Filmed 2023-09-18
Tyler Mitchell
The photographer and artist
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The acclaimed photographer and artist talks about bonding with his dad over films in the collection, praises the subtle power of Ozu’s framing, shares his connection to Garrett Bradley’s depiction of Black American life, and touches on his love for Paul Thomas Anderson.
What they took
13 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 13 choices reach 17 films.
Least-picked choice here: The Music Room, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye | 1996 |
| 2 |  L’argent | Robert Bresson | 1983 |
| 3 |  Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu box set, 5 films | · | · |
| 4 |  A Brighter Summer Day | Edward Yang | 1991 |
| 5 |  Claudine | John Berry | 1974 |
| 6 |  La Ciénaga | Lucrecia Martel | 2001 |
| 7 |  The Music Room | Satyajit Ray | 1958 |
| 8 |  Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood | 2000 |
| 9 |  Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2002 |
| 10 |  3 Women | Robert Altman | 1977 |
| 11 |  Time | Garrett Bradley | 2020 |
| 12 |  Notorious | Alfred Hitchcock | 1946 |
| 13 |  Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | 1940 |
United States accounts for eight of their twelve single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 17 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 twelve 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.