Nia DaCosta

October 2025

The writer and director talks about being inspired by Gina Prince-Bythewood’sLove & Basketballat a young age, selects a pair of films that portray the human impact of war, and praises Nina Hoss's performance inPhoenix.

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Picks (9)

Love & Basketball

Gina Prince-Bythewood

2000 • United States • 2h 5m

Unavailable

Come and See

Elem Klimov

1985 • Soviet Union • 2h 22m

The Cranes Are Flying

Mikhail Kalatozov

1957 • Soviet Union • 1h 37m

Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick

1975 • United States • 3h 8m

Unavailable

Summer Hours

Olivier Assayas

2008 • France • 1h 43m

Unavailable

The Power of the Dog

Jane Campion

2021 • United States • 2h 7m

Unavailable

The Complete Films of Agnès Varda

Box Set

Phoenix

Christian Petzold

2014 • Germany • 1h 38m

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

David Lynch

1992 • United States, France • 2h 15m