Zola Jesus, née Nika Roza Danilova, is an internationally celebrated crafter of haunting electronic pop. She has released five LPs and a series of EPs. Her Criterion selections reflect her love for science fiction and the surreal. Her newest album, Okovi, was released on September 8, 2017, through Sacred Bones.
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Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky
1979
162 min
2
Pitfall
Hiroshi Teshigahara
1962
97 min
3
Winter Light
Ingmar Bergman
1963
80 min
4
Kuroneko
Kaneto Shindo
1968
100 min
5
Letter Never Sent
Mikhail Kalatozov
1959
97 min
6
The Ascent
Larisa Shepitko
1977
109 min
7
Man Bites Dog
Rémy Belvaux , André Bonzel , and Benoit Poelvoorde
1992
96 min
8
Eraserhead
David Lynch
1977
89 min
9
Jigoku
Nobuo Nakagawa
1960
99 min
10
Kwaidan
Masaki Kobayashi
1965
183 min