Lila Avilés
November 2023
The award-winning writer and director ofTótemshares her love for Aki Kaurismäki’s “strange, funny filmmaking spirit,” dedicates her selection of Barbra Streisand’sThe Prince of Tidesto her mom, and talks about Werner Herzog as a “warrior” inBurden of Dreams.
7 picks
Picks (7)
Yi Yi
Edward Yang
2000 • Taiwan • 2h 54m
Onibaba
Kaneto Shindo
1964 • Japan • 1h 45m
Eclipse Series 12: Aki Kaurismäki’s Proletariat Trilogy
Box Set
Boat People
Ann Hui
1982 • Hong Kong • 1h 49m
The Prince of Tides
Barbra Streisand
1991 • United States • 2h 12m
Unavailable
In the Realm of the Senses
Nagisa Oshima
1976 • Japan • 1h 45m
Burden of Dreams
Les Blank
1982 • United States • 1h 37m