My Favorite Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Films (Revised and Updated)

23 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, Australian Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Scottish Cinema, Thriller, Top 100, War

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49th Parallel, A Canterbury Tale, A Matter of Life and Death, Age of Consent, Black Narcissus, Contraband, I Know Where I'm Going, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, Peeping Tom, Return to the Edge of the World, The Edge of the World, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, The Small Back Room, The Spy in Black, The Tales of Hoffmann, The Thief of Bagdad 1940

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1. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

2. The Red Shoes (1948)

3. A Canterbury Tale (1944)

4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

5. Black Narcissus (1947)

6. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

7. Peeping Tom (1960) (Pressburger had no involvement)

8. I Know Where I’m Going (1945)

9. The Small Back Room (1949)

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1. The Edge of the World (1937) (Pressburger had no involvement)

2. One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)

3. The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (co-directed with Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan, Pressburger had no involvement)

4. 49th Parallel (1941) (Pressburger had no involvement)

5. Age of Consent (1969) (Pressburger had no involvement)

6. Contraband (1940) (Pressburger had no involvement)

7. Return to the Edge of the World (1978) (Documentary) (Pressburger had no involvement)

8. The Spy in Black (1939) (Pressburger had no involvement)

My Favorite Ted Post Films (New)

22 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Ted Post, Thriller, Top 100, War, Western

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Go Tell the Spartans, Hang 'Em High, Magnum Force, The Baby

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1. The Baby (1973)

2. Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

3. Magnum Force (1973)

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1. Hang ‘Em High (1968)

My Favorite Gillo Pontecorvo Films (New)

22 Tuesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Algerian Cinema, Arabic Cinema, Cinema, Drama, French Cinema, Gillo Pontecorvo, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Top 100, War

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Burn!, Kapo, The Battle of Algiers, The Wide Blue Road

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1. The Battle of Algiers (1966)

2. Burn! (1969)

3. The Wide Blue Road (1957)

4. Kapo (1960)

My Favorite Roman Polanski Films (Revised and Updated)

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Polish Cinema, Polish Filmmakers, Roman Polanski, Thriller, Top 100

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A Knife in the Water, Bitter Moon, Chinatown, Death and the Maiden, Macbeth 1971, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, The Ghost Writer, The Pianist, The Tenant

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1. Chinatown (1974)

2. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

3. A Knife in the Water (1962)

4. Repulsion (1965)

5. The Pianist (2002)

6. The Tenant (1976)

7. Macbeth (1971)

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1. The Ghost Writer (2010)

2. Bitter Moon (1992)

3. Death and the Maiden (1994)

My Favorite Sam Peckinpah Films (Revised and Updated)

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Sam Peckinpah, Television, Thriller, Top 100, War, Western

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Convoy, Cross of Iron, Junior Bonner, Major Dundee, Noon Wine, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Ride the High Country, Straw Dogs 1971, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Deadly Companions, The Getaway 1972, The Killer Elite 1975, The Osterman Weekend, The Rifleman, The Wild Bunch

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1. Straw Dogs (1971)

2. The Wild Bunch (1969)

3. The Killer Elite (1975)

4. Ride the High Country (1962)

5. The Osterman Weekend (1983)

6. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

7. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

8. Junior Bonner (1972)

9. Convoy (1978)

10. Cross of Iron (1977)

11. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

12. Major Dundee (1965)

13. The Getaway (1972)

14. The Deadly Companions (1961)

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1. Noon Wine (1966) (Episode of ABC Stage 67)

2. The Rifleman (1958-1963)
(Directed episodes 4, 22 and 33 from Season 1)
(Directed episode 12 from Season 2)

My Favorite Jafar Panahi Films (Revised and Updated)

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Iranian Cinema, Iranian Filmmakers, Jafar Panahi, Lists, Sport, Top 100

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Crimson Gold, Offside, Taxi 2015, The Circle, The Mirror, The White Balloon, This Is Not a Film

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1. The Circle (2000)

2. Crimson Gold (2003)

3. The White Balloon (1995)

4. Taxi (2015) (Part Documentary) (No relation to the TV Series)

5. This Is Not a Film (2011) (Documentary) (Co-directed with Mojtaba Mirtahmasb)

6. Offside (2006)

7. The Mirror (1997)

My Favorite Yasujiro Ozu Films (Revised and Updated)

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Top 100, Yasujiro Ozu

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A Story of Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon, Dragnet Girl, Early Spring, Early Summer, Equinox Flower, Floating Weeds, Good Morning, I Was Born But..., Late Autumn, Late Spring, Passing Fancy, That Night's Wife, The End of Summer, The Only Son, There Was a Father, Tokyo Chorus, Tokyo Story, Tokyo Twilight, Walk Cheerfully

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1. Tokyo Story (1953)

2. Late Spring (1949)

3. I Was Born, But… (1932)

4. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

5. Floating Weeds (1959)

6. Early Summer (1951)

7. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

8. The End of Summer (1961)

9. Good Morning (1959)

10. Early Spring (1956)

11. Late Autumn (1960)

12. Tokyo Twilight (1957)

13. Equinox Flower (1958)

14. There Was a Father (1942)

15. The Only Son (1936)

16. Passing Fancy (1933)

17. Dragnet Girl (1933)

18. Tokyo Chorus (1931)

19. That Night’s Wife (1930)

20. Walk Cheerfully (1930)

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Monthly Archives: December 2015

My Favorite Ted Post Films (New)

My Favorite Gillo Pontecorvo Films (New)

My Favorite Roman Polanski Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Sam Peckinpah Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Jafar Panahi Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Yasujiro Ozu Films (Revised and Updated)