INTERVIEW: Drugs, Sex & Obsession Uncensored In Ira Sachs' Keep The Lights On

Ira Sachs gives his Top 9 New York Films:

Annie Hall – For how years later you still think of Alvy and Annie as a couple you once knew.

The Heiress – Obsession with the wrong guy can be just as romantic as the right one, just ask Catherine Sloper.

Parting Glances – A New York that we lost in the '80s, to AIDS, and to gentrification, and to professionalism.  My fear of nostalgia notwithstanding, Bill Sherwood’s wise film takes me right back to a time I still miss.

Times Square -  The story of two girls in love with life and New york and each other, whether they know it or not.

Midnight Cowboy – For the beauty of a young Jon Voight, and the heartbreak that comes with his devotion to his pal Ratso

King Kong – Turns out the love affair between beast and girl works with our without CGI.

The World of Henry Orient - A film about two girls kindly stalking Peter Sellers somehow captures the romance of childhood without effort.

All Over Me – oh man, being young and gay and in love with your best friend is so damn painful, and wonderful.

Shortbus – Sometimes love looks different than we expect, and comes in the form of a film that blesses each and every one of us for whatever we are hungry for.

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