In celebration of Mother’s Day, the Letterboxd crew shares the love for our favorite movie moms, from Marmee March to murderous matriarchs and beyond.

For Valentine’s Day, Letterboxd staff and contributors celebrate the cinematic couples who make us swoon, sigh and shout, “Love is real!”—from Jackie Brown and Max Cherry to Charles Grodin and Miss Piggy.

January is often derided as a “dumping month” where studios send movies to perish. Justin LaLiberty presents the counterargument, highlighting ten January release bangers, from directors including Joe Dante, Ernest Dickerson, Michael Mann and more.

Our Letterboxd correspondents share their picks of the highlights from the fall film festival season, from alt-rock docudramas to campy Brazilian tragicomedies to a trio of always reliable auteurs: Almodóvar, Guadagnino, Leigh.

As spooky season officially begins, the Letterboxd crew (with a little help from some filmmaker friends) scares up twenty-plus of our favorite horror performances—from Shelley Duvall and Claude Rains to Nicole Kidman and Snoop Dogg.

From deep dives into process with filmmakers and academic lectures to drunken hijinks and actors refusing to break character, Justin LaLiberty examines the many values of audio commentaries past, present and future.

Operatic divas, kidnapped congressmen, Olympic boxers and beyond: all this and more in this year's cream of the crop, premiering across the 2024 fall film festival season. 

Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes three murder mysteries of varying subgenres (psychological, procedural, paranormal) and two tender-hearted fatherhood flicks.

To celebrate 100 years of Columbia Pictures, Justin LaLiberty examines the marketing blitz, initial dismissal and eventual reappraisal of Paul Verhoeven’s fascism satire Starship Troopers.

It’s a banner year for physical media, and there has arguably never been a better time for film lovers to build their collections. Home video champion Justin LaLiberty welcomes the new golden age (while frantically finding extra shelf space). 

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. 

Justin LaLiberty scopes out the season’s big screen greetings (and beatings) for those looking for some aggression with their eggnog.