Adam Nayman

6 days ago | newrepublic.com | Adam Nayman

The French Surrealist Jean Cocteau once said that the cinema was “death at work.” David Cronenberg’s gloriously morbid new movie, The Shrouds,concerns a filmmaker who takes his work home with him. Karsh (Vincent Cassel) is not an auteur on par with Cocteau, or Cronenberg. He’s a self-described “producer of industrial videos,” who has poured his resources into an ambitious new startup venture called GraveTech.

2 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Maha Albadrawi |David Parkinson |Adam Nayman |Andy Medhurst

Martin Scorsese occupies a rarefied position on the internet these days: part elder statesman of film (on Letterboxd), part TikTok dad (to Francesca), and always good for an 8 to 12 minute YouTube sit-down. But in 2019, he found himself on the wrong side of internet ire when he compared Marvel films to theme parks. It was a throwaway comment in a longread about his career and upcoming film, The Irishman (2019).

2 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Anton Bitel |Nick Davis |Adam Nayman |Tara Judah

Jared Hess’s A Minecraft Movie is a big (and not just in budget), brash and brazen family film – so don’t by fooled by the apparent modesty of its title’s indefinite article. It is the middle word that does the heavy lifting in the first feature film to be based on Mojang Studios’ Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time.

2 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | David Parkinson Obituaries |David Parkinson |Adam Nayman |Andy Medhurst

A combination of good looks and impeccable control meant that Richard Chamberlain, who died two days before his 91st birthday, was never quite afforded his due as an actor. The son of an alcoholic shop fittings salesman, he was born in Beverly Hills (“the wrong side of Wilshire Boulevard”) on 31 March 1934. Having hidden the fact he was gay to serve in the US military in post-war Korea, he later returned to Los Angeles to study with blacklisted actor Jeff Corey.

3 weeks ago | bfi.org.uk | Nick Davis |Adam Nayman |Jonathan Romney |Kate Stables

Director Darren Thornton’s charming Irish remake of Italian comedy Mid-August Lunch (2008) follows the misadventures of Edward, a people-pleasing debut novelist who is left to entertain his friends’ elderly mothers while they jet off to Maspalomas Pride. 3 April 2025Edward (James McArdle), a gay Irish novelist, has a hit on his hands – or he might, if he can f ind snappier words to sell it.