Chelsea Peretti

“I was looking for female directors and this looks interesting. I've never seen it. Girlfriends, not the TV show.”

“Miranda July actually went to my high school. Prior to seeing this film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, I had seen her perform live. I thought, wow, she figured out a way to capture her voice but translate it to film. I thought I'd never seen anything like this. The child actors in this were so interesting and human and strange. It was an incredible feat to get such an offbeat voice into a film so clearly.”

“Trainspotting was like exciting filmmaking. It is so hard to give anything stakes when you're creating an imaginary world. This is stakes up the wazoo.”

“Grey Gardens, honestly truly an influence where you go, yes, like there's something amiss. However, should I wear underpants on my head? I've always been told I'm weird and I think I love anything where that's reflected and it's not me, you feel less alone.”

“That makes me think about Crumb. Did we find Crumb? So again in that same vein, Crumb, I kind of just love that this guy was obsessed with big butts. Also I just love people with compulsive passions, compulsive repeating passions that drive them. I remember feeling some relief in this kind of representation of a non-waif body type.”

“Hollywood Shuffle I've been thinking about a lot lately. I think I saw this long, long ago. I love satire and I love satire of Hollywood because it's a dark and broken world.”

“Wild Strawberries, that sounds cool. I love strawberries. People are going to just shred me in the comments. A remarkable voyage of self-discovery, forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death. Thank you, we're all doing that.”

“Is it 400 or 500 Blows? I always forget. Natasha Lyonne had recommended The 400 Blows. I loved it so much. As a parent, as a mom, I felt so much empathy for what kids go through and just being socialized and how much it sucks and how much adults can kind of dampen your joie de vivre.”

“I wanted to get something from Elaine May because I was listening to Nichols and May. I don't think this is a comedy, I think it's about gangsters but maybe has some funniness to it. I want to check it out. I love a female trailblazer.”

“I'm curious about The Blob because I'm wondering, could I watch this with my child? Will it be too slow? We'll see.”

“I'm always looking for things to watch with my child who is six. Someone recommended this, The Red Balloon. It's short, which is unfortunate, I wish it was longer, but he loved it and so it was a moment of peace and respite from the direction that children's entertainment has gone, which is just greatly underestimating children in my opinion.”