Filmed 2026-02-03
Maggie Gyllenhaal
The actor and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor and director suggests a delicious double feature, reminisces about the thrill of seeing Trainspotting for the first time, and finds inspiration in films like The Marriage of Maria Braun, Il posto, and Persona.
What they took
12 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 12 choices reach 14 films.
Least-picked choice here: The BRD Trilogy, taken by 2 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Beau travail | Claire Denis | 1999 |
| 2 |  Tampopo | Juzo Itami | 1985 |
| 3 |  ’Round Midnight | Bertrand Tavernier | 1986 |
| 4 |  The BRD Trilogy box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 5 |  Il posto | Ermanno Olmi | 1961 |
| 6 |  I fidanzati | Ermanno Olmi | 1962 |
| 7 |  Persona | Ingmar Bergman | 1966 |
| 8 |  Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | 1996 |
| 9 |  Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard | 1960 |
| 10 |  Vivre sa vie | Jean-Luc Godard | 1962 |
| 11 |  White Material | Claire Denis | 2009 |
| 12 |  Lone Star | John Sayles | 1996 |
France accounts for four of their eleven single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 14 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 eleven 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.