2 visits · 2016-06-27 to 2025-08-25
Ira Sachs
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he talks about the infectious energy of Night and the City, shares why Beau travail and Cold Water were transformative works for independent filmmakers in the 1990s, and praises the work of Michael Roemer.
What they took
17 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 17 choices reach 22 films.
across 2 visits
Least-picked choice here: Night and the City, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  3 Women | Robert Altman | 1977 |
| 2 |  Night and the City | Jules Dassin | 1950 |
| 3 |  Beau travail | Claire Denis | 1999 |
| 4 |  Cold Water | Olivier Assayas | 1994 |
| 5 |  Nothing but a Man | Michael Roemer | 1964 |
| 6 |  The Heiress | William Wyler | 1949 |
| 7 |  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1972 |
Least-picked choice here: Shoah, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Complete Jacques Tati box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 2 |  Good Morning | Yasujiro Ozu | 1959 |
| 3 |  Salvatore Giuliano | Francesco Rosi | 1962 |
| 4 |  Charulata | Satyajit Ray | 1964 |
| 5 |  Shoah | Claude Lanzmann | 1985 |
| 6 |  Shock Corridor | Samuel Fuller | 1963 |
| 7 |  All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | 1979 |
| 8 |  The Magic Flute | Ingmar Bergman | 1975 |
| 9 |  The Moment of Truth | Francesco Rosi | 1965 |
| 10 |  Magnificent Obsession | Douglas Sirk | 1954 |
United States accounts for seven of their 16 single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 22 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 16 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.