Filmmaker & Screenwriter & Writer-Writer
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Made some films
Wrote some scripts
Filmmaker & Screenwriter & Writer-Writer
Made some films
Wrote some scripts
When a wealthy businessman loses his job and his girlfriend on the same day, he asks his estranged college-aged daughter to live with him temporarily and care for his young son from a failed second marriage.
"Poignant and engrossing. A very fine film which stays with me."
— Phillip Lopate, New York Times
"So much more ambitious and intelligent and accomplished than the films that come out of Sundance every year."
— Mike D'Angelo, A.V. Club
"Adams understands all the tools of the cinema, such as the importance of the angle of light, the power of sound editing, the direction of a glance, the deft use of a blackout."
— Richard von Busack, Metro
"A true find. Beautifully realized. Every single moment of the story rings true, aided by uniformly excellent performances."
— Charlie Olsky, IndieWire
A dystopian fever dream about an organ-harvesting startup.
"An arresting talent. Very different, period. Fascinating to the point of repeat viewings."
— Dennis Harvey, Variety
"A must see. Wildly ambitious and overwhelming. A fresh-feeling sense of dystopian dread."
— Karina Longworth, L.A. Weekly
"Micro in budget, macro in ambition, accomplishment, and scope. Prompts multiple viewings, and deserves them."
— Jim Ridley, Village Voice
"It's a sucker punch of a film, and its creator is a master in the making."
— Lauren Baggett, Screen Anarchy
A human trafficking ring sucks in everyone it touches. Set within the tight-knit Russian emigre community of San Francisco.
"BABNIK marks Adams as a fresh directing talent. It’s a rousing success."
— Ray Greene, BoxOffice Magazine
"Adams is playing on a whole other level."
— Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
"An adventurous filmmaker continuing to push forward. His use of actors, light, editing rhythms, and sound design are all calibrated to the emotions on the screen."
— Fernando Croce, MUBI
A divorced Air Force sergeant rents a limousine to celebrate his daughter's high school graduation. When she rejects his overtures, he spends the evening with the limo driver, who can barely tolerate his wounded client's toxic behavior.
"Distinctive and provocative. Adams produces work that is too prickly and individual to categorize. The aggregation of seemingly tossed-off scenes tightens like a noose."
— Glenn Kenny, New York Times
"A masterful exercise in sustained tension, resolved in a genuinely unexpected and subversive way. And that tour de force reverberates."
— Mike D'Angelo, A.V. Club
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