Adrian Martin Recommends

April 2026

March 2026

100 THINKING MACHINE Video Essays!

A celebration & look-back in FILMKRANT magazine

Mar 9 • adrian

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February 2026

January 2026

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!

Jan 30 • adrian

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30 (RELATIVELY) RECENT BOOKS THAT I HEARTILY RECOMMEND (Part 1)

Covering film, memoir, surrealism, politics, drugs, sex, philosophy, theory ...

Jan 10 • adrian

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The Fickle Life of a Freelancer

(Magazine Section)

Jan 1 • adrian

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November 2025

ILLUSTRATED VIDEO LECTURE (80 minutes): “How Films Transform Space and Place”

Audiovisual essays included!

Nov 29, 2025 • adrian

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October 2025

September 2025

Return

(On the meaning of this word in Twin Peaks: The Return)

Sep 25, 2025 • adrian

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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!

Sep 11, 2025 • adrian

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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…

Sep 8, 2025 • adrian

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