Justin LaLiberty
Film archivist, programmer, writer, collector etc
Director of Operations at OCN Distribution, Curator of Cinématographe, Producer at Vinegar Syndrome
Words at Screen Slate and Letterboxd, mostly
letterboxd.com/jlalibs/
- “At Indiana University, where Erpelding worked until 2024, professors could track whether students watched films on the campus’s internal streaming platform. Fewer than 50 percent would even start the movies, he said, and only about 20 percent made it to the end.” Rather disheartening statistics
- The weird thing about male front nudity in American movies, especially almost anything mainstream, is that it is often prosthetic based. Including all three examples here. Is that really progress? I suppose it’s a good thing that studios are willing to “go there” but I don’t think this is it.
- I don’t think the box office is a gauge of quality or even necessarily public interest in film but, even still, that the number one movie in america yesterday was directed by a popular YouTuber and the number three is, well, MELANIA is a proper sad state of affairs. Embarrassing, to be honest.
- Just removed over a dozen titles from this list but there's still nearly 300 to go! I know that a few are planned though...
- Been working on this for a few months, feels like the right time to share it. Watch something radical if you’re snowed in today, maybe it’ll inspire you to act.
