Natasha Lyonne
May 2025
The actor, producer, writer, and director shares why she thinksNakedis best watched alone, discusses her favorite cinematographer James Wong Howe’s work onSweet Smell of Success, and suggests a Bob Fosse and Richard Pryor double feature.
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Picks (20)
Naked
Mike Leigh
1993 • United Kingdom • 2h 11m
Hoop Dreams
Steve James
1994 • United States • 2h 54m
Heaven Can Wait
Ernst Lubitsch
1943 • United States • 1h 52m
Unavailable
La strada
Federico Fellini
1954 • Italy • 1h 55m
Naked Lunch
David Cronenberg
1991 • Canada • 1h 55m
Unavailable
Umberto D.
Vittorio De Sica
1952 • Italy • 1h 31m
Uncut Gems
Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
2019 • United States • 2h 16m
Unavailable
Devil in a Blue Dress
Carl Franklin
1995 • United States • 1h 42m
Unavailable
Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese
1980 • United States • 2h 9m
Unavailable
Town Bloody Hall
Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker
1979 • United States • 1h 28m
Pickpocket
Robert Bresson
1959 • France • 1h 15m
Trilogy of Life
Box Set
Sunday Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger
1971 • United Kingdom • 1h 50m
Unavailable
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman
Box Set
City Lights
Charles Chaplin
1931 • United States • 1h 27m
Pandora’s Box
G. W. Pabst
1929 • Germany • 2h 21m
Six Moral Tales
Box Set
Sweet Smell of Success
Alexander Mackendrick
1957 • United States • 1h 37m
Unavailable
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Richard Pryor
1986 • United States • 1h 37m
Unavailable
All That Jazz
Bob Fosse
1979 • United States • 2h 3m
Unavailable