Filmed 2026-01-12
Laura Dern
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor fondly recalls working with David Lynch on I nland Empire , praises the comedic brilliance of Albert Brooks, and mentions Robert Altman and Spike Lee as directors whose films capture “the essence of culture, community, and truth.
What they took
21 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 21 choices reach 41 films.
Least-picked choice here: David Lynch: The Art Life, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  3 Women | Robert Altman | 1977 |
| 2 |  McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Robert Altman | 1971 |
| 3 |  Tanner ’88 | Robert Altman | 1988 |
| 4 |  Fanny and Alexander box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 5 |  Persona | Ingmar Bergman | 1966 |
| 6 |  Diabolique | Henri-Georges Clouzot | 1955 |
| 7 |  The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy | 1964 |
| 8 |  Belle de jour | Luis Buñuel | 1967 |
| 9 |  The Philadelphia Story | George Cukor | 1940 |
| 10 |  David Lynch: The Art Life | Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm | 2016 |
| 11 |  Inland Empire | David Lynch | 2006 |
| 12 |  Smooth Talk | Joyce Chopra | 1985 |
| 13 |  Real Life | Albert Brooks | 1979 |
| 14 |  Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | 1991 |
| 15 |  Essential Fellini box set, 14 films | · | · |
| 16 |  Scorsese Shorts | Martin Scorsese | · |
| 17 |  The Awful Truth | Leo McCarey | 1937 |
| 18 |  Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | 1989 |
| 19 |  The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | 1955 |
| 20 |  The Last Picture Show | Peter Bogdanovich | 1971 |
| 21 |  America Lost and Found: The BBS Story box set, 7 films | · | · |
United States accounts for 14 of their 18 single films. The three box sets are what carry the reach to 41 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 17 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.