“I always get asked, ‘Why do you turn around?’ And I always answer, ‘So you don’t have to.’” With HADESTOWN a box-office smash, I asked three of its original Broadway principals—Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada and Amber Gray—to discuss their experiences filming it, for @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/3hW

Way Down: Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada on Hadestown: The Musical’s theatrical triumph • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Hadestown becomes a summer box-office sensation, original Broadway principals Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada discuss the filming of its live capture, their intertwined love stories and ...

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As Hadestown: The Musical becomes a summer box-office sensation, original Broadway principals Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada discuss the filming of its live capture, their intertwined love stories and Greek mythology’s enduring resonance. https://boxd.it/3hW

In which Reeve and Eva reveal which cast member coined the “Reeva” portmanteau, memories of André De Shields doing V-sit planks are shared, and much more, for @letterboxd.social:

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As Hadestown: The Musical becomes a summer box-office sensation, original Broadway principals Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada discuss the filming of its live capture, their intertwined love stories and Greek mythology’s enduring resonance. https://boxd.it/3hW

“I always get asked, ‘Why do you turn around?’ And I always answer, ‘So you don’t have to.’” With HADESTOWN a box-office smash, I asked three of its original Broadway principals—Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada and Amber Gray—to discuss their experiences filming it, for @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/3hW

Way Down: Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada on Hadestown: The Musical’s theatrical triumph • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Hadestown becomes a summer box-office sensation, original Broadway principals Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada discuss the filming of its live capture, their intertwined love stories and ...

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“For my generation, as a post-sexual-liberation generation, lust or sexual desire is the catalyst. It’s the trigger.” I spoke to Gregg Araki about I WANT YOUR SEX’s blurring of intimacy and artifice, the panopticon’s chilling effect on sexual discovery, and the shock success of HEATED RIVALRY.

Desire Is the Catalyst: Gregg Araki on "I Want Your Sex"

The director talks about the intersection of artifice and intimacy in his filmmaking and the sexual desire he prays still burns inside Gen-Z audiences.

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I had the immense joy of sitting across from Kiyoshi Kurosawa in person at Cannes and speaking with this master filmmaker about moral codes, social contracts, eyelines and the dynamics they express, and the influence of classic jidaigeki on THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

Advance to Paradise, Retreat to Hell: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on “The Samurai and the Prisoner”

The filmmaker breaks down his latest film's links to classic Japanese cinema, and the Buddhist teachings at its center.

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I had the immense joy of sitting across from Kiyoshi Kurosawa in person at Cannes and speaking with this master filmmaker about moral codes, social contracts, eyelines and the dynamics they express, and the influence of classic jidaigeki on THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

Advance to Paradise, Retreat to Hell: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on “The Samurai and the Prisoner”

The filmmaker breaks down his latest film's links to classic Japanese cinema, and the Buddhist teachings at its center.

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As Wet Hot American Summer celebrates 25 years of talking cans, talent shows and one unforgettable last day of camp, Mark Asch catches up with writer-director David Wain and writer-star Michael Showalter to discuss the making of an absurdist cult-comedy classic. https://boxd.it/3gY

As a new box set of his work arrives from the Criterion Collection, Mike Mills speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about his feelings-forward approach to filmmaking and the experience-based histories and hearts behind Beginners, 20th Century Women and C’mon C’mon. https://boxd.it/3gu

Lovely performance from Claire Foy in this occasionally special adaptation of a book I’d recommend to anyone.

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“Claire Foy is … steely and stoic in the stiff-upper-lip tradition yet thoroughly conscious of her sorrow, which smarts beneath all the poised expressions like the inner wound it is." From the H IS FOR HAWK review from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social. Catch the film on Prime Video now:

If you're good faith curious about an Ancient Greek adaptation made in Greece with a Greek cast, Iphigenia (1977) is very good. And makes a bracing chaser to Nolan's Odyssey. youtu.be/5jD-IuhwLmk?...

Iphigenia (1977)| Oscar-Nominated| Full Length Movie based on Euripides' Tragedy| English Subtitles

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“Cinema can only take you so far in what it tells you... I wanted to make something that was about inspiring internal narratives within the audience.” I interviewed the great Nicolas Winding Refn out of the Cannes premiere of HER PRIVATE HELL, for the summer print edition of @fangoria.bsky.social.

HER PRIVATE HELL: Classic Refn in its surrealistic, neon-streaked fugue of seduction and violence, the connective tissue binding narrative strands remaining dreamily opaque until the film’s third act brings them together in gory, melodramatic fashion. More mournful than it is hopeful, a death dream.

A ★★★★ review of Her Private Hell (2026)

A pleasure to moderate two Q&As with NWR in Chicago for this.  Classic Refn in its surrealistic, neon-streaked fugue of seduction and violence, the connective tissue binding its narrative strands rema...

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THE WAILING: Na’s bumbling-cop mystery fades into a scarier sense of encroaching doom and helplessness. A huge reason the film works as much as it does is that Kwak Do-won carries a massive arc while maintaining a look of beleaguered horror that anticipates and mirrors the audience’s.

“The collective memory and experience of my generation was the ritual of going to see a film. You would take a bath, finish your meal and walk to the cinema as if gathering around a temple.” — Tsai Ming-liang Still in disbelief I was able to speak with this master filmmaker, for @letterboxd.social.

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As his apocalyptic romance The Hole reaches screens stateside with a new 35mm print, Taiwan-based master filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang reflects on a career spent observing the loneliness of urban spaces, humanity in decline and lingering possibilities for connection. https://boxd.it/3fG

“The collective memory and experience of my generation was the ritual of going to see a film. You would take a bath, finish your meal and walk to the cinema as if gathering around a temple.” — Tsai Ming-liang Still in disbelief I was able to speak with this master filmmaker, for @letterboxd.social.

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 3w ago

As his apocalyptic romance The Hole reaches screens stateside with a new 35mm print, Taiwan-based master filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang reflects on a career spent observing the loneliness of urban spaces, humanity in decline and lingering possibilities for connection. https://boxd.it/3fG

Watchlist This! Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes uproarious summer comedies, achingly personal documentaries and coming-of-age stories by visionary female filmmakers. https://boxd.it/3fQ

Last month, I hung out with Michael Angelakos on his tour bus to discuss the next chapter of Passion Pit. He showed me a bunch of new music, explained his reasons for stepping away for a while, and how he learned to look beyond himself www.pastemagazine.com/music/passio...

Passion Pit’s next chapter: "I didn't think I'd ever feel excited about this"

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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Seeing Kyle Edward Ball's SKINAMARINK on opening night at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social remains a highlight of recent moviegoing experiences.

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The fact that SKINAMARINK, a functionally non-narrative experimental mood piece, played for packed houses of suburban teenagers continues to blow my mind.

POSSESSION. IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS. EVENT HORIZON. THE PIANO. DEAD CALM. JURASSIC PARK. HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD. SLEEPING DOGS. Sam Neill was a magnetic presence, a great actor who could do anything, knew it, and so did it all with complete integrity and without fear. RIP.

Olivia Wilde made a grownup film about marriage that's also a beautiful argument for artmaking and a testament to the fact that a film doesn't need to be fancy, stylized, and expensive to be a terrific work of art. The Invite is a witty, wise love letter to cinema. So happy to discuss!

‘The Invite’ is a marriage comedy with sex and heart : Pop Culture Happy Hour

What happens when a simple dinner party goes off the rails? That’s the premise of The Invite, a very good new comedy directed by Olivia Wilde. Wilde also stars alongside Seth Rogen as a couple who inv...

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Emily on Old Joy: it's "homoerotic in the way real life is," when you were so close to someone that a gray area opens up, sexuality aside. Full video + members-only perks on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social  @emilystjams.bsky.social  @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

"The texture of this film is two people in a state of stasis." Isaac Feldberg on the eroding friendship at the center of Old Joy. Full video + members-only perks on our Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social  @emilystjams.bsky.social  @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

Thanks to @shudder.com for programming this exquisite film by Lucile Hadžihalilović. @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social has written a tone-perfect review of it for @ebertvoices.bsky.social. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

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“Bresson once wrote, ‘The camera is a magnifying glass.’ I truly believe that. The way I shoot, you don’t necessarily need dialogue, because the camera can see your thoughts in your eyes.” — ROSE OF NEVADA’s Mark Jenkin, in our interview for @letterboxd.social

Sea Change: Rose of Nevada’s Mark Jenkin on ghost ships, time slippage and aural omens • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Rose of Nevada makes landfall, Mark Jenkin tells Isaac Feldberg about the uncanny sounds and sights of his ethereal Cornish-fishing time-travel odyssey.

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As Rose of Nevada makes landfall, Mark Jenkin tells Isaac Feldberg about the uncanny sounds and sights of his ethereal Cornish-fishing time-travel odyssey. https://boxd.it/3cM

Such a pleasure to interview the great @grahamreznick.bsky.social about his singularly arresting work on RABBIT TRAP, for @filmmakermag.bsky.social

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A fantastic interview between @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social and @grahamreznick.bsky.social on Graham's radical sound work on 'Rabbit Trap:' filmmakermagazine.com/132117-inter...

Our Old Joy episode with critic Isaac Feldberg is officially out. For the full video and access to our exclusive members-only content, become a member of our Patreon 👉 patreon.com/Podcastlikeits @pmiscove.bsky.social  @emilystjams.bsky.social  @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

“Bresson once wrote, ‘The camera is a magnifying glass.’ I truly believe that. The way I shoot, you don’t necessarily need dialogue, because the camera can see your thoughts in your eyes.” — ROSE OF NEVADA’s Mark Jenkin, in our interview for @letterboxd.social

Sea Change: Rose of Nevada’s Mark Jenkin on ghost ships, time slippage and aural omens • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine

As Rose of Nevada makes landfall, Mark Jenkin tells Isaac Feldberg about the uncanny sounds and sights of his ethereal Cornish-fishing time-travel odyssey.

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A fantastic interview between @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social and @grahamreznick.bsky.social on Graham's radical sound work on 'Rabbit Trap:' filmmakermagazine.com/132117-inter...

Interview: Sound Designer Graham Reznick on Rabbit Trap

Sound designer Graham Reznick discusses the analog gear he used for his work on Rabbit Trap and being inspired by Aphex Twin.

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