Closet Picks

Guest

Malcolm Washington

One visit, reaching 45 films in the collection.

13 Jan 2025

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.

With John David Washington

Chose Director Year
1 Dekalog Krzysztof Kieślowski 1988
2 Mirror Andrei Tarkovsky 1975
3 Menace II Society Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes 1993
4 Drylongso Cauleen Smith 1998
5 Irma Vep Olivier Assayas 1996
6 Rosetta Luc Dardenne and 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 Demybox set, 6 films
11 The Complete Films of Agnès Vardabox set, 22 films
12 Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstarbox set, 6 films
13 Malcolm X Spike Lee 1992
14 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Jim Jarmusch 1999

Least-picked choice here: Irma Vep , taken by nobody else.

Watch the video · On criterion.com · This visit

Closest taste

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

GuestSharedJaccardIn common
Wyclef Jean 2 0.118 Black Orpheus, Menace II Society
Nicholas Britell 2 0.111 Malcolm X, The Underground Railroad
Reginald Hudlin 2 0.100 Black Orpheus, Menace II Society
Zeinabu irene Davis 2 0.100 Black Orpheus, Drylongso
RaMell Ross 2 0.087 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Mirror