Nestor Kok is a graphic designer by day and an entertainment journalist by night.

(Well, not really by night, just whenever he has time to write.)

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‘Warfare’ review: A nebulous, empty disservice to the reality of war and memory
‘Warfare’ review: A nebulous, empty disservice to the reality of war and memory

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s harrowing wartime drama is hampered by an inscrutable lack of context and a refusal to reckon with the Iraq War’s lasting consequences.

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MIFF 2024 | ‘The Substance’ review: A grotesque dissection of female self-hatred
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Substance’ review: A grotesque dissection of female self-hatred

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley bring their A-game to Coralie Fargeat’s visionary new entry to the body-horror canon.

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MIFF 2024 | ‘The Shrouds’ review: David Cronenberg’s confounding exploration of personal grief
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Shrouds’ review: David Cronenberg’s confounding exploration of personal grief

The Canadian body-horror maestro returns with a perplexing autobiographical thanatopsis that loses sight of itself within its own half-baked subplots.

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‘Warfare’ review: A nebulous, empty disservice to the reality of war and memory
‘Warfare’ review: A nebulous, empty disservice to the reality of war and memory

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s harrowing wartime drama is hampered by an inscrutable lack of context and a refusal to reckon with the Iraq War’s lasting consequences.

Read More →
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Substance’ review: A grotesque dissection of female self-hatred
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Substance’ review: A grotesque dissection of female self-hatred

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley bring their A-game to Coralie Fargeat’s visionary new entry to the body-horror canon.

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MIFF 2024 | ‘Oddity’ review: A monstrously good, multi-hyphenate horror feature
MIFF 2024 | ‘Oddity’ review: A monstrously good, multi-hyphenate horror feature

Writer-director Damian Mc Carthy’s second feature film is an intricately-crafted, genre-hopping cabinet of horrific curiosities.

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MIFF 2024 | ‘The Shrouds’ review: David Cronenberg’s confounding exploration of personal grief
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Shrouds’ review: David Cronenberg’s confounding exploration of personal grief

The Canadian body-horror maestro returns with a perplexing autobiographical thanatopsis that loses sight of itself within its own half-baked subplots.

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MIFF 2024 | ‘The Girl With the Needle’ review: A bleak look at women’s rights… and women’s wrongs
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Girl With the Needle’ review: A bleak look at women’s rights… and women’s wrongs

Magnus von Horn’s Cannes competition debut is a slightly muddled but nonetheless thought-provoking and pertinent arthouse horror hybrid.

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MIFF 2024 | ‘Dying’ review: Shaky family tragicomedy that still sticks its landing
MIFF 2024 | ‘Dying’ review: Shaky family tragicomedy that still sticks its landing

Headed by a revelatory Lars Eidinger, Matthias Glasner’s autopsy of the nuclear family project handles its existentially weighty themes with equal pathos and panache.

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Hey, I’m Nestor, and I’m already tired of writing in the third person. I wear many hats in life, including a graphic design hat and an illustrator hat.

Writing is my “side gig” — but I’ve won awards for it, and love nattering on about entertainment. I have also been described as “Timotheé-Chalamet-adjacent” — whatever that means.