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‘Adam’ Trailer: A Comedy Of Errors About Mistaken Gender Identity

July 22, 2019 2:40 pm

The trailer for "Adam," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has arrived. "Adam" is a coming-of-age story that deals with themes involving sexual and gender identity. It is also a queer story from the...

Margaret Qualley and Nicholas Alexander, Adam

‘Adam’: A Case Of Mistaken Sexual Identity Makes For A Charming, Timely Rom-Com [Sundance Review]

Kimber Myers

January 25, 2019 9:45 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Though it takes place in 2006, Rhys Ernst's directorial debut feels like a throwback in more than just its setting. "Adam" is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, and it's reminiscent of the LGBTQ+ indie m...

Sundance 2019 Film Festival Preview: 25 Must-See Films

Rodrigo Perez

January 24, 2019 11:30 am

Features, News

If you, like everyone else on the planet, we're hoping for a few days of respite following the announcement of the 2019 Academy Award nominations, given all the wtf omissions and snubs (no "Mr. Rogers" doc??), ...

Desiree Akhavan To Direct Lesbian & Trans Activist Coming-Of-Age Film ‘Adam’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 29, 2016 4:55 pm

News

If there's one filmmaker we're happy to see suddenly getting much busier, it's “Appropriate Behavior” director Desiree Akhavan. It was just a couple of weeks back that she lined up gay conversion drama “The Mis...

The Worst Films of 2009

Rodrigo Perez

January 21, 2010 5:12 pm

News

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Oh hey! Yeah, we're still doing 2009 stuff, deal with it.Surely there's worse movies out there, but often times we try and purposefully avoid the "The Love Guru's" of the year (though admittedly in 2008, we did...

Weekend Box Office- ‘Funny People’ At The Top, But Not Many LOL’s

Gabe Toro

August 2, 2009 3:58 pm

News

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Because bad buzz surrounds any studio that doesn't hit a home run these days, Universal has been getting negative press about an inadequate summer, even though from the outset, they weren't planning on hitting ...

In Theaters: ‘ ‘Funny People,’ ‘Aliens in the Attic,’ ‘Collector’

Rodrigo Perez

July 31, 2009 12:12 pm

News

Welcome to another installment of ‘The Fridays of Summer,’ 2009 edition, where the weather is hot but most reviews are decidedly lukewarm. This weekend’s mainstream lineup is oddly similar to the previous one, ...

‘Adam’: An Intimate Look At A Tortured Soul

Spencer Martin

July 30, 2009 5:41 pm

News

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After toiling in the world of theater and television for years, writer/director Max Meyer has finally come onto the film scene with his feature debut, "Adam," which is a simple story about a lonely electrical e...

‘Adam’ Soundtrack Features The Weepies, Lucy Schwartz, New Tracks By Joshua Radin & Miranda Lee Richards; Due July 28

Rodrigo Perez

June 16, 2009 8:27 pm

News

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The soundtrack to the upcoming romantic comedy "Adam," starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne, hits shelves on July 28 and the Sundance-approved film hits theaters on July 29 via Fox Searchlight. Though, to note: i...

American Apparel Backpeddle In Woody Allen Lawsuit,’ Another Roman Polanski Trial Dismissal Rejected, ‘Humpday’ Trailer; More…

Simon Dang

May 8, 2009 1:15 pm

News

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Hipster clothiers American Apparel have decided against calling on Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn in the case of their misuse of Woody Allen's image on a billboard and on their web site. And or they claim that w...

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