Director Gregg Araki has called Charli XCX a “sophisticated cinephile” ahead of the release of their new film I Want Your Sex.
The singer has been open about her love of cinema on social media, sharing her film-viewing habits on TikTok while also having a Letterboxd account.
She will next be seen on screen in Araki’s film alongside Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman, and ahead of the movie’s UK release, the director has praised Charli as well as the wider younger generation of cinema fans.
“Whenever we do screenings in New York, [the audience is] all these Letterboxd kids,” he told The Guardian. “And they’re very sophisticated cinephiles – Charli XCX is one of them!
“They have very discerning taste in auteurs. It really gives me hope that this younger generation seeks out films that are not your standard popcorn multiplex movies.”
I Want Your Sex follows a young man who lands a job for a renowned artist and provocateur, becoming her sexual muse, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
It is one of a string of recent roles for Charli since her hit album ‘Brat’ in 2024, with the star appearing in Erupcja and 100 Nights Of Hero last year, as well as The Gallerist and Faces Of Death this year alongside I Want Your Sex and her own mockumentary The Moment.
The film comes after the release of the singer’s latest album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, with the star debuting some of the new songs live for the first time at a few smaller gigs, before playing a headline slot at Lollapalooza 2026. At the festival, Charli also came out as a special guest for Lorde as they performed their collaboration ‘Girl, So Confusing’.
Alongside the release of ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, Charli has shared an accompanying film and a series of B-sides, which she “begrudgingly” released on iTunes. She has also shared her top five favourite songs from her own discography.
Later this month, the singer will make her headline debut at the Reading & Leeds festivals, before heading on a North America arena tour. Find any remaining tickets here.
In NME’s four-star review of ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, we said: “The world turned her go-for-broke club-pop opus ‘Brat’ into the biggest album of her career and a cultural phenomenon, and Charli has responded by coolly spiking any and all ensuing expectations of her and her music.”
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