Filmed 2025-09-04
Reginald Hudlin
The writer, director and producer
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer, director, and producer praises Black Orpheus and Killer of Sheep as his favorite works of Black cinema, talks about the influence of Risky Business on his film House Party , and admires the depth of Bruce Lee’s performance in Enter the Dragon
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Three are box sets, which is why 8 choices reach 28 films.
Least-picked choice here: Rouge, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | 1959 |
| 2 |  Killer of Sheep | Charles Burnett | 1977 |
| 3 |  Menace II Society | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | 1993 |
| 4 |  Risky Business | Paul Brickman | 1983 |
| 5 |  Rouge | Stanley Kwan | 1987 |
| 6 |  Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films box set, 4 films | · | · |
| 7 |  Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits box set, 5 films | · | · |
| 8 |  Essential Fellini box set, 14 films | · | · |
United States accounts for three of their five single films. The three box sets are what carry the reach to 28 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 five 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.