Josephine Decker

English-born American filmmaker of Butter on the Latch (2013), Madeline's Madeline (2018), Shirley (2020) and The Sky Is Everywhere (2022).

8 things

PersonaOther Ingmar Bergman

loved

Persona is just a perfect movie.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Persona.

Breaking the WavesOther Lars von Trier

loved

And oh my God, Breaking the Waves—it’s just in another universe!

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Breaking the Waves.

loved

As for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma is a goddess. This is just a perfect movie.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

loved

I love Harold and Maude so much.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Harold and Maude.

Pan’s LabyrinthOther Guillermo del Toro

loved

If I had my dream career, I would make twenty films that were like Pan’s Labyrinth.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Pan’s Labyrinth.

Jules and JimOther François Truffaut

loved

The mood of Jules and Jim is opposite from the darkness in Last Temptation. Truffaut captures the pure joy of what cinema can do.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Jules and Jim.

liked

A whole generation of filmmakers grew up seeing Being John Malkovich as a seminal part of their discovery of film.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Being John Malkovich.

ContemptOther Jean-Luc Godard

liked

I was introduced to Contempt by my boyfriend at the time, and I thought it was fascinating.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Josephine Decker, the entry for Contempt.