Actor. Voice-over artist. Occasional writer/director. Frequent procrastinator. He/Him. Grand Theft Hamlet is available on Mubi now!https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mz27mpo6w22oO captain, my captain…29 Oct 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz27mpo6w22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3myz6tb2xvs25Went and saw CLAYFACE last night, and did not expect full-on Cronenbergian body horror in my comic book film. That tonal uncertainty might explain the bad reviews, because it's far more interesting than most other "superhero" movies and genuinely disturbing. Unusual is good!29 Oct 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myz6tb2xvs25https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mysbbiyd7k2mIndeed, Jesse26 Oct 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysbbiyd7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3myrxhimrq22n26 Oct 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myrxhimrq22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3myozr6sm5k2tGutted to hear that WILDWOOD is not selling many tickets in its opening weekend UK cinema release. Go and see this movie folks! It's one of the best animated films I've ever seen, and maybe the best film I've seen this year. Real art made by real people, that'll all be gone soon25 Oct 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myozr6sm5k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3myjzkdejws2aJust seen that Pawel Pawlikowski's new film FATHERLAND is out in UK cinemas today, starring the luminous Sandra Huller. It's not laugh-a-minute but it's profound and thoughtful. If you got anything out of IDA or COLD WAR, which it shares a kind of DNA with, you will love it x23 Oct 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjzkdejws2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mycgf556gs2oFONTAINES D.C. might just, maybe, possibly, potentially be my favourite band around at the moment. Their new album DOPAMINE CHAMBER has nestled into my head like a little bug and I can't get it out. Great politics, great sound, great band - you can do all three!20 Oct 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycgf556gs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3my7y6mul4s2gWell that's it for this year's London Film festival, closed out beautifully with the movie CLUB KID, about a club promoter in his 30s finding out he has a 10-year-old son. Surprisingly sensitive and respectful to the communities it represents, and some great music choices19 Oct 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7y6mul4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3my5rnbydls2dThe best title of any movie at the London Film Festival has to be YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER, which also happens to be a really good film. Mahershala Ali plays a devoutly religious hitman, which is precisely as cool as that sounds, an astonishingly talented man18 Oct 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5rnbydls2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3my3x7tww5s24Had a few people ask about this - the panel I'm speaking on at the BFI tomorrow is sold out, but there are often no-shows, so by all means come along early, we can squeeze people in somehow I should think... x17 Oct 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3x7tww5s24https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3my3nv45au222Hugely impressed by the new film MINOTAUR at the London Film Festival yesterday, the first Russian movie I've seen that directly addresses (in the background) their invasion of Ukraine, and what that has done to many Russian people's psyche. Dark, funny, grown-up stuff x17 Oct 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3nv45au222https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxyrzjzwgc2kReally loved Mike Leigh's new movie TENDER LOVING CARE at the London Film Festival yesterday, his usual portrait of all the painful little foibles and yearnings that make us all human. If, as rumoured, it's to be his final film, he's closed out a remarkable career on a high x16 Oct 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyrzjzwgc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxwk7zo3zk2oSaw this year's Palme d'Or winner FATHERLAND at the London Film Festival yesterday, which is very much in the same vein as Pawel Pawlikowski's previous two films - black and white, very European, beautifully shot, a little bit depressing and astonishingly good x15 Oct 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwk7zo3zk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxthj7ldf22oI'm not normally one to broadcast spoilers, but in this case I think it's entirely acceptable. The new Brad Pitt film HEART OF THE BEAST is worth watching, and more importantly the dog survives. Sorry everyone, but I think knowing that in advance avoids a traumatic experience x14 Oct 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxthj7ldf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxqx3ujuf223Best thing I've seen at the London Film Festival so far has been the beautiful new Korean movie POSSIBLE LOVE. Extremely subtle and thoughtful, it's a masterclass in understated filmmaking and subtext, and is out in UK cinemas next week. Check it out for something grown-up x13 Oct 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxqx3ujuf223https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxorwezwbs2kCaught the delightful new stop-motion animation film WILDWOOD at the London Film Festival over the weekend, quite possibly one of the most beautifully-animated movies I've ever seen. Actual art made by human people with their hands - enjoy this kind of thing while we still can x12 Oct 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxorwezwbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxlqxc66ak2cSo much discourse about DIGGER, so here's mine. I mostly liked it. I can see why mass audiences didn't. But critics and people who claim to love movies should know better than to kick an interesting and original film in the balls, because we're going to see less and less of them11 Oct 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxlqxc66ak2chttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mxgkcvg6yk2mSaw my first great film of the London Film Festival last night - the astonishing Spanish epic LA BOLA NEGRA. Three connected stories across Spain's queer history, a kind of love letter to Federico Garcia Lorca that I think he'd have adored. Out in the UK in December, watch it x09 Oct 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxgkcvg6yk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mwszrypatc2hThe London Film Festival starts next week, and I will be speaking on the panel for this discussion, in case anyone would like to come and say hello!01 Oct 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwszrypatc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mwinbdf74s2rHad a much-needed laugh last night watching COYOTE VS ACME, which takes the classic Road Runner / Wile E Coyote cartoons and turns them into a (surprisingly realistic) courtroom drama about commercial law. Very funny. Mind-boggling that the completed film was originally shelved27 Sep 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwinbdf74s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mwdysksjcc2fThe biggest cheats in the history of sport25 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdysksjcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mvzhldmbtc2aSlightly surprisingly, I thoroughly enjoyed the new RESIDENT EVIL film over the weekend, which is much more of a comedy than its marketing would suggest. Almost a spoof at times, it's like watching someone play one of the games who is very bad at playing them. Scary, gory but fun21 Sep 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzhldmbtc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mvrxrbusm22fRemember when all the centrist dads insisted this guy was a decent man of principle? Well, he's working for Palantir now. Will they reflect on this? No, they will not.18 Sep 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrxrbusm22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mvpqfvnx222gAnyone else watching LANTERNS? Great idea to repackage superhero tropes as a standard police procedural. It's got much more in common with something like True Detective than anything like Superman. Really intriguing so far, hope they stick the season landing17 Sep 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpqfvnx222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mvofphlpwc22@lffstubs.bsky.social HAVE 2 x tickets for INK gala, October 12th, 9pm 2 x tickets for A LONG WINTER gala, October 14th, 8:45pm WILL SWAP FOR: 2 x tickets for ELSINORE gala, October 7th, 7:15pm 2 x tickets for THE DEBUT gala, October 18th, 7:15pm17 Sep 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvofphlpwc22https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mvmp7mdqlc2m16 Sep 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmp7mdqlc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3muxchsba222jCan confirm - SILO season 3 finale is an absolute banger, this series is low-key one of the best TV shows around at the moment. Hope they nail the final season next year...07 Sep 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxchsba222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mupcwtyvqk26Feels like people are really sleeping on SILO. The third series takes a little while to get going, but when it does, it really nails the best parts of the books. Smart, topical, deeply human - it's the best kind of science fiction and the best reason to have Apple TV x04 Sep 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcwtyvqk26https://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mu546srzk22fThis is going to make more money than any single entertainment product (from any medium) in all of human history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbzMqJGH4k28 Aug 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu546srzk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/markoosterveen.bsky.social/post/3mtyq6v3bnc24Fuck this week, man26 Aug 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:62ag46ppobyh2b2ge3rdakqp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyq6v3bnc24