Daryl
@thecriterioncrypt.substack.com
Fan of all things cinema but especially horror
Obsessed with my personal Criterion Closet, which is reverently dubbed "The Criterion Crypt"
Wannabe Film Critic | History Educator | Physical Media Collector
Letterboxd
🟠🟢🔵 - https://boxd.it/3iCKb
Obsessed with my personal Criterion Closet, which is reverently dubbed "The Criterion Crypt"
Wannabe Film Critic | History Educator | Physical Media Collector
Letterboxd
🟠🟢🔵 - https://boxd.it/3iCKb
When I first saw Pontypool years ago, I thought "Oh, this is a really interesting idea for a "zombie" movie."
It wasn't a homerun of a film, but I give a lot of credit for people who try to bring interesting ideas into film. Especially a genre that can be really cliched.
It wasn't a homerun of a film, but I give a lot of credit for people who try to bring interesting ideas into film. Especially a genre that can be really cliched.
February 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
When I first saw Pontypool years ago, I thought "Oh, this is a really interesting idea for a "zombie" movie."
It wasn't a homerun of a film, but I give a lot of credit for people who try to bring interesting ideas into film. Especially a genre that can be really cliched.
It wasn't a homerun of a film, but I give a lot of credit for people who try to bring interesting ideas into film. Especially a genre that can be really cliched.
Don't yall just love a typo on a post?
I watched a pretty good zombie flick tonight. Not every idea hit, but it was inventive and that is pretty cool in a genre that is often just the same ol' thing over and over
📽🎥🎬🎞
#Letterboxd #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #DaisyRidley #WeBuryTheDead
I watched a pretty good zombie flick tonight. Not every idea hit, but it was inventive and that is pretty cool in a genre that is often just the same ol' thing over and over
📽🎥🎬🎞
#Letterboxd #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #DaisyRidley #WeBuryTheDead
We Bury the Dead (2024)
After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don't just rise—they hunt. The military insists they are harmless and slow-moving, offering hope to grieving families. But when Ava enters a quarantine...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Don't yall just love a typo on a post?
I watched a pretty good zombie flick tonight. Not every idea hit, but it was inventive and that is pretty cool in a genre that is often just the same ol' thing over and over
📽🎥🎬🎞
#Letterboxd #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #DaisyRidley #WeBuryTheDead
I watched a pretty good zombie flick tonight. Not every idea hit, but it was inventive and that is pretty cool in a genre that is often just the same ol' thing over and over
📽🎥🎬🎞
#Letterboxd #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #DaisyRidley #WeBuryTheDead
Here is my #100Years100Favorites list 📽️
I swear, making @letterboxd.social lists is like half the fun of the site.
boxd.it/RqnLa
#Filmsky #Moviesky #LetterboxdLists #Cinema #Movies
#Letterboxd
I swear, making @letterboxd.social lists is like half the fun of the site.
boxd.it/RqnLa
#Filmsky #Moviesky #LetterboxdLists #Cinema #Movies
#Letterboxd
100 Years, 100 Favorites
A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Sinners (2025), The Substance (2024), Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Moonage Daydream (2022) and Spencer (2021).
boxd.it
February 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Here is my #100Years100Favorites list 📽️
I swear, making @letterboxd.social lists is like half the fun of the site.
boxd.it/RqnLa
#Filmsky #Moviesky #LetterboxdLists #Cinema #Movies
#Letterboxd
I swear, making @letterboxd.social lists is like half the fun of the site.
boxd.it/RqnLa
#Filmsky #Moviesky #LetterboxdLists #Cinema #Movies
#Letterboxd
About to head down to my local theater to see Send Help. I hope it is as good as the buzz I am seeing because I am pumped
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be uploaded later tonight
boxd.it/JuhA
#NowWatching #SendHelp #FilmSky #MovieSky #Letterboxd #Rialto
📽️🎬🎞️🎥
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be uploaded later tonight
boxd.it/JuhA
#NowWatching #SendHelp #FilmSky #MovieSky #Letterboxd #Rialto
📽️🎬🎞️🎥
Send Help (2026)
Two colleagues become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle ...
boxd.it
February 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
About to head down to my local theater to see Send Help. I hope it is as good as the buzz I am seeing because I am pumped
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be uploaded later tonight
boxd.it/JuhA
#NowWatching #SendHelp #FilmSky #MovieSky #Letterboxd #Rialto
📽️🎬🎞️🎥
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be uploaded later tonight
boxd.it/JuhA
#NowWatching #SendHelp #FilmSky #MovieSky #Letterboxd #Rialto
📽️🎬🎞️🎥
Please know this, if you use the word "woke" to describe your disdain for a movie, just know that I hate you and your film insights are elementary at best. 📽️
#sorrynotsorry #filmsky #moviesky
#sorrynotsorry #filmsky #moviesky
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Please know this, if you use the word "woke" to describe your disdain for a movie, just know that I hate you and your film insights are elementary at best. 📽️
#sorrynotsorry #filmsky #moviesky
#sorrynotsorry #filmsky #moviesky
Every day in February, I am going to try to watch one movie that I own on #physicalmedia
Today's #film is Miracle Mile from @kinolorber.com
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching #movies #PhysicalMedia #KinoLorber #MiracleMile
📽🎬🎞🎥
Today's #film is Miracle Mile from @kinolorber.com
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching #movies #PhysicalMedia #KinoLorber #MiracleMile
📽🎬🎞🎥
February 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Every day in February, I am going to try to watch one movie that I own on #physicalmedia
Today's #film is Miracle Mile from @kinolorber.com
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching #movies #PhysicalMedia #KinoLorber #MiracleMile
📽🎬🎞🎥
Today's #film is Miracle Mile from @kinolorber.com
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching #movies #PhysicalMedia #KinoLorber #MiracleMile
📽🎬🎞🎥
I am not going to lie, I have watched a lot of dense movies lately. I mean JFK, The Organizer, and Z are a lot to take in. So tonight, I am just bringing it back to pure #schlock with Hobo With a Shotgun
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/cVIsEP
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Kanopy #NowWatching #NowStreaming #Letterboxd
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/cVIsEP
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Kanopy #NowWatching #NowStreaming #Letterboxd
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
A ★★ review of Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
I was browsing Kanopy this evening and found this old gem from awhile back. Is it a great film? No. It really isn't. But I'll be damned if it isn't just good ol' fashioned schlocky ridiculous fun. Sou...
boxd.it
February 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I am not going to lie, I have watched a lot of dense movies lately. I mean JFK, The Organizer, and Z are a lot to take in. So tonight, I am just bringing it back to pure #schlock with Hobo With a Shotgun
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/cVIsEP
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Kanopy #NowWatching #NowStreaming #Letterboxd
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/cVIsEP
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Kanopy #NowWatching #NowStreaming #Letterboxd
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
I am really looking forward to watching The Organizer today.
My favorite #film movement is Czech New Wave, but Italian Neorealism is a VERY close second. And its about #laborunions? Sign me up.
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/Cas
#filmsky #moviesky #ItalianNeorealism #Cinema #NowWatching #PhysicalMedia
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
My favorite #film movement is Czech New Wave, but Italian Neorealism is a VERY close second. And its about #laborunions? Sign me up.
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/Cas
#filmsky #moviesky #ItalianNeorealism #Cinema #NowWatching #PhysicalMedia
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
The Organizer (1963)
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.
boxd.it
January 31, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I am really looking forward to watching The Organizer today.
My favorite #film movement is Czech New Wave, but Italian Neorealism is a VERY close second. And its about #laborunions? Sign me up.
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/Cas
#filmsky #moviesky #ItalianNeorealism #Cinema #NowWatching #PhysicalMedia
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
My favorite #film movement is Czech New Wave, but Italian Neorealism is a VERY close second. And its about #laborunions? Sign me up.
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/Cas
#filmsky #moviesky #ItalianNeorealism #Cinema #NowWatching #PhysicalMedia
🎥🎬🎞️📽️
The only thing more pathetic than the new #Melania movie is trying to get people to review bomb it on #Letterboxd
Trump isn't worth the effort. And quite frankly, Brett Ratner is a creep and his movie doesn't deserve the Streisand Effect review bombing it would generate
📽🎬🎞🎥
#MovieSky #FilmSky
Trump isn't worth the effort. And quite frankly, Brett Ratner is a creep and his movie doesn't deserve the Streisand Effect review bombing it would generate
📽🎬🎞🎥
#MovieSky #FilmSky
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 AM
The only thing more pathetic than the new #Melania movie is trying to get people to review bomb it on #Letterboxd
Trump isn't worth the effort. And quite frankly, Brett Ratner is a creep and his movie doesn't deserve the Streisand Effect review bombing it would generate
📽🎬🎞🎥
#MovieSky #FilmSky
Trump isn't worth the effort. And quite frankly, Brett Ratner is a creep and his movie doesn't deserve the Streisand Effect review bombing it would generate
📽🎬🎞🎥
#MovieSky #FilmSky
I know a lot of folks really were upset today with the passing of Catherine O'Hara. She truly was a genius of her craft. I had a double feature of my favorite movies she was in.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies #Beetlejuice #AMightyWind #CatherineOHara
🎥📽️🎞️🎬
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies #Beetlejuice #AMightyWind #CatherineOHara
🎥📽️🎞️🎬
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I know a lot of folks really were upset today with the passing of Catherine O'Hara. She truly was a genius of her craft. I had a double feature of my favorite movies she was in.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies #Beetlejuice #AMightyWind #CatherineOHara
🎥📽️🎞️🎬
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies #Beetlejuice #AMightyWind #CatherineOHara
🎥📽️🎞️🎬
I just found out about Catherine O'Hara's passing. She was truly magical.
A Mighty Wind is my favorite movie she was in, so that will be my afternoon film.
#Movies #FilmSky #MovieSky #catherineohara #cinema
📽 🎞 🎬 🎥
A Mighty Wind is my favorite movie she was in, so that will be my afternoon film.
#Movies #FilmSky #MovieSky #catherineohara #cinema
📽 🎞 🎬 🎥
January 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I just found out about Catherine O'Hara's passing. She was truly magical.
A Mighty Wind is my favorite movie she was in, so that will be my afternoon film.
#Movies #FilmSky #MovieSky #catherineohara #cinema
📽 🎞 🎬 🎥
A Mighty Wind is my favorite movie she was in, so that will be my afternoon film.
#Movies #FilmSky #MovieSky #catherineohara #cinema
📽 🎞 🎬 🎥
#letterboxdfriday
#lastfourwatched
#letterboxd
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/3iCKb
Possession - boxd.it/1BPm
Sinners - boxd.it/cSxset
Trouble Every Day - boxd.it/cRWZ2L
Z - boxd.it/cQP2hf
📽🎬🎞🎥
#lastfourwatched
#letterboxd
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/3iCKb
Possession - boxd.it/1BPm
Sinners - boxd.it/cSxset
Trouble Every Day - boxd.it/cRWZ2L
Z - boxd.it/cQP2hf
📽🎬🎞🎥
January 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
#letterboxdfriday
#lastfourwatched
#letterboxd
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/3iCKb
Possession - boxd.it/1BPm
Sinners - boxd.it/cSxset
Trouble Every Day - boxd.it/cRWZ2L
Z - boxd.it/cQP2hf
📽🎬🎞🎥
#lastfourwatched
#letterboxd
🟠🟢🔵 - boxd.it/3iCKb
Possession - boxd.it/1BPm
Sinners - boxd.it/cSxset
Trouble Every Day - boxd.it/cRWZ2L
Z - boxd.it/cQP2hf
📽🎬🎞🎥
I am so excited to rewatch Possession tonight 📽
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be available later this evening.
boxd.it/cTEP0d
#letterboxd #nowwatching #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #horror #cinema #physicalmedia
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be available later this evening.
boxd.it/cTEP0d
#letterboxd #nowwatching #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #horror #cinema #physicalmedia
A ★★★★★ review of Possession (1981)
Pre-Viewing Thoughts Tonight's film is a top three horror movie for me. Possession is about as perfect as a horror movie can possibly be. Filmed in West Berlin against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall,...
boxd.it
January 30, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I am so excited to rewatch Possession tonight 📽
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be available later this evening.
boxd.it/cTEP0d
#letterboxd #nowwatching #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #horror #cinema #physicalmedia
Here are my pre-viewing thoughts and a full blown review will be available later this evening.
boxd.it/cTEP0d
#letterboxd #nowwatching #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #horror #cinema #physicalmedia
Tonight's movie is going to have to be Possession. It truly is a masterpiece of horror.
While Possession touches on many different themes, its exploration of gender norms and romantic obsession is decades ahead of its time. 📽️
#Horror #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching
While Possession touches on many different themes, its exploration of gender norms and romantic obsession is decades ahead of its time. 📽️
#Horror #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Tonight's movie is going to have to be Possession. It truly is a masterpiece of horror.
While Possession touches on many different themes, its exploration of gender norms and romantic obsession is decades ahead of its time. 📽️
#Horror #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching
While Possession touches on many different themes, its exploration of gender norms and romantic obsession is decades ahead of its time. 📽️
#Horror #Possession #FilmSky #MovieSky #Cinema #NowWatching
My order from @orbitdvd.bsky.social just came in! 📽
While I am excited for all of these movies, I am most excited for Possession.
@filmsradiance.bsky.social @secondsightfilms.bsky.social
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #physicalmedia #possession #cinema
While I am excited for all of these movies, I am most excited for Possession.
@filmsradiance.bsky.social @secondsightfilms.bsky.social
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #physicalmedia #possession #cinema
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
My order from @orbitdvd.bsky.social just came in! 📽
While I am excited for all of these movies, I am most excited for Possession.
@filmsradiance.bsky.social @secondsightfilms.bsky.social
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #physicalmedia #possession #cinema
While I am excited for all of these movies, I am most excited for Possession.
@filmsradiance.bsky.social @secondsightfilms.bsky.social
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #physicalmedia #possession #cinema
Tonight was a huge success. My wife LOVED "Sinners."
Here is my review of my favorite film of 2025.
boxd.it/cSxset
#FilmSky #MovieSky #MichaelBJordan #RyanCoogler #Letterboxd #NowWatching #Movies #Cinema #BestPicture #Oscars #Sinners
Here is my review of my favorite film of 2025.
boxd.it/cSxset
#FilmSky #MovieSky #MichaelBJordan #RyanCoogler #Letterboxd #NowWatching #Movies #Cinema #BestPicture #Oscars #Sinners
A ★★★★★ review of Sinners (2025)
Pre-Viewing Thoughts After I saw Sinners last spring, I said that I had passed Near Dark as my favorite vampire movie. I was taken in by everything about this film. The music, the theming, the setting...
boxd.it
January 29, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Tonight was a huge success. My wife LOVED "Sinners."
Here is my review of my favorite film of 2025.
boxd.it/cSxset
#FilmSky #MovieSky #MichaelBJordan #RyanCoogler #Letterboxd #NowWatching #Movies #Cinema #BestPicture #Oscars #Sinners
Here is my review of my favorite film of 2025.
boxd.it/cSxset
#FilmSky #MovieSky #MichaelBJordan #RyanCoogler #Letterboxd #NowWatching #Movies #Cinema #BestPicture #Oscars #Sinners
Let's try this again. Sinners is my movie for tonight. I absolutely loved this film in theaters. And tonight, I get to share it with my favorite person
boxd.it/cSxset
#MovieSky #FilmSky #Sinners #Oscars #BestPicture
boxd.it/cSxset
#MovieSky #FilmSky #Sinners #Oscars #BestPicture
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Let's try this again. Sinners is my movie for tonight. I absolutely loved this film in theaters. And tonight, I get to share it with my favorite person
boxd.it/cSxset
#MovieSky #FilmSky #Sinners #Oscars #BestPicture
boxd.it/cSxset
#MovieSky #FilmSky #Sinners #Oscars #BestPicture
One of my goals is to become a film writer/critic, and I am already having a blast talking movies with people here.
I am currently working on my first essay since embarking on this journey. It is called "Nihil Sine Deo: The Faith of Cinema in Ceausescu's Romania"
#FilmSky #MovieSky
I am currently working on my first essay since embarking on this journey. It is called "Nihil Sine Deo: The Faith of Cinema in Ceausescu's Romania"
#FilmSky #MovieSky
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I could listen to Jodie Foster talk about movies all day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2f...
#criterioncloset #criterion #filmsky #moviesky #jodiefoster
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2f...
#criterioncloset #criterion #filmsky #moviesky #jodiefoster
Jodie Foster’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I could listen to Jodie Foster talk about movies all day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2f...
#criterioncloset #criterion #filmsky #moviesky #jodiefoster
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO2f...
#criterioncloset #criterion #filmsky #moviesky #jodiefoster
"Trouble Every Day" just wasn't for me. I think it was Vincent Gallo. It is hard to separate the art from the artist when the dude is just a scummy fellow
Here is my un-starred review
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #letterboxd #newfrenchextremity
Here is my un-starred review
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #letterboxd #newfrenchextremity
A review of Trouble Every Day (2001)
Pre-Viewing Thoughts My movie plans got shifted around a little bit tonight, so I kind of had to pick a movie at the last second. I landed on Trouble Every Day. I don't know a lot about this movie, bu...
boxd.it
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
"Trouble Every Day" just wasn't for me. I think it was Vincent Gallo. It is hard to separate the art from the artist when the dude is just a scummy fellow
Here is my un-starred review
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #letterboxd #newfrenchextremity
Here is my un-starred review
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #letterboxd #newfrenchextremity
Claire Denis is one of the all-time greats. So when my movie plans got switched up, I decided to go with Trouble Every Day.
A full review wont be up until tomorrow, but here is the link.
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#criterionchannel #criterion #clairedenis #nowplaying #nowwatching #letterboxd #filmsky
A full review wont be up until tomorrow, but here is the link.
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#criterionchannel #criterion #clairedenis #nowplaying #nowwatching #letterboxd #filmsky
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Claire Denis is one of the all-time greats. So when my movie plans got switched up, I decided to go with Trouble Every Day.
A full review wont be up until tomorrow, but here is the link.
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#criterionchannel #criterion #clairedenis #nowplaying #nowwatching #letterboxd #filmsky
A full review wont be up until tomorrow, but here is the link.
boxd.it/cRWZ2L
#criterionchannel #criterion #clairedenis #nowplaying #nowwatching #letterboxd #filmsky
I'm kind of bummed. My wife was super tired tonight so she just went to bed. So no Sinners tonight. Gotta pick something else
January 28, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I'm kind of bummed. My wife was super tired tonight so she just went to bed. So no Sinners tonight. Gotta pick something else