Closet Picks

8 Apr 2025

Tunde Adebimpe’s Closet Picks

The musician and actor talks about what makes Stan Brakhage’s films “very punk rock,” reflects on working with Jonathan Demme, and selects favorite films such as Black Girl and True Stories.

Choices
8
Single films
6
Box sets
2
Chose Director Year
1 Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams Akira Kurosawa 1990
2 Federico Fellini 1963
3 By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Twobox set, 2 films
4 True Stories David Byrne 1986
5 Black Girl Ousmane Sembène 1966
6 Pariah Dee Rees 2011
7 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme 1991
8 Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975box set, 15 films

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