Filmed 2024-01-22
Joel Kim Booster
The comedian, actor and writer
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The comedian, actor, and writer recalls wearing out videotapes of Mothra vs. Godzilla; praises Sound of Metal and its star, Riz Ahmed; and talks about the power and importance of seeing love between two Asian men depicted on-screen in Happy Together.
What they took
7 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 7 choices reach 21 films.
Least-picked choice here: Sound of Metal, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | 1940 |
| 2 |  The Big Chill | Lawrence Kasdan | 1983 |
| 3 |  The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | 2001 |
| 4 |  Sound of Metal | Darius Marder | 2019 |
| 5 |  Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 box set, 15 films | · | · |
| 6 |  In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar Wai | 2000 |
| 7 |  Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | 2001 |
United States accounts for four of their six single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 21 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.