Jodie Foster

January 2026

The actor and director shares her love for the films of Céline Sciamma, talks about the Olympic Games documentaryVisions of Eight,and reminisces about watchingBerlin Alexanderplatzwith her mom.

13 picks

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Picks (13)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Céline Sciamma

2019 • France • 2h 1m

Unavailable

Petite maman

Céline Sciamma

2021 • France • 1h 12m

Unavailable

The Piano

Jane Campion

1993 • New Zealand • 2h

Unavailable

Visions of Eight

Juri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch, and John Schlesinger

1973 • United States, West Germany • 1h 50m

Three Films by Mai Zetterling

Box Set

Parasite

Bong Joon Ho

2019 • South Korea • 2h 13m

Unavailable

La haine

Mathieu Kassovitz

1995 • France • 1h 38m

La strada

Federico Fellini

1954 • Italy • 1h 55m

Essential Fellini

Box Set

Woman in the Dunes

Hiroshi Teshigahara

1964 • Japan • 2h 27m

Wings of Desire

Wim Wenders

1987 • Germany • 2h 8m

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

1980 • West Germany • 1h

John Cassavetes: Five Films

Box Set