Filmed 2024-11-11
Jeremy Pope
The singer and actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The singer and actor reflects on Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied and the importance of seeing Black queer men express themselves on-screen, talks about working with Regina King on One Night in Miami . . ., and selects favorites by Carl Franklin and Spike Lee.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 6 choices reach 12 films.
Least-picked choice here: One Night in Miami . . ., taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 |
| 2 |  Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | 1990 |
| 3 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 4 |  One Night in Miami . . . | Regina King | 2020 |
| 5 |  The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs box set, 7 films | · | · |
| 6 |  The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | 1940 |
United States accounts for five of their five single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 12 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 five 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.