Letterboxd — Your life in film

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The production designer of All Quiet on the Western Front details the “machinery of war” at work in the film’s opening sequence.

Lukas Dhont on his Oscar-nominated heartbreaker Close, the delicate hurdles of on screen violence and how women have shaped his view of masculinity.

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.

Dominic Corry has an audience with filmmaker Claire Denis and star Robert Pattinson as High Life premieres at the New York Film Festival.

Filmmaker Chloe Okuno on crafting everyday horrors, exerting a gaze with the camera, and directing horror queen Maika Monroe in the slow-burn thriller Watcher.

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

Action fan Justin LaLiberty talks to Scott Adkins and his collaborators about how streaming has changed direct-to-video action films—and why fans are the winners. 

An apology to our community for a recent social blunder.

Fresh from the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her debut feature film, Master writer-director Mariama Diallo discusses the raw realities of campus racism, the draw of dream logic, and academia’s monstrous unconscious.

The creative team behind Earth Mama open up about compassion for mothers, Bay Area hyphy and the films that raised them.

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.

John Forde chats to Medusa Deluxe director Thomas Hardiman about hair epiphanies, his admiration for Claire Denis and persuading the Pet Shop Boys to become a ringtone. 

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan and sci-fi heartthrob David Duchovny whip out dance moves, celebrate the muscularity of Nora Ephron’s favorite genre, and subvert tropes in What Happens Later. 

As Parallel Mothers comes to US cinemas, Pedro Almodóvar fans Aaron Ruttenberg and Carlos Crespo chat about the Spanish filmmaker’s canon, queer misbehavior and cinematic debauchery.

From a stinking Santa Claus to Cronenbergian practical effects, surrealist French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux reveals the movies that influenced his latest comedy, Keep An Eye Out.

A check-in on community, moderation and what we’re doing behind the scenes to enable better conversations. 

Pixar filmmaker Angus MacLane opens his Letterboxd to share formative childhood movie memories and the patrilineal roots of the real Buzz Lightyear.

On the twentieth anniversary of Down with Love, Mia Vicino chats with director Peyton Reed about his campy romantic comedy’s cultural reevaluation, the choreography of sex jokes and fifty shades of pink.

Jane Schoenbrun on the comfort of Mulholland Drive, film as ASMR, shoegaze music and the digital distortions of their feature debut, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.