Films mentioned in the 2021 Year in Review wrap episode of The Letterboxd Show. Hosts Gemma and Slim open the Letterboxd hotline to three experts on the three highest rated films of the year: Matt Singer (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Juan Barquin (Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time), and Bintang Lestada (Yuni).

Senior Editor Mitchell Beaupre and London correspondent Ella Kemp also join for a roundtable on our Year In Review favorites. Topics discussed include: unabashed crowd-pleasers, rethinking Andrew Garfield, how to comfort a hedgehog, movies and mental health, recency bias, the power of stills photographers, an update on Ella’s dating status, feelings as a genre, our love for Mike Mills, the influence of The Beatles on 2021 fashion, Gemma’s favorite George Harrison moments, how Summer of Soul saved us all.

Also: are privileged white men allowed to make art about their own neuroses? Mitchell’s surprising Spotify number one; Rachel Sennot is a queen; reclaiming our love for Cruella; and a content warning for mention of suicidal ideation towards the end of the episode thanks to one of the best scenes in The Matrix: Resurrections. Quote of the episode: “Everything I am right now is Bo Burnham’s fault.” —Ella Kemp

This episode was recorded in Brooklyn, Miami, Jakarta, London, Delaware, Philadelphia and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Transcript: Sophie Shin. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker.