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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And it's blocked... I appealed the claim but apparently it's still blocked in most territories while the claimant reviews my appeal, YouTube no longer giving us the benefit of the doubt? If it turns out to be a baseless claim (which it is) this will just kill performance

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New video! Film criticism, and by extension, movie culture, is increasingly obsessed with explaining what movies mean, as if they're mere objects waiting to be excavated for content, for their "true" story. But is that really what the art of cinema is for? youtu.be/J56XPMA6KHI

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New video up now on Nebula! I've been wanting to make this one for a while now, not really because I was bothered by the film criticism of others, but because I feel like I've been running into the limits of my own: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Like Stories of Old — Modern Film Criticism has a Problem

Because who says a work of art always needs to be *about* something?

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's something cool: POWER TRIP, a new @patrickhwillems.bsky.social short film, about a rideshare driver who ends up in an unexpectedly complicated conversation with her passenger, will be playing at Regal Essex Crossing in NY September 24-30. Get your tickets at www.regmovies.com/movies/power...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New video! 15 years ago, Drive became a particular obsession to many guys like myself. And now, at 35, I finally understand why. More than being a male power fantasy, more than merely being stylishly cool, Drive defined the emotional texture of what it was really like to be 20: youtu.be/UVA7phJ4iTc

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

POV: It's 2011. You're 20 years old. And you're about to watch a movie that speaks to you in a way you won't fully understand for another 15 years... New video out now on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We’re back up! Normally I wouldn’t ask this, but if you’ve already seen the original video, I’d really appreciate it if you could watch it again, give it a like and/or a comment, just to signal to the algorithm that it’s worth watching. Thanks! youtu.be/-4IB4wCZME4

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New video! It feels like the "male gaze" has finally reached mainstream recognition as a bad movie trope. Now, women are sharing their own stories, and men are... well, what are we doing? What does male desire look like in this new era? Can we still gaze? youtu.be/An5WXkDqBfU

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New video about the male gaze, men's desire and the sexual politics of modern cinema is out now on Nebula: which is also the only place to watch this openhearted and (hopefully!) thought-provoking discussion pure and uncensored: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Feels like people have taken this Nolan quote to mean that recognizing a trope is *always* a bad thing, but I think it's a bit more nuanced. Here's my 2 cents as a critic who just posted a review like 3 days ago in which I said a movie was too predictable: youtu.be/rYySa86u2vY

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New video review on Spider-Man: Brand New Day - an entertaining and sincere story about our most relatable superhero, yet also one that, because of its place within the greater MCU, feels like it can't truly move its main character forward... youtu.be/BAaOVfNLWeQ

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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

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SEN.千 @sen-1k.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Great read of how the success of Uwe Boll's latest crime against humanity makes it clear that a significant portion of the far right has hit a point of such profound hollowness, bitterness and rejection of society as a whole, it has looped in on itself and made them into... (1/2)

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Naught Followers @naughtfollowers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Bless Tom, he watched Uwe Boll’s (iykyk) movie Citizen Vigilante, so we don’t have to. Pretty bleak stuff. Elon and his far right maga twerps have really embraced the nihilism and grievance porn of this one. Sobering video from Tom, but definitely beats watching the movie for ourselves.

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Brendon Boo-zard 🎃 @brendonbouzard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New video by one of the best creators on YT — check it out!

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I watched Citizen Vigilante thinking I would do a quick, 2nd channel review, but the movie was so much stranger than I thought that I just had to make a proper video about it. You can watch it now on Nebula, including an exclusive 16-minute postscript: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Like Stories of Old — I Watched MAGA's Favorite Movie

The far right has a new favorite movie, and I watched it so that you don't have to.

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Dan Weaver @supernaturalfeat.com · 29/06/2026

Highly recommended video for my fellow writers. Some great insights on storytelling through the lens (haha!) of cinema. Also, just in general, if you enjoy film, and I know some of you most definitely enjoy film, you should check out both of Tom's channels. So so good.

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I got two new videos out right now on Nebula! First, with the Odyssey on the horizon, I wanted to examine how Nolan always manages to end his movies on such an impactful high note, which resulted in the following -mathematically correct- blueprint: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New video out now on Nebula! In which I talk about 6 mediocre movies that should have been long forgotten but somehow stayed with me: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Like Stories of Old — Mediocre Movies That Changed My Life

A celebration of the unsung heroes of cinema

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New video out now on Nebula! a 40-minute video essay on 20 pages of a Cormac McCarthy novel, the 2025 movie Train Dreams, and... well, the meaning of life nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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Like Stories of Old — The Story That Changed How I See the Meaning of Life

A 40-minute video about 20 pages of a Cormac McCarthy novel, the 2025 movie Train Dreams, and the meaning of life

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

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-...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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!

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Jeremy Doan @jeremymdoan.info · 23/03/2026

This is really good, very generous and honest assessment of a tricky artist. I think Tom successfully argues that Korine is much more than a juvenile provocateur

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Project Hail Mary is very easy to like, but hard to love... a breezy crowd-pleaser that offers a fun pastiche of your favorite sci-fi movies, but fails to truly capture any of the core qualities that made those movies so thematically rich and monumental: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAcE...

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Project Hail Mary and the Marvelization of Interstellar

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Project Hail Mary and the Marvelization of Interstellar

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geha714 @geha714.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEO FROM @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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...

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Tom van der Linden @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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!

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GanWeaving (Jerome) @jeromeherr.space · 01/02/2026

Worth watching! Especially for men.

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