A couple weeks ago, I decided I wanted to start keeping a film journal to track my increasingly frequent movie watching. Previously, I’d just been keeping a running list of the films I’d watched, but a log, I figured, would give this pursuit a greater sense of intentionality and focus. Searches for “fountain pen–friendly film journals” and similar terms turned up little in the way of results. Removing the fountain pen qualification, of course, drastically broadened the scope, and there’s no end of movie logs to choose from.

I liked the look and features of this A24 Movie Log, but nowhere on the website was there any information about the type or quality of the interior paper, nor could I find any reviews from other fountain pen users. So I took a chance and purchased the log, and I’m happy to report that the paper is indeed quite fountain pen friendly. There’s a fair amount of ghosting, but zero bleed and only the tiniest bit of feathering. Sheen and shimmer show up just fine.

Now if someone has the same questions I did about this notebook’s paper quality, hopefully they’ll be able to find this post.