Amelia Dimoldenberg

“Fish Tank. Fish Tank. I've got to represent the Brits. Here I am. Andrea Arnold, wow, what an amazing director. I love so much of her work. And Fish Tank, is such a brilliant film. I love the fact that the story behind the casting of this, that, they just saw the lead actress, just, I think it was just on the street or on a train station. And, yeah, so I know that's a through line of her work, of Andrea Arnold's work, that a lot of, her cast are street cast. So I'm excited to rewatch that.”

“The Beatles, Hard Day's Night. So how fun is it that like your favorite band then like make movies? The thing I love about this film is like you kind of think maybe this is actually how they live in this like crazy vortex of a world, and you kind of, you believe it even though it's totally obviously not true. And the other reason I love this movie is because I feel like it's the influence for one of my other favorite movies, which is Spice World. I think more pop stars and more bands should be making movies. I'm going to put that out there, that, why not?”

“12 Angry Men, one of the greatest movies of all time. So simple yet effective, the power of having a movie just basically in one room. And, there's so much emotion and the heat of the room, and I feel like you really feel that energy, and it's just such an interesting stylistic choice. So yes, 12 Angry Men.”

“What else do we have? All That Jazz. I thought that that was where the song was from, "All That Jazz." It's not, that is Chicago. But that is, to be honest, that is what drew me in at first. I was like, oh, I love that song "All That Jazz." I was really pleasantly surprised by this, if not a little shaken up by what happened. See, you can't really reveal anything in this as well, that's why it's kind of cool, and I appreciate, I appreciate that. There you go.”

“Wow, I've never seen the cover art for this, that's brilliant. This is totally not what the movie looks like at all. The Worst Person in the World. When I watched it, I felt like, this is what I've been yearning to watch, that shows me something about love, about relationships, about what it means to be a woman falling in and out of love in the same way, but very different, that I love and connect with rom-coms. To me, this felt like the rom-com I was looking for, but yet is still not. And yeah, I thought it was great how, I don't know, I don't want to spoil. I love the ending, the ending is great and somewhat, I'm not, yeah, loved it, great ending. I love how real this movie felt.”

“Okay, here we go, she's, she's into French cinema now, she's sophisticated. Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The thing that really draws me into cinema is just the chemistry between actors. That's actually also what I'm trying to do with my own work on Chicken Shop Date, is I'm all about the chemistry, creating chemistry, and like, that's what I think people really connect to in my work, and that's what I connect to in other people's work. And I just really was sort of, thought it was such a great idea for a story about a woman who did not want to get married and sort of then found love in her own way.”

“And then I, then my sister actually told me to watch Petite maman. And this is a very interesting film, and it uses magic realism really well in a very eerie yet beautiful way. And, I love that, I love, I love magic realism in a lot of movies. And also, I love watching French cinema because it makes me feel like I'm smart. So there you go, this is, this is going in there.”

“So I'm going in with another film I've never heard of before until my sister told me about Girlfriends. She was like, if you, you need to watch Girlfriends because you love Frances Ha. And I love Frances Ha, it's one of my, Noah Baumbach, one of my favorite films ever. Love Greta Gerwig just as much as a performer as I do as a director. And apparently this film, is one of the influences of Frances Ha, so I can't wait to watch this. Oh, and it's got, it's a female director, even better.”