Adam Mars-Jones

Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 10:20 p.m.

b'Adam Mars-Jones is an award-winning novelist and critic. His most recent novel, Box Hill, won the 2019 Fitzcarraldo novel prize. An apt award for someone who is also one of Britain\\u2019s most erudite and singular voices in film criticism. In late 2019 a collection of his film criticism, Second Sight, was published. It collects a significant portion of his reviews from his days as The Independent\\u2019s film critic (the paper\\u2019s first) as well as work for outlets including the Spectator. \\nIn this, the first episode of season 11 proper, Neil sits down in Adam\\u2019s kitchen for a chat that takes in art, reappraisal, Kubrick, Altman, music, Galaxy Quest, masterpieces and Don Siegel. \\nThanks to Adam for his time and to Reaktion Books for sending out a copy to us and facilitating this conversation.\\n\\xa0\\nYou can also listen to The Cinematologists here:\\nSpotify:\\xa0https://open.spotify.com/show/0RjNz8XDkLdbKZuj9Pktyh\\niTunes:\\xa0https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cinematologists-podcast/id981479854?mt=2\\nPlayerFM:\\xa0https://player.fm/series/series-2416725\\nPatreon:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists'