Filmed 2015-07-31
Sean Baker
The writer-director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The Oscar-winning writer-director of Anora shares his father’s favorite film, pays tribute to Chantal Akerman, and looks forward to revisiting Yi Yi.
What they took
12 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 12 choices reach 21 films.
Least-picked choice here: El Norte, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  I Married a Witch | René Clair | 1942 |
| 2 |  Naked | Mike Leigh | 1993 |
| 3 |  Life Is Sweet | Mike Leigh | 1990 |
| 4 |  Repo Man | Alex Cox | 1984 |
| 5 |  Kes | Ken Loach | 1970 |
| 6 |  Secret Sunshine | Lee Chang-dong | 2007 |
| 7 |  Jellyfish Eyes | Takashi Murakami | 2013 |
| 8 |  Yi Yi | Edward Yang | 2000 |
| 9 |  El Norte | Gregory Nava | 1983 |
| 10 |  Eclipse Series 19: Chantal Akerman in the Seventies box set, 5 films | · | · |
| 11 |  Eating Raoul | Paul Bartel | 1982 |
| 12 |  Six Moral Tales box set, 6 films | · | · |
Their ten single films come from six different countries, with no one of them leading. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 21 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 ten 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.