Closet Picks

8 Jan 2025

Brady Corbet’s Closet Picks

The director and cowriter of The Brutalist selects three favorites by Luchino Visconti, praises Larisa Shepitko as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, and talks about the hypnotic, endlessly watchable The Mother and the Whore.

Choices
11
Single films
9
Box sets
2
Chose Director Year
1 The Leopard Luchino Visconti 1963
2 Death in Venice Luchino Visconti 1971
3 The Damned Luchino Visconti 1969
4 Marketa Lazarová František Vláčil 1967
5 Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom Pier Paolo Pasolini 1976
6 The Ascent Larisa Shepitko 1977
7 Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve 2021
8 The Mother and the Whore Jean Eustache 1973
9 World of Wong Kar Waibox set, 7 films
10 Pasolini 101box set, 9 films
11 Dekalog Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988

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