Julia Fox

“! All About My Mother. Okay, so I had an advisor in high school. She lent me a box set of all his movies. Why am I crying over Pedro Almodóvar? I love Pedro Almodóvar. But I had never seen unconventional beauty, or beauty that was not the norm, be so propped up and made to be so beautiful, like the large noses and the interesting Faces, and it just really, like, changed my life. Definitely gonna take that.”

“Oh my gosh. This film, The Virgin Suicides. I actually grew up above a video store, and, when this film came out, I was probably like 11 years old and I rented it, and then I went on to rent it, like, once a week for the entire year, to the point where my dad was like, 'Are you okay?' You know, being a girl is hard, and sometimes it’s hard to even explain why. And this film did that. It’s going in the briefcase.”

“Oh my gosh, Grey Gardens. I feel like she is such a fashion reference for me. I love the head wrappings and the jewelry, the fur coats. I love how she was still so glamorous. Even though she lived in squalor, she still was able to find little unique things to still make herself feel beautiful and glamorous. And I feel like she’s just a great example of the resilience of women. I feel like little Edie was definitely that. Also my aunt and my grandma were very much giving this vibe.”

“Ugetsu. Oh, a Japanese ghost story.”

“Tiny Furniture. This was Lena Dunham’s first film that put her on the map. This was really a big deal for the New York girls. I feel like she really captured that feeling of you go to college, have all these Dreams, think you’re going to get this job, and then really nothing happens. And you feel like you come home and everyone’s moved on without you. And she really captured that millennial trauma of like, 'Wait, I was promised all this stuff. I did everything right.'”

“Oh, A Face in the Crowd. Yeah, Elia Kazan directed it. He’s an amazing director. But I love this. The woman who discovers this man, and then he turns out to be… She gives him fame, she opens these doors for him, and then he turns out to be not such a great guy. And that’s a tough position to be in. But definitely such an interesting story. I absolutely love this film.”