For the cinematic fans obsessed with loging the films they watch into Letterboxd: 19 film memes

Watching films for the fun of it or just to log them into Letterboxd I don’t judge. I get why people, especially film geeks, are kind of obsessed with Letterboxd. As a reader, I had my fair share of using apps like Goodreads. I understand the joy of sharing your opinion about a kind of …
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Movie Memes for Letterboxd Obsessed Cinephiles Who Will Never Regret Their AMC A-List Subscription

Who else is a movie buff?  I am a proud AMC A-Lister, and I feel no shame about that. I love going to as many movies as I want every month and only paying $27.99. In NYC, one movie ticket costs $20, so it makes a lot more economic sense to have a subscription to …
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26 Letterboxd Reviews That Deserve Their Own Oscar

Sometimes the funniest part of watching a movie isn’t the movie itself, it’s the Letterboxd reviews afterward. For film lovers everywhere, scrolling through Letterboxd after finishing a movie has become part of the experience. Somewhere between genuine film criticism and completely chaotic one-liners, the platform has created a whole new genre of comedy: the perfectly …
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Why I refuse to give stars for movies on Letterboxd

Star review ratings on platforms like Letterboxd are reductive and don’t accurately portray our connection to the work, so why do we have them in the first place? Letterboxd is a haven for self-proclaimed ‘cinephiles.’ It’s a great way to engage with cinema online— to know what your friends are watching and what they think …
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Why Discourse on the Film App ‘Letterboxd’ Epitomizes the High Scrutiny All Social Media Users are Under

The cultural phenomenon surrounding Letterboxd reviews proves that you don’t even have to do anything notable to enrage your fellow internet user. You can do so by merely rating a movie in a way the masses don’t approve. 

25 Movie Memes for Serious Cinephiles

Yeah, I’ll say it. I’m a movie buff. A film bro. A cinephile. Sue me. Some of my most formative moments as a teen were spent in front of my laptop screen late at night, watching movies that I couldn’t watch with my parents. Not even that they wouldn’t approve of them, just that they …
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24 Absurd and Funny Movie Reviews for Film Bros

I have a confession to make… I studied film in college. This meant that I was surrounded by one of culture’s most fascinating breeds: the film bro. The bros who won’t shut up about Kurosawa, worship at the altar of Christopher Nolan, and will roll their eyes at you when you said you enjoyed Ladybird. These …
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The Funniest Movie Reviews From the Depths of Letterboxd

When Letterboxd first came onto the scene, I rolled my eyes and groaned at the idea of yet another social media app that aggregates opinion into an oblivion of general consensus. Can we not just have human experiences anymore without turning them into bitesized pieces of digestible content? But then I downloaded the app anyway …
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Crazy Letterboxd Reviews For Film Kids

Anybody can be Roger Ebert these days, and it’s all because of a little app called Letterboxd. Letterboxd allows movie fans to leave their own reviews without any gatekeeping. It’s vaguely like a blog but more social media-y.  These reviews range from extensive, lengthy analyses to short quips. The app has gained massive popularity over …
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30 Funny Gems From the Humorous Side of Letterboxd

Movie reviews don’t always have to be super serious, poignant, and insightful. Thanks to Letterboxd, a social network dedicated to rating and reviewing movies, anyone can be a critic. Because any average Joe can hop onto the app and offer their two cents, the site has become a sort of bizarro Twitter for film buffs. …
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