Filmed 2025-07-31
Ronan Farrow
The journalist and author
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The journalist and author praises the perfectly calibrated tension in Notorious , talks about Jane Fonda’s dynamic performance in Klute, and shares what makes Fanny and Alexander such a personally resonant film.
What they took
5 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 5 choices reach 7 films.
Least-picked choice here: Notorious, taken by 5 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil | Terry Gilliam | 1985 |
| 2 |  Notorious | Alfred Hitchcock | 1946 |
| 3 |  Klute | Alan J. Pakula | 1971 |
| 4 |  Barry Lyndon | Stanley Kubrick | 1975 |
| 5 |  Fanny and Alexander box set, 3 films | · | · |
United States accounts for three of their four single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 7 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 four 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.