Rachel Sennott

“We’re starting with Tiny Furniture. Obviously, Lena Dunham, huge inspiration to me. I watched Girls, it made me want to move to New York. And then I sort of did the deep dive into her work and then I discovered Tiny Furniture. When me and my friend Emma Seligman were writing Bottoms and Emma was writing Shiva Baby, we would always be like, “Tiny Furniture to Girls, Tiny Furniture to Girls.” Basically saying, like, you start your work and you establish it. She’s the inspo. Love her.”

“Here’s a good one: Happiness by Todd Solondz. Great movie. Makes me really uncomfortable, but also makes me laugh. And I like that kind of uncomfortable humor. Obviously.”

“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. There’s, like, surrealist elements to it, but at the same time, I just related to the Crash out, of feeling so insane. And I love when she lights her bed on fire. Just something I’ve wanted to do in my life.”

“Punch-Drunk Love. It was one of the movies– so I actually didn’t get to watch a lot of movies in high school and middle school because my parents were really strict. So then I went to NYU and every film boy ever showed me a bunch of movies. Thank you to them. But someone showed me this movie. I was already a fan of Adam Sandler and how funny he is. In this movie he’s, like, tortured by his Sisters. I just love Adam Sandler and I think he’s so incredible in it.”

“To Die For, a Gus Van Sant film starring the one and only Nicole Kidman. I love this movie. I love Nicole. One of the best actresses ever. Period. Down. She is so good in this movie. I thought it was, like, hilarious, but also, like, she’s someone who, when she’s funny, she’s still giving an Oscar-winning Performance. And I just loved this character that she played, of, like, ambitious, maybe a little unstable woman. I love the outfits she wears. Fabulous film.”