DYLAN ADAMSON

       WRITER / FILM PROGRAMMER





    I’m a film critic, curator, and copywriter based in Toronto.

    My writing has been featured in The Walrus, the Los Angeles Review of Books, MUBI Notebook, Screen Slate, and more.

    I have curated films for Anthology Film Archives, TIFF Cinematheque, and elsewhere.

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    CURATION

    The Films of Gordon Matta-Clark
    Anthology Film Archives, New York City (March 2025)
    TIFF Cinematheque, Toronto (July 2025)
    Cinémathèque Québecoise (February 2026)


    The Frozen Slate
    Films from the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Toronto, (December 2022)

    THE WALRUS

    Cinema May Be Dying but the Old Auteurs Still Have Plenty to Say (2025)

    THE LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

    Cockfighter of the Year (2024)
    Continuity Errors: On the New Old Films of Francis Ford Coppola (2024)


    MUBI NOTEBOOK

    Lando at Tanta: On Yuppie-Maxxing and TikTok Realism (2025)
    One Shot: God's Comedy (2024)


    SCREEN SLATE

    Hot Ticket (2024)
    Lightning Over Water (2024)


    BRIGHT WALL DARK ROOM

    The 2025 Nitrate Picture Show: It's a Thin Line, Johnny (2025)

    IN REVIEW ONLINE

    TIFF Coverage: Mile End Kicks (2025)
    Inventing a Future from the Jaws of the Past: Isiah Medina's Gangsterism (2025)
    Megalopolis (2024)
    NYFF Coverage: We Don't Talk Like We Used To (2023)
    TIFF Coverage: Bouquets 31-40 (2023)


    ULTRA DOGME

    Oil and Water: Three Films by Nikos Nikolaidis (2023)

    SABZIAN

    Primary Material (Interview with Antoinetta Angelidi and Rea Walldén) (2023)