Filmed 2026-04-07
John C. Reilly
The actor and musician
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor and musician shares his love for Tom Waits in Down by Law, reminisces about watching The Brood in the cinema as a child, and champions the rebellious spirit of The Great Escape.
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: The Brood, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | 1986 |
| 2 |  The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | 1976 |
| 3 |  The Brood | David Cronenberg | 1979 |
| 4 |  Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | 1991 |
| 5 |  On the Waterfront | Elia Kazan | 1954 |
| 6 |  The Great Escape | John Sturges | 1963 |
United States accounts for five 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.