Closet Picks

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.

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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.

GuestSharedJaccardIn 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