Charli XCX

“I have to start here. This is Céline and Julie Go Boating by Jacques Rivette. This was kind of the first… Actually, the second film that I saw that truly, truly blew my mind, kind of left me jaw on the floor. I just remember feeling like I had never seen anything quite like this. I had never seen anything that was so magical and so… I don’t know, just surreal and beautiful and playful all at once... It’s kind of beautiful and terrifying at the same time, so, yeah, I love this film.”

“The Shrouds, Cronenberg. I’m a big Cronenberg stan. I was on tour when I saw this film. I kind of like to watch films to escape how repetitive life on the road is, and, I will say, when I first saw this film, I was left pretty confused and I didn’t really know what I thought of it. And then I realized... I kind of haven’t been able to stop thinking about this film. I think about GraveTech. I think about Honey, the AI assistant... I think the details in this movie are really quite something.”

“La notte. I actually only saw this film recently. I was in Italy. I got married there, and then I took a honeymoon around some islands in Sicily, and I was like, “Okay, we have to watch something Italian.” So we watched this. And I think the thing that struck me the most about this film was how unafraid of beauty it is. I think this film is so sumptuous and that is something that I feel people are a little bit afraid of these days, to really film something that is just so fucking gorgeous. I...”

“I spend a lot of time in Sweden and I feel like I have an affinity for a lot of Swedish things... Whether that be Bergman. I was in Sweden earlier on in the year... And then we watched Autumn Sonata. And I think this is my favorite Bergman, just because it is therapy, I suppose, and I think the performances in this film are just stunning... Ingrid Bergman’s Performance in this is… she’s just so fabulous and ridiculous... She’s diva. She is diva. Troubled diva, but, you know.”