John David Washington and Malcolm Washington
January 2025
The actor joins the director of his new filmThe Piano Lessonin the Criterion Closet, where they shout out the importance ofMenace II Society,reflect on the beauty of Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda’s artistic relationship, and praise Spike Lee’sMalcolm Xas the “greatest achievement in American filmmaking.
14 picks
Picks (14)
Dekalog
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1988 • Poland • 56m
Unavailable
Mirror
Andrei Tarkovsky
1975 • Soviet Union • 1h 47m
Menace II Society
Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes
1993 • United States • 1h 37m
Unavailable
Drylongso
Cauleen Smith
1998 • United States • 1h 21m
Irma Vep
Olivier Assayas
1996 • France • 1h 39m
Rosetta
Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
1999 • Belgium • 1h 35m
Black Orpheus
Marcel Camus
1959 • France • 1h 40m
The Underground Railroad
Barry Jenkins
2021 • United States • 1h 35m
Unavailable
Faces
John Cassavetes
1968 • United States • 2h 10m
The Essential Jacques Demy
Box Set
The Complete Films of Agnès Varda
Box Set
Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar
Box Set
Malcolm X
Spike Lee
1992 • United States • 3h 22m
Unavailable
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Jim Jarmusch
1999 • United States • 1h 57m