Jonathan Demme

Thought-provoking picks from the Oscar winner.

“I was trepidatious.”

“I was unable to get the film off the ground…”

The director credited an inspiration who became a peer.

The polar opposite of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’.

A “gigantic turning point.”

A carefully curated list of deep cuts and unappreciated misfires.

“I’ll never escape from that guy.”

“What if we could do something incredibly simple?”

A masterpiece primed for the times.

An unusual source of inspiration.

A24 is presenting the restoration.