John David Washington and Malcolm Washington

“Dekalog, Dekalog: Five. Maybe the greatest movie I’ve seen. Didn’t know you can make stuff like this.”

“And as well as this one. Shout out to Mirror. Tarkovsky, my GOAT.”

“Definitely going with Menace II Society here. Actually, I learned a lot from Allen Hughes. The influence and the importance of sound and music and how it... How it can really change the mood or the scene in a way that I never stopped to think about it before. The drive-thru scene? “A double burger with fries.” Man, had to get it. Me and my cousin, we quote this movie all the time.”

“Shout out to Cauleen Smith. I’ve never seen this. So I really wanted to come pick this up, Drylongso.”

“But Rosetta. I want to shout out the Dardenne brothers. So, so influential. Kid with a Bike. I think it’s also in this collection. I just bought that as well, so I can’t take it today, but go see this.”

“Have you seen Black Orpheus? No, I haven’t seen it. Okay, you got to watch Black Orpheus. It’s spiritual, it’s so moving. And just really, really, really beautiful imagery. You gotta see Black Orpheus.”

“Barry cooked with this one. He did his big one with this one. Shout out Onnalee Blank. The sound? Crazy. Shout out Nick Britell. All these guys. They went wild with this one. Underground, if you haven’t seen it, watch it. This is newer to the Collection. But somebody go buy this, support them, because this was incredible, incredible, incredible work.”

“Oh, here we go to... This one I was looking for. So just, I mean, shout out to Cassavetes. Faces. This and Opening Night are just ones I really... I really connect to. Just from how he captured performances, you know. It’s very inspiring to know, like, you could be that naturalistic and it could be useful. The way they edit together– I’m thinking about continuity. Like, it must have been a nightmare to edit together. But they did it. This one of my faves.”

“Right here, talking about this right here. Yeah. I feel like I own every format of this. We need more Spike in the catalog. Malcolm X is the greatest achievement in American filmmaking I’ve ever seen. So many incredible artists putting incredible work up. Big Zel, of course. He killed it. Angela Bassett, Ernest Dickerson, Terence Blanchard with one of the greatest scores. That brass and that... And Spike. Spike, Spike, Spike, Spike is forever on the pantheon.”

“I see Ghost Dog. It’s right here. Ghost Dog, Jim Jarmusch. Appreciate it, appreciate it. Yeah, the braids. Popping. “What is it? The braids?”...”

“I’m showing love to Jacques Demy. You can’t talk about Jacques without talking about Ms. Varda. Yeah! One of the great film love stories. These two incredible artists. One thing I love about film is the dialog between artists, and not only between each other. Michel Legrand tying them together in so many ways. But if you look at Umbrellas of Cherbourg and you look at Do the Right Thing, you see artists in dialog. So, French New Wave is coming in the bag.”

“You can’t talk about Jacques without talking about Ms. Varda. Yeah! One of the great film love stories. These two incredible artists. One thing I love about film is the dialog between artists, and not only between each other. Michel Legrand tying them together in so many ways.”

“Jackie Chan box set, you know what I’m saying? Because he also has a language of physicality. First film I ever saw was Rumble in the Bronx. In fact, my dad took me. And I remember my father... He was making all kinds of noises in the movie theater, he was going crazy. And I knew I was seeing something different. The way he opened up that fridge and beat people up with a fridge, refrigerator. Just... Stunt extraordinaire. And I think underrated performer, actually, an actor. Period.”