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Oscar-winner Sean Baker: “We’re living in a golden age!”

In the 97th Academy Awards press room, Oscar-winning Anora writer, director, editor, producer and cinephile Sean Baker (with fellow producers Samantha Quan and Alex Coco) tells Letterboxd about how film institutions like Cannes Film Festival and Film Independent help to bring indie films to the world.

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Paint Drying

Paint Drying

★★★★★

Ten years ago this month, I rocked up to SXSW in a DIY Letterboxd T-shirt, repping the world’s best website and app for film-lovers. That was my first official gig for the company and it was the perfect start of a brilliant decade with a one-of-a-kind, proudly New Zealand-made brand.

The decade since has been a unique professional experience that doesn’t come along very often; one where there’s a delightful alignment between my talents and passions and the mission and…

I was astounded by the beauty of the creepers and how unabashedly Nasha was loved (and good at loving). I'd watch this again just to see that

I love how when Bong Joon-Ho directs a Hollywood film he always turns into Terry Gilliam.

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Thrilling and engrossing political satire that drills into and stands against the concept of your life being equal to your work in the most literal sense, and teaming that up with the most adorable worm creatures you’ve ever seen? Hell yea

I don’t want a creeper plush, I need one

Mickey 17

Mickey 17

★★★★½

oh to have someone who loves every version of you. even the parts of yourself you don’t recognise. thank you director bong for letting blockbusters be romantic AND horny

Hi Boxers, Sook-Yin Lee here--director, co-writer, and co-music composer of Paying For It. The last few weeks have been a whirling blurrr since premiering PFI at #TIff2024. Thank you for your warm embrace. You know, you make something and you never know how it will be received and all I can say is PHEWF! and THANK YOU! 💖🎬🌈 Paying For It is a tiny but mighty movie made by a team of cinema lovers. It’s a grass roots film handled…

The boy gives it 100,000 stars.

I wish Coralie Fargeat and I had gone to high school together.