We’re excited to see Debra Granik back in action, moving from the Ozark Mountains where she pushed Jennifer Lawrence to the fore in Winter’s Bone, to the backwoods of Portland, Oregon, where Kiwi newcomer Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie and Ben Foster as her screen Dad search for a place to call their own in Leave No Trace. If you have questions for Granik, submit them to our upcoming Q&A. Fun fact: Harcourt McKenzie will also appear in Taika Waititi’s anti-Hitler comedy Jojo Rabbit, currently filming.

Toni Collette gives a brilliant performance in Ari Aster’s chilling family horror Hereditary, which is garnering mostly hyperbolic reviews on Letterboxd, although the fim’s last 20 minutes has been subject to a lot of debate. “You’ll either find this artsy or ridiculous,” Nicki reckons, while Alice is almost vomiting from the five stars of it all: “Who knows what we did to deserve this but my god… what a glorious, wonderful time to be alive.” For those who have seen the film, please enjoy this review of the Hereditary Wikipedia page by someone who is too afraid to see the film.

In The Happy Prince, Rupert Everett writes and directs himself as the great Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (full name: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde). The film covers Wilde’s final few years, including an unforgiving stint in prison and a good amount of eye-rolling on Colin Firth’s part. According to your reviews it is bloated, melancholy, self-indulgent, witty, brilliant and sentimental; in other words, everything we love about Wilde himself.

We’ve waited patiently for 14 years and Brad Bird’s finally done it: the second instalment of your favorite superhero family lands in cinemas this month. Incredibles 2 sees Elastigirl with a new job while Mr Incredible holds down the home fort. Most Letterboxd reviews of the original are basically a variation of “the best superhero film of all time” (also: “my favorite children’s movie that features torture, a suicide attempt, a corpse and general mass destruction”) so it’s safe to say this sequel is much anticipated. How are your Pixar power rankings?

“It’s inorganic and sloppily put together, it’s less a story and more a two-hour-long checklist of how Han got all his stuff from the original trilogy. There are constant references thrown at the viewer, to the point that I felt beat over the head with them, then loose ties to the Star Wars canon are [spat] out of nowhere so as to make the movie seem more important than it is. However, ultimately, this film is without much importance or consequence.” —IslamKhatib

“Seeing the worlds of Star Wars from the perspective of the poorer people living in them was a really welcome shift in focus for me… The worlds and the people in them are so meticulously well designed. The opening scenes in Corellia are some of my favourites because it feels so grimy and it gives a good indication of what life in the gutter of the thousands of planets must be like.

“This film is a total wild west (of the galaxy) film. Down to the obvious shots of Han facing Enfys Nest with his hand hovering over his holstered pistol, to the train heist, to the weird scene where Solo ties Chewbacca to the railroad tracks (Legends Canon), it has a very western theme. I feel like this just adds to the overall coolness of the film in a major way and helps to make this film stand out from literally every other Star Wars film.” —Lukas

“Girl when he first tells u that you guys should part just be like okay cool sounds good have a nice life because YOU DONT NEED HIM YOURE A FABULOUS WONDRFUL STAR WITH A GOOD HEART LEAVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND MARRY YOUR PIANO PLAYER FROM THE BAND HES THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER REALLY CARED ABOUT YOU just kidding that’s prob not true or the right move but like ooooo girl that mans is a mess and you. do. not. need. him. ruining. your. life. or. getting. half. of. your. wealth. or. being. forced. to. obey. and. serve. him. as. long. as. you. both. shall. live.” —isobelriane

“In all the times I saw this movie as a kid, it never hit me intellectually like it did just now. What a great cerebral, emotionally challenging piece of science fiction. Verhoeven infuses this with fast-paced action, a surprising amount of gore, and tons of style. I also did not recall just how similar of a premise this is to what The Matrix would have a decade later. I prefer this, and especially the ambiguity of the ending.” —Aaron White

“My Dad, who could talk his way into many an opportunistic situation, asked a man who was getting into a jeep with a production logo on the side if he could give him a lift to the set. The guy said ‘sure’ and off my Dad set towards the filming site. They talked along the way and soon my Dad had to confess that he wasn’t part of the film crew. The guy promptly let him out and took off. Back in those days, it wasn’t hard to catch a ride (at least in our part of Texas), so Dad got back to Cleburne and met up with my Mom, sister, and her friends. For small-town Texas folk, this was a fun time.” —dadgumblah

“Some genuinely funny moments and gags. Really wanted to see it because Frances Marion worked on the script and she was such good friends with Marion Davies and really lobbied for her to star in comedies, which she was expert in, rather than those stiff and opulent period dramas William Randolph Hearst insisted on. The intertitles were great, particularly the one introducing the sadistic owner of the inn as ‘a kind man… the mean kind’.” —Smitty 🍦

Pride month is here, and we have the queer film lists you need. NeverTooEarly’s Out of the Closets and Into the Cinemas!: Meeting Queer Folks in Dark Rooms is a useful reference list that comes with a warning: “Due to society’s continued ‘surprise’ that queer people even exist, and many filmmakers’ use of that surprise for dramatic or comedic effect, in some cases the mere inclusion on this list may be considered a spoiler. (Can you imagine a world where I’d have to add a spoiler warning to tell you that a film has at least one straight character in it?)” For more Letterboxd lists of LGBTQIA films, last year’s Pride Showdown is a good place to start.

Farewell, Anthony Bourdain. While the culinary icon appeared in several films as himself, he also once compiled this fascinating list of “most uncompromising crime films” for the Book of Lists, writing: “Is it good? Is it realistic? (That leaves out The Godfather). Is it a timeless ‘how-to’? Those are the criteria here. No good guys or bad guys—just a moral quagmire of betrayal, lust, greed and crushing, grim inevitability. That’s my recipe for a good time at the movies!”

June 16, 2018 is officially “Buster Keaton Day” in Los Angeles. We never need an excuse to celebrate the master of physical gags, but here are some important lists anyway: 1. Buster Keaton ranked on how close to death he came. 2. Buster Keaton gets his kit off. 3. I Heart Buster Keaton.

When you review a movie and it’s based on a game of tag that your Dad has been playing with his friends for three decades… you’re it!

It’s confirmed! There’s gonna be a Legally Blonde 3. Snaps for Witherspoon.