Month: September 2015

My Favorite Stanley Donen Films (Revised and Updated)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Singin’ in the Rain (1952) (Co-directed with Gene Kelly)

2.   Staircase (1969)

3.   It’s Always Fair Weather (1955) (Co-directed with Gene Kelly)

4.   Two for the Road (1967)

5.   On the Town (1949) (Co-directed with Gene Kelly)

6.   Charade (1963)

7.   Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

8.   Bedazzled (1967) (Not the 2000 version)

9.   The Pajama Game (1957) (Co-directed with George Abbott)

10. Indiscreet (1958)

11. Damn Yankees (1958) (Co-directed with George Abbott)

12. Funny Face (1957)

13. Royal Wedding (1951)

14. The Grass is Greener (1960)

15. Give a Girl a Break (1953)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   Arabesque (1966)

2.   Deep in My Heart (1954)

My Favorite Vittorio de Sica Films (New)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Bicycle Thieves (1948)

2.   Umberto D. (1952)

3.   Shoeshine (1946)

4.   Miracle in Milan (1951)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

5.   The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

6.   Two Women (1961)

7.   Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

8.   The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

9.   Marriage Italian-Style (1964)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “La riffa”)

My Favorite Terence Davies Films (New)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   The Long Day Closes (1992)

2.   Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

3.   A Quiet Passion (2016)

4.   Sunset Song (2015)

5.   Of Time and the City (2008)
(Documentary)

5.   The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
(No relation to the 1999 shark film)

7.   The House of Mirth (2000)

8.   The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)

9.   The Neon Bible (1995)

My Favorite Henri-Georges Clouzot Films (New)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   Quai des Orfevres (1947)

2.   The Wages of Fear (1953)

3.   Les Diaboliques (1955)

4.   Le Corbeau (1943)

5.   The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Charlie Chaplin Films (Revised and Updated)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   City Lights (1931)

2.   The Gold Rush (1925)

3.   Modern Times (1936)

4.   The Kid (1921)

5.   Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

6.   The Circus (1928)

7.   Limelight (1952)

8.   A Woman of Paris (1923)

9.   The Great Dictator (1940)

10. The Pilgrim (1923)  
(Part of 1959’s The Chaplin Revue)

11. A King in New York (1957)

12. Shoulder Arms (1918)
(Part of 1959’s The Chaplin Revue)

13. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

14. A Dog’s Life (1918)
(Live-Action Short)
(Part of 1959’s The Chaplin Revue)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Box Sets)

1.   Charlie Chaplin: The First National Collection (1918-1923)/(2000)

2.   Chaplin’s Mutual Comedies (1916-1917)/(2014)

3.   Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies (1914-1917)/(2015)

4.   Chaplin At Keystone (1914)/(2010)

My Favorite Claude Chabrol Films (Revised and Updated)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   La Ceremonie (1995)

2.   The Bridesmaid (2004) (No relation to the 2011 comedy of the same name)

3.   Le Boucher (1970)

4.   Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)

5.   Le Beau Serge (1958)

6.   Les Cousins (1959)

7.   This Man Must Die (1969)

8.   Les Biches (1968)

9.   La Femme infidele (1969)

10. Bellamy (2009)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   L’Enfer (1994)

2.   Merci pour le chocolat (2000)

3.   Comedy of Power (2006)

4.   The Cry of the Owl (1987)

5.   A Girl Cut in Two (2007)

6.   Story of Women (1988)

7.   Madame Bovary (1991)

8.   The Flower of Evil (2002)

9.   The Swindle (1997)

10. Violette Noziere (1978)

11. Betty (1992)

My Favorite John Cassavetes Films (Revised and Updated)

by John Charet

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1.   A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

2.   Shadows (1959)

3.   Love Streams (1984)

4.   Faces (1968)

5.   The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

6.   Husbands (1970)

7.   Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

8.   Opening Night (1977)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1.   Gloria (1980)

2.   Too Late Blues (1961)

3.   A Child Is Waiting (1963)