Fabian van Dongen

Fabian van Dongen

Favorite films

  • Taxi Driver
  • Eraserhead
  • A Woman Under the Influence
  • Bad Lieutenant

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  • Smile 2

    ★★★½

  • Trauma

    ★★

  • Nightmare Alley

    ★★★★½

  • In Cold Blood

    ★★★★

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  • The Conversation

    The Conversation

    ★★★★★

    One of my favorite films of all-time. This intimate masterpiece is among a handful of films that are key in becoming a filmmaker myself. My love and admiration for this precious piece of art are deeply personal and everpresent. THE CONVERSATION lives in me, forever. It expresses many themes, moods and colors, that touch me profoundly. When I watch this film, I become one with it. A symbiotic feeling of love and recognition. As a human, and as a filmmaker.…

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

    ★★★★★

    Mas - ter - piece ! I've always loved this film so much. Terrence Malick is one of the true poets in cinema. A master. Malick knows, feels and understands the intense power and the precious meaning of life at its most human, through a lens. And on the screen. He's a painter, who impressively uses the art and craft of cinema to shape his truly distinctive personal expressions. Next to THE TREE OF LIFE ('10), THE THIN RED LINE…

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  • The Name of the Game Is Kill

    The Name of the Game Is Kill

    ★★★½

    Delicious American B-movie! Part of the 'post-Psycho' thriller sub-genre of the 60s. Hitchcock offspring, but in this case some Italian horror elements as well. Next to Hitch you can also feel Mario Bava, and some of the early Giallo films (pre-Argento). With a little Tennesee Williams on top. Actor Jack Lord (Hawaii Five-0) is great in the lead role, and Susan Strassberg (daughter of acting guru Lee Strassberg) has a somewhat mysterious quality, which is great. The direction bij Gunnar…

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    Joker: Folie à Deux

    ★★★★½

    The most despised new film in the world is the one that I love the most. I f#cking knew it! It's my favorite film of 2024, by far. JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX is the most exciting and tension filled picture I've seen in years.

    The more I read and heard about people's hate towards this film, the more anxious I became to see it. Especially because I love the first JOKER ('19/T. Phillips). I'm used to the fact that my…

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