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343252to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together
Author: Adam Nayman
Narrator: Rob Shapiro
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Release date: September 11, 2018
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary:
A playfully critical journey through the Coen brothers' filmography From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. In The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the...
2018-09-119h 56
Feel The Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook Experience!The Coen Brothers by Adam NaymanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/201373to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Coen Brothers
Author: Adam Nayman
Narrator: Rob Shapiro
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
Release date: 09-11-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 172 ratings
Genres: Direction & Production
Publisher's Summary:
From such cult hits as Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski to major critical darlings Fargo, No Country for Old Men, and Inside Llewyn Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. Film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts...
2018-09-119h 55
The Village Podcast from The BookshelfForget March Madness, this is September MadnessThe tap has turned back on around here and everything is happening! Movies: Eighth Grade Mean Girls 2001: A Space Odyssey Bladerunner Showgirls and the Verhoeven Oeuvre Books: Cataract City by Craig Davidson Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson Craig Davidson is also Nick Cutter! My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (for the cover art) Gifts of Evil by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli Clearing the Plains b...
2018-09-0945 min
Just Say RadOn Hereditary: Between Hype and HorrorI didn't love Hereditary. So I brought in Film Critic Adam Nayman to play counsellor and walk me through those feelings.We discuss the film and its relationship to "Elevated Horror", the hype and comparisons to William Friedkin's The Exorcist, the branding from the cool kids at A24, and the wide gap in reception between RottenTomatoes (currently 92%) and CinemaScore (D+).This is an exhaustive, spoiler-heavy look at a film some are calling the scariest movie in decades.Follow Adam Nayman on Twitter and keep up with his writing in Cinemascope, The Ringer, Reverse...
2018-06-1358 min
Just Say RadThe Most Demanding Film: Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom ThreadFilm Critic Adam Nayman joins me for a deep dive on Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread.We discuss the Oscar-nominated film, its interpretations, its relationships to Anderson's canon and those of other filmmakers (particularly influences like Hitchcock and Kubrick), and how it may be received along gender lines.This is an exhaustive, spoiler-heavy look at our favourite film of 2017.Follow Adam Nayman on Twitter and keep up with his writing in Cinemascope, The Ringer, Reverse Shot, Sight and Sound and Little White Lies.Follow Radheyan Simonpillai on Twitter and right here...
2018-01-281h 26
I Hate It But I Love ItForrest Gump (with Adam Nayman)Films are like a box of chocolates: sometimes they age really badly and get that weird white waxy stuff all over them and you're like "bleh, gross." This week, we're talking about the 1994 "masterpiece" FORREST GUMP, which-- spoiler alert-- has not aged well. Joined by very special guest Adam Nayman, we discuss on-the-nose musical cues, the Lt. Dan Band, and how nostalgia and cynicism combine to make a movie that is SURPRISINGLY dark. Listen, then buy Adam's books It Doesn't Suck and Ben Wheatley: Confusion and Carnage wherever books are sold! This episode is brought to you...
2017-08-161h 11