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Boots Riley

April 2026

The writer and director reminisces about seeingBlack Girlin the cinema with his mom as a child, shares howTrue StoriesandElectioninfluenced his approach to filmmaking, and talks about the emotional truth behind the visual artifice of Pedro Almodóvar’s work.

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Picks (12)

Three Revolutionary Films by Ousmane Sembène

Three Revolutionary Films by Ousmane Sembène

Box Set

Black Girl

Black Girl

Ousmane Sembène

1966 • Senegal, France • 1h 5m

Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films

Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films

Box Set

True Stories

True Stories

David Byrne

1986 • United States • 1h 29m

Election

Election

Alexander Payne

1999 • United States • 1h 43m

The Hero

The Hero

Satyajit Ray

1966 • India • 1h 58m

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner

1987 • United States • 1h 39m

The Qatsi Trilogy

The Qatsi Trilogy

Box Set

All About My Mother

All About My Mother

Pedro Almodóvar

1999 • Spain • 1h 41m

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Pedro Almodóvar

1988 • Spain • 1h 28m

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Paul Schrader

1985 • United States, Japan • 2h 1m

Essential Fellini

Essential Fellini

Box Set

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