writer, director, actor and producer
Cheryl Dunye
One visit, reaching 47 films in the collection.
17 Mar 2024
The writer, director, actor, and producer shares what Marlon Riggs’s work means to her as a Black queer filmmaker, praises Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s radical approach to melodrama, and spotlights Chantal Akerman, Agnès Varda, and other directors whose work she can’t live without.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Married a Witch | René Clair | 1942 |
| 2 | A Hollis Frampton Odyssey | Hollis Frampton | |
| 3 | Mudbound | Dee Rees | 2017 |
| 4 | The Cameraman | Edward Sedgwick | 1928 |
| 5 | Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978box set, 9 films | ||
| 6 | To Die For | Gus Van Sant | 1995 |
| 7 | The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggsbox set, 7 films | ||
| 8 | The BRD Trilogybox set, 3 films | ||
| 9 | The Complete Films of Agnès Vardabox set, 22 films | ||
| 10 | The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye | 1996 |
Least-picked choice here: A Hollis Frampton Odyssey , taken by nobody else.
Closest taste
Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Cheryl Dunye is left out, since they picked from one list.
| Guest | Shared | Jaccard | In common |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent | 2 | 0.125 | Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978, To Die For |
| Kleber Mendonça Filho | 2 | 0.118 | The Complete Films of Agnès Varda, The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs |