Filmed 2022-10-01
Elvis Mitchell
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
In town for the New York premiere of his documentary Is That Black Enough For You?!?, the critic and filmmaker selects some of his favorite movies, including a few that opened up new possibilities in Black cinema.
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: The Parallax View, taken by 3 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Husbands | John Cassavetes | 1970 |
| 2 |  Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 3 |  ’Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | 1986 |
| 4 |  To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 5 |  love jones | Theodore Witcher | 1997 |
| 6 |  The Parallax View | Alan J. Pakula | 1974 |
| 7 |  Miller’s Crossing | Joel Coen | 1990 |
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.