An Abecedarium of Directors
(The rule: You can retain the movies of only one director per letter of the alphabet. Which directors do you choose?)
A: Pedro Almodóvar (favorite movie: Pain and Glory)
B: Luis Buñuel (favorite movie: The Exterminating Angel)
C: Joel and Ethan Coen (favorite movie: A Serious Man)
D: Jacques Doillon (favorite movie: Ponette)
E: Victor Erice (favorite movie: The Spirit of the Beehive)
F: Bill Forsyth (favorite movie: Local Hero)
G: Michel Gondry (favorite movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
H: Kore-eda Hirokazu (favorite movie: After Life)
I: James Ivory (favorite movie: A Room with a View)
J: Miranda July (favorite movie: Me and You and Everyone We Know)
K: Ki-duk Kim (favorite movie: 3-Iron)
L: Sidney Lumet (favorite movie: Running on Empty)
M: Lukas Moodysson (favorite movie: Show Me Love)
N: Petter Næss (favorite movie: Elling)
O: Nagisa Ōshima (favorite movie: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
P: Danny and Oxide Pang (favorite movie: The Eye)
Q: Richard Quine (favorite movie: Bell, Book and Candle)
R: Satyajit Ray (favorite movie: The Apu Trilogy)
S: John Sayles (favorite movie: City of Hope)
T: François Truffaut (favorite movie: Small Change)
U: Lee Unkrich (favorite movie: Toy Story 2)
V: Denis Villeneuve (favorite movie: Arrival)
W: James Whale (favorite movie: Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein)
X: Director X. (favorite movie: Across the Line)
Y: Edward Yang (favorite movie: Yi Yi)
Z: Terry Zwigoff (favorite movie: Ghost World)
— September 27, 2021