Adam Solomons

Adam Solomons is a critic and journalist who currently combines his love for films with a News Reporter role at British tabloid The Daily Star. A Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic with bylines at Sight & Sound and The Quietus, Adam has also been a political journalist. His favourite movie is Toy Story 2.

‘Mistress Dispeller’ Review: Provocative Doc Follows a Woman Investigating Her Husband’s Infidelity | TIFF

In 2000, less than one-tenth of Chinese men and women (mostly men) cheated on their spouse. Some experts have blamed… Read More

September 8, 2024

‘The Theory of Everything’ Review: Timm Kroeger’s Sophomore Feature is a Pulpy Adventure, as Impressive as it is Baffling | Venice

You can tell that Timm Kroeger was a cinematographer before he was a director. The German filmmaker’s second feature, following… Read More

September 4, 2023

‘The Killer’ Review: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before | Venice

That The Killer is David Fincher’s first film with a runtime under two hours in more than twenty years is… Read More

September 3, 2023

‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Review: Wes Anderson’s First of Four New Adaptations of Roald Dahl Shorts Heralds a New Era for the Filmmaker | Venice

The first of four Roald Dahl short stories adapted by Wes Anderson as part of Netflix’s reported half-a-billion-dollar deal with… Read More

September 1, 2023

‘Ferrari’ Review: Michael Mann’s Return is a Propulsive, Poignant Look at a Legend’s Most Turbulent Period | Venice

Ferrari is Modena, and Modena is Ferrari. The small city in Northern Italy has a medieval centre with red roofs… Read More

August 31, 2023

‘Blonde’ cinematographer Chayse Irvin on deconstructing Marilyn Monroe, art vs. consumption and having to say no to Beyoncé

The number of people who have said “no” to Beyoncé can probably be counted on two hands, maybe one. Chayse… Read More

September 27, 2022

‘The Kiev Trial’ review: Sergei Loznitsa’s latest dip into the archives explores the banality of Nazi evil in Ukraine [B-] | Venice

On Venice’s Lido island, documentarian Sergei Loznitsa was greeted like an exiled novelist, or an ex-political prisoner finally able to… Read More

September 10, 2022

‘Dead for a Dollar’ review: Walter Hill’s nostalgic Western is old-fashioned in good ways and bad [B] | Venice Film Festival

An entertaining B-movie rather than a serious, self-sufficient drama, Western schlockfest Dead for a Dollar justifies its nostalgic existence on… Read More

September 6, 2022

‘The Eternal Daughter’ review: Tilda Swinton shines in Joanna Hogg’s painful, personal drama [A] | Venice Film Festival

Telling someone they are being “very British” is almost never meant as a compliment. The cursed phrase connotes repression, quiet,… Read More

September 6, 2022

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