Rick Baker, the veteran make-up artist behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video and Hollywood classics like The Nutty Professor and An American Werewolf in London, will be awarded the honorary Vision Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Baker will be handed the award at the festival’s Piazza Grande on August 12. “Rick Baker was […]
Rick Baker, the veteran make-up artist behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video and Hollywood classics like The Nutty Professor and An American Werewolf in London, will be awarded the honorary Vision Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Baker will be handed the award at the festival’s Piazza Grande on August 12. “Rick Baker was […]
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. In 2023, the company was acquired by the Canadi
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. In 2023, the company was acquired by the Canadian company Tiny and today boasts over 26 million user profiles. While this figure seems insignificant compared to companies like Instagram (with around three billion active users), it reflects the cultural power of film as a source of conversation. Those who love movies enjoy watching them as much as discussing and analyzing them in detail, and Letterboxd is aimed at that community — including famous filmmakers and performers.
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