Filmed 2024-03-05
Chelsea Peretti
The comedian, actor and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The comedian, actor, and director talks about loving the relatable weirdness of Grey Gardens and the compulsive passion of Crumb; praises Miranda July’s singular, offbeat voice; and shares how The 400 Blows (a Natasha Lyonne recommendation) evokes empathy for the pains of growing up.
What they took
11 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 11 choices reach 15 films.
Least-picked choice here: Wild Strawberries, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Girlfriends | Claudia Weill | 1978 |
| 2 |  Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | 2005 |
| 3 |  Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | 1996 |
| 4 |  Grey Gardens | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer | 1975 |
| 5 |  Crumb | Terry Zwigoff | 1995 |
| 6 |  Hollywood Shuffle | Robert Townsend | 1987 |
| 7 |  Wild Strawberries | Ingmar Bergman | 1957 |
| 8 |  The Red Balloon and Other Stories: Five Films by Albert Lamorisse box set, 5 films | · | · |
| 9 |  The 400 Blows | François Truffaut | 1959 |
| 10 |  Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May | 1976 |
| 11 |  The Blob | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | 1958 |
United States accounts for seven of their ten single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 15 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 ten 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.