Filmed 2023-01-31
Yo La Tengo
Guest
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The acclaimed band talks about Japanese films about family, the rock music in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and a festival viewing experience of Carnival of Souls.
What they took
10 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 10 choices reach 11 films.
Least-picked choice here: Ministry of Fear, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Daytrippers | Greg Mottola | 1996 |
| 2 |  The Complete Monterey Pop Festival box set, 2 films | · | · |
| 3 |  Black Girl | Ousmane Sembène | 1966 |
| 4 |  Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Russ Meyer | 1970 |
| 5 |  I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Robert Zemeckis | 1978 |
| 6 |  The Velvet Underground | Todd Haynes | 2021 |
| 7 |  Tokyo Story | Yasujiro Ozu | 1953 |
| 8 |  The Girl Can’t Help It | Frank Tashlin | 1956 |
| 9 |  Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | 1944 |
| 10 |  Carnival of Souls | Herk Harvey | 1962 |
United States accounts for six of their nine single films. The one box set is what carry the reach to 11 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 nine 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.