Closet Picks

17 Jun 2024

Ayo Edebiri’s Closet Picks

The actor shares her love for sexy and stylish heist movies like Charade and Thief; praises the work of Juzo Itami (whom she calls “the G.O.A.T.”) and his wife, Nobuko Miyamoto; and talks about the African American surrealist imagery in To Sleep with Anger.

Choices
7
Single films
7
Box sets
0
Chose Director Year
1 High and Low Akira Kurosawa 1963
2 Charade Stanley Donen 1963
3 Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson 1996
4 Thief Michael Mann 1981
5 The Funeral Juzo Itami 1984
6 To Sleep with Anger Charles Burnett 1990
7 Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri 2020

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