Letterboxd — Your life in film

Writer-director Harry Macqueen talks to Ella Kemp about timeless love stories, his favorite screen lovers and working with best buds Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci on Supernova.

Undine writer-director Christian Petzold talks to Reyzando Nawara about modern-day mermaids, Tinder culture and finding the magic in life.

Filmmaker Chad Hartigan talks to Jack Moulton about his prescient new sci-fi romance, Little Fish, why radio silence is worse than a bad review, and his secret system of Letterboxd lists.

With her debut film Farewell Amor out now, Tanzanian-American writer and director Ekwa Msangi tells Selome Hailu about the third language of music, growing up on Rambo knockoffs, and her favorite African filmmakers.

A Love Song stars Dale Dickey and Wes Studi speak with Indigenous Editor Leo Koziol about letters, songs and the bonds built into Max Walker-Silverman’s autumn romance. 

Leo Koziol chats with Indigenous actors Phillip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick about creating chemistry in Bretten Hannam’s Wildhood, the impact of helping their communities feel seen and keeping their cool around Michael Greyeyes. 

Writer-director Roshan Sethi and writer-star Karan Soni discuss their new pandemic rom-com 7 Days, Bollywood romance hype, their own meet-cute story, and Mark ‘Daddy’ Duplass.

The Worst Person in the World writer-director Joachim Trier discusses having a brighter outlook on life, the thing about Éric Rohmer, and making a humanist film about “the biggest things there are”: love and death.

Summerland writer-director Jessica Swale shares 50 of her favorite heart-filled films for troubled times.

Bones and All director Luca Guadagnino and star Taylor Russell on macabre metaphors, America’s lonely heartland and living in the moment.

Of an Age filmmaker Goran Stolevski discusses the quiet temperament and mighty ache at the heart of his new queer romance.

Before Greta Gerwig’s dolls come to life, Letterboxd members who have ranked every animated Barbie movie fill us in on the best songs, funniest villains and hottest cottagecore lesbians in the Mattel fashionista’s universe.

Cannes prize winner Park Chan-wook on tragic romance, modern technology, and sensual storytelling in his “classical detective story” Decision to Leave.

Paris, 13th District filmmaker Jacques Audiard on making a black-and-white romance in the City of Lights with Céline Sciamma and Léa Mysius (and Éric Rohmer as his emotional compass).

Before the Tribeca 2023 premiere of his directorial debut Eric LaRue, we shared a chat with filmmaker Michael Shannon and star Alexander Skarsgård, in which we learned about Swedish cozy culture and witnessed a spontaneous proposal.

Which 100 films have the most fans on Letterboxd—and what happens when we sort by member pronouns, and by fan-to-viewer ratio? Nerds, gather.

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.

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.

Ethan Hawke on directing The Last Movie Stars in lockdown, the silver screen marriage that survived the Hollywood studio system and traversing a half-century of filmmaking. 

We emerge from the depths of Fantasia Festival 2020—the largest genre fest in North America—with the ten best things we saw this year.