1 Oct 2025
Mary Bronstein’s Closet Picks
The writer and director selects a pair of feminist films by Dorothy Arzner, shares why Chantal Akerman and David Lynch are her filmmaking idols, and praises how Eric Rohmer’s Six Moral Tales portray complex dynamics between women and men.
- Choices
- 8
- Single films
- 6
- Box sets
- 2
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Dorothy Arzner | 1940 |
| 2 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Dorothy Arzner | 1932 |
| 3 | Frownland | Ronald Bronstein | 2007 |
| 4 | Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978box set, 9 films | ||
| 5 | Inland Empire | David Lynch | 2006 |
| 6 | This Is Spinal Tap | Rob Reiner | 1984 |
| 7 | Six Moral Talesbox set, 6 films | ||
| 8 | It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Stanley Kramer | 1963 |