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Best in Show: Guilds, Globes, Puss in Boots

Season 1, Episode 3

Mia, Brian and Gemma discuss their fave noms and gongs from the latest guild shortlists. A quick look at the Golden Globes, the EE BAFTA Rising Star award public voting is open! And it’s animation time: Turning Red director Domee Shi has a message for the Letterboxd community, and we go deep on Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman and Sergio Leone with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish director Joel Crawford. Then, we re-evaluate the 1976 Best Director Oscar lineup.

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A Star is Torn.

Kyle Flynn unpacks the formula behind the iconic “one star with a heart” Letterboxd rating: committed directors, middling efforts, fun times.

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