Monthly Archives: February 2018

My Favorite Dario Argento Films

23 Friday Feb 2018

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1.   Deep Red (1975)

2.   Tenebrae (1982)

3.   Suspiria (1977)

4.   Opera (1987)

5.   Inferno (1980)

6.   Phenomena (1985)

7.   The Bird with the Crystal Plummage (1970)

8.   Two Evil Eyes (1990)
8a. Segment: “The Black Cat”
(Anthology Film)

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1.   The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

2.   Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films

22 Thursday Feb 2018

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1.   L’Eclisse (1962)

2.   Le Amiche (1955)

3.   La Notte (1961)

4.   Zabriskie Point (1970)

5.   L’Avventura (1960)   

6.   The Passenger (1975)

7.   Red Desert (1965)

8.   Blowup (1966)

9.   Il Grido (1957)

10. Identification of a Woman (1982)

11. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
(co-directed with Wim Wenders)

12. The Mystery of Oberwald (1981)

13. Story of a Love Affair (1950)

14. I Vinti (1952)

15. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

My Favorite Kenneth Anger Films

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

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1.   Fireworks (1947)

2.   Scorpio Rising (1960)

3.   Eaux d’Artifice (1953)

4.   Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)

5.   Rabbit’s Moon (1950)

6.   Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)

7.   Lucifer Rising (1972)

8.   Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)

9.   Puce Moment (1949)

My Favorite Wes Anderson Films

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

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1.   The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

2.   Rushmore (1998)

3.   Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

4.   Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
(Animated Film)

5.   The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

6.   Isle of Dogs (2018)
(Animated Film)

7.   The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

8.   The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

9.   Bottle Rocket (1996)

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

1.   Hotel Chevalier (2007)

My Favorite Paul Thomas Anderson Films

21 Wednesday Feb 2018

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1.   Phantom Thread (2017)

2.   Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

3.   There Will Be Blood (2007)

4.   Inherent Vice (2014)

5.   The Master (2012)

My Favorite Robert Altman Films

18 Sunday Feb 2018

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1.   Nashville (1975)

2.   McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

3.   Short Cuts (1993)

4.   The Long Goodbye (1973)

5.   Tanner ’88 (1988)
(HBO Miniseries)

6.   3 Women (1977)

7.   MASH (1970)

8.   Kansas City (1996)

9.   The Player (1992)

10. Secret Honor (1984)

11. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

12. California Split (1974)

13. Streamers (1983)

14. A Wedding (1978)

15. Gosford Park (2001)

16. Vincent & Theo (1990)

17. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)

18. Thieves Like Us (1974)

19. Images (1972)

20. Brewster McCloud (1970)

21. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

22. The Company (2003)

23. Cookie’s Fortune (1999)

24. Tanner on Tanner (2004)
(Cable Miniseries)

25. Fool for Love (1985)

26. Health (1980)
(I watched it on youtube)

27. O.C. & Stiggs (1985)
(theatrically released in 1987)

28. Ready to Wear (1994)
(aka Pret-a-Porter)

29. Beyond Therapy (1987)

30. Dr. T & the Women (2000)

31. Popeye (1980)

32. A Perfect Couple (1979)

33. Quietet (1979)

34. The Gingerbread Man (1998)

35. Robert Altman’s Jazz ’34 (1997)
(Great Performances Special)
(Documentary)

36. Basements (1987)
(“The Dumb Waiter”
and
“The Room”)
(TV Film)
(I watched the former on an old VHS tape and the latter on youtube)

37. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1988)
(TV Film)

38. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

39. Countdown (1968)

40. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
(TV Film)
(I watched it on youtube)

41. The Delinquents (1957)

42. The James Dean Story (1957)
(Co-directed with George W. George)
(Documentary)

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

1.   Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Les Boreades”)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Episodes)

1.   Gun (1997)
(Episode from 1997: “All the President’s Women”)

2.   Combat (1962-1967)
(Episodes from 1962: “Forgotten Front”, “Rear Echelon Commandos”, “Any Second Now”, “Escape to Nowhere”, “Cat and Mouse”, “I Swear by Apollo” and “The Prisoner”)
(Episodes from 1963: “The Volunteer”, “Off Limits” and “Survival”)

3.   The Gallant Men (1962-1963)
(Pilot Episode from 1962: “Battle Zone”)

4.   Route 66 (1960-1964)
(Episode from 1961: “Some of the People, Some of the Time”)   

5.   Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
(Episode from 1961: “The Murder Bond”)

6.   Lawman (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1961: “The Robbery”)

7.   Bonanza (1959-1973)
(Episodes from 1960: “Silent Thunder”)
(Episodes from 1961: “Bank Run”, “The Duke”, “The Rival”, “The Secret”, “The Dream Riders”, “Sam Hill” and “The Many Faces of Gideon Finch”)

8.   Maverick (1957-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “Bolt from the Blue”)

9.   Bronco (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “The Mustangers”)

10. Sugarfoot (1957-1961)
(Episode from 1959: “Apollo with a Gun”)
(Episode from 1960: “The Highbinder”)

11. M Squad (1957-1960)
(Episode from 1958: “Lover’s Lane Killing”)

12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965)
(Episode from 1957: “The Young One”)
(Episode from 1958: “Together”)

My Favorite Pedro Almodovar Films

17 Saturday Feb 2018

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1.   Pain and Glory (2019)

2.   Talk to Her (2002)

3.   All About My Mother (1999)

4.   Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

5.   The Skin I Live In (2011)

6.   Live Flesh (1997)

7.   Law of Desire (1987)

8.   Volver (2006)

9.   Bad Education (2004)

10. Broken Embraces (2009)

11. Julieta (2016)

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1.   Matador (1986)

2.   Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)

My Favorite Woody Allen Films

17 Saturday Feb 2018

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1.   Manhattan (1979)

2.   Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

3.   Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

4.   Annie Hall (1977)

5.   Husbands and Wives (1992)

6.   Radio Days (1987)

7.   Love and Death (1975)

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1.   Midnight in Paris (2011)

2.   Match Point (2005)

3.   Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

4.   Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

5.   Sleeper (1973)

6.   The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)   

7.   Zelig (1983)

8.   Stardust Memories (1980)

My Favorite Robert Aldrich Films

16 Friday Feb 2018

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1.   Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

2.   What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

3.   Ulzana’s Raid (1972)

4.   Autumn Leaves (1956)

5.   The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

6.   Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

7.   The Big Knife (1955)

8.   The Killing of Sister George (1968)

9.   Attack (1956)

10. Vera Cruz (1954)

11. The Dirty Dozen (1967)

12. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

13. Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)

14. Hustle (1975)

15. The Longest Yard (1974)

16. The Grissom Gang (1971)

17. Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

18. Too Late the Hero (1970)

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1.   Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)

2.   …All the Marbles (1981)
(sometimes known as “The California Dolls”)