Tom van der Linden
@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social
Creator of Like Stories of Old https://www.youtube.com/@LikeStoriesofOld
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
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2d agoHe's right. apple.news/AjLmxBYyWQ3C...
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
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
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
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)
Tom van der Linden@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 4w agoNew 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
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.
Tom van der Linden@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 4w agoNew 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
New video by one of the best creators on YT — check it out!
Tom van der Linden@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 4w agoNew 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
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
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-...
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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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.
Tom van der Linden@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · last mo.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 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
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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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
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
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
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-...
Like Stories of Old — Mediocre Movies That Changed My Life
A celebration of the unsung heroes of cinema
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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
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
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-...
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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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!
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
Tom van der Linden@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew 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
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...
Project Hail Mary and the Marvelization of Interstellar
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