Filmed 2026-06-03
John Leguizamo
The actor, writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor, writer, and director shares what makes Michael Haneke and Robert Bresson such exceptional filmmakers, praises the cinematography of Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, and talks about the power of representation in Do the Right Thing and El Norte.
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 Gold Rush, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Piano Teacher | Michael Haneke | 2001 |
| 2 |  Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | 2018 |
| 3 |  A Man Escaped | Robert Bresson | 1956 |
| 4 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 5 |  El Norte | Gregory Nava | 1983 |
| 6 |  The Gold Rush | Charles Chaplin | 1942 |
United States accounts for three 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.