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I’ve got some bonus content for you this week in the form of a screener review courtesy of Ruth and Sonorous Films. Premature opens in U.K. cinemas 18 September. Title: Premature Director: Kevin Walls Release Date: 18 September 2026 (Theatrical – United Kingdom) Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes Cameron (James Rottger) and Eilidh (Elle Watson)…
Welcome back to another look at a featured Letterboxd List! We’re sticking with the decades lists this week as we turn to the Top 250 films of the 1930s where we find Block-Heads. Title: Block-Heads Director: John G. Blystone Released: August 19, 1938 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 57 minutes During the height of World…
This week’s Disc Dive is one that has been on my watchlist for a while now. I always seemed to miss it on streaming so when I saw it on sale, I picked up a copy of True Romance. Title: True Romance Director: Tony Scott Released: September 9, 1993 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 2…
This week’s journey through my Letterboxd Map takes us to Afghanistan for Three Songs for Benazir. Title: Three Songs for Benazir Directors: Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei Premiered: June 2, 2021 (United States – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival) Runtime: 24 minutes Shaista is a young man who also happens to be a husband and…
Welcome back to another installment of Disc Dive! This week we’re embracing the darkness with 30 Days of Night. Title: 30 Days of Night Director: David Slade Released: October 17, 2007 (Theatrical – Canada) Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes Disc Format: DVD The town of Barrow, Alaska is moments away from the annual polar night,…
This week’s look at a featured Letterboxd List finds us perusing the Top 250 Films of the 1960s where we find Shock Corridor. Title: Shock Corridor Director: Samuel Fuller Released: September 25, 1963 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes Opening with voiceover narration, Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) tells us that he is…
This week’s Disc Dive hands us an 8-hour window to wait around for The Cable Guy. Title: The Cable Guy Director: Ben Stiller Premiered: June 10, 1996 (United States – Hollywood) Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes Disc Format: DVD Steven (Matthew Broderick) recently proposed to, and was rejected by, Robin (Leslie Mann). This has led…
This week Sri Lanka gets crossed off my Letterboxd Map with The Red Suitcase. Title: The Red Suitcase Director: Fidel Devkota Premiered: September 8, 2023 (Italy – Venice Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes The film opens with a phone call in Nepalese. We don’t see it, we can only hear what’s being said….
In this week’s Disc Dive we’re on the run from both the CIA and the KGB with Hopscotch. Title: Hopscotch Director: Ronald Neame Released: September 26, 1980 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes Disc Format: Criterion Blu-ray Miles Kendig (Walter Matthau) is a veteran CIA agent. While on assignment in Munich, Kendig…
My final review from this year’s Locarno Film Festival is my favorite film that I’ve seen during the festival. From the “Locarno Kids Screenings” section is Paradeisa. Title: Paradeisa Director: Marleen Valien Premiered: August 11, 2026 (Switzerland – Locarno Film Festival) Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes Edgar (Robert Finster) is a struggling artist and father…