Marc van de Klashorst
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Matilda Hague sees masks slip in Hong Sang-soo's WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU?, a film whose visual approach deliberately blurs cultural detail into something recognizably human: the comedy, and the terror, of being seen #NYFF63 buff.ly/QWWrlzL
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Matilda Hague sees masks slip in Hong Sang-soo's WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU?, a film whose visual approach deliberately blurs cultural detail into something recognizably human: the comedy, and the terror, of being seen #NYFF63 buff.ly/QWWrlzL
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Matthew Joseph Jenner is profoundly moved by Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a film that never abates in its willingness to challenge conventions through its subtle, poetic approach to the human condition #NYFF63 buff.ly/tYRNwbO
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Matthew Joseph Jenner is profoundly moved by Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a film that never abates in its willingness to challenge conventions through its subtle, poetic approach to the human condition #NYFF63 buff.ly/tYRNwbO
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John Lynn analyzes the human soul in Eugène Green's THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, premiering @fantasticfest, and says it's another essential chapter in one of contemporary cinema’s most spiritual and singular oeuvres buff.ly/MWJit0b
Review: The Tree of Knowledge (Eugène Green)
"Rigorously spiritual cinema that uses myth, history, and mannered framing to analyze the human soul" At first, Eugène Green’s The Tree of
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September 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
John Lynn analyzes the human soul in Eugène Green's THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, premiering @fantasticfest, and says it's another essential chapter in one of contemporary cinema’s most spiritual and singular oeuvres buff.ly/MWJit0b
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Matthew Joseph Jenner clucks his way through György Pálfi's HEN, the sincerity of which is the strongest reason why the film is so endearing #73SSIFF buff.ly/hZpbehq
September 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Matthew Joseph Jenner clucks his way through György Pálfi's HEN, the sincerity of which is the strongest reason why the film is so endearing #73SSIFF buff.ly/hZpbehq
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John Lynn hangs with the animals in Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani's BOUCHRA, one of the most intimate and political animations of the year that insists on new forms and a new cinematic language #NYFF63 buff.ly/A1uOkUj
New York 2025 review: Bouchra (Orian Barki & Meriem Bennani)
"One of the most intimate and political animations of the year" Playing in this year’s Currents section of the New York Film Festival is Bouchra, directed
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September 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
John Lynn hangs with the animals in Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani's BOUCHRA, one of the most intimate and political animations of the year that insists on new forms and a new cinematic language #NYFF63 buff.ly/A1uOkUj
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Marc van de Klashorst enjoys the rollercoaster ride that is Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, a film that makes light of a serious issue, while lacking the satirical bite to make the audience look past the laughter buff.ly/ErxmKij
Review: One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
"One Battle After Another makes light of a serious issue, while lacking the satirical bite to make the audience look past the laughter. The question is if
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September 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Marc van de Klashorst enjoys the rollercoaster ride that is Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, a film that makes light of a serious issue, while lacking the satirical bite to make the audience look past the laughter buff.ly/ErxmKij
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John Lynn kicks a ball in Alexandre Koberidze's singular DRY LEAF, a meditative, beautiful, and deeply moving film about the unpredictability of life, the changes of culture, and the persistence of play #NYFF63 buff.ly/QZGhH0y
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
John Lynn kicks a ball in Alexandre Koberidze's singular DRY LEAF, a meditative, beautiful, and deeply moving film about the unpredictability of life, the changes of culture, and the persistence of play #NYFF63 buff.ly/QZGhH0y
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John Lynn sees that Kirk Jones' I SWEAR is not just a film about Tourette's, but also about dignity, about difference, about what it means to live in a world that would rather deny you than understand you #TIFF50 buff.ly/JPs54az
Toronto 2025 review: I Swear (Kirk Jones)
"A film about what it means to live in a world that would rather deny you than understand you" Kirk Jones may not be a director one expects to find on a
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September 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
John Lynn sees that Kirk Jones' I SWEAR is not just a film about Tourette's, but also about dignity, about difference, about what it means to live in a world that would rather deny you than understand you #TIFF50 buff.ly/JPs54az
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Marc van de Klashorst is groping in the dark in Rhayne Vermette's singular LEVERS, an enigmatic work from a singular director with a sensual touch to her visual style #TIFF50 buff.ly/vzdLx6J
Toronto 2025 review: Levers (Rhayne Vermette)
"There is something beguiling about Levers that makes you not want to look away" Somewhere in Manitoba's Red River Valley, a crowd witness the unveiling
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September 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Marc van de Klashorst is groping in the dark in Rhayne Vermette's singular LEVERS, an enigmatic work from a singular director with a sensual touch to her visual style #TIFF50 buff.ly/vzdLx6J
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John Lynn is fenced in by Claire Denis' THE FENCE, a chamber piece bound by space but expansive in theme, and a sensuous, riveting, and deeply political work #TIFF50 buff.ly/PXpPQp1
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
John Lynn is fenced in by Claire Denis' THE FENCE, a chamber piece bound by space but expansive in theme, and a sensuous, riveting, and deeply political work #TIFF50 buff.ly/PXpPQp1
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John Lynn finds something deeply personal in Tim Mielants' STEVE, which is not only a moving film but an essential one for the rights of differently abled people #TIFF50 buff.ly/rwjj4uF
Toronto 2025 review: Steve (Tim Mielants)
"Not only a moving film but an essential one for the rights of differently abled people" “I hate myself sometimes,” says Shy, one of the main characters.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
John Lynn finds something deeply personal in Tim Mielants' STEVE, which is not only a moving film but an essential one for the rights of differently abled people #TIFF50 buff.ly/rwjj4uF
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Douglas Johnson trades political backrooms and financial corridors for an analysis of a steadfast man at the threshold of ruin in Mathieu Denis' THE COST OF HEAVEN, an intimate, slow thriller that builds equity through thrift #TIFF50 buff.ly/Gs11kUY
Toronto 2025 review: The Cost of Heaven (Mathieu Denis)
"Denis crafts an intimate, slow thriller, building equity through thrift" "Elon Musk Could Become First Trillionaire Under New Tesla Pay Plan" - The New
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September 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Douglas Johnson trades political backrooms and financial corridors for an analysis of a steadfast man at the threshold of ruin in Mathieu Denis' THE COST OF HEAVEN, an intimate, slow thriller that builds equity through thrift #TIFF50 buff.ly/Gs11kUY
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Matthew Joseph Jenner see a mother trying to do what she can to protect her son in Zain Duraie's SINK, an empathetic and moving film that builds itself around a delicate balance of deeply human drama and complex sociocultural commentary #TIFF50 buff.ly/jE3Fx7z
Toronto 2025 review: Sink (Zain Duraie)
"An empathetic and moving film that builds itself around a delicate balance of raw, deeply human drama and intense, complex sociocultural commentary"
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September 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Matthew Joseph Jenner see a mother trying to do what she can to protect her son in Zain Duraie's SINK, an empathetic and moving film that builds itself around a delicate balance of deeply human drama and complex sociocultural commentary #TIFF50 buff.ly/jE3Fx7z
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John Lynn hits all the right keys in Arnaud Desplechin's TWO PIANOS, a film whose complexity, beauty, and emotional depth make it one of Desplechin’s most affecting works #TIFF50 icsfilm.org/festivals/to...
September 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
John Lynn hits all the right keys in Arnaud Desplechin's TWO PIANOS, a film whose complexity, beauty, and emotional depth make it one of Desplechin’s most affecting works #TIFF50 icsfilm.org/festivals/to...
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John Lynn sees that Cato Kusters' JULIAN is not simply a film about rights, but about presence, in which two actresses create a portrait of intimacy so convincing that it transcends performance #TIFF50 buff.ly/WdtKclx
Toronto 2025 review: Julian (Cato Kusters)
"Together, the two actresses create a portrait of intimacy so convincing that it transcends performance" Coincidences often change the course of a life.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
John Lynn sees that Cato Kusters' JULIAN is not simply a film about rights, but about presence, in which two actresses create a portrait of intimacy so convincing that it transcends performance #TIFF50 buff.ly/WdtKclx
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John Lynn goes to court in Lucrecia Martel's NUESTRA TIERRA, a film that is both an ethnography and a political act, an act of remembrance and resistance #TIFF50 buff.ly/8btev8U
Toronto 2025 review: Nuestra Tierra (Lucrecia Martel)
"Nuestra Tierra is both an ethnography and a political act, an act of remembrance and resistance" The films of Lucrecia Martel have always centered on
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September 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
John Lynn goes to court in Lucrecia Martel's NUESTRA TIERRA, a film that is both an ethnography and a political act, an act of remembrance and resistance #TIFF50 buff.ly/8btev8U
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Marc van de Klashorst sees Julia Jackman channel Sheherazade in her imaginative fairytale 100 NIGHTS OF HERO, a film in which she shows great panache as a filmmaker and proves to be a great storyteller #Venezia82 buff.ly/a5payuK
September 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Marc van de Klashorst sees Julia Jackman channel Sheherazade in her imaginative fairytale 100 NIGHTS OF HERO, a film in which she shows great panache as a filmmaker and proves to be a great storyteller #Venezia82 buff.ly/a5payuK
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Marc van de Klashorst is let down by the ending of Akihiro Hata's GRAND CIEL, a promising first feature that could have used a bit more ambiguity, but shows a talent at the helm #Venezia82 buff.ly/JSPlL7j
September 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Marc van de Klashorst is let down by the ending of Akihiro Hata's GRAND CIEL, a promising first feature that could have used a bit more ambiguity, but shows a talent at the helm #Venezia82 buff.ly/JSPlL7j
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Matthew Joseph Jenner is left frustrated by Cai Shangjun's THE SUN RISES ON US ALL, a bundle of hopelessly dull and uninteresting artistic decisions that are puzzling #Venezia82 buff.ly/KeyYVUl
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Matthew Joseph Jenner is left frustrated by Cai Shangjun's THE SUN RISES ON US ALL, a bundle of hopelessly dull and uninteresting artistic decisions that are puzzling #Venezia82 buff.ly/KeyYVUl
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Matthew Joseph Jenner is hypnotized by Hilal Baydarov's SERMON TO THE VOID, a free-form visual essay on the search for spirituality and the experience of existing in a world where our very birth is a scientific marvel #Venezia82 buff.ly/vTEJUlk
September 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Matthew Joseph Jenner is hypnotized by Hilal Baydarov's SERMON TO THE VOID, a free-form visual essay on the search for spirituality and the experience of existing in a world where our very birth is a scientific marvel #Venezia82 buff.ly/vTEJUlk
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Marc van de Klashorst hugs a tree in Ildikó Enyedi's sensory sensation SILENT FRIEND, a film that is just as political and as vital as the films that try to show us the horrific reality of human connection failing #Venezia82 buff.ly/uJh7WaQ
September 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Marc van de Klashorst hugs a tree in Ildikó Enyedi's sensory sensation SILENT FRIEND, a film that is just as political and as vital as the films that try to show us the horrific reality of human connection failing #Venezia82 buff.ly/uJh7WaQ
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John Lynn finds himself in a ghost story in Nadia Latif's THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT, a haunted elegy of inheritance and repentance, where the sins of history echo in every room #TIFF50 buff.ly/0OAQUtQ
Toronto 2025 review: The Man in My Basement (Nadia Latif)
"A haunted elegy of inheritance and repentance, where the sins of history echo in every room" As the years go by and I get the older, I find myself
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September 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
John Lynn finds himself in a ghost story in Nadia Latif's THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT, a haunted elegy of inheritance and repentance, where the sins of history echo in every room #TIFF50 buff.ly/0OAQUtQ
Leave it to the women to make the ambitious films in the #Venezia82 competition.
September 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Leave it to the women to make the ambitious films in the #Venezia82 competition.
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Matthew Joseph Jenner hits the road in David Pablos' deeply immersive EN EL CAMINO, a hauntingly strange and provocative work of socially-charged filmmaking #Venezia82 buff.ly/XoYLrZK
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Matthew Joseph Jenner hits the road in David Pablos' deeply immersive EN EL CAMINO, a hauntingly strange and provocative work of socially-charged filmmaking #Venezia82 buff.ly/XoYLrZK
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Matthew Joseph Jenner tries to embrace a more free-spirited existence in Valérie Donzelli's AT WORK, a solid effort from a director who seems to be finally finding her voice as a storyteller #Venezia82 buff.ly/CkoO7cE
Venice 2025 review: At Work (Valérie Donzelli)
"A solid effort from a director who seems to be finally finding her voice as a storyteller" We all yearn to run away from our humdrum lives and embrace a
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September 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Matthew Joseph Jenner tries to embrace a more free-spirited existence in Valérie Donzelli's AT WORK, a solid effort from a director who seems to be finally finding her voice as a storyteller #Venezia82 buff.ly/CkoO7cE