Filmed 2026-04-16
Oscar Isaac
The actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The actor praises the unique sensibility that Martin Scorsese brought to T he Last Temptation of Christ , shares his love for the visual poetry of his friend and collaborator Guillermo del Toro, and talks about why Throne of Blood is his favorite on-screen Shakespeare adaptation.
What they took
14 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 14 choices reach 19 films.
Least-picked choice here: La Llorona, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | 1988 |
| 2 |  Rushmore | Wes Anderson | 1998 |
| 3 |  John Cassavetes: Five Films box set, 6 films | · | · |
| 4 |  The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam | 1991 |
| 5 |  Dont Look Back | D. A. Pennebaker | 1967 |
| 6 |  Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro | 2006 |
| 7 |  Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | 2013 |
| 8 |  Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams | Akira Kurosawa | 1990 |
| 9 |  Throne of Blood | Akira Kurosawa | 1957 |
| 10 |  The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick | 2011 |
| 11 |  La Llorona | Jayro Bustamante | 2019 |
| 12 |  Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson | 2022 |
| 13 |  Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980 |
| 14 |  You Can Count on Me | Kenneth Lonergan | 2000 |
United States accounts for eight of their 13 single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 19 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 13 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.