I used to think musicals were frivolous, unserious entertainment. Then one fateful summer, two diametrically different movies accidentally teamed up to convince me otherwise.

The multi-instrumentalist and composer of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022), Where Hands Touch (2018), and Derek (2012) writes about her favorite movie musical soundtrack.

We watch a lot of movies, but we haven’t seen everything. This month we’re tackling our personal movie musical blindspots!

When you watch an Astaire and Rogers musical, you are getting a piece of the movie musical Rosetta Stone.

I was raised on classic cinema and musicals. But while I was always taught to appreciate the art, I was not taught to think critically about it.

Film critic Zoë Rose Bryant sweet-talks the 2001 Baz Luhrmann spectacle Moulin Rouge!

Despite a wild storyline and all-star lineup, Repo! has not one trace of sarcasm, self-consciousness, or so much as the smallest amount of external context.

If you’re a hopeless romantic like Seb and me, iron your suit and whistle along as we take a stroll through the sights, sounds, and bittersweet feels of this modern American masterpiece.

Ensemble in place, orchestra ready, spotlight on… it’s showtime for our Top 10 Musicals!

As a black belt in Kukkiwon Tae Kwon Do, I find martial arts movies to be an incredible display of skill and far superior to other sports movies. Here are 3 reasons why.

12+1 questions about how Susan Sarandon won her iconic role in Bull Durham, the origins of “the church of baseball,” trash talking in sports, and more!

Opinions are mixed on whether Ari Aster’s latest is scary good or frightfully bad. Here are a few sweet and sour takes from the Letterboxd community.

It’s possible the reason I loved A League of Their Own so much was that it was a wonderland of amazing female athletes who occupied their own fully formed world.

Sports Month wouldn’t be complete without hearing from real-life athletes and coaches.

Throughout his journey Eddie Edwards is ridiculed at every turn, but he never stops working hard to get where he wants to be.

The lead actor of the 2023 coming-of-age film What’s My Name Again? sweet-talks the 1993 sports classic.

The culmination of ‘80s cinema is, of course, the BMX dance routine in the 1986 coming-of-age sports movie Rad.

Some “sports-adjacent” films that will scratch your itch for rousing competition but not leave you wondering what the hell an “audible” is.