Filmed 2025-04-08
Tunde Adebimpe
The musician and actor
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The musician and actor talks about what makes Stan Brakhage’s films “very punk rock,” reflects on working with Jonathan Demme, and selects favorite films such as Black Girl and True Stories.
What they took
8 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. Two are box sets, which is why 8 choices reach 23 films.
Least-picked choice here: Pariah, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams | Akira Kurosawa | 1990 |
| 2 |  8½ | Federico Fellini | 1963 |
| 3 |  By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 4 |  True Stories | David Byrne | 1986 |
| 5 |  Black Girl | Ousmane Sembène | 1966 |
| 6 |  Pariah | Dee Rees | 2011 |
| 7 |  The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | 1991 |
| 8 |  Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975 box set, 15 films | · | · |
United States accounts for three of their six single films. The two box sets are what carry the reach to 23 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 six 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.