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Latest Articles
A ★★★ review of Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Michael Bay uses his sunburnt, hopped-up-on-energy-drinks franchise of murderous giant toys to portray the fight for America's soul as one fought between the evil and the useless, while the whole world suffers the destructive consequences, allies are betrayed and innocents are crushed.A master visualist even when he obviously couldn't care …
Power Couples: the Letterboxd crew’s favorite movie romances
For Valentine’s Day, Letterboxd staff and contributors celebrate the cinematic couples who make us swoon, sigh and shout, “Love is real!”—from Jackie Brown and Max Cherry to Charles Grodin and Miss Piggy.
No Place Like Home: Walter Salles and Fernanda Torres on time-traveling to honor the family of I’m Still Here • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
It took Walter Salles twelve years to return to narrative filmmaking and sixteen to be back in his home country of Brazil, but I’m Still Here is worth the wait. As I write this, the director has just made history by helming the first-ever Brazilian film to be nominated for …
Film Review: The Florida Project (2017)
Set in the backdrops of the enchanting Disney World is a purple-hued motel called Magic Castle. It houses all kinds of people- whether it be tourists looking for a cheap stay or the working class who've turned it into a permanent lodging. Well, atleast for our 6-yr-old Moonee and her …
A ★★★★½ review of The Pledge (2001)
Rewatched - December 30, 2024 I first saw The Pledge when I was in High School after I read that the movie was on The Great Movie List by Roger Ebert. Great cast, plot and ending, what could I ask for more?
The Pledge (2001) - Rewatched December 30, 2024
★★★★½ I first saw The Pledge when I was in High School after I read that the movie was on The Great Movie List by Roger Ebert. Great cast, plot and ending, what could I ask for more?
First Class: our favorite first-time watches of 2024
From subversive westerns and Technicolor marvels to Latvian gems and documentaries on pickup truck competitions, Letterboxd staff and contributors share our favorite first-time watches of 2024, scanning the decades from 1913 to 2018.
Heretic (2024)
★★★★ For me, this movie makes me rethink what I thought I believed, in general (not only restricted to religion/beliefs)
Paradise Found: Paul Williams on bringing the sounds and Swan to Phantom of the Paradise
For the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma’s madcap rock musical Phantom of the Paradise, Aimee Knight speaks with Paul Williams, the man behind its sensational symphonies and sinister Swan.
Breaking the Rules: wrestling with the impact of Fincher’s searing study of masculinity and anti-capitalism 25 years on • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
I know, I know. The first rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about Fight Club. But, guess what? A special occasion asks for some rule-breaking, and what better way to honor David Fincher’s subversive 1999 classic than to celebrate its 25th anniversary by bending the law a …
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
Following a young, put-upon assistant (and Andrew Tate parody influencer on the side) at a media agency going through the soul-crushing process of casting a workplace safety documentary for a multinational company, starring one of their own employees who suffered a life-altering injury, Radu Jude paints a mesmerizing picture of …
The Brady Rave: taking in the rapturous first reactions to Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Corbet’s first feature film since 2018’s Vox Lux spans 30 years in the life of Adrien Brody’s László Tóth, a Jewish architect who left his native Hungary for the United States to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. The Brutalist chronicles Tóth’s quest to reunite with his beloved wife Erzsébet …