Ella Kemp

Ella Kemp Crew

Editorial Lead (UK & Europe) for Letterboxd. Here for all the things that make you feel good.

Favorite films

  • A Woman Under the Influence
  • Magnolia
  • Moulin Rouge!
  • Interstellar

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  • The Passion of Joan of Arc

    ★★★★

  • Okja

    ★★★★

  • The Right Stuff

    ★★★★

  • Bunnylovr

    ★★

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  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★★★★½

    Having trouble staying focused lately. Staying alert, staying grateful, staying content. Just staying still and looking around. It's always an issue but the world more and more feels like it's surely impossible for anyone, not just me. It's a low-grade—often not so low—anxiety, paranoia, gloom, just kind of throw it all in and shut the blinds kind of way. There's no room for small things, no time for plain tiny pleasures. They're romanticised because they just don't seem real. Even…

  • The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★★

    the vines will grow and cover it all

    Everything I want to say is in here.

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  • The Passion of Joan of Arc

    The Passion of Joan of Arc

    ★★★★

    I know we all might fuck around and say “invented acting” or “invented cinematography” or “invented piano music” but maybe sometimes it’s true

  • Okja

    Okja

    ★★★★

    Nearly 10 years later I can't really think of many other people making films as fun and original as this

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  • The Banshees of Inisherin

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    ★★★★

    I will NOT leave my donkey outside when I’m sad

  • The Worst Person in the World

    The Worst Person in the World

    ★★★★★

    “It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart.”

    So much to say and no clue where to begin. Makes me grateful and hopeful and terrified and excited about every decision, every meeting, every kiss that’s turned into a memory that’s turned into the best feeling in the world, however fleeting, even when you know there’s an end and a sadness and a loneliness and a sharp pang of quiet to follow soon after. Is it worth it?…