
An Angel at My Table1990
Both picked by Agnès Varda in the Criterion Closet, both directed by Jane Campion, and both with commentary by Jane Campion


Though she went on to create a string of brilliant films, Jane Campion will always be remembered for her stunning debut feature SWEETIE, which focuses on the hazardous relationship between the buttoned-down, superstitious Kay and her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, Sweetie, and on their family’s profoundly rotten roots. A feast of colorful photography and captivating, idiosyncratic characters, the tough and tender SWEETIE heralded the emergence of this gifted director, as well as a renaissance of Australian cinema, which would take the film world by storm in the nineties.
Ben Whishaw
Sep 2025
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Commentary: Jane Campion, Gerard Lee, and Sally Bongers
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