Filmed 2026-01-14
Cary Elwes
The actor and author
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor and author talks about the life-changing experience of watching The Battle of Algiers , praises the dreamlike quality of Federico Fellini's movies, and takes home all-time favorites like All That Jazz and O dd Man Out.
What they took
5 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. None of them is a box set, so the count of choices and the count of films reached are the same.
Least-picked choice here: The Hit, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Battle of Algiers | Gillo Pontecorvo | 1966 |
| 2 |  Roma | Federico Fellini | 1972 |
| 3 |  All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | 1979 |
| 4 |  The Hit | Stephen Frears | 1984 |
| 5 |  Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | 1947 |
Italy accounts for two of their five single 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 five 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.