Filmed 2025-05-08
Natasha Lyonne
The actor, producer, writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor, producer, writer, and director shares why she thinks Naked is best watched alone, discusses her favorite cinematographer James Wong Howe’s work on Sweet Smell of Success , and suggests a Bob Fosse and Richard Pryor double feature.
What they took
20 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 20 choices reach 29 films.
Least-picked choice here: Pandora’s Box, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Naked | Mike Leigh | 1993 |
| 2 |  Hoop Dreams | Steve James | 1994 |
| 3 |  Heaven Can Wait | Ernst Lubitsch | 1943 |
| 4 |  La strada | Federico Fellini | 1954 |
| 5 |  Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg | 1991 |
| 6 |  Umberto D. | Vittorio De Sica | 1952 |
| 7 |  Uncut Gems | Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie | 2019 |
| 8 |  Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 |
| 9 |  Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980 |
| 10 |  Town Bloody Hall | Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker | 1979 |
| 11 |  Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | 1959 |
| 12 |  Trilogy of Life box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 13 |  Sunday Bloody Sunday | John Schlesinger | 1971 |
| 14 |  3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman box set, 3 films | · | · |
| 15 |  City Lights | Charles Chaplin | 1931 |
| 16 |  Pandora’s Box | G. W. Pabst | 1929 |
| 17 |  Six Moral Tales box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 18 |  Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander Mackendrick | 1957 |
| 19 |  Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Richard Pryor | 1986 |
| 20 |  All That Jazz | Bob Fosse | 1979 |
United States accounts for ten of their 17 single films. The three box sets are what carry the reach to 29 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.