Letterboxd — Your life in film

Filmmaking power-couple Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz talk to Jack Moulton about exploring untouched female perspectives in genre films, a fateful viewing of Michael Mann’s Thief, the humbling magic of babies on set, and Letterboxd’s small role in their filmmaking process.

Two neat new features for our Pro and Patron members today:

The Legend of Molly Johnson filmmaker and star Leah Purcell tells Indigenous editor Leo Koziol about re-envisioning a literary classic, honoring our storytelling mothers and finding out exactly what an “octoroon” is. 

Introducing an “all-time stats” feature for Pro and Patron members.

We’ve previously allowed you to sort lists and other film views by the weighted average rating of each film, and to sort your list of rated films by your own rating. This week we’ve added the ability to sort all views by your rating, or by another member’s rating if you’re looking at one of their pages.

Hello fine people. Here’s a brief note regarding some changes we’ve made to the site over the past fortnight or so.

Shiva Baby writer-director Emma Seligman tells Ella Kemp about expanding her wildly cringey short film into an even more anxiety-inducing feature, why Virgo and Taurus make the perfect producing pair, and the eternal conflict of being a good Jewish girl.

Announcing more tools to help keep all our members safe and sound.

It’s that time of year, folks. We give thanks to you for your love of film and your support of Letterboxd by discounting our Pro and Patron memberships.

Nanny writer and director Nikyatu Jusu talks about centering Black women, navigating the edit and retaining power when creative intention meets business reality. 

With her third feature, Lingua Franca, now on Netflix, Filipina filmmaker Isabel Sandoval talks to Valerie Complex about undocumented immigrant workers, sensual cinematography, taking narrative risks and Steven Soderbergh’s sexiest film.

Actor Ed Harris talks about the masculinity on display in Get Away If You Can, being “the thinking woman’s sex symbol” and paying attention to your life.

We almost forgot to mention here that the wonderful folks at Symbolset have added us to their sweet set of social icons. To be on the same page with those other names is a huge vote of confidence, and now there’s no excuse not to link up your Letterboxd profile page from your Tumblr (or wherever).

In his final report from Tribeca 2018, our West Coast editor Dominic Corry sat in on a conversation with legendary filmmaker Nancy Meyers, who has been writing, producing and directing modern American comedies since giving us Goldie Hawn as Private Benjamin back in 1980.

We talked to the director of The Florida Project (and Letterboxd member) Sean Baker about casting choices, privilege, the male gaze and that ending.

The Unforgivable director Nora Fingscheidt on celebrating wild children, remaking Titanic, and the force that is Sandra Bullock.

French filmmaker Audrey Diwan on abortion, literature and embodying the body in her Golden Lion-winner, Happening.

Polite Society filmmaker Nida Manzoor celebrates the fury of being a teenage girl and talks us through her favorite Bollywood and kung fu influences.

As the 2021 film festival season kicks off, Sundance Film Festival alumni and this year’s newcomers share their best tips for at-home festival attendance.

We talk to stars Jillian Bell and Lil Rel Howery, and playwright-turned-director Paul Downs Colaizzo, about his debut feature film Brittany Runs a Marathon.