Why the Future of the Movies Lives on Letterboxd

[MsAmerica]

Why the Future of the Movies Lives on Letterboxd
By Alexandra Kleeman

Every kind of film imaginable seems to be up for discussion: Hollywood blockbusters mingle with auteur-driven features and foreign cinema from seemingly every country. Even my most obscure favorite film — Gospel According to Harry, a difficult-to-find surrealist domestic dramedy by the Polish director Lech Majewski — boasts about 20 reviews, though I’ve never personally met anyone who has seen it.

Browsing the site can feel like being at a humongous cocktail party, listening to snatches of overheard conversation, drifting from movie to movie and director to director.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/03/magazine/letterboxd-film-discussion-site-streaming-movies.html

Well, it sure as hell is no longer on IMDb. It was bad enough when they closed the forums, but now you can no longer even read the reviews without being 'signed in'. No, thank you.

Do you use Rotten Tomatoes?

Rarely. They're now making themselves hard to read beyond a page or so, I discovered on my last visit.