9 Apr 2024
Annie Baker and Lucian Johnston’s Closet Picks
The writer-director of Janet Planet joins the film’s editor in praising Maurice Pialat’s unsentimental depiction of childhood, their collaborator Maria von Hausswolff’s cinematography in Godland, and the ineffable magic of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
- Choices
- 6
- Single films
- 5
- Box sets
- 1
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L’enfance nue | Maurice Pialat | 1968 |
| 2 | L’argent | Robert Bresson | 1983 |
| 3 | A Matter of Life and Death | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | 1946 |
| 4 | Godland | Hlynur Pálmason | 2022 |
| 5 | Design for Living | Ernst Lubitsch | 1933 |
| 6 | The Complete Films of Agnès Vardabox set, 22 films |