when i first created my letterboxd i was 13 years old. watching movies (mostly within the parameters of what my parents told me i could and couldn’t watch) became the thing i thought most about. i attempted to watch as many different ones as i could. initially, these tended to be more sloppy/schlocky films until i decided to focus my efforts more on the ones i found to be well received by critics/letterboxd s. soon, watching movies (at least…

Coronavirus Quarantine Film #37

Every once in a while, a strange phenomenon occurs on Letterboxd. Maybe it was Into the Spider-verse subverting everyone’s expectations by taking over as the highest-rated animated film of all time out of nowhere. Or, more notably, Parasite edging out The Godfather as the highest-rated film on the whole entire site. However, maybe the longest-running anomaly on the website piqued my interest. Nearly every time I visited the Letterboxd Top 250, I noticed the steady rise…