Ayo Edebiri’s Closet Picks

The actor shares her love for sexy and stylish heist movies like CHARADE and THIEF; praises the work of Juzo Itami (whom she calls “the G.O.A.T.”) and his wife, Nobuko Miyamoto; and talks about the African American surrealist imagery in TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.
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[@anniegarcia]

watching this while giggling and twirling my hair and kicking my feet

[@nickk5948]

I grew hair just to be able to twirl it rn

[@myownsundays]

Is there any other way to enjoy this delight

[@Kyrolsha]

@@myownsundaysno this is the only way

[@MonkeyspankO]

you too?

[@Zeroantagonist88]

wtf?

[@FPOAK]

Between the prepared list on her phone and the Radiohead t-shirt I feel like this was the closest the comments section has been to having one of us in the closet

[@topskek9786]

Who are you??

[@Arawn505]

I love that she's a Radiohead fan! I've seen her talk about it elsewhere. And her interest and taste in movies is also really great

[@MK_2023.]

⁠@@Arawn505I’m surprised she still listens to Radiohead after them being so vocal with supporting Israel’s current genocide. Ayo has spoken out against it.

[@OrangeJews1138]

@@MK_2023.that’s how people are when they’re not terminally online

[@MK_2023.]

@@OrangeJews1138 you liked your own comment 😅

[@JasonCryer]

It should be illegal to be this lovable

[@EstebanJulianRamos]

I'm working on the legislation as we speak.

[@user-ly9wr8wj5s]

Republicans are on it.

[@witchplease9695]

@@ruling528You’re pathetic lmao. Someone not sharing your taste doesn’t make them stupid.

[@asia8001]

@@ruling528 Is she stupid because you don’t like her 😂😂😂

[@andrewsearles9893]

@@ruling528maybe try being happy some time

[@wuhansam]

My favorite Irish-Barbadian-Nigerian first gen American actor

[@dpclerks09]

Who are your second and third favorites?

[@wuhansam]

@@dpclerks09 if you are srsly asking chet hanks is the only other 1

[@electrictwilight]

​@@wuhansam😂😂😂😂

[@murderbear9576]

​@@wuhansam wait i thought chet was jamaican

[@asia8001]

@@murderbear9576 I really hope this was a joke 😂😂

[@airacoon]

"I love when friends make movies together. " And she did, with Rachel Sennott. Pure love.

[@TheKKVB]

Congrats Ms. Edebiri on surpassing Martin Scorsese as the number one most followed Letterboxd user!

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

How exciting! I love her reviews 😅

[@vittoriostoraro]

As if that's something to celebrate. Pathetic.

[@yorickmoran6327]

@@vittoriostorarobuzz killer

[@XenonRaider]

​@@vittoriostoraroyou must be fun at parties huh

[@shi2632]

⁠@@vittoriostoraro i’d celebrate ayo edebiri eating a donut if i could

[@ogto]

High & Low is soo good, it takes you one hour to notice they haven't even left the living room.

[@DaveyBoi2k]

I watched it earlier this week. Top 3 Kurosawa in my book.

[@MothGirl007]

It's a great film!

[@bigmoviefreak]

I never noticed it at all! 😱

[@Memo2Self]

And Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are remaking it. Hasn't that basic premise (kidnapping the wrong kid) been done elsewhere more recently? "Full Circle" on HBO?

[@anonamouse.p4115]

No spoilers! 😂

[@mr.morale2022]

ayo edebiri + radiohead + criterion collection = the holy trinity

[@thevoid99]

that is the holy trinity although i'm still waiting for that dual NIN/radiohead tour.

[@The_Gake]

@@thevoid99omg is this a rumor or something because that would be heaven

[@mr.morale2022]

@@thevoid99 that'd go so hard tbh 😩😩

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@thevoid99 Would never happen. Trent Reznor supports Palestine.

[@DanBrady8675]

You can tell she takes her craft so seriously. Love it

[@HBICTiff]

She seems like she would be a great best friend

[@Someones_account_haha]

Me

[@ibrake4oxtail]

Ayo is a dedicated film nerd...love following her on Letterbox'd

[@melissaflora8450]

I think my favorite review of hers is the review for Bottoms. So simple and effective 😂

[@KungFuDanda1]

What’s her Letterbox’d? Would love to follow her on there

[@ibrake4oxtail]

@@KungFuDanda1 Her user is familayo

[@ThePaigeBen]

@@KungFuDanda1 her name is her letterbox'd

[@ashleyclark1680]

I could have watched another two hours of her picking out DVDs. Her smile is so infectious.

[@Nimbus6000]

She is the mother I never had. She is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don’t know a better person.

[@steveblundell7766]

She is an American actress, a comedian, and a television writer who has won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In case anyone doesn't know

[@analusilvaj]

Preach!

[@Guiquipedia]

I don’t. Know. A better person

[@iriejones8292]

You ate that ❤

[@cwg73160]

You don’t know her.

[@WilmersondaSilva]

I never stop smiling while she's smiling

[@period.3371]

The second she mentioned Tampopo, I damn near cried from happiness

[@brynwest4495]

She's so relatable/normal it's refreshing. I feel like I am sitting in a class in college and we are all sharing our favorite movies and she's just another friend/classmate.

[@KazeNiNare88]

"High and Low", "Charade" and "Thief" are some of my all time favorite films! More I see her, more I think she's amazing.

[@lostnthenoise]

She was so adorable showing her joy of film (and the admission she loves the Criterion sales) that I had to add Tampop to my want list immediately!

[@bored1ca]

Tampopo!

[@andrewvenor8035]

Don't watch Tampopo on an empty stomach. I first saw it in 1985 in a theater in San Francisco's Japantown. Walking out afterwords I was so hungry when I found myself surrounded by Ramin shops and other Japanese restaurants.

[@nationalcoasternews5798]

This instantly shot up to one of my all time favorite closet vids. Love her

[@seanmclaggin6775]

“Disgustingly greedy” Nah you gotta go full Barry Jenkins in there lmao

[@amaok1583]

Her taking out the time to shout out Eyimofe, a Nigerian movie on Criterion really makes my heart sing 🥹 Ayo you are you who you say you are, we love you!

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

The NYU dramatic writing degree jumped out!! Loved hearing her insight, and i loved her shouting out Nigerian creatives! I'm going to recommend Eyimofe for my dad and I to watch.

[@hennersmusicreviews58]

Eyimofe is such a great film, and I’d argue the first properly good Nigerian film to ever be released. I sincerely hope we get made films of that quality out of Nigeria soon. It’s very much lagging behind considering how huge Nollywood is.

[@maverickx1221]

She is absolutely awesome on The Bear…happy to see her career blowing up!

[@715creeks]

Ayo’s been killing it lately; from her TV/movie/voice acting roles to the episode she directed in The Bear which was my favorite of the season. Not to mention, she has the best LB reviews ever 😂

[@kidkangaroo5213]

I still think about the Mad Max review randomly in my day to day

[@715creeks]

@@kidkangaroo5213 her Empire Strikes Back one kills me too

[@WHTVRWHTVR]

2:28 I've always had this theory that Owen was the secret sauce that made the early Wes films more human/grounded. Ayo knows what's uppppppp

[@Chandler_strickland002]

It’s cool that she grabbed Micheal Manns Thief

[@bored1ca]

I know - it's one of my all time favorite films. The writing, the cinematography, the actors (James Caan is 🔥!!!) and that score by Tangerine Dream! Just....wow!!

[@postmodernrecycler]

​@@bored1caAbsolutely! That Tangerine Dream score is killer!

[@aolson1111]

The used the score in one of the best episodes of The Bear.

[@domclegg1225]

she grabbed the DVD tho 😭

[@bored1ca]

@@domclegg1225 but she still chose it so c'mon take heart in that!

[@erikdaniels0n]

Ayo Edebiri world domination

[@ajwaddanwarr3409]

THIS IS A SOLID LIST, I love it when actors and directors actually recommend movies I haven't watched before

[@AlasdairGR]

"I'm on these sales. I'm getting these 50% off DVDs" Lol, won't be surprised if I run into her at a Barnes & Nobles one day then. One of us! One of us!

[@antlerbraum2881]

Shoutout to her Radiohead t-shirt

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

The last few closet videos have been excellent. Great hosts devoid of arrogance and sharing their views with us. I could listen to this lady talk about dozens of films in that closet for hours very happily.

[@wayawuffin]

i already loved her but To Sleep With Anger mention⁉️⁉️ YUP THATS MY GIRL

[@amcaesar]

My favorite of her bunch.

[@ddreamfield]

drop the full version NOWWW i could watch her for hours shes so funny and endearing

[@Dappis]

Her description of Bottle Rocket is so real, that film has HEART

[@Rileykeen]

Right out of the gate with High and Low. Didn’t see that coming. Respect. Her picks just kept getting better.

[@CherryFilms7]

I didn't think I could love Ayo more but Criterion proved me wrong! Also, Eyimofe is such a great film, I saw it at a festival years ago and rarely see it mentioned, I didn't even know it was part of the collection so glad to see it's getting some love The only misstep she made was not going for the boxsets 😅 gotta get your money's worth

[@realBrianCars]

Charade is an incredibly fun and underrated movie.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

You can't help but feel such glee and giddiness when Ayo's getting goofy

[@isaacmartinez6904]

I like her movie choices, especially with High And Low, The Funeral and Charade.

[@Clincalyabrasiv]

This is already one of my favorite closet videos, she's so sweet.

[@twice2wice]

Imagine fumbling this girl, i'd wake up in sweats for the next 5 years.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

I’d dream of even having the chance to, lol, she’s such a radiantly joyful fun extremely talented individual, its cool to see her receiving a lot of acclaim and love for it too, she’s had an amazing past two years

[@zanfear]

WOW! An actress under 30 who knows her stuff AND still collects physical media! Wish her all the best in her career!!

[@joshua2814]

Gotta love a guest who admits what we all do-wait for the 50% off sale.

[@cliffdrums]

I always love when fellow film nerds discover Kurosawa's best movie. High & Low is just perfect cinema in every way possible.

[@jacksonwright5145]

Ayoooo! Love her in The Bear and Bottoms. She has great taste!

[@arrietys]

This was really sweet, you can tell Ayo really likes watching films

[@elizabeth4689]

I’m loving all the content we’re getting of ayo recently

[@davidhollingsworth4665]

She is a true cinephile. Very knowledgeable and absolutely infectious. She seems like she would be an amazing person to watch movies with. I bet she was voted most likely to succeed in her high school; she's definitely doing that and rightly so!

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

I remember following her on Letterboxd and honestly I’ve never seen an actor so relatable in their love for movies, i mean QT talks about old movies all the time, but Ayo feels like any of us, just so eager to watch movies and so happy to talk about them, her excitement about movies really lightens my day, she seems so nice and joyful and kickass and also happens to be extremely talented and beautiful. So glad to see her getting the acclaim and love she deserves

[@melissaflora8450]

I literally just hit up my local Barnes and Noble for the Criterion sale. It’s nice knowing Ayo participates in this July activity.

[@tere2sa]

finally an intervirw that you dont have to schedule a time to watch it!!! short and sweet, perfect interview and loved ayo in this obviously

[@SicilMBuff13]

I could listen to her talk about movies for hours. Amazing picks Ayo she definitely one of us with that prepared list for the 50% off sale.

[@Drunkenmaster2000]

One of the best episodes yet - Ayo is fantastic!! You have to have her do this again!

[@gracealvarez6749]

“A movie made by pals.” Is so perfect 😂❤ love her sm

[@resourcefulheart]

One of my favorite criterion closet episodes. She's so excited and knowledgeable of her favorites, I want to see all of them❤

[@StephenYuan]

I don't know this charming woman's work, but I like her list and want to know more about her.

[@Darthbishop]

Watch The Bear

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

The Bear is very accessible, its stressful but you’ll get into it very quickly. Bottoms is not for everyone, very quirky goofy gen-z comedy but super enjoyable, also you’ve probably heard her voice work on the latest TMNT movie, or Inside Out 2, and a guest role in Abbott Elementary was also in Theater Camp. Besides that shes got a lot lined up so im sure you’ll see her somewhere eventually

[@gabrielastein13]

love her and i'm so happy y'all brought her on!! she deserves her flowers

[@ngoodey]

Love her in The Bear, love her in the Criterion closet. Interesting choices too. Thief is incredible

[@jaredmccain7555]

Not to be weird, but she is so pretty.

[@chiefchimp2789]

She's the sweetest. I loved that she chose "High and Low" also!

[@sebastianrodriguez4226]

Criterion release the full version pleaseeeee I need to know her comments about Tati, being there and all about my mother

[@moodymoonz]

Been waiting for this one!!

[@abbaeben6409]

Yao, your direction of s3e6 of The Bear was very very good. Congratulations on such an accomplishment

[@JuliaGarbe1]

What joy radiates from this video!! How wonderful!! Looking forward to checking out these films!

[@naaaaaaaaayyyy]

she's wearing a radiohead shirt too 😭🫶

[@Luca0326]

wow, I couldn't wait to see ayo at closet picks!🤩 great that before coming I made a list of films to watch, that's how it's done!😉💪🏻 Anyway excellent choices, I'll make a nice list on letterboxd with the films she chose!😉

[@thevoid99]

she loves radiohead? oh, i love her even more. btw, go see "inside out 2".... she is so adorable as envy.

[@piadox]

Love a star who is also a cinephile ❤

[@cqtaylor]

I love her energy!

[@ArchieAndy27]

Ayo is everything! ❤ excellent choices 😊 Criterion, please make more of your catalogue available in the UK, thank you!

[@Wa11y]

Ayo is literally the best! People's princess fr fr

[@Locusto199]

I’m in the middle of The Bear S03 right now. Gonna like so I can come back and watch soon. She’s a great talent.

[@ANDRE1mang]

Gosh Ayo. Can’t get any more adorable.

[@adamabdallah6698]

probably one of the best ones of these

[@gstallion]

I just got so hype to see this pop up 😭

[@tony-lu2kg]

Real life Goat. Cannot wait to see where her career takes her

[@cora_m]

This went into my youtube playlist of best videos ever, and I obviously had to create a letterbodx list based on Ayo's picks hihihi

[@lisamena874]

I love what she said about "High and low" ❤

[@Anarchangel349]

Feels like a good place to plug Ayo’s old podcast “Iconography”. Great listen if you want to hear her and her friends talk about art, plus she has an ep where she goes into her love of radiohead

[@CyranoForever101]

Just here for the Radiohead shirt

[@johnlloyd3855]

Love to see so many of my favorites get selected over the typical list of art house films.

[@chrisianlewis]

She’s just about my favourite human being. Great taste, great humour, great talent!

[@BrianBridges]

"I was disgustingly greedy" DAWG, have you even seen Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s closet haul? You weren't greedy, lmao.

[@Warnerchild]

YES for shouting out 'to sleep with anger'

[@Msvalexvalex]

Her movie choices explain so much about how she pulled off directing one of the best The Bear episodes.

[@lunaloutfy]

She's such a delight omg this is the perfect for her because it suits her so well :)

[@freelance_commie]

From Hollywood Handbook Pro Version to the main feed, wow. She’s made it. ❤

[@johnscott_95]

She’s so stinking adorable.

[@LinouGertz]

Love her character in the Bear and she seams just as likeable in person. Would love to watch movies with her!

[@layniemcgrail8438]

watched High and Low in one of my cinema classes and it's been stuck in my mind ever since!

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

So funny and sharp! Best closet picks yet!

[@bigmoviefreak]

A Gen Z that knows her films, and, gasp, loves black-and-white classics? There is still hope! ❤

[@JerichaG92]

According to google she’s a young millennial

[@bigmoviefreak]

@@JerichaG92She’s 28. I’m 47 and people call me a millennial. I thought I was Gen X! Where does it start and end?

[@JerichaG92]

@@bigmoviefreak google says that millennials today were born from 1981-1996. And gen X were born between 1965-1980!

[@bigmoviefreak]

@@JerichaG92 That puts her right smack in between millennials and Gen Z. And I’m certainly within Gen X. But other sources have quoted these periods differently also, so I’m always confused where I belonged.

[@Sad_bumper_sticker.]

This could be 10 times longer and my ears 'd be just as perked up

[@deejay7465]

Juzo Itami's The Funeral is an EXCELLENT choice! 😍🍿🥤

[@brellynmuldoon8642]

Love her. truly an up and coming actress, love her work on The Bear.

[@musicenjoyer4203]

One of the most universally like-able celebrities ever

[@magicknight13]

Yessss love her and these picks! I want to watch Thief, this seems like my sign 😄

[@Schtoopot]

Yes to the t-shirt

[@3bellam]

AYYYOOOOO!!!! MY GIRL! MY WORLD! MY BEST OF FRIENDS! I LOVE HER