My Favorite Otto Preminger Films (New)

28 Friday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Otto Preminger, Romance, Thriller, Top 100

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Advise & Consent, Anatomy of a Murder, Angel Face, Bonjour Tristesse, Bunny Lake Is Missing, Daisy Kenyon, Fallen Angel 1945, Laura, Such Good Friends, The 13th Letter, The Cardinal, The Man with the Golden Arm, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Whirlpool

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1. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

2. Anger Face (1953)

3. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

4. Laura (1944)

5. Daisy Kenyon (1947)

6. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

7. Such Good Friends (1971)

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1. Fallen Angel (1945)

2. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

3. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

4. Advise and Consent (1962)

5. The 13th Letter (1951)

6. The Cardinal (1963)

7. Whirlpool (1949)

My Favorite Pier Paolo Pasolini Films (New)

23 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Top 100

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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)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films (New)

23 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, Austrian Cinema, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, G.W. Pabst, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100, War

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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

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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)

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1. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) (co-directed with Arnold Fanck)

My Favorite Francois Ozon Films (New)

23 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Francois Ozon, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Thriller, Top 100

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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

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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)

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1. Potiche (2010)

2. In the House (2012)

3. Under the Sand (2000)

My Favorite Joseph L. Mankiewicz Films (New)

16 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 100

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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

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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)

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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)

My Favorite Joseph Losey Films (New)

16 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet 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

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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

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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)

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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)

My Favorite Joshua Logan Films (New)

16 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet 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

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Bus Stop, Camelot 1967, Paint Your Wagon, Picnic, Sayonara

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

1. Sayonara (1957)

2. Bus Stop (1956)

3. Picnic (1955)

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1. Camelot (1967)

2. Paint Your Wagon (1969)

My Favorite Richard Lester Films (New)

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Richard Lester, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Thriller, Top 100, War

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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

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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)

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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)

My Favorite Joseph H. Lewis Films (New)

09 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet 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

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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

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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)

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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)

My Favorite Jerry Lewis Directed Films (New)

09 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Jerry Lewis, Lists, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 100

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Cracking Up, Hardly Working, The Bellboy, The Errand Boy, The Family Jewels, The Ladies Man 2000, The Nutty Professor 1963, The Patsy

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1. The Nutty Professor (1963)
(not the 1996 version)

2. The Ladies Man (1961)
(No relation to the 2000 film)

3. The Bellboy (1960)

4. The Patsy (1964)

5. The Errand Boy (1961)

6. The Family Jewels (1965)

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

1. Cracking Up (1983)

2. Hardly Working (1980)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

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Monthly Archives: October 2016

My Favorite Pier Paolo Pasolini Films (New)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films (New)

My Favorite Francois Ozon Films (New)

My Favorite Joseph L. Mankiewicz Films (New)

My Favorite Joseph Losey Films (New)

My Favorite Joshua Logan Films (New)

My Favorite Richard Lester Films (New)

My Favorite Joseph H. Lewis Films (New)

My Favorite Jerry Lewis Directed Films (New)