28 Friday Oct 2016
Tags
Advise & Consent, Anatomy of a Murder, Angel Face, Bonjour Tristesse, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Daisy Kenyon, Laura, Such Good Friends, The Man with the Golden Arm
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
2. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
3. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
4. Advise & Consent (1962)
5. Angel Face (1953)
6. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Laura (1944)
2. Such Good Friends (1971)
3. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
23 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
A Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), Accattone, Love and Anger, Love Meetings, Mamma Roma, Medea 1969, Notes Towards an African Orestes, Oedipus Rex 1967, Pigsty, Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, Teorema, The Anger, The Canterbury Tales, The Decameron, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Mamma Roma (1962)
2. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
3. Accattone (1961)
4. A Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) (1974)
5. The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
6. The Decameron (1971)
7. Teorema (1968)
8. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
9. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
10. Medea (1969)
11. Pigsty (1969)
12. Oedipus Rex (1967)
13. The Anger (1963) (co-directed with Giovannino Guareschi)
(Documentary)
14. Love and Anger (1969)
(Segment: “The sequence of the paper flower”)
15. Love Meetings (1964) (Documentary)
16. Notes Towards an African Orestes (1970) (Documentary)
23 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street, Kameradschaft, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Loves of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pandora’s Box (1929)
2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
3. The Loves of Jeanne Ney (1927)
4. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
5. Joyless Street (1925)
6. Westfront 1918 (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
7. Kameradschaft (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) (co-directed with Arnold Fanck)
23 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
A Summer Dress, Criminal Lovers, In the House, Potiche, Ricky, See the Sea, Sitcom, Swimming Pool 2003, The New Girlfriend, Under the Sand, Water Drops on Burning Rocks, X2000 - The Collected Shorts of Francois Ozon, Young & Beautiful
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Young & Beautiful (2013)
2. See the Sea (1997) (Semi-Short Film)
3. The New Girlfriend (2014)
4. A Summer Dress (1996) (Short Film)
5. Swimming Pool (2003)
6. X2000 – The Collected Shorts of Francois Ozon (2001)
7. Ricky (2009)
8. Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
9. Criminal Lovers (1999)
10. Sitcom (1998)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Potiche (2010)
2. In the House (2012)
3. Under the Sand (2000)
16 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
A Letter to Three Wives, All About Eve, Guys and Dolls, House of Strangers, Julius Caesar, No Way Out 1950, People Will Talk, Sleuth 1972, Suddenly Last Summer, The Barefoot Contessa, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. All About Eve (1950)
2. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
3. Julius Caesar (1953)
4. No Way Out (1950)
(No relation to the 1987 film)
5. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
6. People Will Talk (1951)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
2. House of Strangers (1949)
3. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
4. Guys and Dolls (1955)
5. Sleuth (1972)
(Not the 2007 version)
16 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Joseph Losey, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 100, War
Tags
Accident, Figures in a Landscape, Galileo, King & Country, Mr. Klein, The Boy with Green Hair, The Go-Between, The Lawless, The Prowler, The Servant, These Are the Damned
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Go-Between (1971)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
2. Accident (1967)
3. The Servant (1963)
4. These Are the Damned (1963)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. King & Country (1964)
2. The Prowler (1951)
3. The Lawless (1950)
4. Mr. Klein (1976)
5. Galileo (1975)
6. Figures in a Landscape (1970)
7. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
16 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Joshua Logan, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 100, Western
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sayonara (1957)
2. Bus Stop (1956)
3. Camelot (1967)
4. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
5. Picnic (1955)
12 Wednesday Oct 2016
Tags
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, How I Won the War, It's Trad Dad, Juggernaut, Petulia, Superman II, The Bed-Sitting Room, The Four Musketeers, The Knack ...and How to Get It, The Mouse on the Moon, The Ritz, The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, The Three Musketeers 1973
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
2. The Ritz (1976)
3. It’s Trad, Dad! (a.k.a. Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!) (1962)
4. Petulia (1968)
5. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
6. The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
7. How I Won the War (1967)
8. Help! (1965)
9. The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
(co-directed with Peter Sellers)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Three Musketeers (1973)
2. Juggernaut (1974)
3. The Four Musketeers (1974)
4. Superman II (1980)
(The Richard Donner cut is also very good)
10 Monday Oct 2016
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Jack Arnold, Lists, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 100, Western
Tags
Black Eye, Boss 1975, Creature from the Black Lagoon, High School Confidential, It Came from Outer Space, Man in the Shadow, Monster on the Campus, No Name on the Bullet, Revenge of the Creature, Tarantula, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Mouse That Roared, The Space Children
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Black Eye (1974)
2. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
3. Boss (1975)
4. Man in the Shadow (1957)
5. Tarantula (1955)
6. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
7. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
8. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
9. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. High School Confidential (1958)
2. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
3. The Space Children (1958)
4. Monster on the Campus (1958)
09 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Joseph H. Lewis, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 100, War, Western
Tags
7th Cavalry, A Lady Without Passport, A Lawless Street, Cry of the Hunted, Desperate Search, Gun Crazy, My Name Is Julia Ross, Retreat Hell!, So Dark the Night, Terror in a Texas Town, The Big Combo, The Halliday Brand, The Undercover Man
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Gun Crazy (1949)
2. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
3. The Halliday Brand (1957)
4. The Big Combo (1955)
5. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
6. So Dark the Night (1946)
7. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
8. The Undercover Man (1949)
(I saw it a long time ago on TCM)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
2. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
3. A Lawless Street (1955)
4. Desperate Search (1952)
5. 7th Cavalry (1956)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
