My Favorite John Huston Films

29 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, Irish Cinema, Italian Cinema, John Huston, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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Beat the Devil, Fat City, Key Largo, Let There Be Light (Documentary), Moulin Rouge 1952, Prizzi's Honor, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The African Queen, The Asphalt Jungle, The Dead, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Would Be King, The Misfits, The Night of the Iguana, The Red Badge of Courage, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Under the Volcano, We Were Strangers, Wise Blood

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1. Wise Blood (1979)

2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

3. Fat City (1972)

4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

5. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

6. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

7. Let There Be Light (1946)
(Documentary)

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1. The Dead (1987)

2. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

3. Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

4. The Night of the Iguana (1964)

5. Under the Volcano (1984)

6. The Misfits (1961)

7. Beat the Devil (1953)

8. Moulin Rouge (1952)
(not the 2001 version)

9. The African Queen (1951)

10. The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

11. We Were Strangers (1949)

12. Key Largo (1948)

My Favorite Hou Hsiao-hsien Films

29 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Biography, Chinese Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Romance, Taiwanese Cinema, Taiwanese Filmmakers, Top 314, War

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Cafe Lumiere, Daughter of the Nile, Flight of the Red Balloon, Flowers of Shanghai, Good Men Good Women, Goodbye South Goodbye, Millenium Mambo, The Assassin, The Puppetmaster 1993, Three Times

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1. The Assassin (2015)

2. Three Times (2005)

3. Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)

4. Cafe Lumière (2003)

5. The Puppermaster (1993)
(no relation to the 1989 horror film)

6. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

7. Good Men, Good Women (1995)

8. Millenium Mambo (2001)

9. Daughter of the Nile (1987)

10. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

My Favorite Kon Ichikawa Films

29 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, Anthology Films, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kon Ichikawa, Lists, Music, Romance, Sport, Top 314, War

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47 Ronin 1994, An Actor's Revenge, Being Two Isn't Easy, Dora-heita, Fires on the Plain, Odd Obsession, The Burmese Harp 1956, The Makioka Sisters, Tokyo Olympiad (Documentary), Visions of Eight (The Fastest) (Documentary) (Anthology Film)

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1. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
(Documentary)

2. An Actor’s Revenge (1963)

3. Fires on the Plain (1959)

4. The Burmese Harp (1956)

5. The Makioka Sisters (1983)

6. Odd Obsession (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

7. Being Two Isn’t Easy (1962)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1. Visions of Eight (1973)
(Segment: “The Fastest”)
(Documentary)

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

1. Dora-heita (2001)

2. 47 Ronin (1994)

My Favorite Tobe Hooper Films

28 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology Films, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Thriller, Tobe Hooper, Top 314

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Body Bags (Eye) (Anthology Film) (Short Cinema), Eaten Alive, Lifeforce, Masters of Horror (Dance of the Dead) (Cable Series), Masters of Horror (The Damned Thing) (Cable Series), Poltergeist, Salem's Lot (TV Miniseries), Tales from the Crypt (Dead Wait) (Cable Series), The Funhouse, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

2. Poltergeist (1982)

3. Salem’s Lot (1979)
(TV Miniseries)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1. Body Bags (1993)
(Segment: “Eye”)
(Cable Film)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Dance of the Dead (2005)
(Masters of Horror episode)

2. The Damned Thing (2006)
(Masters of Horror episode)

3. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from 1991: “Dead Wait”)

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1. The Funhouse (1981)

2. Lifeforce (1985)

3. Eaten Alive (1977)

My Favorite Dennis Hopper Films

28 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Dennis Hopper, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Thriller, Top 314

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Colors, Easy Rider, Out of the Blue, The Hot Spot, The Last Movie

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

1. The Last Movie (1971)

2. Out of the Blue (1980)

3. Easy Rider (1969)

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

1. Colors (1988)

2. The Hot Spot (1990)

My Favorite Seth Holt Films

28 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Seth Holt, Thriller, Top 314

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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, Station Six-Sahara, Taste of Fear, The Nanny 1965

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1. Station Six-Sahara (1962)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2. Taste of Fear (1961)
(a.k.a. Scream of Fear)

3. The Nanny (1965)
(no relation to the American sitcom)

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

1. Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

My Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films

27 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Television, Thriller, Top 314, War

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1. The Birds (1963)

2. Vertigo (1958)

3. Psycho (1960)

4. Notorious (1946)

5. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

6. Marnie (1964)

7. The Wrong Man (1956)

8. The Trouble with Harry (1955)

9. Rear Window (1954)

10. Strangers on a Train (1951)

11. North by Northwest (1959)

12. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

13. The 39 Steps (1935)

14. Frenzy (1972)

15. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

16. Rope (1948)

17. Rebecca (1940)

18. Sabotage (1936)

19. Blackmail (1929)

20. The Lodger (1927)

21. Family Plot (1976)

22. I Confess (1953)

23. Topaz (1969)

24. Under Capricorn (1949)

25. To Catch a Thief (1955)

26. Lifeboat (1944)

27. Dial M for Murder (1954)

28. Foreign Correspondent (1940)

29. Stage Fright (1950)

30. Young and Innocent (1937)

31. Secret Agent (1936)

32. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

33. Murder! (1930)

34. The Ring (1927)

35. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
(no relation to the 2005 film)

36. Spellbound (1945)

37. Suspicion (1941)

38. The Paradine Case (1947)

39. Saboteur (1942)

40. Torn Curtain (1966)

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

1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962)
(Episodes from Season 1: “Revenge”, “Breakdown” and “The Case of Mr. Pelham”)
(Episodes from Season 2: “Wet Saturday”, “Mr. Blanchard’s Secret” and “One More Mile to Go”)
(Episodes from Season 3: “The Perfect Crime”, “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “Dip in the Pool”)
(Episodes from Season 4: “Poison” and “Banquo’s Chair”)
(Episodes from Season 5: “Arthur” and “The Crystal Trench”)
(Episodes from Season 6: “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat” and “The Horseplayer”)
(Episodes from Season 7: “Bang! You’re Dead”)

2. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965)
(Episode from Season 1: “I Saw the Whole Thing”)

My Favorite Walter Hill Films

27 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Miniseries, Music, Musical, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, Walter Hill, Western

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48 Hrs., Broken Trail (Cable Miniseries), Bullet to the Head, Deadwood (Pilot) (Cable Series), Extreme Prejudice, Geronimo: An American Legend, Hard Times, Johnny Handsome, Last Man Standing 1996, Southern Comfort, Streets of Fire, Tales from the Crypt (Cutting Cards) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (Deadline) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (The Man Who Was Death) (Cable Series), The Assignment, The Driver, The Long Riders, The Warriors, Trespass 1992, Undisputed, Wild Bill

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1. Southern Comfort (1981)

2. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)

3. The Warriors (1979)

4. The Long Riders (1980)

5. The Driver (1978)

6. Wild Bill (1995)

7. Hard Times (1975)

8. Streets of Fire (1984)

9. Undisputed (2002)

10. Extreme Prejudice (1987)

11. Trespass (1992)

12. Johnny Handsome (1989)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Deadwood (2004)
(Pilot Episode)

2. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from 1990: “Cutting Cards”)

3. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from 1989: “The Man Who Was Death”)

4. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from 1991: “Deadline”)

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

1. Bullet to the Head (2012)

2. 48 Hrs. (1982)

3. The Assignment (2016)

4. Last Man Standing (1996)

5. Broken Trail (2006)
(Cable Miniseries)

My Favorite Werner Herzog Films

26 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Australian Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Horror, Irish Cinema, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Sport, Top 314, War, Werner Herzog

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Aguirre the Wrath of God, Bad Lieutenant: Port Call of New Orleans, Ballad of the Little Soldier (Documentary), Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Documentary), Cobra Verde, Encounters at the End of the World (Documentary), Even Dwarfs Started Small, Fata Morgana (Documentary), Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man (Documentary), Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (Documentary), Heart of Glass, Herdsmen of the Sun (Documentary), How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (Documentary), Into the Abyss (Documentary), Invisible, La Soufriere (Documentary Short), Land of Silence and Darkness (Documentary), Lessons of Darkness (Documentary), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (Documentary), Lo & Behold Reveries of the Connected World (Documentary), My Best Fiend (Documentary), Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979, Precautions Against Fanatics (Short Cinema), Rescue Dawn, Signs of Life, Stroszek, Ten Minutes Older (Ten Thousand Years Older) (Short Cinema), The Dark Glow of the Mountains (Documentary), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The Flying Doctors of East Africa (Documentary), The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Stein (Documentary), The White Diamond (Documentary), The Wild Blue Yonder (Documentary), Wheel of Time (Documentary), Where the Green Ants Dream, Woyzeck

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1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

2. Grizzly Man (2005)
(Documentary)

3. Fitzcarraldo (1982)

4. Lessons of Darkness (1992)
(Documentary)

5. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

6. Stroszek (1977)

7. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

8. Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
(Documentary)

9. The White Diamond (2004)
(Documentary)

10. Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
(Documentary)

11. Fata Morgana (1971)
(Documentary)

12. Cobra Verde (1987)

13. Woyzeck (1979)

14. Bad Lieutenant: Port Call of New Orleans (2009)

15. Rescue Dawn (2006)

16. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
(Documentary)

17. Invisible (2001)

18. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
(Documentary)

19. Into the Abyss (2011)
(Documentary)

20. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
(Documentary)

21. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
(Documentary)

22. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
(Documentary)

23. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
(Documentary)

24. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
(Documentary)

25. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

26. Heart of Glass (1976)

27. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)

28. Signs of Life (1968)

29. Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
(Documentary)

30. The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1984)
(Documentary)

31. My Best Fiend (1999)
(Documentary)

32. Wheel of Time (2003)
(Documentary)

33. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
(Documentary)

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

1. La Soufriere (1977)
(Documentary Short)

2. Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)

3. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Ten Thousand Years Older”)

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

1. The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1969)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Monte Hellman Films

26 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Monte Hellman, Romance, Spanish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Thriller, Top 314, Western

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China 9 Liberty 37, Cockfighter, Iguana, Ride in the Whirlwind, Road to Nowhere, The Shooting, Two-Lane Blacktop

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

1. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

2. The Shooting (1966)

3. Cockfighter (1974)

4. Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

5. Iguana (1988)

6. China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)

7. Road to Nowhere (2010)

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My Favorite John Huston Films

My Favorite Hou Hsiao-hsien Films

My Favorite Kon Ichikawa Films

My Favorite Tobe Hooper Films

My Favorite Dennis Hopper Films

My Favorite Seth Holt Films

My Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films

My Favorite Walter Hill Films

My Favorite Werner Herzog Films

My Favorite Monte Hellman Films