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Adam Nayman

Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope. He has also contributed to the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and Cineaste.
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Sovereignty Is Not Independence

September 14, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

A Q&A with director Philippe Falardeau on his new film, My Internship in Canada

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Photograph by Michael Vlasaty
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Remember Me

September 11, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

Atom Egoyan returns to TIFF on his own terms

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Home Run

June 10, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

At TIFF Bell Lightbox, a retrospective of the films of Chinese-born, Hamilton-based director Luo Li

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Into the Mild

April 23, 2015June 9, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

A road-tripping documentary about Canadian identity stops short of saying who we are

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Watch List

April 22, 2015July 21, 2021 - by Adam Nayman

Five films to see at this year’s Hot Docs festival

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Starry Night

February 25, 2015June 19, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

The Canadian Screen Awards prompt the question: how should a homegrown awards show be?

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Mocking the Men with Guns

February 12, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

An acclaimed new movie from North Africa presents authoritarian Islamist guerrillas as cruel, radicalized, violent—and ridiculous

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Clint Eastwood’s War

January 23, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

Critics are dismissing American Sniper as a jingoistic, post-9/11 spin on John Wayne. Here’s why they’re wrong

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What Is My Job Worth to You?

January 15, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

In an inventive new film, two Belgian filmmakers profile the widespread employment insecurity now being experienced by workers everywhere

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Pay It Forward

April 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Adam Nayman

Jennifer Baichwal is the best Canadian filmmaker you’ve never heard of. In Payback, she expands on Margaret Atwood’s book, exploring the human condition of owing and being owed

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