Guest
Mike Leigh
2 visits, reaching 37 films in the collection.
7 Oct 2024
The legendary director joins the star of his new film Hard Truths in the Criterion Closet, where they share their love for Akira Kurosawa and Charles Burnett, reminisce about early moviegoing experiences, and select favorites for each other.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozubox set, 2 films | ||
| 2 | Night on Earth | Jim Jarmusch | 1991 |
| 3 | John Cassavetes: Five Filmsbox set, 6 films | ||
| 4 | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | 1996 |
| 5 | To Sleep with Anger | Charles Burnett | 1990 |
| 6 | Loves of a Blonde | Miloš Forman | 1965 |
| 7 | Kes | Ken Loach | 1970 |
| 8 | White Material | Claire Denis | 2009 |
| 9 | Hunger | Steve McQueen | 2008 |
| 10 | The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1952 |
| 11 | Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawabox set, 4 films | ||
| 12 | Ashes and Diamonds | Andrzej Wajda | 1958 |
| 13 | EO | Jerzy Skolimowski | 2022 |
| 14 | Claudine | John Berry | 1974 |
| 15 | The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticherbox set, 5 films |
Least-picked choice here: The Life of Oharu , taken by 1 other visits.
16 Dec 2014
The legendary English director talks about discovering world cinema in his teenage years, the ways that Vivre sa vie gets to the “raw core of life,” the humor and politics in The Firemen’s Ball, and his experiences as a film student in London.
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bicycle Thieves | Vittorio De Sica | 1948 |
| 2 | Vivre sa vie | Jean-Luc Godard | 1962 |
| 3 | A Hard Day’s Night | Richard Lester | 1964 |
| 4 | Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | 1949 |
| 5 | The Firemen’s Ball | Miloš Forman | 1967 |
| 6 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1980 |
| 7 | Jules and Jim | François Truffaut | 1962 |
| 8 | Divorce Italian Style | Pietro Germi | 1961 |
| 9 | Judex | Georges Franju | 1963 |
Least-picked choice here: The Firemen’s Ball , taken by 1 other visits.
Closest taste
Guests who chose the most of the same things. Anyone filmed alongside Mike Leigh is left out, since they picked from one list.
| Guest | Shared | Jaccard | In common |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryusuke Hamaguchi | 4 | 0.114 | A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu, John Cassavetes: Five Films, Judex, Late Spring |
| André Holland | 2 | 0.069 | Claudine, To Sleep with Anger |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | 2 | 0.069 | Ashes and Diamonds, Loves of a Blonde |
| Theodore Witcher | 2 | 0.069 | Jules and Jim, Late Spring |
| Lee Unkrich | 2 | 0.067 | Bicycle Thieves, Loves of a Blonde |