The Odyssey was by far Nolan's most ambitious movie yet... but it is also good? What is his take on the old myth, and how does it progress his own as a filmmaker? New video out now on the 2nd channel: youtu.be/0Y-rzv_mNCo

New video! Citizen Vigilante is a movie with a dire warning for a continent in crisis. The dreaded vision, of course, is little more than a caricature of reality. But as such, it is a revealing one about the psychological state of all those who support it: youtu.be/WK-WVZW7ra4

And if you want to kill more time before the Odyssey arrives, then be sure to also go over to Nebula for my exclusive tier list ranking of Nolan's entire filmography: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-... (signing up using my link gives you 50% off and helps to support the channel, thanks!)

New video! Christopher Nolan always ends his movies on a high note. But as simple as his approach may sometimes appear - just some montage editing, a closing monologue, and a bombastic score - the actual formula is a bit more intricate: youtu.be/0zyxsj8VseU

New challenge!

Disclosure Day operates as if dark secrets are still hiding in the shadows, and not dancing around in broad daylight for all to see. Is there still a transformative power here? Or did Spielberg lost touch with the reality of today's world? My review: youtu.be/GR4w6HTJmBs

New 2nd channel video! If you liked Obsession, here's 5 more movies to watch: youtu.be/mqe-MD69lrQ

My extended thoughts on Backrooms: a fantastic concept rendered into a near masterpiece - brought down only by a stifling script that breaks atmospheric immersion and layers what should have been a direct, sensory experience with needless metaphors: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6lu...

New video! The live of a mediocre movie is often short-lived: watched, enjoyed, and then promptly forgotten. But on rare occasions, such a movie will persist in the mind and, as if almost by accident, plant a seed that grows into something life-changing: youtu.be/I0CpxSfg-Vg

Frustrating thing about Backrooms is that it's a 5 star concept with a 2 star execution - which simultaneously leaves you with the excitement of experiencing something genuinely refreshing, and with the pain of missed potential letterboxd.com/tomvanderlin...

New 2nd channel video! If you liked Project Hail Mary, here's 5 more movies to watch (that aren't Interstellar, Arrival, Sunshine, The Martian or Ad Astra) youtu.be/c30udzoziJg

About 2 years ago, I was reading Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing when I came across a passage that stopped me dead in my tracks. It told of a heretic, a priest, and the meaning of life. And today, more than anything, I just need to pass on this tale: youtu.be/mxP1MeDYhrc

2nd channel alert! Another video on Project Hail Mary, the irony/sincerity discourse, and on how - no, it's actually not all just "hopecore" space movies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTpm...

New video out now! For decades, Hollywood has tried to adapt Cormac McCarthy. And now that his magnum opus, the notoriously violent Blood Meridian, is once again in production, what can we learn from the previously adapted works of his? How to film this "unfilmable" author? youtu.be/irQstK-L1Oo

Up now on Nebula - 2 new videos! ft. none other than @mancarryingthing.bsky.social First, a deep dive into the challenges of adapting Cormac McCarthy books. What hope is there for the coming adaptation of his magnum opus, the notoriously violent Blood Meridian? nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

After reaching the incredible milestone of 1.000.000 subscribes, I said I'd do a big Q&A video, and here it is: youtu.be/wH94FMSAG78 Thanks again to everyone who subscribed to the channel, I literally wouldn't have gotten this without you!

New video out now! Despite often having the critics against him, Harmony Korine has nevertheless created a remarkable body of work, one defined by a search for radical images, for darkness, and for the profound foundations of humanity hiding underneath: youtu.be/5n0Tgt9vGoI

Spiritually deeply connected movies - the longing to transcend mortality through myth as a reaction to near-annihilation, the murky line between ambition and egoism, the at once empowering and all-devouring capitalists, the hints of absurdism, and finally, the grounding power of human love

Thomas Flight and I had a lot of thoughts on the 2026 Oscars nominations, so we made content out of it! Watch/listen to our 2-hour discussion on last year's most prominent movies here: youtu.be/M9eyjtZkHo4

I wrote a book review on "Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer" by @www.johnbleasdale.com. A book that not only opened my eyes to one of our best contemporary filmmakers, but that also inspired me in my own work as a critic: www.nrftsjournal.org/darkness-vis...

It's official: 1.000.000+ subscribers! Thank you so much everyone!! I really never would have thought I’d be able to keep doing this for so long, let alone claim this incredible milestone!

Here's a few screengrabs, I honestly thought I'd just be making a relatively simple video essay on Claire Denis' masterpiece Beau Travail but the timeliness of the subject brought me to some wild places

It is astounding what a loving gaze reveals about masculinity. Looking at men as objects of inherent beauty and passion, there emerges a different story about who they are, and about the tragedy they're suffering in an increasingly cruel world. New video: youtu.be/r5WaBrceYn4

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Fun stuff happening over on the 2nd channel: kicking off 2026 with reviews of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Rip, The Housemaid, and Greenland 2: Migration www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhVo...

The big Like Stories of Old 2025 cinema recap is here! Discussing my 11 favorite movies of the year, and a whole bunch of honorable mentions. YouTube: youtu.be/nCVUWSn3e58 Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

New video out now! I think 2025 has been a great year for television, and to honor that, this year, for the first time, I've made a dedicated video in which I rank my 10 favorite shows of 2025, and also list a few honorable mentions: youtu.be/b1tGOxFM3NE

I get why people compare Train Dreams to Terrence Malick, but the latter likes to put you directly in the interiority of its subjects while the former distinctly keeps you on the outside - one is about identification, the other about witnessing; different things, both valid

Why don't movies feel "real" anymore? My deep dive into the first principles of cinematic immersion is out now on YouTube: youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE

I watched the actual debut film by Christopher Nolan, which had been considered lost media for 31 years, until someone finally found it: youtu.be/0ReH175Inr8