Guilty Pleasures

Guilty Pleasures: Radu Jude

August 21, 2023

Graphic images: the Romanian director—whose film was the talk of the Locarno film festival—grapples with guilt and pleasure vis-à-vis art and culture in the context of war

Guilty Pleasures: Joachim Trier

By Joachim Trier

January 31, 2022

Revenge of the fallen: FC’s beloved column returns with the director of The Worst Person in the World making his case for The Muppet Movie, Eat Pray Love, Rad, and more.

Bong Joon Ho’s Guilty Pleasures

By Bong Joon Ho

February 25, 2020

The Parasite director shares his favorite guilty pleasure films in this 2006 article

Guilty Pleasures: Carrie Fisher

By Carrie Fisher

December 29, 2016

From the November/December 2011 issue: an excerpt of Carrie Fisher's favorite cinematic indulgences

Guilty Pleasures: Brian De Palma

By Brian De Palma

September 24, 2015

From the May/June 1987 issue, the director of Carrie and Dressed to Kill some of his favorite shameful cinematic indulgences

Guilty Pleasures: Bret Easton Ellis

By Bret Easton Ellis

July 9, 2013

I don’t believe in the idea of guilty pleasures because I don’t think you should feel guilty about liking anything. (My boyfriend on the other hand says he definitely feels guilty about loving B.A.P.S.) A guilty pleasure suggests that the…

Guilty Pleasures: Joe Dante

By Joe Dante

May 1, 1983

From the May-June 1983 issue, the director of The Howling and Gremlins shares some of his favorite cinematic indulgences

Martin Scorsese’s Guilty Pleasures

By Martin Scorsese

September 1, 1978

The film lover’s list of undersung favorites