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Four Favorites with Jack’s Facts: Dog Day, Mike Leigh, La La Land and the midway Top 25

Season 3, Episode 16

Give us a cuddle, Maurice! Letterboxd head of platform content Jack Moulton, the man behind The Letterboxd Show’s “Jack’s Facts”, joins hosts Slim and Gemma for a chat about our favorites of the Top 25 films of 2022 so far and Jack’s four Letterboxd faves: Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon; Mike Leigh’s Secrets and Lies; Matthieu Kassovitz’s La Haine and the movie that did not win the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture, Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. Plus: attractive sweaty Al Pacino, how lockdown helped Jack complete several film circles, long film runtimes, what our hostage demands would be (fried chicken all the way), the healing power of a cup of tea, the “Mike Leigh Phase” of every British boy, love across an ocean, queuing for a movie with a small bladder, musicals for people who don’t like musicals, why everyone should see Blinded by the Light, and could “It was fine” be the worst movie-critic burn ever? Here’s to the ones who dream!

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Goddess Tier.

Taking our Life in Film survey, Girl Picture director Alli Haapasalo talks about movies that center female friendship, learning life’s big lessons from European arthouse cinema and the insatiable charisma of Labyrinth-era David Bowie.

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Fugue State.

Apples director Christos Nikou recalls his Life in Film, telling us about the recent releases he loves and watching The Truman Show for the first time in a historic Athens theater.

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2022 Midyear Report.

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. 

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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. 

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Captive in Columbus.

Poser filmmakers Noah Dixon and Ori Segev talk Columbus, Ohio and post-ironic Gen Z culture as they undertake our Life in Film questionnaire.

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Chatty Bot.

The team behind Brian and Charles talk about the funny films that make them cry, their short-to-feature heroes and how they’d redo the classics.

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Kind Eyes.

Actress, musician and now documentarian Charlotte Gainsbourg on filming her mom, watching films with her dad, and being filmed by Agnès Varda.

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HIL: Darren Carver-Balsiger.

List maestro Darren Carver-Balsiger on arthouse cinema, enduring The Room, obscure essential horror films from around the world and tips for how to conduct a Letterboxd community poll.

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Best of Sundance 2022.

Traveling from bar mitzvahs and hotel rooms to volcanoes and haunted colleges, the Letterboxd crew highlights the Sundance premieres that made the biggest impact out of the year’s first major festival.

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Uncut Jims.

In a Letterboxd first, we’re proud to present the debut director commentary for Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe’s Hollywood comedy-thriller, The Beta Test.

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Staying Afloat.

Writer-director Lauren Hadaway on finding the balance in life, escaping the culture of American student debt, and learning from the best in the business.

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Swell Superbia.

tick, tick…BOOM! supporting standouts Robin de Jesús and Joshua Henry talk about discovering Jonathan Larson, their twenties, and how Spike Lee’s Crooklyn is due for the musical treatment.

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