World cinema and A24 dominate the Letterboxd Top 25 at the 2022 halfway point, as movie lovers make their way back to cinemas and festivals. Jack Moulton and Gemma Gracewood report. 

Julia Davis, the English queen of weird comedy, on translating a gibberish sex farce, the oddness of New Zealand humor and why nudity made her cry.

We get the tee from the filmmakers behind The Phantom of the Open on their weirdly uplifting new film about a complete nobody who took on the golfing establishment—and lost (but also won).

We speak to the Letterboxd member who watched Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople every day for a year to ask: what were they thinking?

Kevin Doyle on making Downton Abbey’s resident cinephile Mr. Molesley last the distance, his character’s four Letterboxd favorites, the joys of Laurel and Hardy, and earning the moment.

Filmmaker, photographer and long-form conversationalist Sam Jones drops in for a chat about drones, daughters and his new documentary about a skateboarding legend, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.

From road trips and space exploration to multiverse shenanigans and the contender for Paddington’s wholesome legend crown, our Festiville team highlights the most tantalizing titles from SXSW 2022.

The most iconic and lasting film images come from split-second decisions by unit stills photographers. Jane Campion and her photographer Kirsty Griffin, David Lowery and Eric Zachanowich, and Joachim Trier and Christian Belgaux open up about capturing the heart of a movie.

We’ve partnered with Nanocrowd to bring the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of film watching together, and help you find thematic links between films more easily. We talk to the man behind the nanogenres, Roderic March, and suggest interesting uses for our newest enhancement.

Our highlights from the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival included new features from heavyweights Claire Denis and Peter Strickland, and striking debuts from Emma Kawawada, Natalia López Gallardo and Colm Bairéad.

We talk to director Joe Wright and his Cyrano creative partners about hand flexes, thigh squeezes and open-hearted anti-cynicism—and share some Letterboxd love letters of our own.

Catch the Fair One star and boxing champ Kali ‘KO Mequinonoag’ Reis and director Josef Kubota Wladyka talk about taking the punishment, art as activism, and the beautiful simplicity of Rocky.