Very happy to have interviewed the great Samy Burch about the really great Coyote vs. Acme for @letterboxd.social — this is the film you should see this week! No substitutes! boxd.it/3kG

Dark Side of the Loon: Coyote vs. Acme’s screenwriter Samy Burch on the journey of the Looney Tunes courtroom thriller • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Coyote vs. Acme arrives on the big screen after a long, complicated journey, screenwriter Samy Burch tells Ella Kemp how Wile E. Coyote finally got his day in court—and theaters—with her subversive...

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Save The Prince Charles Cinema

The future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion...

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Very happy to have interviewed the great Samy Burch about the really great Coyote vs. Acme for @letterboxd.social — this is the film you should see this week! No substitutes! boxd.it/3kG

Dark Side of the Loon: Coyote vs. Acme’s screenwriter Samy Burch on the journey of the Looney Tunes courtroom thriller • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Coyote vs. Acme arrives on the big screen after a long, complicated journey, screenwriter Samy Burch tells Ella Kemp how Wile E. Coyote finally got his day in court—and theaters—with her subversive...

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Loved doing this!!

Disniversity Podcast@disniversity.bsky.social · 2w ago

CLASS 147: Tangled is OUT NOW! 🦎 @benstravis.bsky.social and @drsamsummers.bsky.social are joined by Letterboxd legend @ellakemp.bsky.social to discuss the Disney film that cracked the code to the 3D Princess movie – talking songs, sincerity, and Swift eras. Listen here: linktr.ee/disniversity

Popping in to share my long conversation with Danny Boyle about Trainspotting, in which I quote Stand By Me to him and he tells me about the needle drop in his films that he'll always regret! I loved doing this one!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · last mo.

To ring in 30 years of the kinetic Trainspotting, Danny Boyle tells Ella Kemp about the music (Oasis!), memories (male friendships!) and everlasting magic (crop tops!) of the Scottish film that changed everything. https://boxd.it/3g0

Popping in to share my long conversation with Danny Boyle about Trainspotting, in which I quote Stand By Me to him and he tells me about the needle drop in his films that he'll always regret! I loved doing this one!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · last mo.

To ring in 30 years of the kinetic Trainspotting, Danny Boyle tells Ella Kemp about the music (Oasis!), memories (male friendships!) and everlasting magic (crop tops!) of the Scottish film that changed everything. https://boxd.it/3g0

It's @letterboxd.social research time: 1. Is Trainspotting in your four favorites? 2. Would you like to tell me why? 3. Are you also Scottish? If yes to at least two, ideally all three questions, message me! boxd.it/29XY

Trainspotting (1996)

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride...

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It's @letterboxd.social research time: 1. Is Trainspotting in your four favorites? 2. Would you like to tell me why? 3. Are you also Scottish? If yes to at least two, ideally all three questions, message me! boxd.it/29XY

Trainspotting (1996)

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride...

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The dude who runs Twitter, controls your feed, and makes money off your posts is on week two of posting about how Chris Nolan casting a black woman as a beautiful woman is anti-white genocide. I do not want to write for that guy for free, which is what you're doing when you post to his platform.

And back at the start of Cannes, I was honored to get an audience with the goat

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4mo ago

President of the jury at Cannes Film Festival 2026 Park Chan-wook reflects on his time at the festival over the years ⭐️ Follow Festival de Cannes on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/festival_cannes

I am home from Cannes and one of many nice things I did there was simply queen out with and about Julianne Moore

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4mo ago

What’s your favorite Julianne Moore performance? Featuring answers from Diego Calva, Jordan Firstman, Odessa A’zion and more, plus a bonus round of Four Favorites with Moore. The actress received the Kering Women in Motion Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival ✨

And back at the start of Cannes, I was honored to get an audience with the goat

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4mo ago

President of the jury at Cannes Film Festival 2026 Park Chan-wook reflects on his time at the festival over the years ⭐️ Follow Festival de Cannes on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/festival_cannes

I am home from Cannes and one of many nice things I did there was simply queen out with and about Julianne Moore

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4mo ago

What’s your favorite Julianne Moore performance? Featuring answers from Diego Calva, Jordan Firstman, Odessa A’zion and more, plus a bonus round of Four Favorites with Moore. The actress received the Kering Women in Motion Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival ✨

Loooved working on this story with @manilazic.bsky.social

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4mo ago

How does ‘The Hangover’ become ‘Very Bad Trip’, or ‘Arrival’ become ‘Premier Contact’? With another Cannes Film Festival on the horizon, Manuela Lazić digs into one of French film culture’s most fascinating treats: the unsung art of title translation. https://boxd.it/35G

found myself in a pretty trick spot: rent’s going up and I don't have much work right now. So I’m looking for (paid) assignments! I’m a pretty good critic, I've written a lot about Black film and animation – recent samples in replies! I can be reached at: kambole [at] outlook [dot] com

Phenomenal interview from @ellakemp.bsky.social here

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 4mo ago

George MacKay walks Ella Kemp through the most memorable roles of his career to date: exploring masculinity, fatherhood and rebellion, traveling all the way from Peter Pan’s Neverland to the battlefronts of 1917 to Cornwall in Rose of Nevada. https://boxd.it/36E

A pleasure to sit down with the great @ashcclark.bsky.social to chat through his great new book!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 5mo ago

With his new book spanning Black cinema across the ages, genres and regions, The World of Black Film author and Criterion curatorial director Ashley Clark tells Ella Kemp about curation, discovery and the films he wishes he could have included. boxd.it/34y

To mark the 50th anniversary of the faultless Watergate thriller All the President's Men, I dug deep into the film's incredible tension and texture – the corduroy suits, the non-denials, the piles of paper, the oceans of shadows – for @letterboxd.social A dream commission boxd.it/34S

Stoked to have more music coverage on Journal, via an interview with the great Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail to mark her excellent new album! Read here: boxd.it/344

Life Goes On: Snail Mail on Ricochet, Synecdoche, New York and the films that keep her going • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

With her third LP Ricochet out in the world and a tour on the horizon, Letterboxd member Lindsey Jordan (aka Snail Mail) tells Ella Kemp about her life in film: via Synecdoche, New York, Gregg Araki, ...

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Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 5mo ago

With her third LP Ricochet out in the world and a tour on the horizon, Letterboxd member Lindsey Jordan (aka Snail Mail) tells Ella Kemp about her life in film: via Synecdoche, New York, Gregg Araki, Jane Schoenbrun and more. https://boxd.it/344

Stoked to have more music coverage on Journal, via an interview with the great Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail to mark her excellent new album! Read here: boxd.it/344

Life Goes On: Snail Mail on Ricochet, Synecdoche, New York and the films that keep her going • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

With her third LP Ricochet out in the world and a tour on the horizon, Letterboxd member Lindsey Jordan (aka Snail Mail) tells Ella Kemp about her life in film: via Synecdoche, New York, Gregg Araki, ...

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Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 5mo ago

With her third LP Ricochet out in the world and a tour on the horizon, Letterboxd member Lindsey Jordan (aka Snail Mail) tells Ella Kemp about her life in film: via Synecdoche, New York, Gregg Araki, Jane Schoenbrun and more. https://boxd.it/344

Kate Winslet and Ethan Hawke guess which film in their filmography has been four favorited by Letterboxd members the most. Watch guesses from Amanda Seyfried, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson, David Jonsson and more: boxd.it/fQc

Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.

Very happy to have an interview with Mascha Schilinski today – special film, go see it, read our conversation after: boxd.it/31u

Phantom Pains: Sound of Falling’s Mascha Schilinski on the fragmented, feminine spirit of her German countryside ghost story • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As her striking, ghostly fable Sound of Falling releases in theaters, writer-director Mascha Schilinski tells Ella Kemp about uncovering trauma, memory and unanswered questions in the German countrysi...

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Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6mo ago

As her striking, ghostly fable Sound of Falling releases in theaters, writer-director Mascha Schilinski tells Ella Kemp about uncovering trauma, memory and unanswered questions in the German countryside. boxd.it/31u

Over at @letterboxd.social Journal, I wrote about the legacy of Donna Deitch’s trailblazing sapphic western romance DESERT HEARTS for its 40th anniversary. This movie is so dear to me. This was an absolute honor to research and write.

A Love of My Own: Donna Deitch’s sapphic classic Desert Hearts at 40 • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

To mark 40 years of Donna Deitch’s trailblazing lesbian romance Desert Hearts, Marya E. Gates looks back on the legacy of this love.

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Very happy to have an interview with Mascha Schilinski today – special film, go see it, read our conversation after: boxd.it/31u

Phantom Pains: Sound of Falling’s Mascha Schilinski on the fragmented, feminine spirit of her German countryside ghost story • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As her striking, ghostly fable Sound of Falling releases in theaters, writer-director Mascha Schilinski tells Ella Kemp about uncovering trauma, memory and unanswered questions in the German countrysi...

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Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6mo ago

As her striking, ghostly fable Sound of Falling releases in theaters, writer-director Mascha Schilinski tells Ella Kemp about uncovering trauma, memory and unanswered questions in the German countryside. boxd.it/31u

and back at the BAFTAs, Riz Ahmed gave me an all-timer 4F

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6mo ago

Four Favorites with Riz Ahmed at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards ✨ Ahmed stars in Hamlet, in theaters April 10, from Vertical.

Back in Cannes, Joachim and I promised to keep meeting up!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6mo ago

Four Favorites with Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier 🎬 Trier is nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the 98th Academy Awards. And today he celebrates his birthday.

Here comes (me interviewing the team behind) The Bride!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6mo ago

The Bride! writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, and co-stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, talk through a selection of key films that helped shape their monster movie. Watch the full interview: https://boxd.it/fjW The Bride! is in theaters this Friday.

ICYMI our chat on Journal, you can now watch us on video!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 6mo ago

hi Charli 👋🤭 Letterboxd member Charli xcx shares her favorite music in film moments: boxd.it/f6I

Stoked to have had a long chat about music and film and Daisies and 360 and The Velvet Underground and Ed Banger records and tons more with Charli xcx. Music journalism lives!

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 7mo ago

With her first album in a post-BRAT world marking her foray into gothic, sensual cinema, Letterboxd member Charli xcx goes deep with Ella Kemp on her favorite music in film moments. boxd.it/2Yg