Marc van de Klashorst

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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.

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: 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

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: 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"

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

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...

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.

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Marc van de Klashorst investigates the human psyche and its flaws in Leonardo di Costanzo's ELISA, a film about the reasons people do unspeakable evil that should be seen for Barbara Ronchi's masterful performance alone #Venezia82 buff.ly/9LJAEUF

Matthew Joseph Jenner seeks the gates of eternity in Mamoru Hosoda's SCARLET, a deft blend of fantasy, romance and adventure by a director whose curiosity about the human condition has once again manifested in compelling ways #Venezia82 buff.ly/noUtbb6

Matthew Joseph Jenner delves into Taiwanese actress Shu Qi's directorial debut GIRL, a subtle, poetic drama that moves with a careful, deliberate pace #Venezia82 buff.ly/mQPf989

Marc van de Klashorst gropes in the dark in Federico Cammarata and Filippo Foscarini's WAKING HOURS, a film that takes a refreshingly different approach to one of Europe's hottest hot-button topics #Venezia82 buff.ly/lSiYQ6N

Venice 2025 review: Duse (Pietro Marcello) There are many who consider Eleanora Duse to be the greatest actor in history (where her very name is considered shorthand for intensity, quality and a

Matthew Joseph Jenner enjoys the ham in Pietro Marcello's DUSE, a revealing and enticing glimpse into the life of a woman whose reputation has become borderline mythological #Venezia82 buff.ly/HRTv5qF