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Welcome back to another review from one of the featured Letterboxd Lists! This time around we look at an offering from the Top 250 Women Directed and number 70 on that list with…The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926). Title: The Adventures of Prince Achmed Director: Lotte Reiniger Released: September 3, 1926 (Berlin) Runtime: 1 hour…
What would it look like if you took James Bond and put him in the South and gave him a Southern accent? Well, this week for Review Stew we are going to find out. That’s right, we’re heading down to the bayou and trying to keep up with…Fast Charlie (2023). Title: Fast Charlie Director: Phillip…
Welcome back for another addition of the Margot Robbie filmography watch through! After this week we are down to only 8 feature-length movies of Margot’s to cover. Well, until her future works are released. But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves and instead focus on the task at hand. That’s right, a movie that…
Welcome back for another installment of Review Stew! This week we’re adding to our review stew a prison escape, a love triangle, and some clever lighting and camerawork with…Raw Deal (1948). Title: Raw Deal Director: Anthony Mann Released: May 21, 1948 (United States) Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes Available to stream on: Kanopy Joe Sullivan…
Well, hello. Thanks for coming back for another Letterboxd List review! This week we revisit the Letterboxd Top 250 Highest Rated Short Films of All-Time. I continue my exploration into Buster Keaton films with…One Week (1920). I couldn’t resist. There isn’t an “official trailer”, but here is a clip from One Week (1920). Title: One…
Another Monday means it is time for another ingredient to be added into our Review Stew! We’re wandering off the beaten path a bit this week. According to Letterboxd, just over 4,500 users have marked this week’s entry as “watched”. Let’s increase that number and take a look at…Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937). Title: Humanity…
The Margot Robbie filmography watch through is back! We are quickly approaching a point where we’ll be caught up on her current filmography. But fear not, we still have a handful of movies to go. This week we have a movie where Margot appears just slightly more than she does in The Big Short. Let’s…
Welcome back for a new installment of Review Stew! This week we’ll be adding the ingredient of self-defense. At least, that’s what Jesse Eisenberg is hoping for in…The Art of Self-Defense (2019). Title: The Art of Self-Defense Director: Riley Stearns Released: March 10, 2019 (SXSW), July 12, 2019 – Theatrical (USA) Runtime: 1 hour 44…
Welcome back for another featured Letterboxd List review! This week we have a list that has not yet been covered. So lets not waste any time and jump right into the Berlinale Golden Bear winners list and…Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014). Title: Black Coal, Thin Ice Director: Diao Yi-nan Released: February 12, 2014 (Berlin International…
Another Monday can only mean one thing…it’s time for another ingredient to be added to our Review Stew! This week I turned to my Letterboxd watchlist and shuffled it twice before landing on a title that apparently very few people have heard of. According to Letterboxd as of this writing, with only 725 people having…