2 visits · 2015-06-10 to 2025-10-21
Yorgos Lanthimos
The writer and director
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The writer and director returns to the Criterion Closet, where he pays tribute to David Lynch, praises Mikey and Nicky as a perfect collaboration between a director and actors, and reminisces about watching Persona in Ingmar Bergman’s theater on Fårö Island.
What they took
19 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. One is a box set, which is why 19 choices reach 21 films.
across 2 visits
Least-picked choice here: Black God, White Devil, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Inland Empire | David Lynch | 2006 |
| 2 |  Carnal Knowledge | Mike Nichols | 1971 |
| 3 |  Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May | 1976 |
| 4 |  Black God, White Devil | Glauber Rocha | 1964 |
| 5 |  Persona | Ingmar Bergman | 1966 |
| 6 |  Three Films by Luis Buñuel box set, 3 films | · | · |
Least-picked choice here: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, taken by 1 other visits.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1974 |
| 2 |  12 Angry Men | Sidney Lumet | 1957 |
| 3 |  Salesman | David Maysles, Albert Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin | 1969 |
| 4 |  Naked | Mike Leigh | 1993 |
| 5 |  Man Bites Dog | Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, and Benoit Poelvoorde | 1992 |
| 6 |  Le samouraï | Jean-Pierre Melville | 1967 |
| 7 |  Five Easy Pieces | Bob Rafelson | 1970 |
| 8 |  Viridiana | Luis Buñuel | 1961 |
| 9 |  Things to Come | William Cameron Menzies | 1936 |
| 10 |  Branded to Kill | Seijun Suzuki | 1967 |
| 11 |  Macbeth | Roman Polanski | 1971 |
| 12 |  Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | 1959 |
| 13 |  Au hasard Balthazar | Robert Bresson | 1966 |
Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit · filmed with Ariane Labed
Their 18 single films come from nine different countries, with no one of them leading. The one box set is 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 18 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.