May 12, 2021
Ann Hornaday
THE WASHINGTON POST – “Why can’t we just have different opinions and be nice about it?”
Thus pleads Femke Boot, a Dutch newspaper columnist whose regular columns incite a steady stream of toxic comments and social media abuse.
She’s debating an author named Steven Dood (the last name translates to âSteven Deathâ), whose imposing goth persona includes kohl-like eyeliner and black-painted fingernails.
As
The Columnist opens, it looks like Steven – nicely played by Bram van der Kelen – will become an even more menacing figure in Femke’s life. That is, if you don’t count the publisher who’s breathing down her neck for her next book.