As we approach the first anniversary of adult films on Letterboxd, Charles Bramesco looks at the variable results when Hollywood turns its lens on the other LA film industry.

Love Letters: Wes Studi and Dale Dickey Make Music Together
A Love Song stars Dale Dickey and Wes Studi speak with Indigenous Editor Leo Koziol about letters, songs and the bonds built into Max Walker-Silverman’s autumn romance.

Crimes and Miss Delaware: Aubrey Plaza Breaks Bad in Emily the Criminal Letterboxd Journal

Weekend Watchlist: Emily the Criminal, Inu-Oh and Day Shift The Letterboxd Show

Best of Fantasia 2022
Our highlights from the 26th edition of the continent-spanning, genre-stretching Fantasia International Film Festival.

Mothers and Daughters: Ayoka Chenzira on the Dance of Alma’s Rainbow Letterboxd Journal

Weekend Watchlist: Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bullet Train and Prey The Letterboxd Show

Fugue State: Christos Nikou’s Treasured Movie Memories Letterboxd Journal

Dictaphone Blues: How Danny Cohen Captured Courtney Barnett’s Inner Voice Letterboxd Journal

Painfully Relatable: Quinn Shephard on the Movies That Make and Break Her
The filmmaker behind Zoey Deutch influencer satire Not Okay on cinematic tragedies, cringe comedies and great films for Jersey girls and queer folk.

Weekend Watchlist: Resurrection, Not Okay, Vengeance and A Love Song The Letterboxd Show

Heroic Bloodshed: John Woo on Action with a Beating Heart
Hong Kong action legend John Woo on his inspirations, filmmaking philosophy and the most dangerous stunt of his career.

Yay or Neigh?—We Round Up the Nope Reactions from Opening Weekend
Horse girlies, circle round! As Nope, the third film in Jordan Peele’s three colors trilogy lands in cinemas, we round up the Letterboxd reactions from the much-anticipated sci-fi spectacular’s opening weekend screenings.

Invitation to Laugh: Demi Adejuyigbe on Communal Comedy and Black Joy in Cinemas
In a series of conversations over a year, playwright Adesola Thomas explores the way that comedian, screenwriter and Letterboxd personality Demi Adejuyigbe values comedy—and entertainment on the whole—as a “tool to tether”.

The Last Movie Stars: Director Ethan Hawke Talks Epic Love, Hard Work and Linklater
Ethan Hawke didn’t want to say yes to The Last Movie Stars—HBO’s six-part series on the 50-year marriage of Hollywood icons Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward—but, try as he might, he couldn’t get the word “no” out of his mouth. Isaac Feldberg talks to the actor for Letterboxd.

Gray Matter: The Russo Brothers’ School of Hard Knocks
The Gray Man directors Anthony and Joe Russo lock and load for a Life in Film chat on ’70s thrillers, iconic showdowns, physical trauma and favorite Ryan Gosling performances.

Weekend Watchlist: Nope, The Gray Man and Anything’s Possible The Letterboxd Show

Bizarre Love Triangle: Juliette Binoche on Macho Feelings and the Moral Condition
Juliette Binoche on collaborating with Claire Denis for Both Sides of the Blade, her passion project Between Two Worlds and reflections on Three Colors: Blue.

Cute is the New Cool: Marcel the Shell’s Dean Fleischer-Camp on Films as Therapy
Director Dean Fleischer-Camp on the tiny cinema hero of the hour, and the films that charm and calm him in the way that Marcel the Shell with Shoes On delights others.

Feel-Good Fashion: Isabelle Huppert on Dior and Desire
Actress Isabelle Huppert on the people power of Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, the joys of haute couture, putting invisible women in the spotlight, and why she’s on a mission to save cinema.

Unfinished Business: The Forbidden Desires of Claire Denis
Both Sides of the Blade filmmaker Claire Denis on putting feelings first, trusting Juliette Binoche and playing hooky for Elizabeth Taylor.

Weekend Watchlist: Thor: Love and Thunder, Both Sides of the Blade and Murina The Letterboxd Show

Culinary Concerto: Peter Strickland Plays With His Food
Flux Gourmet filmmaker Peter Strickland on the cathartic effects of bodily fluid, making music with food and the power dynamics of performance art.

A Love Song Trailer Exclusive: Dale Dickey and Wes Studi Sizzle in the Rural West
Dale Dickey and Wes Studi in a romance for the ages? Sign us up.

Weekend Watchlist: Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Forgiven and Clara Sola The Letterboxd Show

2022 Midyear Report: Cinema is Almost Definitely Sort of Back, Baby!
Gemma Gracewood and Jack Moulton take a look at the 25 highest-rated films at the halfway point of 2022, plus the top docs, comedy specials and miniseries.

Wild Chemistry: The Stars of Wildhood on Romantic Two-Spirit Representation
Leo Koziol chats with Indigenous actors Phillip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick about creating chemistry in Bretten Hannam’s Wildhood, the impact of helping their communities feel seen, and keeping their cool around Michael Greyeyes.

Best of Tribeca 2022
From father-daughter mortality dramas and empathetic docs to psychological thrillers and gibberish comedies, here are Letterboxd’s ten best from this year’s Tribeca fest.

Always the Bridesmaid: Is There a Future for Cinema’s Gay Best Friend?
Emily Maskell looks at the problematic legacy, influential gear shifts and evolving future of rom-com cinema’s Gay Best Friend.
