Minnie Driver's Closet Picks

While in New York this spring for the release of her new book MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS, celebrated actress and passionate cinephile Minnie Driver stopped by our office for a trip inside our film closet.

Her picks:
• ALL ABOUT EVE
• BETTY BLUE
• AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE
• UNCUT GEMS
• DOWN BY LAW
• WITHNAIL AND I (mentioned)
• LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

[triplejazzmusicisall]

Thanks Minnie for actually talking to the viewer and holding the dvd covers clearly for us to see. This approach and the sharing of knolwedge and opinion were excellent and showed how it should be done. Great choices too.

[vector]

This is hands down the most coherent, expository yet passionate installment of Closet Picks. Minnie Driver would make a fantastically compelling film studies professor. And my soul mate.

[minkey]

This was the best one so far, by far, at least for me. Can we please just have more Minnie Driver?

[ElliotCoen]

Uncat jahms! Love Minnie. See her in the collection soon… 👀

[LazaroTV]

this is the best one. I just watched it twice. It could've gone on for hours and I'd have been just as enthralled.

[andygrabia]

I would watch her talk about movies all day every day. Just brilliant.

[TheBluRayCritic]

What a lovely articulate woman. One of the best Closet Picks in a long time.

[macdara]

I've been waiting for someone to finally pick Betty Blue! The Director's Cut remains one of my all time favourites. Thank you Minnie!

[ct]

Love listening to her speak. There's never a word out of place...and it's almost bizarre, in a great way. Also...she's hilarious on talk shows.

[PentameronSV]

0:16 - *ALL ABOUT EVE* _dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz_ (1950)
0:46 - *BETTY BLUE* _dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix_ (1986)
1:39 - *AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE* _dir. Jane Campion_ (1990)
2:20 - *UNCUT GEMS* _dir. Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie_ (2019)
3:12 - *DOWN BY LAW* _dir. Jim Jarmusch_ (1986)
4:32 - *LA CAGE AUX FOLLES* _dir. Edouard Molinaro_ (1978)

[brewer]

Charm, wit, intelligence, ...what a treasure of a person she is,

[robertaustin]

This was the most passionate and entertaining segment I have watched. Loved how she discussed the films she grew up watching.

[kevinkoch]

Finally someone who actually named the movie titles for us instead of holding up a glaring case and trying to guess. Great video Meeem. Lol

[boleatrus]

Thank you Minnie - at last, someone picks Down By Law. A hidden delight on many levels. Ellen Barkin throwing Tom Waits' shoes out the window; " We all escreama for ice-a Creama"; beautiful shots of pre-Katrina New Orleans; the opening sequence with "Jockey Full of Bourbon" playing; and so much more...

[BlueSoulTiger]

Delightful. Authentic. Funny. just Wonderful. Thank you Minnie Driver!

[inyostudio]

she has aged gracefully. love what she said about Sandler getting snubbed for an Oscar. this year, Pachinko and its main actress Minha Kim, were also snubbed from the Emmys.

[HansDelbruck]

Down by Law is a classic that even many cinephiles to this day are unaware of. It will forever be one of my very favorite movies. See it. You'll be glad you did.

[Ernie]

Minnie Driver never disappoints as a human being. She has never disappointed me with her choices either.

[nickc.]

Minnie is mesmerizing. I’m going to watch the all movies she picked right after all the movies she’s in.

[adamcollins]

Out of all the “Closet Picks” I found this the most insightful and fascinating to listen to…why doesn’t Driver get her own segment in this format?!

Excellent