Filmed 2025-07-22
Ethel Cain
The singer-songwriter
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The singer-songwriter shares why Thelma & Louise was a North Star when writing her first album, praises the way Days of Heaven immerses viewers in its beauty, and talks about her deep affection for Grey Gardens .
What they took
6 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: Days of Heaven, taken by 4 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott | 1991 |
| 2 |  Crash | David Cronenberg | 1996 |
| 3 |  Eraserhead | David Lynch | 1977 |
| 4 |  Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir | 1975 |
| 5 |  Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick | 1978 |
| 6 |  Grey Gardens | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer | 1975 |
United States accounts for four of their six 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 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.