27 Sept 2025
Ben Whishaw’s Closet Picks
The actor praises the melancholy tenderness of A Canterbury Tale , shares his admiration for Derek Jarman’s creative genius, and selects favorites like Sweetie and L’humanité .
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 6
- Single films
- 6
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweetie | Jane Campion | 1989 |
| 2 |  A Canterbury Tale | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | 1944 |
| 3 |  Jubilee | Derek Jarman | 1978 |
| 4 |  King Lear | Jean-Luc Godard | 1987 |
| 5 |  L’humanité | Bruno Dumont | 1999 |
| 6 |  Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | 2001 |