Closet Picks

writer and director

Payal Kapadia

One visit, reaching 24 films in the collection.

8 Oct 2024

The writer and director of All We Imagine as Light shares why Sans Soleil and Arabian Nights are gifts that keep on giving, talks about Aki Kaurismäki’s “fun and audacious” Leningrad Cowboys films, and praises Louis Malle’s Phantom India as a must-watch for everyone.

Chose Director Year
1 Loves of a Blonde Miloš Forman 1965
2 La Jetée/Sans Soleilbox set, 2 films
3 Charulata Satyajit Ray 1964
4 Trilogy of Lifebox set, 3 films
5 Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboysbox set, 3 films
6 Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Mallebox set, 7 films
7 Paris Is Burning Jennie Livingston 1990
8 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2box set, 6 films

Least-picked choice here: Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismäki’s Leningrad Cowboys , taken by 1 other visits.

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Closest taste

Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Payal Kapadia is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Marc Jacobs 2 0.077 Loves of a Blonde, Paris Is Burning
Sofia Coppola 2 0.077 Loves of a Blonde, Paris Is Burning