Filmed 2022-10-21
Elegance Bratton
The director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The director of The Inspection tells us why Jane Wyman is “a whole mood,” why Douglas Sirk is his dude, and which film will forever change the way you see curtains.
What they took
11 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 11 choices reach 14 films.
Least-picked choice here: Summertime, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sid & Nancy | Alex Cox | 1986 |
| 2 |  Summertime | David Lean | 1955 |
| 3 |  Ratcatcher | Lynne Ramsay | 1999 |
| 4 |  Written on the Wind | Douglas Sirk | 1956 |
| 5 |  All That Heaven Allows | Douglas Sirk | 1955 |
| 6 |  Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | 1950 |
| 7 |  Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 8 |  Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | 1990 |
| 9 |  Bamboozled | Spike Lee | 2000 |
| 10 |  The Battle of Algiers | Gillo Pontecorvo | 1966 |
| 11 |  Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | 1959 |
United States accounts for six of their ten single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 14 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.