Letterboxd — Your life in film

Wow. A quote from Ian Woolstencroft’s review of American Mary has made it onto one of the film’s promotional posters. Regrettably Ian is not credited as the author of the remark, but we’re chuffed to have contributed to getting his comment out there. Thanks to Scott Weinberg for the tip.

Searching for cinema that soothes? Ella Kemp suggests it could be as simple as looking for a film poster with a white background.

Ella Kemp talks to designers, archivists and publicists (and her own parents!) about creating and preserving original film posters in the age of streaming.

Upgrade your Letterboxd aesthetic with our new custom-poster feature. 

Happy Oscar day! We’ve just pushed a minor update to the site that addresses the following issues:

A curated selection of adult films comes to Letterboxd, along with a new opt-in feature to see associated diary entries and reviews.

We spend a lot of time looking at our TVs, and since the announcement of an App Store for Apple TV, we’ve pretty much wanted just one thing: our Letterboxd watchlist up large on the biggest screen in the house, right when we need it.

Our newest product update includes improvements to adding films, watched percentages for lists, and more.

We’re thrilled to announce the initial public release of Letterboxd for Android. Click through for a list of supported features in 1.0 and a roadmap of what’s to come in the near future. This is the droid you’re looking for.

At the end of our first full year, we thought it might be useful and fun to mine the data you’ve created in order to present a summary of 2012.

Filtering, filing and shortcuts have been added in our latest feature update.

Today we’re pleased to announced our transition from private to public beta. All pages on Letterboxd are now publicly visible (except for those deemed private by their owners), and all new users are able to send invitations to friends immediately following sign up. Letterboxd will remain invitation-only for a period, to enable us to control our rate of growth.

Today we’re beyond thrilled to announce a partnership with The Dissolve, a fantastic new film criticism site from the team behind Pitchfork.

The Danish brothers behind the slow-burn holiday horror Speak No Evil talk guilty pleasures, why Face/Off should have won Oscars and the vitality of contemporary Korean cinema.

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.

Waxwork Records co-founder Kevin Bergeron on tracking down the original masters for The Exorcist and being paid the highest compliment by William Friedkin.

As our new iPhone app brings new members to Letterboxd, our crew members share their favorite tips and short-cuts to get the best out of your experience.

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is the Letterboxd community’s highest-rated film; Tarantino’s Django Unchained is the most popular.

As The Wicker Man turns 50, thousands of Letterboxd members head to Summerisle for yet another shot of sacrificial solstice strangeness—or their very first dance around the malevolent maypole.

From Istanbul to Chicago, and C.R.A.Z.Y. to Spirited Away, Letterboxd member, writer and film programmer Emre Eminoğlu explores the films that drove his gay awakening.