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Boyd van Hoeij

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Boyd van Hoeij is a freelance film writer based in Paris and Luxembourg. As a critic, he has covered the main film festivals (Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice...) and the major European releases for industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter since 2013. Before that, he was a contributing critic at Variety. Boyd is also the film editor of Winq magazine (Netherlands) and a regular contributor to Indiewire (U.S.) and Filmkrant (Netherlands). His book 10/10, about contemporary Francophone Belgian cinema, came out in September 2010. He's taught film criticism short courses and dissected classic movies frame-by-frame across the globe, including in such far-flung places as Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Portugal, Ireland and Palm Springs, Calif. He's been a panelist or moderator at festivals including Berlin, Cannes and Sydney and served on the Cannes Critics' Week jury in 2015.

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Night Stage (2025) “Though the screenplay is occassionally a bit schematic, Night Stage is a sexy drama with thematic smarts to match.” – Screen International Mar 17, 2025 Full Review Ari (2025) “There might be a lot of dialogue, but looks, silences, hesitations and facial expressions are often just as telling, if not more so. ” – Screen International Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Lesbian Space Princess (2025) 100% “It looks appropriately poppy and appealing and, while there are a few longueurs, on the whole Lesbian Space Princess zips by, while delivering quite a few chuckles along the way.” – Screen International Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2024) 92% “The resulting gymnastic split is occasionally a little uncomfortable, but also charming in an immediate, earthy way. ” – Screen International Oct 28, 2024 Full Review Edge of Night (2024) “The family drama is fascinating, especially because Süer, who also wrote the screenplay, deftly uses often minimalistic dialogue to explore the crevices and contradictions of the men’s opposing viewpoints. ” – Screen International Sep 30, 2024 Full Review The Quiet Son (2024) 55% “An utterly conventional domestic drama whose focus feels too narrow to be saying much about the country today. ” – Screen International Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Finalement (2024) “While we can admire his ambition to create what the French might call a ‘film-testament’, the final result is less the sparkling apotheosis of a lifetime of filmmaking than a work that feels more like a greatest-hits album.” – Screen International Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Vermiglio (2024) 93% “Beautifully shot, played by a mix of professional actors and locals and spoken mostly in dialect, Vermiglio feels both authentic and almost restrained to a fault. Yet there’s no denying the filmmaking prowess of Delpero.” – Screen International Sep 3, 2024 Full Review Plan 75 (2022) 94% “The first feature from Japanese female director Chie Hayakawa seethes with violence under its soft-spoken exterior.” – The Film Verdict Dec 8, 2023 Full Review Tori and Lokita (2022) 87% “The Dardenne-brothers formula contains no more surprises and their latest film confirms both the veracity of that statement and provides more proof that the formula is still pretty effective. ” – The Film Verdict May 25, 2022 Full Review Brother and Sister (2022) 60% “A densely layered work full of allusions and themes including fame, jealousy and privacy but the frustratingly oblique storytelling keeps audiences removed from the characters and their often histrionic behaviour. ” – The Film Verdict May 21, 2022 Full Review The Night of the 12th (2022) 94% “A moody and fascinating piece of work.” – The Film Verdict May 20, 2022 Full Review The Eight Mountains (2022) 90% “A film that, at almost 150 minutes, certainly takes too long to get going but that, in its final act, reaches some very satisfying emotional payoffs. ” – The Film Verdict May 19, 2022 Full Review Final Cut (2022) 71% “This zombie comedy delivers the laughs, if not quite something substantial.” – The Film Verdict May 18, 2022 Full Review Olga (2021) 92% “A soberly staged but intense drama. (...) Budiashkina impresses as a gymnast and as the gloomy adolescent who tries so hard to be an athlete that she often forgets to simply be a teenager who doesn't need to have all the answers all the time.” – The Film Verdict Oct 25, 2021 Full Review Hive (2021) 100% “Though the cinematography and production design are quite bland, viewers will remain invested in the story because of Gashi's layered performance.” – The Film Verdict Oct 23, 2021 Full Review Bedevilled (2010) 89% “Too arty for K-horror buffs and too grisly and nonsensical for world-cinema aficionados.” – Variety Oct 19, 2021 Full Review The Middle Man (2021) 74% “The Middle Man offers plenty of classy polish and quirky charm, even if it never quite explores its own dark depths.” – The Film Verdict Oct 14, 2021 Full Review Official Competition (2021) 96% “Argentinian directors Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn keep the laughs coming, the pace brisk and the tone jocular, resulting in a fluffy but not altogether unserious exploration of the craft of acting.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review Parallel Mothers (2021) 96% “Though (...) not quite a home run, this does feel like an exciting new direction for Almodóvar.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review The Staffroom (2021) “A woman tries to survive in the shark tank that is the teachers' lounge in this promising Croatian debut.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review Trenches (2021) “An intimate visit to the Donbas trenches, where men (and one oddly portrayed woman) become the latest soldiers in history to experience trench warfare.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review Lost Illusions (2021) 93% “The messy connections between truth, journalism, criticism, art and money are not only a mess for the characters but also for the viewer, who would benefit from a few more beautifully crystalized scenes in which form and content together create meaning.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review Full Time (2021) 98% “This naturalistic feature isn't anyone's idea of a relaxing night out but it does paint a very accurate, at times nearly nerve-wrecking portrayal of what's pushing people to the brink in a lot of the Western world.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review Another World (2021) 100% “Another familiar but solid entry in Stephane Brizé's series of films with Vincent Lindon that examine the world of labor and lay-offs in France.” – The Film Verdict Oct 13, 2021 Full Review
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