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Letterboxd JournalSome Strings Attached: twenty deeply felt films celebrating the world of puppetry From Mexico’s stop-motion I Am Frankelda to Taiwan’s budaixi -styled Legends of the Sacred Stone , B.L.
Letterboxd JournalCaptured on Camera: Primetime’s Lance Oppenheim on his ‘fever dream’ of To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen With Primetime in theaters via A24, director Lance Oppenheim tells Isaac Feldberg about televising public punishment and mediating reality in his hallucinatory, performative-vérité character portrait.
Letterboxd JournalWatchlist This!: Our September 2026 picks of the best new bubbling-under films Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes eerie Japanese ghost stories, luminous coming-of-age stories and a comprehensive documentary about an…
Letterboxd JournalLetting the Blood Out: Neil Jordan on the legacy of Interview with the Vampire and ironic Irish cinema As Interview with the Vampire receives a new release on 4K UHD, director Neil Jordan tells Dan Mecca about the legacy of the lush, lurid epic and the idiosyncrasies of ironic Irish cinema.
Letterboxd JournalFrozen with Fear: twenty snowbound horror films From Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In to Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil and beyond, Claira Curtis counts off twenty blood-chilling horror films set in the snow.
Letterboxd JournalEverybody’s Watching: twenty must-see films set inside the world of television From Primetime to Pleasantville , Isaac Feldberg counts off twenty fascinating films that unfold behind the scenes of television productions.
Letterboxd JournalMoviE-Pro: Beck on his formative film education and the road to Ride Lonesome Ahead of the release of his newest album, Ride Lonesome , Beck tells Maura Walz about his formative film influences, including a childhood spent discovering Federico Fellini and Luis Buñuel in the…
Letterboxd JournalConcrete Realities: John Wilson on The History of Concrete, micro-cinemas and collective archives With The History of Concrete opening in US theaters, John Wilson tells Carlos Aguilar about looking beneath the cracks in society’s surfaces and celebrating physical media at Low Cinema.
Letterboxd JournalMinding the Gap: Fifteen actors who legitimately left the film industry… and came back From Cameron Diaz’s decade-plus break after Annie to Marlene Dietrich’s 17-year hiatus before her swan song, Luke Hicks reflects on fifteen actors who chose to step out of the limelight, only to…
Letterboxd JournalDead Reckoning: Black Zombie’s Maya Annik Bedward on unearthing the undead’s long-buried Haitian Vodou roots As Black Zombie shambles onto screens, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward speaks with Isaac Feldberg about digging beneath a Hollywood monster to reveal the Haitian spiritual traditions that informed its…
Letterboxd JournalCreature Features: twenty action-packed films unleashing monstrous mayhem From bone-crunching crocodiles to invisible aliens and deep-sea denizens, Brandon Streussnig braves twenty films about destructive battles against rampaging beasts.
Letterboxd JournalMan of the People: The Uprising’s Andrew Garfield on the most memorable roles of his career With The Uprising in theaters now, Andrew Garfield reflects with Ella Kemp about some of his most memorable roles to date: from Silence and The Social Network to Under the Silver Lake and Spider-Man…
Letterboxd JournalThrill of the Chase: Hope’s Na Hong-jin on unleashing alien-invasion allegories in his sci-fi action extravaganza As his explosively exciting Hope hits theaters, Na Hong-jin speaks with Isaac Feldberg about mounting chase sequences, dissecting human nature and drawing inspiration from Bong Joon-ho.
Letterboxd JournalGhost Stories and Gandahar: on screens and shelves this month A Japanese horror masterpiece, an underseen gem by an LA Rebellion luminary and a forgotten Vietnam melodrama are among the selections in this month’s edition of Shelf Life .
Letterboxd JournalFugitive Filmmaking: Black Lions – Roman Wolves’ Haile Gerima on the 30-year journey behind his anti-colonial epic At the fifteenth annual BlackStar Film Festival, where he presented the North American premiere of his five-part, ten-hour documentary opus, legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima spoke with Adesola Thomas…
Letterboxd JournalDestination Cinema: Brazil, France, Italy, Japan In partnership with travel booking app Omio, we’re planning our next trips to Brazil, France, Italy and Japan with twenty scenic films to inspire your wanderlust.
Letterboxd JournalSiege Mentality: Onslaught’s Adam Wingard on his super-soldier slasher’s slew of cinematic influences As A24 unleashes Onslaught , Adam Wingard spills on the ’80s sci-fi horror standards that inspired his latest action-slasher, its spiritual predecessor The Guest and the intense characters played by…
Letterboxd JournalLucid Dreamers and Open Roads: Shatara Michelle Ford on belonging and on-screen fantasies in Dreams in Nightmares With their sophomore feature Dreams in Nightmares finally reaching theaters, Shatara Michelle Ford tells Adesola Thomas about the fantasies and winding journey of their dramatic, comedic…
Letterboxd JournalMall Madness: a starter pack of twenty films that prove the mall was never just for shopping Jenni Kaye packs a shopping bag full of twenty fluorescent-lit fantasies, consumerist nightmares, teenage hangouts and retail zombies that capture the magic of America’s favorite third place.
Letterboxd JournalTop Dog: a starter pack of twenty films with iconic canine co-stars In celebration of International Dog Day, we’re counting off twenty beloved pooches and pups from movie history, from faithful claymation creations to underdogs you can’t help but root for.
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Letterboxd Journal2026 Fall Festival Preview: our most anticipated autumn film festival premieres Vigilante revenge sagas, taut psychological thrillers, the return of a legendary movie monster and new efforts from Oscar-nominated writer-directors are among our most anticipated films of the 2026…
Letterboxd JournalWatchlist This!: Our August 2026 picks of the best new bubbling-under films Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes slow-burning satirical dramas, aggressively off-kilter horror-comedies and the latest from a celebrated French…
Letterboxd JournalDark Side of the Loon: Coyote vs. Acme’s screenwriter Samy Burch on the journey of the Looney Tunes courtroom thriller As Coyote vs. Acme arrives on the big screen after a long, complicated journey, screenwriter Samy Burch tells Ella Kemp how Wile E.
Letterboxd JournalRoad to Nowhere: Alexander Ullom on It Ends’ existential horror and Gen-Z ennui As Neon unleashes It Ends in US theaters, writer-director Alexander Ullom reflects with Isaac Feldberg on his buzzy thriller’s scenic route to release and optimism in the face of nihilism.
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