(excluding the obvious Scorsese & marvel lol) 102 158 r/Letterboxd Join 10 days ago IMDb was a database; it wasnt, in essence, social. Barack Obama. On Letterboxd, you can discover not only new movies to watch, but new critics to follow. Letterboxd actually has quite a few famous users, but many of them are inactive. [11][12], All film-related metadata used on the website is supplied by The Movie Database (TMDB), an open source database. Rachel Wagner, a member of the Utah Film Critics Association, aptly compares Letterboxd to the popular online book review service Goodreads. Parasite reigns supreme on Letterboxd and for a good reason. What makesMidsommarso unforgettable is that it takes viewers along for the terrifying ride and like Dani, they don't realize what exactly is going on around them until it's too late. The horror film captures the style of the 1970s, continuing the story of House of 1000 Corpses. The 10 Best Movies Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ranked by Letterboxd Score By Jeremy Urquhart Published 4 minutes ago The best of the best. Parasite (2019) - Rating: 4.6, 38k Fans. Their correspondences serve as a mirror into their real personalities and desires, and sometimes, they express certain unexpected feelings. As such, it certainly earns its average Letterboxd rating of 4.1/5. Jack King is a Senior News Writer at Collider. Here then, are the top five tips for a good Letterboxd user experience. Comedy films released (or planned to be released) in the year of 2019. After it was introduced at the web conference Brooklyn Beta in the fall of 2011, Letterboxd steadily developed a modest but passionate following of film fans eager to track their movie-watching habits, create lists of favorites, and write and publish reviews. She finds this modern wave of criticism on Letterboxd interesting, because a lot of the old rules are being thrown out the window., Theres now less shame when lower ratings are handed out to acclaimed older films, and theres more love to go around for things like rom-coms, she said. And the movies he reviews usually arent new. There's no doubt that 1994 is one of the greatest years in movie history. Will this 23-year-old tutor win her 23rd Jeopardy! game? 19.6K Followers. That page could introduce you to a review which could take you to someone elses profile, then the whole cycle starts over again. The two-time Academy Award nominee and star of the upcoming Barbie has yet to confirm or deny whether or not shed been rumbled by the online community, but we should note that the platform itself claims the Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey star doesnt have an account as far as theyre aware. At the time, he reflected, he used Flickr to share photos and Last.fm to share his taste in music. pic.twitter.com/r2qm8zinln, seriously rip to margot Robbies letterboxd this is exactly why we cant have nice things. Users can search for certain movies, make a diary entry, write a review, create a list, add titles to a watchlist and so on. Letterboxd is effectively a mood board for movies, allowing users to offer ratings and reviews for titles they loved or hated, but sleuths have even been using Robbies purported activity to deduce some inspirations and influences behind her upcoming turn in Barbie. With cult classics like Fight Club and newer releases like Midsommar making it onto the most popular films on the site, it's the perfect time to revisit the movies that havepromptedthe most discussions and reactions amongLetterboxd fans. Created by Karl von Randow and Matthew Buchanan in 2011, the app offers a simplistic, yet fun approach to whatever IMDb does, while creating a social interaction system. Margot Robbies secret letterboxd watchlist for Barbie has me weirdly excited for Barbie pic.twitter.com/8w1Fzsd2zy, margot robbie deleting her letterboxd after people found it is so sad wtf , margot robbie deleting her letterboxd acc shows how fucking annoying some fans are, wait margot robbie has a letterboxd account??? Making yet another Spider-Man film (especially with Sony) must have been a grueling task to sell to audiences, but rather than churn it out as a product, the team made a love letter to the genre and the character of Spider-Man. Membership remained invitation-only until 8 February 2013, when it was opened for public use. Jeremy is an omnivore when it comes to movies. Early last decade, Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, web designers based in Auckland, New Zealand, were seeking a passion project. It's hard to imagine someone watching Ikiru and not feeling at least a little bit moved, which would help explain why its rating sits at an impressive 4.4/5 on Letterboxd. Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) American actress, singer, model Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) US President during American civil war Under the username @campbart, she has written vivid, free-form reviews (almost exclusively in lowercase) of sci-fi, horror and action movies, including a heartfelt piece about Minions that reads like a poetic ode to her daughter. Open with no end in sight. It's another social media experience, with the key word being 'social'. It was launched as a social app focused on sharing opinions about, and love of film, and is maintained by a small team in Auckland, New Zealand. Instead, Dreams is an anthology film, with each sequence being based on various dreams that the famed director had throughout his life. It saw the release of all-time classics like The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, and so many others, yet The Shawshank Redemption outranks them all on Letterboxd. louferrigno is using Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists with friends. It's great to hear that he sees our handiwork. He seizes the opportunity to take advantage of both sides for his own benefit and collaborates with either side to set them against each other. A revolutionary action epic that's aged like wine in the nearly 70 years since its release, Seven Samurai is an undeniable classic. It's a fairly lengthy film at 142 minutes long, but is paced and plotted extremely well, ensuring that it doesn't feel its length. An account is required for users who want to participate. You used to put a trailer up in front of a movie, and it was a nightmare. Please consider upgrading to a Pro accountfor less than a couple bucks a month, youll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages (example), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming services, and no ads! A follower model enables members to follow and get updates about the activity of others on the site. Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Film data from TMDb. Letterboxd users are terrible people 24 Frames Of Nick 840K subscribers Subscribe 11K 170K views 5 months ago #24framesofnick Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/24framesofnick/ Instagram:. The pandemic has ravaged the movie industry, as theaters have remained mostly shuttered and high-profile would-be blockbusters like Tenet have drastically underperformed. You had to go through the MPAA to get it approved, you had to get it approved by the studio, you had to go through all these hoops. Letterboxd is an online social networking service co-founded by Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow in 2011. Mobilesite. 32,137 talking about this. While Throne of Blood saw Akira Kurosawa adapting Macbeth and The Bad Sleep Well (1960) saw him loosely adapting Hamlet, with 1985's Ran, the great director set his sights on Shakespeare's King Lear. You know what ratings and reviews are; as for diary entries, they're quite an interesting concept. It's a long film with some slow scenes, yet it's able to hold interest incredibly well, and ends up being a remarkable achievement that Kurosawa deservedly received a Best Director nomination at the Oscars for. It was also an important film for Kurosawa's career, as he'd suffered some setbacks throughout the start of the 1970s, with Dersu Uzala's positive reception re-energizing his creative spirit going forward. As our viewing habits continue to trend online through streaming and video-on-demand services, it only makes sense that our discussion habits follow suit. Learn more. A list of 105 films compiled on Letterboxd, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Wizard of Oz (1939), A Man and a Woman (1966), Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Gone with the Wind (1939). It doesn't only prompt you to rate films but also encourages communication. That's pretty neat, considering if you went on a movie date with someone and then years later you get married, you'll have the review from the day of your first date and what you thought of the first movie you saw together. Otherwise, Anderson spoke to the huge benefits that social media can present a filmmaker in the current moment from getting bums in seats for an indie flick, right through to building a loyal audience. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. With so many people stuck at home watching new movies and rewatching classics, that's no wonder. NEXT:10 Movies From The 2010s That Are Already Considered Classics. There are tens of millions of Netflix users, for instance. But for Letterboxd, all that time at home has been a boon. Look at who has some films you love in their top 4. It was such a massive hit that it forced the Oscars to add more movies to the "Best Picture Category" it had lines and characters embedded in modern culture, and it was a thrilling action film. It remains a fresh new take on a saturated and ever-increasing genre, which means a lot of competition. Thats how i found some of my favourite LB friends. Paul Thomas Anderson Reveals His Secret Letterboxd Account, 'Licorice Pizza's Alana Haim Calls 'The Goofy Movie' The Best Film of All Time. You can just do it. Buchanan had an idea for a social media site about movies. It stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Benny Safdie, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, and Tom Waits. You can create any movie list you can think of. Let's take a look at what Letterboxd offers its members. It's a crime/thriller about a wealthy executive being extorted for money after one of his worker's sons is kidnapped and held for ransom, with the film largely centering on the detectives who are enlisted to track down the kidnapper. Documentaries films released (or planned to be released) in the year of 2019. Letterboxd has been around since 2011, but the platform blew up in popularity in 2020 during the pandemic, doubling its members and reaching three million users in total (it had 1.7 million the year before). You also see the rating it has and how many people rated it, along with more general information about the cast and crew involved, watch time, genres, and details like the language it's in and the studio that made it. [14] In March 2022, the site partnered with Nanocrowd to show "nanogenres" and recommendations for similar films to users.[15][16]. There is a Films tab which displays an extensive list.