#film-culture

#film-culture

In 2011, Karl von Randow and Matt Buchanan, two tech-loving New Zealand film buffs, launched Letterboxd, a movie review and rating app inspired by Goodreads, the platform that does the same for books. For several years, they juggled this small project with their work at a web design studio. Then came the Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2020, they hired their first full-time employee, and with the world confined to their homes, their user base exploded.

"The films at this year's Festival represent a wide array of voices, regions, storytelling, and style. In our increasingly divided world, film is a medium that can close some of those gaps, and help us understand the universality of humanity."

"It's a real New York movie, paced like a New York movie, loud like a New York movie, with characters who look like they're New Yorkers," according to ABC News Contributor Chris Connelly about "Marty Supreme." Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis adds that the film represents New York values: "we walk fast, we talk fast. It's get out of my way. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere."