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Mary Bronstein

October 2025

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.

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Picks (8)

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

Frownland

Frownland

2007

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

Box Set

Inland Empire

Inland Empire

2006

This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

1984

Six Moral Tales

Six Moral Tales

Box Set

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

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