{
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "Everybody’s Watching: twenty must-see films set inside the world of television",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/twenty-must-see-films-set-in-the-world-of-television-primetime/",
      "slug": "twenty-must-see-films-set-in-the-world-of-television-primetime",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "From Primetime to Pleasantville, Isaac Feldberg counts off twenty fascinating films that unfold behind the scenes of television productions.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ke/ln/nz/8d/Films%20about%20television%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=32584266d4",
      "published_at": "2026-09-18T15:42:26Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "MoviE-Pro: Beck on his formative film education and the road to Ride Lonesome",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/beck-ride-lonesome-interview/",
      "slug": "beck-ride-lonesome-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "Ahead of the release of his newest album, Ride Lonesome, Beck tells Maura Walz about his formative film influences, including a childhood spent discovering Federico Fellini and Luis Buñuel in the repertory theaters of Los Angeles and London.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/9o/ig/gg/6x/beck-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=3fb85fe3af",
      "published_at": "2026-09-17T16:45:23Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Concrete Realities: John Wilson on The History of Concrete, micro-cinemas and collective archives",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/concrete-realities-the-history-of-concrete-interview-john-wilson/",
      "slug": "concrete-realities-the-history-of-concrete-interview-john-wilson",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "With The History of Concrete opening in US theaters, John Wilson tells Carlos Aguilar about looking beneath the cracks in society’s surfaces and celebrating physical media at Low Cinema.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/30/ni/zm/4d/6RxjfQgmCjflieSzBzTEhU4K6NK-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=b8b6f5d1eb",
      "published_at": "2026-09-16T13:19:16Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Minding the Gap: Fifteen actors who legitimately left the film industry… and came back",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/actors-with-career-breaks-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "actors-with-career-breaks-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "From Cameron Diaz’s decade-plus break after Annie to Marlene Dietrich’s 17-year hiatus before her swan song, Luke Hicks reflects on fifteen actors who chose to step out of the limelight, only to return after some extended time away.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/zg/4z/zk/3q/Actor%20gaps%20starter%20pack%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=7c2754d4d5",
      "published_at": "2026-09-15T15:27:03Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Dead Reckoning: Black Zombie’s Maya Annik Bedward on unearthing the undead’s long-buried Haitian Vodou roots",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/black-zombie-maya-annik-bedward-interview/",
      "slug": "black-zombie-maya-annik-bedward-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As Black Zombie shambles onto screens, filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward speaks with Isaac Feldberg about digging beneath a Hollywood monster to reveal the Haitian spiritual traditions that informed its origins—and still echo through films like Get Out and Sinners.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/bh/41/pp/6j/rdTksM4zfncrwftf76reo0yb8lB-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=20ec7a4541",
      "published_at": "2026-09-14T15:50:15Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Creature Features: twenty action-packed films unleashing monstrous mayhem",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/creature-features/",
      "slug": "creature-features",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "From bone-crunching crocodiles to invisible aliens and deep-sea denizens, Brandon Streussnig braves twenty films about destructive battles against rampaging beasts.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/bv/xx/du/03/Creature%20action%20starter%20pack%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=016b9f5712",
      "published_at": "2026-09-11T16:52:21Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Man of the People: The Uprising’s Andrew Garfield on the most memorable roles of his career",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/andrew-garfield-filmography-breakdown-interview-the-uprising/",
      "slug": "andrew-garfield-filmography-breakdown-interview-the-uprising",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "With The Uprising in theaters now, Andrew Garfield reflects with Ella Kemp about some of his most memorable roles to date: from Silence and The Social Network to Under the Silver Lake and Spider-Man: No Way Home.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/n3/1x/e4/lc/Journal%20header%203-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=6db3687b2b",
      "published_at": "2026-09-10T14:32:51Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Thrill of the Chase: Hope’s Na Hong-jin on unleashing alien-invasion allegories in his sci-fi action extravaganza",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/na-hong-jin-interview-hope/",
      "slug": "na-hong-jin-interview-hope",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As his explosively exciting Hope hits theaters, Na Hong-jin speaks with Isaac Feldberg about mounting chase sequences, dissecting human nature and drawing inspiration from Bong Joon-ho.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/lh/ie/1l/7r/hope1-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=638516e689",
      "published_at": "2026-09-09T15:19:05Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ghost Stories and Gandahar: on screens and shelves this month",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/shelf-life-september-2026/",
      "slug": "shelf-life-september-2026",
      "category": "Shelf Life",
      "summary": "A Japanese horror masterpiece, an underseen gem by an LA Rebellion luminary and a forgotten Vietnam melodrama are among the selections in this month’s edition of Shelf Life.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/x8/ph/60/wt/past-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=56e8a20fa7",
      "published_at": "2026-09-08T16:10:59Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Fugitive Filmmaking: Black Lions – Roman Wolves’ Haile Gerima on the 30-year journey behind his anti-colonial epic",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/haile-gerima-interview-black-lions-roman-wolves/",
      "slug": "haile-gerima-interview-black-lions-roman-wolves",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "At the fifteenth annual BlackStar Film Festival, where he presented the North American premiere of his five-part, ten-hour documentary opus, legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima spoke with Adesola Thomas about the colonial “booby traps” embedded in cinema and the importance of first liberating oneself.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/yi/r7/y1/gv/BLRW%20still-2%20copy-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=2dbe9970b0",
      "published_at": "2026-09-03T14:33:00Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Destination Cinema: Brazil, France, Italy, Japan",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/destination-cinema-brazil-france-italy-japan/",
      "slug": "destination-cinema-brazil-france-italy-japan",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "In partnership with travel booking app Omio, we’re planning our next trips to Brazil, France, Italy and Japan with twenty scenic films to inspire your wanderlust.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/8a/eb/vh/j6/Locations%20film%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=aa328e0124",
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T14:30:00Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Siege Mentality: Onslaught’s Adam Wingard on his super-soldier slasher’s slew of cinematic influences",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/adam-wingard-onslaught-interview/",
      "slug": "adam-wingard-onslaught-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As A24 unleashes Onslaught, Adam Wingard spills on the ’80s sci-fi horror standards that inspired his latest action-slasher, its spiritual predecessor The Guest and the intense characters played by Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/f9/6v/zg/un/274xWEa3VGK433RElJ1d9pqeA1r-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=75d2786079",
      "published_at": "2026-08-31T13:51:44Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lucid Dreamers and Open Roads: Shatara Michelle Ford on belonging and on-screen fantasies in Dreams in Nightmares",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/shatara-michelle-ford-interview-dreams-in-nightmares/",
      "slug": "shatara-michelle-ford-interview-dreams-in-nightmares",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "With their sophomore feature Dreams in Nightmares finally reaching theaters, Shatara Michelle Ford tells Adesola Thomas about the fantasies and winding journey of their dramatic, comedic, experimental and unabashedly erotic film.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/s2/93/5v/sz/3MsbxyT9zrP1zf2zPx7sFGulb3H-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=58d5918a07",
      "published_at": "2026-08-28T12:31:52Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Mall Madness: a starter pack of twenty films that prove the mall was never just for shopping",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/mall-madness-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "mall-madness-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "Jenni Kaye packs a shopping bag full of twenty fluorescent-lit fantasies, consumerist nightmares, teenage hangouts and retail zombies that capture the magic of America’s favorite third place.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/2w/lt/fn/o7/Mall%20movies%20starter%20pack%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=4660d209f0",
      "published_at": "2026-08-27T13:55:08Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Top Dog: a starter pack of twenty films with iconic canine co-stars",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/twenty-cinematic-canines-international-dog-day/",
      "slug": "twenty-cinematic-canines-international-dog-day",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "In celebration of International Dog Day, we’re counting off twenty beloved pooches and pups from movie history, from faithful claymation creations to underdogs you can’t help but root for.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/h6/pp/g0/y0/Journal%20header%203-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=5fb0eef390",
      "published_at": "2026-08-26T12:25:17Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "2026 Fall Festival Preview: our most anticipated autumn film festival premieres",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/2026-fall-festival-preview/",
      "slug": "2026-fall-festival-preview",
      "category": "Festival Circuit",
      "summary": "Vigilante revenge sagas, taut psychological thrillers, the return of a legendary movie monster and new efforts from Oscar-nominated writer-directors are among our most anticipated films of the 2026 fall film festival season.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ci/sr/of/en/Journal%20header%203%20(7)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=d3e9d3dce9",
      "published_at": "2026-08-25T14:37:11Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Watchlist This!: Our August 2026 picks of the best new bubbling-under films",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/watchlist-this-august-2026/",
      "slug": "watchlist-this-august-2026",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes slow-burning satirical dramas, aggressively off-kilter horror-comedies and the latest from a celebrated French filmmaker.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/i1/8j/4k/cj/Watchlist%20This!%20header%E2%80%A3%20-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=ca6f8b6f24",
      "published_at": "2026-08-24T14:20:05Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Dark Side of the Loon: Coyote vs. Acme’s screenwriter Samy Burch on the journey of the Looney Tunes courtroom thriller",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/coyote-vs-acme-samy-burch-interview/",
      "slug": "coyote-vs-acme-samy-burch-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "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 comedy-drama.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/tj/aa/in/9k/47F5Zu6aQe0u9XAq2HzeVUP224i-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=5738c1d74b",
      "published_at": "2026-08-21T15:28:55Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Road to Nowhere: Alexander Ullom on It Ends’ existential horror and Gen-Z ennui",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/it-ends-alexander-ullom-interview/",
      "slug": "it-ends-alexander-ullom-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As Neon unleashes It Ends in US theaters, writer-director Alexander Ullom reflects with Isaac Feldberg on his buzzy thriller’s scenic route to release and optimism in the face of nihilism.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ew/um/6u/wu/blIQ1Xlc3gfOHqWc67ULnyYGEAe-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=b454fcbaa9",
      "published_at": "2026-08-20T13:33:29Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Unreleased Gems (August 2026): Your chance to watch three festival film favorites that haven’t been released anywhere else, for a limited time only",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/unreleased-gems-august-2026/",
      "slug": "unreleased-gems-august-2026",
      "category": "Platform",
      "summary": "From recent discoveries yet to begin their distribution journey, to hidden gems that slipped through the cracks—these standout films have been out of reach for most of our members, until now.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/i0/n3/vo/s6/VS_EDM_August26_1-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=15fa9e67d1",
      "published_at": "2026-08-19T17:58:16Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lights Up: a starter pack of twenty fantastic films with transformative movie theater scenes",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/movie-theater-scenes-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "movie-theater-scenes-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "There is no rigid criteria or genre when it comes to iconic movie theater scenes in films—spanning the full gamut, Rory Doherty rounds up twenty of the most transportative, from In the Mouth of Madness to Babylon and more.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/yj/qk/v8/7p/Journal%20header%203-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=c59c573097",
      "published_at": "2026-08-19T14:54:27Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Strange Connection: Gregg Araki and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the lingering power of Mysterious Skin",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/mysterious-skin-4K-gregg-araki-joseph-gordon-levitt-interview/",
      "slug": "mysterious-skin-4K-gregg-araki-joseph-gordon-levitt-interview",
      "category": "Deep Impact",
      "summary": "With Mysterious Skin returning to US theaters in a new 4K restoration, Gregg Araki and Joseph Gordon-Levitt reflect with Ariel LeBeau on how their film’s fraught, sensitive vision of abuse and its aftereffects continues to resonate decades later.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/mp/6y/zi/fe/7HrcdFTXvcayGUJhnY0btxZwwCg-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=be0699cbab",
      "published_at": "2026-08-17T13:51:25Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Secret Life of Bees: Andrew Patterson and Matthew McConaughey on The Rivals of Amziah King",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/matthew-mcconaughey-andrew-patterson-amziah-king-interview/",
      "slug": "matthew-mcconaughey-andrew-patterson-amziah-king-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As The Rivals of Amziah King swarms its way into theaters, Matthew McConaughey and writer-director Andrew Patterson reflect on the film’s distinctive, potluck-style combination of music, community and beekeeping.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/03/vx/zk/4p/ak8-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=7545abe7d0",
      "published_at": "2026-08-14T13:12:09Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hitch-Hikers: Twenty fantastic films inspired by the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/hitchcock-inspired-films-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "hitchcock-inspired-films-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "To celebrate master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock’s 127th birthday, and his enduring influence on cinema history far and wide, Travis Woods offers up a starter pack of twenty films inspired by the pioneering director.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/9j/5a/ie/wq/Journal%20header%203%20(5)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=2e08b341ca",
      "published_at": "2026-08-13T15:07:25Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Human Conditions: Will Poulter on Union County, character psychology and making movies that matter",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/will-poulter-union-county-career-interview/",
      "slug": "will-poulter-union-county-career-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "Amid critical acclaim for his revelatory performance in Union County, Will Poulter speaks with Isaac Feldberg about the most memorable roles of his career to date, from We’re the Millers to Midsommar and more.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/fg/z1/gx/ha/Journal%20header%203%20(4)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=d90c57f1bb",
      "published_at": "2026-08-12T16:17:05Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Little Mermaid: 20 years of blue hair, true friendship and wanting to be Aquamarine",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/aqumarine-deep-impact-anniversary/",
      "slug": "aqumarine-deep-impact-anniversary",
      "category": "Deep Impact",
      "summary": "To mark this year’s twentieth anniversary of girlhood gem Aquamarine, Savina Petkova looks back on the mermaid lore and enduring friendshp lessons of the nostalgic noughties picture.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/yq/l3/qv/uc/aquamarine-1200-1200-675-675-crop-000000-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=0ac0fa16f8",
      "published_at": "2026-08-11T21:14:43Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Such Great Heights: A starter pack of twenty vertiginous movies",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/fear-of-heights-vertiginous-thrillers-fall/",
      "slug": "fear-of-heights-vertiginous-thrillers-fall",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "From Vertigo to Vertical Limit, Dominic Corry sizes up twenty elevated thrillers and dramas set in very high places.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/z7/8s/ti/xx/Heights%20movies%20starter%20pack%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=ca30b3df04",
      "published_at": "2026-08-10T15:06:31Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Litterboxd: twenty fantastic film felines for International Cat Day",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/twenty-cinematic-felines-international-cat-day/",
      "slug": "twenty-cinematic-felines-international-cat-day",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "To celebrate International Cat Day, we’re counting off twenty beloved cats and kittens from movie history, from animated Disney icons to purr-fect pals from global arthouse hits.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/da/br/dv/gb/Movie%20cats%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=87565125ed",
      "published_at": "2026-08-08T15:52:31Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Paths of Power: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on the castle intrigue of The Samurai and the Prisoner",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/kiyoshi-kurosawa-interview-samurai-and-prisoner/",
      "slug": "kiyoshi-kurosawa-interview-samurai-and-prisoner",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s elegant period drama The Samurai and the Prisoner arrives in theaters, the legendary Japanese filmmaker tells Zachary Lee about turning a feudal mystery into an engimatic study of power and belief.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/9q/y7/us/e0/xXp1sC7jhptaGukd69w83mSDs4y-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=9ffa7508cb",
      "published_at": "2026-08-07T20:55:58Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Flesh and Fluids: Jane Schoenbrun on fighting repression through Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/jane-schoenbrun-interview-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma/",
      "slug": "jane-schoenbrun-interview-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma emerges into theaters, filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about the film’s multiple-climax structure, the angelic qualities of Hannah Einbinder and repression as the ultimate enemy.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/jp/53/6j/w7/CampMiasma_Still_3_%C2%A9MUBI-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=842b02acd3",
      "published_at": "2026-08-06T14:17:57Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Finding Dafoe: Willem Dafoe reflects on some of the most memorable roles of his career",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/willem-dafoe-career-interview-late-fame/",
      "slug": "willem-dafoe-career-interview-late-fame",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As Willem Dafoe delivers some of the best work of his career in Late Fame, the actor speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about many of his most memorable roles, from chilling villains in Wild at Heart and To Live and Die in L.A. to slow-dancing with Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse and more.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/j5/uu/g0/zr/Journal%20header%203%20(3)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=fa80e176de",
      "published_at": "2026-08-05T14:11:29Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "His Web Connects Us All: every Spider-Man movie, ranked by the Letterboxd community",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/spider-man-movies-ranked-letterboxd-rating-brand-new-day/",
      "slug": "spider-man-movies-ranked-letterboxd-rating-brand-new-day",
      "category": "Community",
      "summary": "With Spider-Man: Brand New Day breaking box-office records, we weave a not-so-tangled web: the Letterboxd community’s ranking of every solo big-screen adventure for the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, from best to worst.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/mm/t2/np/2w/Journal%20header%203-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=9f0e2f7186",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T15:30:12Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Outsiders and Barbarians: on screens and shelves this month",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/shelf-life-august-2026/",
      "slug": "shelf-life-august-2026",
      "category": "Shelf Life",
      "summary": "Zach Cregger’s smash-hit horror debut, a paranoid subversion of Mexican telenovelas and one of Maggie Cheung’s most legendary performances are among the selections in this month’s edition of Shelf Life.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/9n/24/zb/3o/CENTERSTAGE4-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=8ae6cb5f9a",
      "published_at": "2026-08-04T14:30:31Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Way Down: Reeve Carney, Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada on Hadestown: The Musical’s theatrical triumph",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/hadestown-the-musical-interview/",
      "slug": "hadestown-the-musical-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "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 Greek mythology’s enduring resonance.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/cl/ol/hq/l4/HADESTOWN_%20THE%20MUSICAL%20Still%201%20_%20Courtesy%20of%20Crosswalk%20and%20LD%20Entertainment-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=74157465c8",
      "published_at": "2026-08-03T15:10:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Prude Awakening: Gregg Araki on the pent-up, provocative energy of I Want Your Sex",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/gregg-araki-i-want-your-sex-interview/",
      "slug": "gregg-araki-i-want-your-sex-interview",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "As Gregg Araki makes a long-awaited return to theaters, Luke Hicks sits down with the New Queer Cinema pioneer to discuss his libinidal new comedy, in which carnal delights ignite cross-generational debates.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/tn/3t/im/jd/iKNXGQuZhVr5sLUcwvN9R9G50QO-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=fbe139a6ab",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T16:15:49Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Dear Diary: 25 years of logging and loving the comfort of The Princess Diaries",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/princess-diaries-anniversary-community-reviews/",
      "slug": "princess-diaries-anniversary-community-reviews",
      "category": "Community",
      "summary": "To mark the 25-year anniversary of The Princess Diaries, Ella Kemp celebrates the timeless charm and significant milestones of the Anne Hathaway teen classic by unearthing your own diary entries.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/40/ra/ql/s5/Princess%20Diaries%20community%20(1)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=173ee33c27",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T14:53:26Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "About Time: Every Christopher Nolan film, ranked by the Letterboxd community",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/christopher-nolan-films-ranked-letterboxd-rating-the-odyssey/",
      "slug": "christopher-nolan-films-ranked-letterboxd-rating-the-odyssey",
      "category": "Community",
      "summary": "As Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey dominates at the worldwide box office, we delve into the Letterboxd community’s ranking of this iconic director’s entire filmography from best to worst.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/mr/mi/6y/cl/Nolan%20ranking%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=566c2ed2ca",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T15:59:30Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Back to Camp Firewood: David Wain and Michael Showalter on 25 years of Wet Hot American Summer",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/wet-hot-american-summer-anniversary-david-wain-michael-showalter/",
      "slug": "wet-hot-american-summer-anniversary-david-wain-michael-showalter",
      "category": "Deep Impact",
      "summary": "As Wet Hot American Summer celebrates 25 years of talking vegetable 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.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/tm/34/sm/iq/boct1C0KWZ533T6o5qjFVfaUpSt-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=2d1b1d57dd",
      "published_at": "2026-07-27T15:38:50Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "From 9 to 5 to Ms .45: twenty excellent films about women seeking revenge",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/women-seeking-vengeance-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "women-seeking-vengeance-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "Vengeance is hers! Katie Rife compiles twenty standout films, from commercial comedies to harrowing horror-thrillers, in which women exact retribution on those who’ve wronged them.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/1p/sm/rm/hl/Journal%20header%203%20(2)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=d1dbd652c8",
      "published_at": "2026-07-24T18:24:49Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Fresh as Daisies: embracing the anarchic energy of Věra Chytilová’s Czech New Wave classic at 60",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/daisies-v%C4%9Bra-chytilov%C3%A1-retrospective-anniversary/",
      "slug": "daisies-v%C4%9Bra-chytilov%C3%A1-retrospective-anniversary",
      "category": "Deep Impact",
      "summary": "As Věra Chytilová’s Daisies turns 60, Brian Raftery reflects on the frenetic aesthetic and lasting influence of an underground Czechoslovak classic.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/l9/ua/82/b8/daisies-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=5656af5537",
      "published_at": "2026-07-23T16:44:33Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Moments of Grace: Mike Mills reflects on his feelings-forward approach to filmmaking",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/mike-mills-interview-criterion-beginners-20th-century-women/",
      "slug": "mike-mills-interview-criterion-beginners-20th-century-women",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "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.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/c2/gb/vu/2u/Journal%20header%203%20(1)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=4a052b1179",
      "published_at": "2026-07-21T13:59:26Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Crossing the Threshold: exploring the deep impact of Spirited Away at 25",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/spirited-away-deep-impact-anniversary/",
      "slug": "spirited-away-deep-impact-anniversary",
      "category": "Deep Impact",
      "summary": "To mark 25 years of Ghibli icon Spirited Away, Claira Curtis looks back on the sparkling legacy of the film, from the directors it has influenced to the many ways it has endured in the hearts of the Letterboxd community.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/2d/24/fa/uy/m4TUa2ciEWSlk37rOsjiSIvZDXE%20(1)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=7b6deb50d6",
      "published_at": "2026-07-20T19:02:26Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lust for Life: Danny Boyle on the radical spirit of Trainspotting, 30 years on",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/danny-boyle-interview-trainspotting-anniversary/",
      "slug": "danny-boyle-interview-trainspotting-anniversary",
      "category": "Deep Impact",
      "summary": "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.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/0x/y7/0y/2z/pOzfYyRRHg5b60vi1vr8J2fwjyAHvi-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=1c36cef68b",
      "published_at": "2026-07-19T15:32:57Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Swords and Sandals: a starter pack of twenty glorious adventures from antiquity",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/swords-sandals-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "swords-sandals-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "Stories of gods, monsters and heroes blazing through antiquity have made for some of our most memorable and exciting blockbusters—in honor of The Odyssey, Matt Goldberg looks at twenty films that blur history and fantasy, creating a distinct crop of cinematic myths.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/2c/6f/nk/xo/Journal%20header%203-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=4cba69e4cd",
      "published_at": "2026-07-18T15:22:05Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "My Brilliant Career: remembering the low-key charm of Sam Neill in fifteen essential films",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/sam-neill-performances-retrospective/",
      "slug": "sam-neill-performances-retrospective",
      "category": "Community",
      "summary": "Whether in a lead role or supporting turn, the great Sam Neill made the most of any part. Matt Goldberg highlights a selection of the late actor’s best performances, and the Letterboxd community’s love for each.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/cc/x0/oy/wu/Journal%20header%205%20(1)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=cd3ad26747",
      "published_at": "2026-07-17T21:07:34Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Watchlist This!: Our July 2026 picks of the best new bubbling-under films",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/watchlist-this-july-2026/",
      "slug": "watchlist-this-july-2026",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "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.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ca/0e/dh/34/Journal%20header%205-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=ecf3c637fe",
      "published_at": "2026-07-17T13:44:52Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Vanishing Points: Tsai Ming-liang on movie theaters, loneliness and the disappearing world",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/tsai-ming-liang-career-interview-the-hole/",
      "slug": "tsai-ming-liang-career-interview-the-hole",
      "category": "Interview",
      "summary": "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.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/a8/r4/mg/pu/Tsai%20Ming-liang-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=afc32da102",
      "published_at": "2026-07-16T21:33:38Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Needle on the Record: Iconic music moments in movies, covered by the MUBI Podcast",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/needle-on-the-record-mubi-podcast-needle-drops/",
      "slug": "needle-on-the-record-mubi-podcast-needle-drops",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "As the MUBI Podcast returns with a second series of needle-drops focusing on UK music of the ’80s and ’90s, host Rico Gagliano shares eleven films that exemplify the power of music in cinema.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/k5/zl/7t/gd/unnamed%20(2)-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.png?k=256783d4e6",
      "published_at": "2026-07-16T12:51:05Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "Independent Days: a starter pack of underseen New Hollywood gems",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/underseen-new-hollywood-gems-starter-pack/",
      "slug": "underseen-new-hollywood-gems-starter-pack",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "For the second in a series of starter packs surveying New Hollywood, Justin LaLiberty brings together twenty recommendations for those looking to dive deeper into this independent, auteur-driven movement of American cinema.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/zq/vg/24/e4/New%20Hollywood%20starter%20pack%20header-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=3364037e8f",
      "published_at": "2026-07-15T13:37:41Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "More Than Meets the Eye: In support of our favorite underrated blockbusters",
      "link": "https://letterboxd.com/journal/underrated-blockbusters-letterboxd-crew-picks/",
      "slug": "underrated-blockbusters-letterboxd-crew-picks",
      "category": "Cinemascope",
      "summary": "As the 2026 summer movie season delivers a fresh, hopeful batch of crowd-pleasing spectacles, the Letterboxd crew makes a case for some of the lesser-loved blockbusters from years past that we feel are worth a second look.",
      "image": "https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/oc/4n/0b/ks/Crew%20picks_%20underrated%20blockbusters-0-960-0-540-crop-fill.jpg?k=5421f9326e",
      "published_at": "2026-07-14T14:41:59Z"
    }
  ]
}