2 visits · 2014-12-16 to 2024-10-07
Mike Leigh
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The legendary director joins the star of his new film Hard Truths in the Criterion Closet, where they share their love for Akira Kurosawa and Charles Burnett, reminisce about early moviegoing experiences, and select favorites for each other.
What they took
24 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Four are box sets, which is why 24 choices reach 37 films.
across 2 visits
Least-picked choice here: The Life of Oharu, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 2 |  Night on Earth | Jim Jarmusch | 1991 |
| 3 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 4 |  Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | 1996 |
| 5 |  To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 6 |  Loves of a Blonde | Miloš Forman | 1965 |
| 7 |  Kes | Ken Loach | 1970 |
| 8 |  White Material | Claire Denis | 2009 |
| 9 |  Hunger | Steve McQueen | 2008 |
| 10 |  The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1952 |
| 11 |  Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 12 |  Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda | 1958 |
| 13 |  EO | Jerzy Skolimowski | 2022 |
| 14 |  Claudine | John Berry | 1974 |
| 15 |  The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher box set, 5 films | · | · |
Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit · filmed with Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Least-picked choice here: The Firemen’s Ball, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bicycle Thieves | Vittorio De Sica | 1948 |
| 2 |  Vivre sa vie | Jean-Luc Godard | 1962 |
| 3 |  A Hard Day’s Night | Richard Lester | 1964 |
| 4 |  Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | 1949 |
| 5 |  The Firemen’s Ball | Miloš Forman | 1967 |
| 6 |  Berlin Alexanderplatz | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1980 |
| 7 |  Jules and Jim | François Truffaut | 1962 |
| 8 |  Divorce Italian Style | Pietro Germi | 1961 |
| 9 |  Judex | Georges Franju | 1963 |
Their 20 single films come from nine different countries, with no one of them leading. The four box sets are what carry the reach to 37 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 20 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.