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Azazel Jacobs

American film director and screenwriter; his features include The GoodTimesKid (2005), Terri (2011), The Lovers (2017), French Exit (2020) and His Three Daughters (2023).

4 things

La vie de bohèmeOther Aki Kaurismäki

loved

La vie de bohème is a film I’ve loved for a long time.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Azazel Jacobs, the entry for La vie de bohème.

2021-03-08·criterion.com ↗

Trouble in ParadiseOther Ernst Lubitsch

loved

I gave this movie to Michelle Pfeiffer to watch because I think of French Exit as a screwball tragedy, and I wanted her to see the daringness of Trouble in Paradise, the rhythms it played with, and the sense of celebration and love of filmmaking that comes through in a great screwball comedy like this one.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Azazel Jacobs, the entry for Trouble in Paradise.

2021-03-08·criterion.com ↗

Harold and MaudeOther Hal Ashby

loved

Harold and Maude is another film I grew up loving and watching repeatedly.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Azazel Jacobs, the entry for Harold and Maude.

2021-03-08·criterion.com ↗

The Breakfast ClubOther John Hughes

liked

It wasn’t until I rewatched The Breakfast Club after not seeing it for years that I realized there’s a lot more to it than I could have ever known when it came out.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Azazel Jacobs, the entry for The Breakfast Club.

2021-03-08·criterion.com ↗

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