Adam Curtis

United Kingdom

Documentary Producer at BBC

Articles

Ep. 111: Losercore

Feb 26, 2025 | share.transistor.fm | Adam Curtis |Chuck Klosterman

February 26, 2025 • 93 Minutes In this week's episode, we discuss the legacy of Losercore, an aesthetic of the late 90s and early 2000s that celebrated the awkwardness of young adulthood and the sartorial idiosyncrasies of social outcasts, from orthodontia and ill-fitting gym uniforms to wire-frame glasses and dishwater-blond hair.
Withycombe Rugby Club decisive win at Raleigh Park | Exmouth Journal

Jan 21, 2025 | exmouthjournal.co.uk | Adam Curtis

Withycombe faced Tamar Saracens at Raleigh Park and swiftly dominated the match.
Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain

Sep 24, 2024 | crackmagazine.net | Nathalie Olah |Adam Curtis

24.09.24 Words by: Nathalie Olah & Adam Curtis Since the late 1980s, British documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis has been delving into the unexpected ways in which politics, economics, religion, technology and philosophy intersect to create the world we live in. His television journalism has earned him a cult following across disciplines: his visuals are part of Massive Attack’s current touring live show, which explores geopolitics, climate action and disinformation. In this extended Q&A,...
Living in an Unreal World: A Film By Adam Curtis (2016)

Jul 9, 2024 | onenewspage.com | Adam Curtis

Duration: 04:58s10 Jul 20240 shares1 viewsLiving in an Unreal World: A Film By Adam Curtis (2016)Here's 'Living in an Unreal World: A Film By Adam Curtis For Readers of VICE,' featuring some of the footage from the documentarian's next BBC piece. You might likeRelated news coverageHyperNormalisation (2016)HyperNormalisation is a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis. It argues that governments, financiers, and.. Rumble10 Jul 2024
Adam Curtis Talks to Jacobin About Russia, Oligarchs, and the Fall of the USSR

Sep 19, 2023 | jacobin.com | Adam Curtis

Interview by Taylor C. Noakes Adam Curtis’s Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone, released last year, does such a good job in setting the stage for the Russo-Ukraine war that one might be tempted to view the documentary as an attempt to explain — through archival film — how the Ukraine conflict came to be. However, the acclaimed documentarian clarifies that, as is customary with his work, there are broader narratives to explore.
TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS PROGRAM FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Aug 31, 2023 | hammertonail.com | Don R. Lewis |Adam Curtis

The always epic (and, slightly esoteric in terms of attending goes…) Telluride Film Festival kicks off today and runs through Monday, August 4. Sadly, HtN won’t be there this year but the lineup is, as always, incredibly cool. The 50th Telluride Film Festival proudly presents the following new feature films playing in its Main Program, the SHOW:• ALL OF US STRANGERS (d. Andrew Haigh, U.K., 2023)• AMERICAN SYMPHONY (d. Matthew Heineman, U.S., 2023)• ANATOMY OF A FALL (d.
The 2023 Telluride Film Festival Lineup

Aug 30, 2023 | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia |Adam Curtis

The Telluride Film Festival announced its official program selections for the milestone 50th edition of the film festival this morning. This year’s schedule has added an extra day to accommodate the celebration of the festival’s 50th anniversary, which is packed with world premieres and some of the best cinema has to offer in 2023.
Russia: does It believe in anything? | LSE Festival

Jun 21, 2023 | lse.ac.uk | Vladislav Zubok |Tomila Lankina |Adam Curtis |Grigor Atanesian

LSE Player is home to the latest films and podcasts from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Here you can watch videos on cutting edge research, find the award-winning LSE IQ podcast, and listen to more than 5,000 public event recordings featuring some of the world’s leading thinkers.
What is Hypernormalization?

Jun 6, 2023 | adbusters.org | Adam Curtis

“HyperNormalisation” is a word that was coined by a brilliant Russian historian who was writing about what it was like to live in the last years of the Soviet Union. What he said, which I thought was absolutely fascinating, was that in the 80s everyone from the top to the bottom of Soviet society knew that it wasn’t working, knew that it was corrupt, knew that the bosses were looting the system, know that the politicians had no alternative vision.