17 Mar 2024
Cheryl Dunye’s Closet Picks
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.
- Choices
- 10
- Single films
- 6
- Box sets
- 4
| 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 |