Elegance Bratton

“Sid and Nancy oh my God we love a tragic Romance shout out Amy Winehouse Blake Bobby and Whitney Sid and Nancy ooh...”

“Summertime well it's got Katharine Hepburn she's giving us this power lesbian energy and I'm here for this [ __ ] so I'm gonna see what it's about...”

“Oh Ratcatcher yo Lynne Ramsay is a total Vibe if you don't know now you know watch this film you will never see curtains the same way again...”

“The Douglas Sirk that's my dude I love Douglas Sirk because one of my favorite filmmakers ever I literally copy this man in my head all the time you know German weirdo sis we got Lauren Bacall we got we got Rock Hudson you know the original trade...”

“All That Heaven Allows Jane Wyman is a whole mood in this movie like this movie is basically like How Stella Got Her Groove Back but with like white people in Connecticut...”

“Rashomon this movie Just does a lot for me I'm very much into the idea of like reconciliation and conflict resolution and also the kind of Rashomon effect right how people remember things from their own subjective points of view and I think this is a movie that really makes that come alive for me...”

“Paris Is Burning the deluxe edition I'm thrilled Carmen Extravaganza we love you R. I. P to all the Pioneers icons Legends and statesmen Femme Queens Butch Queens who paved the way for all of us Butch Queens to have this moment so thank you so much...”

“Bamboozled you know the problem of the black the image of the black in the Western World... Blackface and Minstrelsy is a part of that agenda you know and I think Professor Spike Lee who's my professor at Tisch I think he really broke open a conversation and managed to help the whole world understand the damage those images did through this film and you know Damon Wayans Miss Jada Pinkett Smith Tommy Davidson...”

“This is my favorite movie of all time I personally don't see a difference between documentary and fiction I think there are two paths to the same outcome of truth in film and this film proves it through Gillo Pontecorvo incidentally this film also premiered the New York Film Festival and now the inspection has closed in New York Film Festival so I have I've written about this film in schools many times and I love this film...”

“Last but not least Marilyn Monroe and Some Like It Hot I think Marilyn Monroe is the greatest movie star that's ever lived I think she is the most famous person that has ever lived... She was a feminist she was the first I think she was the first woman to own a production company in Hollywood you know and it's people play her to be some sort of like strung out bimbo and you know you could be sexy and you could be smart...”

“Melvin Van Peebles it's a box of his work Melvin is one of the architects of what can be called Black American Cinema we are all walking in his legacy Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is one of the most badass movies ever made and also one of the most profitable movies ever made people don't talk about that much but now I get to see everything else he's done I'm excited about that...”