Closet Picks

writer and director

Hlynur Pálmason

One visit, reaching 10 films in the collection.

15 Nov 2023

The writer and director of Godland —Iceland’s 2023 Oscar submission—shares his love for Ana Torrent’s performances in Cría cuervos and The Spirit of the Beehive, talks about the physicality of Naked and the fear and inspiration in L’humanité, and praises the craft of Bresson as “like no other.”

Chose Director Year
1 The Spirit of the Beehive Víctor Erice 1973
2 Cría cuervos . . . Carlos Saura 1976
3 Naked Mike Leigh 1993
4 Ratcatcher Lynne Ramsay 1999
5 The Passion of Joan of Arc Carl Th. Dreyer 1928
6 Mirror Andrei Tarkovsky 1975
7 L’argent Robert Bresson 1983
8 L’humanité Bruno Dumont 1999
9 Blow-Up Michelangelo Antonioni 1966
10 Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick 1975

Least-picked choice here: Cría cuervos . . . , taken by 1 other visits.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

Closest taste

Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Hlynur Pálmason is left out, since they picked from one list.

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Adrian Utley 2 0.154 Ratcatcher, The Passion of Joan of Arc
Kleber Mendonça Filho 2 0.118 Barry Lyndon, The Spirit of the Beehive
Desiree Akhavan 2 0.105 Ratcatcher, The Spirit of the Beehive