Filmed 2025-05-01
Ryan Coogler
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director of Sinners talks about the impact of seeing Malcolm X in his youth, compares the work of Michael Mann and Christopher Nolan, and praises the rebellious spirit of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu.
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. None of them is a box set, so the count of choices and the count of films reached are the same.
Least-picked choice here: Following, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Malcolm X | Spike Lee | 1992 |
| 2 |  love jones | Theodore Witcher | 1997 |
| 3 |  Thief | Michael Mann | 1981 |
| 4 |  Following | Christopher Nolan | 1999 |
| 5 |  Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa | 1954 |
| 6 |  Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | 1949 |
| 7 |  Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 |
| 8 |  Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood | 2000 |
United States accounts for five of their eight single 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 eight 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.