Jack Moulton

Oct 19, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Ella Kemp |Jack Moulton |Aaron Yap

Search the words Errol Morris across Letterboxd reviews and a pattern emerges. “Errol Morris is the man,” says one member. “Errol Morris is Goated,” writes another.

Oct 13, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Mia Lee Vicino |Ella Kemp |Jack Moulton

The power of something compels us to obsessively return to certain movies time and time again, but what is it? Tender nostalgia? Primordial connection? Easy accessibility? Catharsis through comedy, through fear? Debauched thirst? And how many times must a movie be watched to earn the coveted “obsessively” qualifier? While we don’t have a definitive answer for the first several questions, we can confidently confirm the last: five times.

Oct 11, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Jack Moulton |Gemma Gracewood |Brian Formo

We only get a Godfrey Reggio feature film once a decade and each is one to savor. He began in 1982 at 42 years old with Koyaanisqatsi, which quickly became the benchmark for experimental documentaries (currently it is ranked sixteenth in Letterboxd’s official all-time top documentaries list). Celebrated for innovative time lapses, slo-motion frame-speed and Philip Glass’ original score, it was the first in the Qatsi trilogy.

Oct 4, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Mia Lee Vicino |Jack Moulton |Brett Petersel |Saw II

The city of Saw is characterized by an overabundance of abandoned warehouses and sickly green-tinted hospitals, scored by the constant buzz of power tools and nu-metal. The simultaneously filthy and sterile atmosphere begins to become pleasantly familiar once you survive to the fifth or so installment: the kicking in of Charlie Clouser’s instantly recognizable theme ‘Hello Zepp’, the last-minute plot twists, the relentless flashbacks to events that we witnessed just ten minutes prior.

Sep 22, 2023 | letterboxd.com | Jack Moulton |Mia Lee Vicino |Flynn Slicker |Sing Street

Any indie kid who loves musicals knows who John Carney is. Whether it’s from his 2016 coming-of-age, ’80s-set teen musical Sing Street, the emotional ballad ‘Lost Stars’ from Begin Again, or the low-budget, dreamy love story Once, Carney’s films are essential to those who love their screen experiences soaked in tunes. With his musical collaborator Gary Clark, he seems able to effortlessly write and direct humans who are lost in the world and ultimately come together through song.