Month: May 2018

My Favorite Steve James Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Hoop Dreams (1994)

2.   The New Americans (2004)
(co-directed with Gordon Quinn and Gita Saedi)
(Television)

3.   The Interrupters (2011)

4.   Life Itself (2014)

5.   Stevie (2003)

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

1.   Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016) 

2.   Head Games (2012)

3.   At the Death House Door (2008)

4.   Reel Paradise (2005)

My Favorite Peter Jackson Films

by John Charet

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

1.   They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
(Documentary)

2.   Heavenly Creatures (1994)

3.   Forgotten Silver (1995)
(co-directed with Costa Botes)
(Mockumentary)

4.   Dead Alive (1992)
(a.k.a. Braindead)

5.   Bad Taste (1987)

6.   Meet the Feebles (1989)

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

1.   The Frighteners (1996)

2a. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2b. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
2c. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

3.   King Kong (2005)

My Favorite Shoehei Imamura Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Eel (1997)

2.   The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

3.   Vengeance is Mine (1979)

4.   A Man Vanishes (1967)
(Documentary)

5.   Black Rain (1989)
(no relation to the Michael Douglas movie)

6.   Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

7.   Dr. Akagi (1998)

8.   Eijanaika (1981)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

9.   The Pornographers (1966)

10. Unholy Desire (1964)
(a.k.a. Intentions of Murder)

11. The Insect Woman (1963)

12. Pigs and Battleships (1961)

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

1.   11’09″01 September 11 (2002)
(Segment: “Japan”)