Filmed 2024-10-09
André Holland
The actor and star
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor and star of Exhibiting Forgiveness talks about his hero, the late James Earl Jones, and his performance in Claudine ; shares how Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun sparked his desire to perform; and selects films by friends and collaborators Dee Rees and Barry Jenkins.
What they took
7 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 7 choices reach 10 films.
Least-picked choice here: A Raisin in the Sun, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pariah | Dee Rees | 2011 |
| 2 |  Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 3 |  To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 4 |  Medicine for Melancholy | Barry Jenkins | 2008 |
| 5 |  Claudine | John Berry | 1974 |
| 6 |  Matewan | John Sayles | 1987 |
| 7 |  A Raisin in the Sun | Daniel Petrie | 1961 |
United States accounts for six of their six single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 10 films.
Closest taste
Jaccard overlap against every other visit, counted on what came off the shelf rather than on films, so a shared box set counts once rather than as the films inside it.
403 visits compared · 31 filmed-together pairs excluded
Their decades
Their six single films with a release year on record, against where every guest's single-film picks land. Box sets are left out of both sides, so the two bars measure the same thing.