One of the Cineville cinemas is Kriterion. Across the street from one of the largest university areas in the city, it’s mainly visited by students, as well as run by them. In the cafe you’ll find students getting together for a beer after, or in between, classes and even at ten in the evening on [...]

A few weeks ago, the day @hecubah and I went cycling through the city of Amsterdam, we purchased a Cineville card. Cineville is an organization of thirteen independent movie cinemas in Amsterdam, showing a total of at least 500 movies every week. Since that day, we have seen Hadewijch at Rialto and La Danse at [...]

I happened to be in Amsterdam on Easter Monday, which is a public holiday devoted to shopping. Throughout the country, DIY-stores are open as are all branches of a certain blue-and-yellow Swedish flat-pack furniture retailer. In Amsterdam however, all shops open up and the city centre gets raided by masses of people using their day-off [...]

Those who know me, might be aware of the fact I’m a film enthusiast. I am not, however, a connoisseur. I have never studied anything film-related, nor do I know most of the terms used in the professional field. Why I consider myself an enthusiast is this: I’d rather buy a movie, so that I [...]

A while ago, I had to leave what had been my home for over five years more or less overnight. Left with no choice, I decided to accept the offer of both my parents and my girlfriend, to stay at their place. Neither was enjoyable, though. Whereas my parents have a house with a sufficient [...]

For a few weeks now, Europe has been covered in snow, both disrupting the life of many and bringing joy to as many others. For me, the snow has for the most part brought joy. The world just seems to be a more peaceful place when it’s covered in a layer of white. There have, [...]

In the years past, it has become a ritual time after time again. The night before we leave for a trip abroad, we sleep in late to get things cleaned up, and get up early to catch one of the first trains of the day, thereby ensuring an early arrival at our destination. Yesterday should’ve [...]

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