Letterboxd — Your life in film

Forgotten username or password?

×
Journal
  • All Topics
  • Big Picture
  • Cinemascope
  • Community
  • Deep Impact
  • Festival Circuit
  • Interview
  • Life in Film
  • Platform
  • Podcast
  • Shelf Life
  • Year in Review

2023

  • September #2
  • September #1
  • August #2
  • August #1
  • July #2
  • July #1
  • June #3
  • June #2
  • June #1
  • May
  • April
  • March
  • February

2022

  • December
  • November
  • October
  • September
  • August
Screenshot of September 2023 Call Sheet

Latest Episode

Artwork for Season 4, Episode 11: Four Faves: Flynn Slicker
The Letterboxd Show

Four Favorites with Flynn Slicker: Wong Kar-wai, Weerasethakul, Sing Street and lost love

Season 4, Episode 11

We are Boonsong and Flynn Slicker is our Monkey Ghost. Letterboxd’s elusive social media manager joins hosts Gemma and Slim from the seaside for a deep chat about her four favorite films: Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen Angels, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, John Carney’s Sing Street and René Liu’s Us And Them.

Archive

  • Episodes
  • Transcripts

Subscribe

  • Apple Podcasts
  • Spotify
  • RSS
Archive

Articles by Brian FormoRemove author filter

Brian Formo Brian on Letterboxd
  • All Topics
  • Big Picture
  • Cinemascope
  • Community
  • Deep Impact
  • Festival Circuit
  • Interview
  • Life in Film
  • Platform
  • Podcast
  • Shelf Life
  • Year in Review
All Topics
  • All Topics

  • Life in Film
  • Cinemascope
  • Deep Impact
  • Platform
  • Interview
  • Community
  • Podcast
  • Big Picture
  • Year in Review
  • Festival Circuit
  • Shelf Life
All Time
  • All Time

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
Cinemascope

View to a Kill.

A Haunting in Venice cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos takes us behind the lens with four films that inspired the visual style of the latest Hercule Poirot mystery.

Brian Formo
Festival Circuit

2023 Fall Fest Preview.

Letterboxd correspondents sift through the prestige pictures (Michael Mann!) and indie gems (Kitty Green!) coming to the Venice, Toronto, London and New York Film Festivals to present our most-anticipated of the upcoming festival season.

Letterboxd Crew
Cinemascope

Strike Mailbag.

As we march past day 100 of the WGA strike, the Best in Show team calls on special guests Steven Soderbergh and actress/SAG-AFTRA strike captain Kate Comer for answers to the Letterboxd community’s questions.

Mia Lee Vicino
Cinemascope

Strike FAQ.

Should I cancel my streaming services? Is it scabbing to write a Letterboxd review? Our Best in Show crew answer your questions about the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and what it all means for film fans.

Letterboxd Crew
Cinemascope

Man on a Mission.

Mission: Impossible director (and Letterboxd member!) Christopher McQuarrie shuffles his favorites list to recommend some movies for tonight’s viewing, while also opening up about his influences and process.

Ella Kemp
Cinemascope

Lunch with a Legend, Part Two.

The bloody American story behind Killers of the Flower Moon, the movies that influenced Leonard DiCaprio’s approach to his role, and how the Osage Nation changed the script: Brian Formo concludes his two-part report from Martin Scorsese’s lunchtime CinemaCon chat.

Brian Formo
Community

Mamma Mia!

The Letterboxd crew celebrates Mother’s Day 2023 by asking our own moms about their favorite films.

Letterboxd Crew
Interview

Blood, Sweat and Oil.

As How to Blow Up a Pipeline explodes onto VOD, Brian Formo chats with key cast and crew about the risky end-to-end journey of their indie eco-thriller, “stealing” from Reservoir Dogs and the line between filmmaking and activism.

Brian Formo
Cinemascope

Lunch with a Legend, Part One.

A sickly childhood, the importance of film movements and a challenge to multiplex owners on behalf of indie cinema:  The first of Brian Formo’s two-part report from Martin Scorsese’s lunchtime CinemaCon chat with his muse, Leonardo DiCaprio.  

Brian Formo
Cinemascope

Sharing Dreams, Building Worlds.

Oppenheimer writer and director Christopher Nolan praises projectionists, charms cinema owners and compliments audiences during his CinemaCon appearance. 

Gemma Gracewood
Cinemascope

Brando Meets Barbie.

The Wizard of Oz, The Fast and the Furious and Marlon Brando playing Ken—the Barbie crew bring a sneak preview to CinemaCon. 

Gemma Gracewood
Community

Thirst for Love.

For Valentine’s Day, the Letterboxd crew and filmmakers reminisce about the movie characters that first gave them funny feelings.

Letterboxd Crew
Newer
Older
  • 1
  • 2

Topics

  • Big Picture
  • Cinemascope
  • Community
  • Deep Impact
  • Festival Circuit
  • Interview
  • Life in Film
  • Platform
  • Podcast
  • Shelf Life
  • Year in Review

Masthead

Journal is Letterboxd’s online magazine. Our mission is to get more films, big and small, onto your watchlists, spotlight the best writing from our community, and bring you news from our crew behind the scenes. Along the way, we dig deeper into the movies we’re obsessed with, meet the people who make them, and explore the culture that surrounds them. We welcome pitches.

  • Podcast
  • X / Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • About
  • News
  • Pro
  • Apps
  • Podcast
  • Year in Review
  • Gift Guide
  • Help
  • Terms
  • API
  • Contact
X
Threads
Facebook
Instagram
TikTok
YouTube

© Letterboxd Limited. Made by fans in Aotearoa New Zealand. Film data from TMDb. Mobile site.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply.

Upgrade to remove ads

Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Please consider upgrading to a Pro account—for less than a couple bucks a month, you’ll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages (example), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming services, and no ads!

Learn more about Pro
Select your preferred poster

Posters are sourced from TMDb and Posteritati, and appear for you and other members based on settings.