Jenni Kaye and Annie Lyons strap on their Jordans and hit the red carpet to chat with Ben Affleck, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman and more.
Annie Lyons speaks with Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Lee Cronin and Lily Sullivan at the premiere for Evil Dead Rise and we get a first look at Letterboxd members’ reactions.
Smartphone companies, trans documentaries, Sydney Sweeney and Franz Rogowksi are among Rafa Sales Ross’ highlights from the 2023 Berlinale.
On the fifth anniversary of his debut feature’s premiere at SXSW, filmmaker Jim Cummings reads Letterboxd reviews of Thunder Road.
SXSW attendees hit their Letterboxd diaries after the premiere of Julio Torres’ Problemista, while Annie Lyons chats with the director and star Tilda Swinton on the red carpet.
We track the Letterboxd community’s first reactions to queer comedy Bottoms, while Annie Lyons chats with the director and stars at its SXSW premiere.
Letterboxd’s Austin correspondent Annie Lyons surveys the 2023 SXSW lineup and discovers back-stories on Cheetos and Tetris, the return of Stephanie Hsu and Rachel Sennott, and someone called “Frybread Face”.
From leaping luchadors to chaotic bisexuals, past lives to eternal memories, our Sundance team selects the highlights of this year’s fest.
Rafa Sales Ross previews the returning favorites, biopic bonafides, awards season victory laps, troubled Americans and powerhouse performances that make up the 2023 Berlinale lineup.
The Festiville team's top picks from the 30th SXSW Film Festival, as selected by our SXSW correspondents Annie Lyons and…
In its 26th year, the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) has established itself as a crucial space for…
All films playing at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, taking place from February 16—26.
Our thanks to Sean Liu…
Films playing at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, taking place from March 10—19.
Our thanks to Sean Liu for creating…
The Festiville team’s top ten narrative and top ten documentary features from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, as selected by…
The Sundance Film Festival is back this year in-person and online from January 19–29. We’ve studied the lineup and tapped…
NYICFF 70 films
TIFF 34 films
Sean Liu 136 films
Denis Eremeev 185 films
Denis Eremeev 292 films
Leo Koziol 34 films
Surprised at how much I enjoyed this. It’s so nice to see pros like Matt, Ben, and Viola at work. And Chris Messina is disgustingly sexy as a corporate douche.
It’s basically Moneyball meets Argo, with lots of great paper-flipping, pen-clicking, telephone picking up and hanging up sound effects, plus Matt Damon is finally fat (Fat Damon). Those are all selling points right there. On the other hand, athlete hero worship is something I don’t relate to at all, so when the movie treats Michael Jordan like Martin Luther King, Jr. it feels like a bit much. Growing up in Utah, I was rooting against him, and even got a stern talking-to…
Old school heart-on-its-sleeves crowd-pleaser that hits all the familiar beats but does so with an electric ensemble and snappy dialogue. It’s essentially meetings and nerdy basketball talk for two hours yet is so propulsive and consistently engaging—even when the filmmaking is rather elementary and its messaging largely undercooked. Everyone is just having the time of their lives here and it’s all a joy to watch. Affleck has a winner on his hands.
Was nothing to change the world, but a fun film to watch. Could easily see this becoming one of my comfort films, and had some great laughs in there!
Super good performances, standout from Viola Davis.
Sharp writing, breezy pacing, and every actor looking like they’re having the time of their life. Could have watched another two hours of this.
SXSW Film #10
when Ben Affleck introduced the film he seemed the happiest i’ve seen him in years, and now having seen it…it makes sense!!
Like getting on the biggest coaster in the park and realizing it’s maybe more intense than you’d expect. Unrelenting horror madness with a couple particularly thrilling sequences (peephole one stood out to me). Not my kind of movie, but full of the stuff horror sickos will scream for.
