Tom van der Linden
@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social
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Creator of Like Stories of Old
https://www.youtube.com/@LikeStoriesofOld
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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:
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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
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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
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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-...
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Like Stories of Old β 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
https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-story-that-changed-how-i-see-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:
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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
about 1 month ago
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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-...
about 1 month ago
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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!
about 2 months ago
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Jeremy Doan
about 2 months ago
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
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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...
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Project Hail Mary and the Marvelization of Interstellar
YouTube video by Like Stories Untold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAcEJNQGMJU
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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...
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Project Hail Mary and the Marvelization of Interstellar
YouTube video by Like Stories Untold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAcEJNQGMJU
about 2 months ago
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geha714
2 months ago
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEO FROM
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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
2 months ago
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New video out now on Nebula, it's a big one!
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Like Stories of Old β America's Most Misunderstood Filmmaker
A deep dive into the strange and eclectic career of Harmony Korine; America's most misunderstood filmmaker
https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-americas-most-misunderstood-filmmaker
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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
3 months ago
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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
3 months ago
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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...
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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...
3 months ago
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It's official: 1.000.000+ subscribers! Thank you so much everyone!! I really never would have thought Iβd be able to keep doing this for so long, let alone claim this incredible milestone!
3 months ago
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GanWeaving
3 months ago
Worth watching! Especially for men.
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Carys M πΊπ¦π΅πΈπΈπΎπΈπ©π²π²π¬πͺ
3 months ago
Tom does it again! Go watch.
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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
3 months ago
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New video is out now on Nebula:
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Like Stories of Old β 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.
https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-when-a-women-makes-a-movie-about-men
3 months ago
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Jacob Geller
4 months ago
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?
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4 months ago
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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...
4 months ago
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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...
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Holiday Stream
YouTube video by Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/live/MpVYz3hCRcA
5 months ago
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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-...
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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-...
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Sean T. Collins
5 months ago
I've watched this video twice now, just for pleasure
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Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE
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New video out now! I think 2025 has been a great year for television, and to honor that, this year, for the first time, I've made a dedicated video in which I rank my 10 favorite shows of 2025, and also list a few honorable mentions:
youtu.be/b1tGOxFM3NE
5 months ago
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New video out early on Nebula, in which I discuss my 10 favorite TV shows of 2025:
nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...
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Like Stories of Old β The Top 10 TV Shows of 2025
I saw a lot of television shows this year, these are my 10 favorites
https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-top-10-tv-shows-of-2025
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Photography by Alfie Goodrich
6 months ago
Lots of articles and videos around at the moment, about how a lot of modern cinema is missing something. If you ingest one of these explainers, please let it be this one. This gentleman truly knows what makes good cinema. And articulates it all perfectly imho.
youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
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Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
https://youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?si=Saqpc_35V0cOZ33b
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Phil Clarke
6 months ago
For anyone who wants a smart, focused, professionally assembled explanation for why movies have changed their visuality perception, this video is a must-see. Bravo,
@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social
#filmsky
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6 months ago
I love these deep dives into why current cinema often doesn't feel as real as older films, and yeah, I do think the lack of deep focus and interesting cinematography is part of it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwP...
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Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwPKBXEOKE
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I get why people compare Train Dreams to Terrence Malick, but the latter likes to put you directly in the interiority of its subjects while the former distinctly keeps you on the outside - one is about identification, the other about witnessing; different things, both valid
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This is now the most popular video I'v ever madeπ Thank you so much everyone!
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6 months ago
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Chris Simms
6 months ago
This is a great video from
@tomvanderlinden.bsky.social
on why films often don't feel as real any more and the (haptic) elements that trick your body into thinking you are actually there. It explains why I move in my seat so much during the test run scene in Top Gun: Maverick
#films
#science
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Someone compiled all the (good) movies mentioned in the video in a letterboxd list, check it out here:
boxd.it/QdQFg
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6 months ago
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6 months ago
I know this is making the rounds, but I found it super intriguing and it hits on some thoughts about the experience of watching "modern" films in comparison to films from the 70s, of which I've been watching many recently...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tvwPKBXEOKE
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Why don't movies feel "real" anymore? My deep dive into the first principles of cinematic immersion is out now on YouTube:
youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE
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I watched the actual debut film by Christopher Nolan, which had been considered lost media for 31 years, until someone finally found it:
youtu.be/0ReH175Inr8
6 months ago
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Not another video about why modern movies look kind of fake now... out now on Nebula!
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Like Stories of Old β Why Movies Just Don't Feel
A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.
https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-why-movies-just-dont-feel-real-anymore
6 months ago
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I saw Predator: Badlands, I was not expecting this... Here's my video review:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=707o...
6 months ago
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I saw Bugonia last week, and I'm feeling conflicted about it. It's well made, with great performances, plotting and music, but... thematically, it's kind of a mess:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLA...
6 months ago
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Hey, my 2nd channel is also on Nebula now!
nebula.tv/likestoriesu...
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Like Stories Untold
Movie reviews, short essays, commentaries... anything that didn't fit the main Like Stories of Old channel.
https://nebula.tv/likestoriesuntold
7 months ago
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In case you missed it, I made a video series on the best movies of the 2020s (so far), divided in 4 parts: - most prestigious - cult classics - hidden gems - blockbuster favorites You can watch the full series right now on my 2nd channel:
www.youtube.com/@LikeStories...
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In case you missed it, I made a video series on the best movies of the 2020s (so far), divided in 4 parts: - most prestigious - cult classics - hidden gems - blockbuster favorites You can watch the full series right now on my 2nd channel:
www.youtube.com/@LikeStories...
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GanWeaving
7 months ago
Excellent analysis again by Like Stories ofOld
youtu.be/FjV3tkrCYIY?...
#travel
#life
#philosophy
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This Travel Show Accidentally Filmed the Last Real Adventure
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
https://youtu.be/FjV3tkrCYIY?si=2MZUstfCaTtJK4Qh
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New video out now! It's 2004, and two men set out on a roadtrip not knowing they were about to create one of the last portraits of a world right on the precipice of changing forever:
youtu.be/FjV3tkrCYIY
7 months ago
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New video is now live on Nebula! It's about travel culture, globalization, social media, growing older, and the beautiful, lost art of adventuring:
nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-...
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Like Stories of Old β This Travel Show Accidentally Filmed the Last Real Adventure
It's 2004, and two men set out on a trip not knowing they were about to create one of the last portraits of a world that was right on the precipice of changing forever
https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-this-travel-show-accidentally-filmed-the-last-real-adventure
7 months ago
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