Cultura e ideas

Jeremy Saulnier calls Patrick Stewart's Green Room villain the production's savior

<i>Green Room</i> said of Patrick Stewart's movie-saving participation, "He had no business being in this movie."

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What are you reading this week?

Our reading list never stops growing, but this week we're digging into a rich, multi-perspective retelling of Medea.

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Michael Mann hospitalized after accidentally shooting his leg at a gun range

<i>Heat 2</i> director Michael Mann was hospitalized after his gun accidentally discharged at a shooting range, causing a "subcutaneous and minor" wound, per his reps.

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Tony Gilroy almost scrapped Behemoth! after losing Oscar Isaac to Frankenstein commitments

<i>Behemoth!</i> writer-director Tony Gilroy said that he was prepared to tell his team that the movie wasn't going to be made, but then he had a lunch meeting with Pedro Pascal that changed everything.

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Paul Bettany compromised his vision filming VisionQuest

During an appearance on <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i>, Paul Bettany recalled popping about 10 blood vessels in his eye after "wildly overacting" during a <i>VisionQuest</i> scene.

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Tovah Feldshuh says tension isn't rising on Nobody Wants This set after Adam Brody's Palestine support

<i>Nobody Wants This</i> actor Tovah Feldshuh said that, contrary to speculation, tensions aren't rising among cast members after Adam Brody voiced his support of Palestine.

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The Youth finale is one riveting catastrophe after another

"Agent Of The Year" is a night of guest stars, questionable choices, and falling-outs.

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The Bard’s Best: a starter pack of twenty essential modern Shakespeare adaptations

From musical comedies to pitch-black tragedies, films adapting the work of William Shakespeare run the full gamut. Kristen Lopez counts off twenty of the best that set themselves in their modern day—from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet to Riz Ahmed as Hamlet .

Letterboxd Journal · EN

Best of the Fall Film Festivals 2026

Our Letterboxd correspondents share highlights from the fall film festival season: from destabilizing documentaries to romantic sagas, powerhouse thrillers and doppelgänger dramas.

Letterboxd Journal · EN

Finding Yourself: twenty essential cinematic journeys of self-discovery

In partnership with adventure company Contiki, the Letterboxd crew selects twenty essential films that celebrate the transformative power of travel, the gift of getting lost and the universal impulse to begin again.

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By Popular Demand (Fall 2026): Our community’s picks for the films you want to watch next, newly available on Letterboxd Video Store

From one of the best animated movies ever made to beloved auteur entry points, hypnotically haunting thrillers and Letterboxd’s all time official number one film—these are the films our community has requested most frequently, newly available on Video Store.

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Re-Enter the Void: 20 paranoid sci-fi mind-benders from the early 2000s

With this year’s sci-fi movies harking back to the surrealist paranoia of the early 2000s, Payton McCarty-Simas curates twenty of the trippiest titles from the aughts to take a trip down memory lane.

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Scarred for Life: our crew shares the unexpectedly formative movies we watched way too young

From The Sixth Sense to When a Stranger Calls , the Letterboxd crew shares the unexpectedly traumatizing films we watched through our fingers as children.

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Fallen Angels and Human Flies: on screens and shelves this month

The collected works of a Japanese New Wave master, David Bowie’s most luminous star vehicle and Bong Joon Ho’s monster movie are among the selections in this month’s edition of Shelf Life .

Letterboxd Journal · EN

Neon Screams: twenty films where horror and noir bleed into one

Both horror and noir use heavy, stylized atmospheres to communicate otherworldly dread and terror. Travis Woods counts off 20 essential films that combine both genres to chilling effect.

Letterboxd Journal · EN

Nightborn review – bad baby, bad movie

Hanna Bergholm maternal folk horror avoids logic and credibility at every turn as it tells of a couple's attempts to nurture a nightmare child.

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Primetime review – Pattinson's uncanny take on Hansen is a career high

Robert Pattinson cleanses the world of an ancient evil in Lance Oppenheim's take on the murky story of Chris Hansen and NBC's To Catch A Predator.

Little White Lies · EN

Gentle Monster review – provocation without purpose

Léa Seydoux stars as a mother whose life unravels when her husband is arrested on suspicion of child abuse, in this frustratingly evasive drama.

Little White Lies · EN

I Love Boosters review – a technicolour takedown of capitalism

Boots Riley’s riotous anti-capitalist caper is a technicolour fantasia brimming with scathing social commentary.

Little White Lies · EN

Animol review – boyhood behind bars

Ashley Walters’ directorial debut is a bruising portrait of masculinity behind bars, hampered by a frustrating screenplay.

Little White Lies · EN

Lance Oppenheim: ‘The line between criminal enterprise and entertainment has become so fragile’

With Primetime, the non-fiction specialist switches to drama for a discomforting exploration of a lurid US TV sensation.

Little White Lies · EN

Carrie, Crystal Lake and the Price of Conformity

As the wider shift towards conservative values champions increasingly restrictive ideals of femininity, how can the "monstrous feminine" transform female rage into rebellion?

Little White Lies · EN

Pete Postlethwaite's Leaps of Faith

On the occasion of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and Mark Herman’s Brassed Off turning 30, we reflect on the late actor's gritty integrity and steadfast dedication to what's right.

Little White Lies · EN

November Movie Preview: ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ ‘Paper Tiger,’ ‘Cliff Booth,’ ‘Sunrise On The Reaping’ & More

If you thought October was crowded, guess again; November is arguably worse. Festival movies are finally hitting theaters, awards season is fully underway, Thanksgiving brings the usual studio traffic jam, and several of the year’s biggest filmmakers somehow land within a few weeks of each other. David Fincher takes over Quentin Tarantino’s Cliff Booth, James Gray returns to New York crime, Pedro Almodóvar turns inward again, Martin McDonagh heads to Easter Island, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi has another sprawling drama about the messiness of human connection. Continue reading November Movie Preview

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