Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes star-crossed Senegalese lovers, a PTSD-stricken comedian, life-affirming vampires and one of the most important European chroniclers of our time.

Jim Henson Idea Man director Ron Howard shares the creative restlessness and experimental spirit he discovered while crafting a new documentary about the “never satisfied” Muppets master—and the film of his that feels the most Muppety in spirit.  

Backspot director D.W. Waterson and star Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs on obsessive cheerleader culture, healthy queer relationships and being star-struck by Elliot Page. Plus: the consensual intricacies of filming back-flips.  

Find a great film to watch on a streaming service tonight—all it takes is a little filtering, some helpful Letterboxd lists and adjusting your settings. Soon you’ll be a pro! 

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.

After Letterboxd reviews unleashed headlines about the use of generative A.I. in their spooky new feature, Late Night with the Devil writer-directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes open up about low-budget life, conjuring creativity and the fate of the accursed images in question. 

As they embark on a 2024 tour to new album Little Rope, Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker reflect on their 2024 Oscar faves, naming an album after Robert Redford and the many career peaks of Nicolas Cage.

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.

As box-office surprise Anyone But You comes to Blu-ray and digital, director Will Gluck reflects on the goofiness of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, Shakespeare as the original master of cringe, and his favorite films from 100 years of Columbia history. 

For Valentine’s Day, the Letterboxd crew reminisce on ten of our worst dates at the movies, from foot lotion mishaps to foot-long sandwich calamities, and wonder what kind of film could survive an awkward debut outing.

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. 

Box-office blockbusters dominated your highest-rated and most popular films of 2023, but fearless directorial debuts claimed their space within the web of superheroes, scientists and feminist fantasies as we returned to cinemas.