Things I love: Fincher’s darkness, Scorsese’s complete mastery of cinema, Lynch’s terrifying weirdness, Paul Thomas Anderson’s originality, Mamet and Tarantino’s dialogue, Demme’s close-ups, Von Trier’s audacity, Spielberg’s magic, Raimi’s mischief, Danny Boyle’s energy, Spike Lee’s intensity
Woody Allen’s wit, Wong Kar-Wai’s romance, Soderbergh’s versatility, Wes Anderson’s quirk, Ridley Scott’s vision, Powell and Pressburger’s imagination, De Palma’s set-pieces, Nolan’s narratives, Nicolas Winding Refn’s violence, Argento’s opera,
the Coen brothers’ everything.












