Mark Oosterveen
@markoosterveen.bsky.social
Actor. Voice-over artist. Occasional writer/director. Frequent procrastinator. He/Him.
Grand Theft Hamlet is available on Mubi now!
Grand Theft Hamlet is available on Mubi now!
I watched 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE over the weekend, which was a massive tonal shift from the previous films. Thoughtful and surprising, it does the thing that far more sequels should do - tries something different. Just let Nia DaCosta direct everything from now on please
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I watched 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE over the weekend, which was a massive tonal shift from the previous films. Thoughtful and surprising, it does the thing that far more sequels should do - tries something different. Just let Nia DaCosta direct everything from now on please
It got snubbed by the Oscars this week, but the Korean film NO OTHER CHOICE is out in UK cinemas this weekend, and comes highly recommended. Parasite vibes from the director of Oldboy and The Handmaiden, it's hilarious and terrifying and a warning about where we're all headed x
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
It got snubbed by the Oscars this week, but the Korean film NO OTHER CHOICE is out in UK cinemas this weekend, and comes highly recommended. Parasite vibes from the director of Oldboy and The Handmaiden, it's hilarious and terrifying and a warning about where we're all headed x
This is a reference to “Which Way, Western Man?”, a notorious antisemitic neo-Nazi book from 1978.
From the official White House account.
From the official White House account.
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This is a reference to “Which Way, Western Man?”, a notorious antisemitic neo-Nazi book from 1978.
From the official White House account.
From the official White House account.
Next up, at the Royal Shakespeare Company:
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Next up, at the Royal Shakespeare Company:
Went and watched the new film THE HOUSEMAID in the cinema last night, which was an absolute scream - a completely trashy thriller which used to be ten-a-penny back in the 90s and simply doesn't get made any more. Utter nonsense but weirdly kind of pure and nostalgic
January 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Went and watched the new film THE HOUSEMAID in the cinema last night, which was an absolute scream - a completely trashy thriller which used to be ten-a-penny back in the 90s and simply doesn't get made any more. Utter nonsense but weirdly kind of pure and nostalgic
Okay, so the best show on TV right now is HEATED RIVALRY, which has only recently started streaming in the UK. It might sound very trashy (two rival ice hockey players have a secret romance) but it's unexpectedly funny and romantic and remarkably well-written and performed
January 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Okay, so the best show on TV right now is HEATED RIVALRY, which has only recently started streaming in the UK. It might sound very trashy (two rival ice hockey players have a secret romance) but it's unexpectedly funny and romantic and remarkably well-written and performed
I jumped the gun on this a few weeks ago, but today the film adaptation of HAMNET is finally out in UK cinemas. Highly recommended, it's a beautiful distillation of the five stages of grief seen through the lens of art and why we make it and how it can help us through the dark x
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I jumped the gun on this a few weeks ago, but today the film adaptation of HAMNET is finally out in UK cinemas. Highly recommended, it's a beautiful distillation of the five stages of grief seen through the lens of art and why we make it and how it can help us through the dark x
Managed to watch MARTY SUPREME in a good old-fashioned American movie theatre, and it's got the same weird, propulsive energy as Good Time or Uncut Gems. I get how these films are divisive, not for everyone, but they work for me, this one in particular. Chalamet is the real deal
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Managed to watch MARTY SUPREME in a good old-fashioned American movie theatre, and it's got the same weird, propulsive energy as Good Time or Uncut Gems. I get how these films are divisive, not for everyone, but they work for me, this one in particular. Chalamet is the real deal
Saw some Warhol and Liechtenstein and Basquiat yesterday at the Broad Museum in downtown LA
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Saw some Warhol and Liechtenstein and Basquiat yesterday at the Broad Museum in downtown LA
Caught up with a couple of old friends at the Academy Museum
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Caught up with a couple of old friends at the Academy Museum
Happy new year to Sooz, one of my favourite people online x
Only one of the main parties has had a leader that meaningfully challenged the Thatcherite consensus since 1979 and our establishment media was allowed to suggest "he'd reopen Auschwitz" without consequence. Thatcher walked so every PM that followed could jog a little faster.
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Happy new year to Sooz, one of my favourite people online x
Reposted by Mark Oosterveen
Only one of the main parties has had a leader that meaningfully challenged the Thatcherite consensus since 1979 and our establishment media was allowed to suggest "he'd reopen Auschwitz" without consequence. Thatcher walked so every PM that followed could jog a little faster.
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Only one of the main parties has had a leader that meaningfully challenged the Thatcherite consensus since 1979 and our establishment media was allowed to suggest "he'd reopen Auschwitz" without consequence. Thatcher walked so every PM that followed could jog a little faster.
This part in particular hit pretty hard today x
January 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
This part in particular hit pretty hard today x
Also took a little walk along Coldwater Canyon to check out THE GREAT WALL OF LOS ANGELES, a beautiful mural artwork that charts the history of the local area, and its incredible lineage of indigenous and immigrant contributions
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Also took a little walk along Coldwater Canyon to check out THE GREAT WALL OF LOS ANGELES, a beautiful mural artwork that charts the history of the local area, and its incredible lineage of indigenous and immigrant contributions
I am still a big NERD who likes to READ BOOKS so I really loved exploring the new Studio City branch of THE LAST BOOKSTORE
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I am still a big NERD who likes to READ BOOKS so I really loved exploring the new Studio City branch of THE LAST BOOKSTORE
If you genuinely in any way think that Trump has illegally invaded another country and kidnapped its leader because he cares about the Venezuelan people or drug trafficking, then I have some amazing magic beans to sell you
January 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
If you genuinely in any way think that Trump has illegally invaded another country and kidnapped its leader because he cares about the Venezuelan people or drug trafficking, then I have some amazing magic beans to sell you
Let’s just be very clear - if you support a far-right fascist dictator invading another country and kidnapping its leader in the middle of the night, you are also a fascist and I don’t think we can be friends
January 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Let’s just be very clear - if you support a far-right fascist dictator invading another country and kidnapping its leader in the middle of the night, you are also a fascist and I don’t think we can be friends
