Justin LaLiberty
@jlalibs.com
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
https://letterboxd.com/jlalibs/
Director of Operations at OCN Distribution, Curator of Cinématographe, Producer at Vinegar Syndrome
Words at Screen Slate and Letterboxd, mostly
https://letterboxd.com/jlalibs/
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Justin LaLiberty
@jlalibs.com
· Nov 11
This was my pinned image on the other site for two years, following the death of Godard, and it still captures who I am and what I care about more than anything else so it’s here too. For posterity.
Just throwing this out there: there has never been a more perfect time to go see a movie.
Unless, of course, you live in a Version dead zone and everyone uses another carrier.
Unless, of course, you live in a Version dead zone and everyone uses another carrier.
Verizon is down, with many users seeing 'SOS' – here's everything we know about this outage
Seemingly 'SOS' is replacing network bars
www.techradar.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Just throwing this out there: there has never been a more perfect time to go see a movie.
Unless, of course, you live in a Version dead zone and everyone uses another carrier.
Unless, of course, you live in a Version dead zone and everyone uses another carrier.
We are hiring a social media manager, for anyone in the CT area who wants to work with me and my colleagues. It's a good gig! This is an in person position with marketing experience required. Please, please, don't send me resumes -- just apply via email per the link!
Careers
If you are browsing the VS website, you already have a passion for film. Here's a golden opportunity to join the VS team and merge your passion with a solid high-growth career!. Vinegar Syndrome is a ...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
We are hiring a social media manager, for anyone in the CT area who wants to work with me and my colleagues. It's a good gig! This is an in person position with marketing experience required. Please, please, don't send me resumes -- just apply via email per the link!
Jealous of all of the people who are about to see BACURAU and NEIGHBORING SOUNDS for the first time soon. Some eyes are going to be opened.
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Jealous of all of the people who are about to see BACURAU and NEIGHBORING SOUNDS for the first time soon. Some eyes are going to be opened.
Neon should require all awards shows to just use a clip of the “leg scene” for THE SECRET AGENT, which would play great out of context for people viewing at home.
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Neon should require all awards shows to just use a clip of the “leg scene” for THE SECRET AGENT, which would play great out of context for people viewing at home.
I don’t hate that the “box office and cinematic achievement” award exists as it’s good that we are acknowledging, and encouraging, the movie theater experience but it’s a bummer that it’s inherently populist by nature and that SINNERS feels like it’ll be sidelined for money over craft.
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I don’t hate that the “box office and cinematic achievement” award exists as it’s good that we are acknowledging, and encouraging, the movie theater experience but it’s a bummer that it’s inherently populist by nature and that SINNERS feels like it’ll be sidelined for money over craft.
Bobby Cannavale buying a bearded dragon at a NJ reptile expo is the plot of the next Bronstein/Safdie script.
January 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Bobby Cannavale buying a bearded dragon at a NJ reptile expo is the plot of the next Bronstein/Safdie script.
Reminder that the globes aren’t airing the original score award but we all got to suffer through that minutes long podcast presentation.
Hans Zimmer Says It’s a ‘Shame’ the Golden Globes Won’t Air Original Score Category: ‘Don’t Ignore’ Composers Because ‘You Don’t Have a Movie Without Them’
Hans Zimmer slams the Golden Globes' decision not to air best original score, says not to "ignore composers, you don't have a movie without them."
variety.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Reminder that the globes aren’t airing the original score award but we all got to suffer through that minutes long podcast presentation.
“Cinema should be seen in cinemas”, Stellan Skarsgård with the real rallying cry only minutes into this thing
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
“Cinema should be seen in cinemas”, Stellan Skarsgård with the real rallying cry only minutes into this thing
From here on, he shall only be referred to as Paul “Let Him Cook” Thomas Anderson
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
From here on, he shall only be referred to as Paul “Let Him Cook” Thomas Anderson
Devoured this monograph about Ed Wood, written by @willsloanesq.bsky.social which walks the finest, rarest, line between affection and criticism. I can’t recommend it enough.
Published by @orbooks.bsky.social
Published by @orbooks.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Devoured this monograph about Ed Wood, written by @willsloanesq.bsky.social which walks the finest, rarest, line between affection and criticism. I can’t recommend it enough.
Published by @orbooks.bsky.social
Published by @orbooks.bsky.social
I’ve been saying for years that this company is full of it and that the phone policy was always just a marketing stunt. Now, the theater chain that wanted you to believe they cared enough about the sanctity of the cinema to boot phone users is moving to a digital (phone based) food ordering system.
Alamo Drafthouse Moves to Mobile Food Ordering in the Movie Theater
The small screen meets the big screen.
gizmodo.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I’ve been saying for years that this company is full of it and that the phone policy was always just a marketing stunt. Now, the theater chain that wanted you to believe they cared enough about the sanctity of the cinema to boot phone users is moving to a digital (phone based) food ordering system.
RIP to Béla Tarr, an artist who made beautiful (often haunting) films on his own terms and took no prisoners when talking about them. Truly one of the best to ever do it.
Full interview: www.filmcomment.com/blog/intervi...
Full interview: www.filmcomment.com/blog/intervi...
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
RIP to Béla Tarr, an artist who made beautiful (often haunting) films on his own terms and took no prisoners when talking about them. Truly one of the best to ever do it.
Full interview: www.filmcomment.com/blog/intervi...
Full interview: www.filmcomment.com/blog/intervi...
A belated final stack of new disc arrivals for 2025, on to 2026!
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
A belated final stack of new disc arrivals for 2025, on to 2026!
I’m the type of person who constantly thinks they aren’t doing enough. My day job is running operations for OCN Distribution, which is mainly scheduling, manufacturing and selling home video releases for nearly fifty labels.
But I just tallied it up and I also produced 81 discs last year, myself.
But I just tallied it up and I also produced 81 discs last year, myself.
January 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I’m the type of person who constantly thinks they aren’t doing enough. My day job is running operations for OCN Distribution, which is mainly scheduling, manufacturing and selling home video releases for nearly fifty labels.
But I just tallied it up and I also produced 81 discs last year, myself.
But I just tallied it up and I also produced 81 discs last year, myself.
This is so well earned, proud of Jake and Jim for their hard work and stoked to work with them on the home video side.
Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is so well earned, proud of Jake and Jim for their hard work and stoked to work with them on the home video side.
To say I’m excited about the first @cine-matographe.bsky.social release of 2026 would be an understatement. It’s a true honor to present the world UHD debut of Karel Reisz’s sublimely acted, painfully tense, crime drama THE GAMBLER. A release that feels long overdue.
On sale now! Happy New Year!
On sale now! Happy New Year!
The Gambler
2026 Subscribers: this is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing.
This special limited edition J-card MediaBoo
vinegarsyndrome.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
To say I’m excited about the first @cine-matographe.bsky.social release of 2026 would be an understatement. It’s a true honor to present the world UHD debut of Karel Reisz’s sublimely acted, painfully tense, crime drama THE GAMBLER. A release that feels long overdue.
On sale now! Happy New Year!
On sale now! Happy New Year!
My new year gift to you all is this 2,600+ title @letterboxd.social list that compiles all of the films listed as First Viewings and Discoveries in the @screenslate.bsky.social year end poll. It's probably the only list where you'll find Rollerball (2002) alongside 25 films directed by Mikio Naruse.
Screen Slate First Viewings and Discoveries 2025
presented in ballot order, from the link below, to allow for easy following along with those who made the selections first (each film can only be listed once) www.screenslate.com/articles/best-movies-...
letterboxd.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
My new year gift to you all is this 2,600+ title @letterboxd.social list that compiles all of the films listed as First Viewings and Discoveries in the @screenslate.bsky.social year end poll. It's probably the only list where you'll find Rollerball (2002) alongside 25 films directed by Mikio Naruse.
We have made it to the year 2026, the setting for the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis.
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
We have made it to the year 2026, the setting for the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis.
My New Year’s resolution is to make my way through those unwatched discs (300+)
January 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
My New Year’s resolution is to make my way through those unwatched discs (300+)
I’m not going to a movie today (wish I was) so my moviegoing for 2025 is over. I saw 170 films in theaters this year, way up from 2024, which is pretty heartening considering I live in the suburbs with zero art-houses nearby without venturing into NYC. Hoping for more in 2026!
a year in the dark 2025
in chronological order, from screening date
boxd.it
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’m not going to a movie today (wish I was) so my moviegoing for 2025 is over. I saw 170 films in theaters this year, way up from 2024, which is pretty heartening considering I live in the suburbs with zero art-houses nearby without venturing into NYC. Hoping for more in 2026!
2025 was such a banner year for movies on disc that I’m having a hard time putting together my usual top 20. I got it down to 100 releases and I can’t find any fat to trim. That’s the sign of a healthy physical media landscape. I bought 386 new disc releases, the most of any year of my life.
December 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
2025 was such a banner year for movies on disc that I’m having a hard time putting together my usual top 20. I got it down to 100 releases and I can’t find any fat to trim. That’s the sign of a healthy physical media landscape. I bought 386 new disc releases, the most of any year of my life.
Bardot is the most transfixing aspect of LE MEPRIS, not due to what the American distributors would have you believe (see image in the comments) but because she finds a palpable beauty in sadness and is arguably the best, maybe even most iconic, conduit for Godard’s cynicism on screen.
RIP
RIP
December 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Bardot is the most transfixing aspect of LE MEPRIS, not due to what the American distributors would have you believe (see image in the comments) but because she finds a palpable beauty in sadness and is arguably the best, maybe even most iconic, conduit for Godard’s cynicism on screen.
RIP
RIP
Finally taking the VR plunge. Any software/app recommendations or tips would be appreciated! This is all very new to me but I’m looking for games, movies that work well in VR (especially 3D movies), and any sort of fitness/productivity softwares that work well in mixed reality.
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Finally taking the VR plunge. Any software/app recommendations or tips would be appreciated! This is all very new to me but I’m looking for games, movies that work well in VR (especially 3D movies), and any sort of fitness/productivity softwares that work well in mixed reality.
I worked in movie theaters for nearly twenty years in various roles, often on Christmas Eve or Christmas, and I loved seeing people pack the house for the holiday. Families, couples, people flying solo who might not have anywhere else to go. Cinemas are a great common denominator. Go see a movie!
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I worked in movie theaters for nearly twenty years in various roles, often on Christmas Eve or Christmas, and I loved seeing people pack the house for the holiday. Families, couples, people flying solo who might not have anywhere else to go. Cinemas are a great common denominator. Go see a movie!
Would love to know what the historical armor accuracy folk think about the costuming for BEOWULF ‘99 starting Christopher Lambert.
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Would love to know what the historical armor accuracy folk think about the costuming for BEOWULF ‘99 starting Christopher Lambert.