Filmed 2026-05-19
David Tennant
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor praises Terry Gilliam’s extraordinary imagination, talks about the subtle beauty and intelligence of Brief Encounter, and examines what made Laurence Olivier’s Shakespearean performances so remarkable.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 6 choices reach 11 films.
Least-picked choice here: Olivier’s Shakespeare, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | 1981 |
| 2 |  The Importance of Being Earnest | Anthony Asquith | 1952 |
| 3 |  David Lean Directs Noël Coward box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 4 |  His Girl Friday | Howard Hawks | 1940 |
| 5 |  Olivier’s Shakespeare box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 6 |  12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | 1957 |
United Kingdom accounts for two of their four single films. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 11 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 four 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.