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

Like Stories of Old — A Conversation About Cormac McCarthy ft. Man Carrying Thing Discussing Cormac McCarthy with Jake from Man Carrying Thing

Secondly, and exclusively for Nebula folks: my hour+ long conversation with Jake - in which we discuss McCarthy at length, share our own dream adaptations of his books, and make a list of the most McCarthy-like movies that weren't actually written by him nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

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

Project Hail Mary and the Marvelization of Interstellar YouTube video by Like Stories Untold

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 YouTube video by Like Stories Untold

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...

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEO FROM @tomvanderlinden.bsky.social

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

Like Stories of Old — America's Most Misunderstood Filmmaker A deep dive into the strange and eclectic career of Harmony Korine; America's most misunderstood filmmaker

New video out now on Nebula, it's a big one! nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

One of my favorite little gems! From that wonderful time when I would just go to a store and buy a ps2 game based on the box art

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

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

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...

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...

Post from Like Stories of Old - YouTube It's official: 1.000.000+ subscribers! Thank you so much everyone!! To celebrate, I thought it’d be fun to make a big Q&A video in which I answer all of your...

To celebrate, I thought it’d be fun to make a big Q&A video in which I answer all of your questions. So if there’s anything you want to know, big or small, serious or silly, leave a comment here: www.youtube.com/post/UgkxRwG...

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!

Worth watching! Especially for men.

Tom does it again! Go watch.

Here's a few screengrabs, I honestly thought I'd just be making a relatively simple video essay on Claire Denis' masterpiece Beau Travail but the timeliness of the subject brought me to some wild places

It is astounding what a loving gaze reveals about masculinity. Looking at men as objects of inherent beauty and passion, there emerges a different story about who they are, and about the tragedy they're suffering in an increasingly cruel world.
New video: youtu.be/r5WaBrceYn4

Oh good catch, thanks!

Like Stories of Old — When a Women Makes a Movie About Men A man detached. A masculinity in crisis. A curious woman peers through the looking glass, casting a loving gaze, revealing an entirely different story.

New video is out now on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

The best time to make comparisons to the Holocaust is *before* they start throwing people in concentration camps. We're already too late for that. Why teach about history if you're not willing to do this? Why remember it at all?

Almost there👀

Fun stuff happening over on the 2nd channel: kicking off 2026 with reviews of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Rip, The Housemaid, and Greenland 2: Migration www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhVo...

Holiday Stream YouTube video by Nebula

Today, Nebula is hosting a charity livestream for World Central Kitchen and I'm going to be on it!
I'll be live at 4pm EST to talk about movies with my fellow Nebula creators, and to raise money for people in need: www.youtube.com/live/MpVYz3h...

The big Like Stories of Old 2025 cinema recap is here! Discussing my 11 favorite movies of the year, and a whole bunch of honorable mentions.
YouTube: youtu.be/nCVUWSn3e58
Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...

The big Like Stories of Old 2025 cinema recap is here! Discussing my 11 favorite movies of the year, and a whole bunch of honorable mentions.
YouTube: youtu.be/nCVUWSn3e58
Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...