Filmed 2022-09-12
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
While in New York to promote her film The Woman King , the director stopped by our office and picked up some of her favorite movies, including Black Orpheus and Broadcast News .
What they took
12 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 12 choices reach 17 films.
Least-picked choice here: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood | 2000 |
| 2 |  Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | 1959 |
| 3 |  In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar Wai | 2000 |
| 4 |  Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | 1987 |
| 5 |  A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | 1989 |
| 6 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 7 |  Ratcatcher | Lynne Ramsay | 1999 |
| 8 |  Fish Tank | Andrea Arnold | 2009 |
| 9 |  Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 |
| 10 |  Claudine | John Berry | 1974 |
| 11 |  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Terry Gilliam | 1998 |
| 12 |  An Actor’s Revenge | Kon Ichikawa | 1963 |
United States accounts for six of their eleven single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 17 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 eleven 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.