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All the films mentioned in our conversation with Michael Mann to mark the launch of the Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari
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Four Favorites with Halle Berry (Never Let Go)
Never Let Go star and producer Halle Berry stops by for a quick round of four faves before a Fantastic Fest premiere.
The entertainment and educational values of audio commentaries Letterboxd Journal
Four Favorites with Andy Samberg, Ellen Kuras and Alexander Skarsgård of Lee
Team Lee—Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg and Ellen Kuras—share their four favorite movies (and potentially even a few more) with Letterboxd.
Ten memorable performances from the late James Earl Jones Letterboxd Journal
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A shriek preview of the 2024 genre film fests
The 2024 fall film festivals are afoot, including the ones like Beyond Fest and Fantastic Fest that celebrate all the gore and glee of genre pictures.
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Films that influenced ‘Red Rooms’ filmmaker Pascal Plante 20 films
To mark the release of Red Rooms from Utopia, director/writer Pascal Plante shares 20 films that influenced his chilling serial…
Films that influenced ‘My First Film’ filmmaker Zia Anger 15 films
To mark the release of My First Film from MUBI, director/writer Zia Anger shares 15 films that influenced her metafictional…
Showdown: Dog Day Afternoon 20 films
Consensus for Showdown № 196: Dog Day Afternoon (sweatiest films)
September 2024: Which four films are you most looking forward to? 20 films
Showdown: Good Time 20 films
Consensus for Showdown № 195: Good Time (best taut thrillers)
10 Films that Inspired John Woo's Style (including for The Killer) 10 films
Here are the ten films that I enjoy a lot and serve as an inspiration to my own style of…
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The Black List 20 films
love and blood
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Movies That I Highly Recommend
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MIFF 2024: Full Program
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Eu passei um bom tempo achando que não daria certo, mas num determinado momento o filme ficou doido e depois mais crazy ainda e um pouco mais crazy mais. E eu gostei de ver Burton pirando com o que sabe fazer. Não sei se isso é PG-13 ou “R” na linguagem Hollywood de tons, mas as coisas ficam bem sombrias e absurdas. A sessão na presença de Burton e equipe no Festival de Veneza (fora de competição) passou com o…
Tim Burton's Auteur Periods:
1985 (Pee-wee's Big Adventure) - 1993 (The Nightmare Before Christmas): Burtoncore
1994 (Ed Wood) - 2003 (Big Fish): Exploring New Worlds
2005 (Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) - 2007 (Sweeny Todd): Burtoncore 2.0
2010 (Alice in Wonderland) - 2019 (Dumbo): Disney Dad
2022 (Wednesday) - Present: Burtoncore 3.0
to be fair I haven't seen most of the Disney Dad period as I kind of gave up post-Alice in Wonderland. This includes Wednesday. is it any good?…
If you think that a film about the life of a donkey cannot be moving and take your breath away, watch AU HASARD BALTHAZAR from 1966, and think again. The film by French master Robert Bresson on the topics of violence as well as compassion is one of those films that change the way you see the world.
Wim Wenders (excerpt from an introduction published on Acontraplus in November 2023)
For me, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE is the archetypal coming-of-age film, and Nicholas Ray is the ideal director for such an undertaking, downright visionary at the beginning of a worldwide youth movement that was triggered by this film. Ray's entire empathy is with his young protagonists, and he knows only too well what their longings are, what they are rebelling against and how much they express their conflicts with clothes, gestures or their bodies. Of course, James Dean was the…
I would give anything to see that 24 minute video of Nicolas Cage as Longlegs singing Happy Birthday
All the films mentioned in our conversation with filmmaker and Letterboxd member Michael Mann on the occasion of the launch of the Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari.
Watch the conversation on YouTube, read the highlights in Mia Lee Vicino’s Journal story, or listen to the conversation as an episode of The Letterboxd Show.
This list includes films on Michael Mann’s Letterboxd list, “14 favorite films in no particular order (except Potemkin)”.