Sweet 16 is our rapid-fire Q&A series.
Alicia MacDonald is the director of Finding Emily, which is in theaters August 28!
Alicia took time to answer our 16 questions about the movies and movie experiences that have made her life sweeter.
1. First movie you fell in love with
Nuns on the Run
2. Last movie you fell in love with
Sinners
3. A movie scene you’ll never shake
The end of Y tu mamá también
4. A movie scene that never gets old
In The First Wives Club where they’re trying to escape through the window-washing scaffolding. Makes me weep-laugh every time.
5. Favorite movie theater
The Prince Charles Cinema or the Everyman Screen on the Green in London
6. Theater snack of choice
Jelly Babies, but only during the trailers. You have to finish eating before the movie starts.
7. A performance that makes you LOL
Nathan Lane in The Birdcage
8. A performance that makes you cry
Bud Cort in Harold and Maude
9. Favorite childhood movie memory
Seeing Jesse running along and yelling “Go Willy Go!” in Free Willy
10. Movie you saw way too young
Pretty Woman
11. Rainy day movie
My Best Friend’s Wedding
12. Lesson you learned from a movie
“Some men just want to watch the world burn” from The Dark Knight. I know it’s really dark, but I was floored by it. Some people do and it’s really grim.
13. Movie quote you use a lot
“If only we had a wheelbarrow, that would be something.” – The Princess Bride
14. Movie you want played at your funeral
The Princess Bride
15. Movie you’ll defend forevermore
Grease 2
16. Movie you’d pair with Finding Emily
Some Kind of Wonderful or Gregory’s Girl
