From A Bug’s Life and Robert Altman to Amadeus and Jane Campion, father-daughter filmmaking duo Ethan and Maya Hawke reflect on the movies that have bonded them together throughout their lives.

As audiences worldwide go wild for Andrew Scott as the latest incarnation, John Forde surveys the legacy of the talented Tom Ripley, cinema’s most enduring grifter.

With Challengers smashing into cinemas around the world, actors Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist take a minute off the court to tell Ella Kemp about chemistry, destiny and connecting over Ratatouille.

Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes animated chicken, Iranian wrestling, Indigenous astronomy and girl-centric documentaries about American activism.

Alicia Haddick reports from the Niigata International Animation Film Festival on a celebratory retrospective of Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata, in all his tardy, budget-averse, deeply human glory. 

Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes Elliot Page’s coming-of-age, an American odyssey in search of sperm, and literally hundreds of beavers.

With this year’s Academy Awards right around the corner, animation correspondent Kambole Campbell sifts through the last year (and the one to come!) of releases for animated gems to add to your watchlist to accompany the 2024 Oscar nominees.

Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes a Succession matriarch, a feverish coming-of-age in Florida, squicky stop-motion and Franz Rogowski in the French Foreign Legion. 

As two tales dissecting the Holocaust head to UK and Irish cinemas, Ella Kemp speaks to The Zone of Interest sound designer Johnnie Burn and Occupied City’s Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter about the relics of history we’ve tried to forget—and the dangers of letting them live on. 

From Montgomery Clift morality plays to Kubrick masterpieces, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio recall the hard-boiled noir and fast-talkin’ film influences that have fed the six features they’ve made together so far. Plus: Leo introduces Marty to Miyazaki.

As our new showtimes feature goes wide, the Letterboxd crew share our favorite 2023 cinema experiences—from a no-seats Stop Making Sense dance party to a raucous Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging rep screening to a near-religious John Wick 4 multiplex return. 

Another year of sex-scene discourse, another year of slim pickings at the cinema. From furious jumping to consent conversations, Kate Hagen selects the best of 2023’s mainstream offerings.