The Adam Glass

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I record myself coming up with barely plausible leftist readings of movies and then people listen to the recordings.
Pronouns:He/Him
Location:Ohio
Website:http://www.AdamGlass.org
Podcast:http://www.LostInCriterion.com
The Adam Glass3m ago
Sami Kelsh is a tired bear4h ago

Please accept this happy little bee for #tdov 🏳️‍⚧️

To all my trans pals: you are so cool and I love you and I wish you all the little treats and joy and peace in the world x

The Adam Glass48m ago
Know what? Not even going to try to explain to the well meaning white ladies that the man they're trying to buy hotdogs for is not unhoused, he's just very drunk. Enjoy your dogs, man
Show threadThe Adam Glass4d ago
Legitimately the best anti-cop movie I've ever seen.
The Adam Glass4d ago

A film director who rejects auteur theory ("movies are collaborations"), rejects the new wave, and just wants to make pop films with radical politics? Is Elio Petri our new favorite director? Criterion only has one of his movies, so he must be!

https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-682-investigation-of-a-citizen-above-suspicion/

Spine 682: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Lost in Criterion

What if all the people in charge were actually criminals, but so insulated by power that no amount of clear evidence could lead to them being investigated? Crazy right? Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) is our only film from Elio Petri in the Criterion Collection, which is disappointing because from what we can tell his work is like if Pier Paolo Pasolini only did mass market genre stuff. Of course it's also just impeccable mass market genre stuff filled with radical politics, which Petri termed PolPop, political popular film. It's right up our alley.

Show threadThe Adam GlassMar 25
Just remembered that there is a season two of Watson.
Holmes shows up at the end of Ep1. He is not played by Matt Berry.
But he IS played by Robert Carlyle, so now I'm imagining every cast member of Trainspotting getting to play Sherlock Holmes on CBS. But Ewan McGregor probably won't show up until the massive crossover event Oops All Sherlock Thursday.
Anyway, Watson is not better than it was last season.
The Adam GlassMar 20

Our friend Casey B. joins us to talk about Frances Ha (2012), the delightful film where Greta Gerwig as writer and star eclipses director Noah Baumbach.

https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-681-frances-ha/

Spine 681: Frances Ha | Lost in Criterion

Greta Gerwig's writing and acting in the titular role go a long way to make us like our second Noah Baumbach film much more than our first. While Kicking and Screaming (Spine 329) was a little too Whit Stillman for us - and over half the podcast ago - we found 2012's Frances Ha much more relatable and entertaining. It also helps that our friend Casey B. dropped everything to talk with us about a movie she loves.

Show threadThe Adam GlassMar 16
@christa Another? They haven't even read that one.
The Adam GlassMar 15
I think The Bride! is going to be one of those movies that I really liked but can't talk about without sounding like I didn't.
The Adam GlassMar 14
Modern The Americanization of Emily about a guy who just wanted to do some minor profiteering on polymarket who now has to be the first to person to shout Leeroy Jenkins on Kharg Island for a White House tiktok.
The Adam GlassMar 13
I know we joked about it on the Patreon episodes, but discussing City Lights this week I think it's apparent that after Zatoichi we need to relearn how to do the podcast. Thankfully, Criterion is giving us an amazing run of films to recover with.
https://www.lostincriterion.com/e/spine-680-city-lights/
Spine 680: City Lights | Lost in Criterion

Charlie Chaplin's first movie with synced sound (as opposed to his first film to feature onscreen dialogue) is the great silent film star saying no thank you to the concept of synced sound. City Lights is a great first start as we decompress from 24 Zatoichi films and relearn how to do the podcast, but I'll be honest it's rough going rewiring our brains from that.