Film - Ivar Hagendoorn

12 Mar 2023 · Blog | Film

Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave is a sophisticated, exquisitely crafted and beautifully stylized contemporary film noir. It masterfully plays with the viewer’s expectations and left me dazed and wanting to see the entire film again.

12 Feb 2023 · Blog | Film

Everything Everywhere All At Once

I loved Everything Everywhere All At Once. It is a visual treat and a celebration of everything life throws at us: family, friends, dreams, disillusions, rejection, break-ups and taxes.

28 Jan 2023 · Blog | Film

Arrival

I finally came around to watching Arrival. It's a visually stunning, intelligent and thought-provoking film. I also found it very moving, already right from the beginning.

5 Jun 2021 · Blog | Film

Children of Men

Children of Men is a contemporary classic and often named as one of the best movies of the 21st century. What makes it unnerving to watch is that it comes uncomfortably close to reality.

1 May 2021 · Blog | Film

Boyhood

Boyhood is easily one of the most original films of the decade if not of all time. It is extraordinary in its ordinariness.

30 Jan 2021 · Blog | Film

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard is one of the greatest, most influential film directors of all time. His films from the 1960s, especially À bout de souffle and Pierrot le fou still look fresh and modern today.

22 Nov 2020 · Blog | Film | Literature

A Single Man

It doesn’t happen often, but for once I actually like the film better than the novel.

24 Mar 2019 · Blog | Film

Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man. Into the Spider-Verse is one of the most innovative and visually stimulating films I've seen in a long time.

3 Feb 2018 · Blog | Film

Blade Runner 2049

Now that I have finally watched it all I can say is that Blade Runner 2049 is quite simply an awesome movie. The cinematography is absolutely amazing.

26 Mar 2017 · Blog | Film

Your Name

Your Name by director Makoto Shinkai is a wonderful movie. Think Miyazaki meets Murakami.

12 Nov 2016 · Blog | Film

Holy Motors

Holy Motors is one of the best films I’ve seen in recent years and one that demands to be seen again. It is a visual feast and a love letter to cinema.

18 Oct 2015 · Blog | Film

The Great Beauty

La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) is one of those films that I want to watch again and again because of its beautiful cinematography and its memorable monologues and dialogues not to mention the beautiful soundtrack.