13 Jan 2025
John David Washington and Malcolm Washington’s Closet Picks
The actor joins the director of his new film The Piano Lesson in the Criterion Closet, where they shout out the importance of Menace II Society, reflect on the beauty of Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda’s artistic relationship, and praise Spike Lee’s Malcolm X as the “greatest achievement in American filmmaking.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 14
- Single films
- 11
- Box sets
- 3
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 1988 |
| 2 |  Mirror | Andrei Tarkovsky | 1975 |
| 3 |  Menace II Society | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | 1993 |
| 4 |  Drylongso | Cauleen Smith | 1998 |
| 5 |  Irma Vep | Olivier Assayas | 1996 |
| 6 |  Rosetta | Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne | 1999 |
| 7 |  Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus | 1959 |
| 8 |  The Underground Railroad | Barry Jenkins | 2021 |
| 9 |  Faces | John Cassavetes | 1968 |
| 10 |  The Essential Jacques Demy box set, 6 films | ||
| 11 |  The Complete Films of Agnès Varda box set, 22 films | ||
| 12 |  Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar box set, 6 films | ||
| 13 |  Malcolm X | Spike Lee | 1992 |
| 14 |  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch | 1999 |