Archive - Adrian Martin Recommends

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.

Dec 14, 2024 •

47:49

November 2024

MY NEW BOOK “FILMMAKERS THINKING”

It’s now on sale via Amazon

Nov 22, 2024 •

Open Access: Video Essay “Shake” (4 mins) by Adrian Martin & Cristina Álvarez López

2015 audiovisual essay on a motif in David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS saga

Nov 16, 2024 •

3:59

2023 tribute talk (35 mins): “Lesley Stern: The (Restless) Australian Years”

On the author of THE SCORSESE CONNECTION, THE SMOKING BOOK, DIARY OF A DETOUR ...

Nov 6, 2024 •

35:21

FREE ACCESS VIDEO ESSAY: “BEST FILM MUSIC EVER” (2023, 10 mins)

On Gato Barbieri, John Cale, Peer Raben, Krzysztof Komeda

Nov 1, 2024 •

10:03

October 2024

2015 TALK FOR PAYING SUBSCRIBERS: “Moving Image? Cinema and Media Art”, 25 mins.

In December 2015 I was invited to give this talk for a conference at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia).

Oct 12, 2024 •

24:57

September 2024

FOR PAYING SUBSCRIBERS: 42-minute talk from 2021 on Philippe Garrel’s THE INNER SCAR (1971)

It is suggested you watch this after the 10-minute introduction (see related post), which contains different material.

Sep 18, 2024 •

42:18

FREE Introduction (10 mins) to a 2021 lecture on Philippe Garrel’s THE INNER SCAR

The complete talk is available to paid subscribers – see related post.

Sep 18, 2024 •

9:53

Three Surrealist Novels

Carrington, Blecher, Valenzuela

Sep 12, 2024 •

16:59

August 2024

FILM BOOK BIOGRAPHIES: Agnès Varda, Elaine May, Barbra Streisand … & Isidore Isou!

I recommend & discuss Carrie Rickey’s A COMPLICATED PASSION: THE LIFE & WORK OF AGNÈS VARDA, Carrie Courogen’s MISS MAY DOES NOT EXIST: THE LIFE AND…

Aug 9, 2024 •

20:22

July 2024

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