My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jacques Tati, Lists, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Television, Top 306

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Forza Bastia (Short Film), Gai dimanche (Short Film), Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Parade, Playtime, School for Postmen (Short Film), Trafic

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

1. Playtime (1967)

2. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

3. Mon Oncle (1958)

4. Jour de Fete (1949)

5. Trafic (1971)

6. Parade (1974)
(French/Swedish TV Film)

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

1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)

2. School for Postmen (1947)

3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)

My Favorite Frank Tashlin Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Frank Tashlin, Greatest, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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Artists and Models, Bachelor Flat, Caprice, Cinderfella, Hollywood or Bust, It's Only Money, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Say One for Me, Son of Paleface, Susan Slept Here, The Alphabet Murders, The Disorderly Orderly, The First Time, The Geisha Boy, The Girl Can't Help It, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The Man from the Diners' Club, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, Who's Minding the Store?, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

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

1. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

2. The Alphabet Murders (1965)

3. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

4. The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)

5. Bachelor Flat (1962)

6. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

7. Artists and Models (1955)

8. Susan Slept Here (1954)

9. Son of Paleface (1952)

10. The First Time (1952)

11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)

12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)

13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

14. It’s Only Money (1962)

15. The Geisha Boy (1958)

16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

17. Cinderfella (1960)

18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)

20. Caprice (1967)

21. Say One for Me (1959)

My Favorite Andrei Tarkovsky Films

12 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Russian Filmmakers, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Soviet Cinema, Student Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Thriller, Top 305, War

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Andrei Rublev, Ivan's Childhood, Nostalghia, Solaris 1972, Stalker, The Killers 1956, The Mirror 1975, The Sacrifice 1986, The Steamroller and the Violin, There Will Be No Leave Today, Voyage in Time

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

1. Stalker (1979)

2. Andrei Rublev (1966)

3. The Mirror (1975)

4. Solaris (1972)

5. Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

6. The Sacrifice (1986)

7. Nostalghia (1983)

8. Voyage in Time (1983)
(Documentary)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Student Films)

1. The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)

2. There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
(co-directed with Alexsandr Gordon)
(I watched it on youtube)

3. The Killers (1956)
(co-directed with Marika Beiku and Alexsandr Gordon)
(Short Film)

My Favorite Seijun Suzuki Films

11 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War

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Branded to Kill, Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell Bastards!, Everything Goes Wrong, Fighting Elegy, Gate of Flesh, Kagero-za, Kanto Wanderer, Pistol Opera, Princess Raccoon, Story of a Prostitute, Take Aim at the Police Van, Tattooed Life, Tokyo Drifter, Underworld Beauty, Youth of the Beast, Yumeji, Zigeunerweisen

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1. Branded to Kill (1967)

2. Youth of the Beast (1963)

3. Gate of Flesh (1964)

4. Story of a Prostitute (1965)

5. Tokyo Drifter (1966)

6. Tattooed Life (1965)

7. Zigeunerweisen (1980)

8. Fighting Elegy (1966)

9. Everything Goes Wrong (1960)

10. Underworld Beauty (1958)

11. Yumeji (1991)

12. Kagero-za (1981)

13. Kanto Wanderer (1963)

14. Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)

15. Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

16. Princess Raccoon (2005)

17. Pistol Opera (2001)

My Favorite George Stevens Films

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Film Directors, George Stevens, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 304, Western

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A Place in the Sun, Alice Adams, Annie Oakley, Giant, Gunga Din, I Remember Mama, Shane, Swing Time, Woman of the Year

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

1. Swing Time (1936)

2. Alice Adams (1935)

3. Gunga Din (1939)

4. Annie Oakley (1935)

5. Woman of the Year (1942)

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

1. Shane (1953)

2. Giant (1956)

3. A Place in the Sun (1951)

4. I Remember Mama (1948)

My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films

03 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Douglas Sirk, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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A Scandal in Paris, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, All I Desire, All That Heaven Allows, Captain Lightfoot, Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, Imitation of Life, Interlude, Lured, Magnificent Obsession, Shockproof, Taza Son of Cochise, The Tarnished Angels, There's Always Tomorrow, Thunder on the Hill, Written on the Wind

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

1. Written on the Wind (1956)

2. Imitation of Life (1959)

3. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

4. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5. All That Heaven Allows (1955)

6. The Tarnished Angels (1957)

7. Magnificent Obsession (1954)

8. All I Desire (1953)

9. Interlude (1957)

10. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

11. Thunder on the Hill (1951)

12. Lured (1947)

13. A Scandal in Paris (1946)

14. Shockproof (1949)

15. Captain Lightfoot (1955)

16. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

My Favorite Don Siegel Films

31 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Crime, Don Siegel, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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Baby Face Nelson, Charley Varrick, Coogan's Bluff, Dirty Harry, Edge of Eternity, Escape from Alcatraz, Flaming Star, Hell Is for Heroes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, Madigan, Private Hell 36, Riot in Cell Block 11, The Beguiled 1971, The Big Steal, The Duel at Silver Creek, The Gun Runners, The Killers 1964, The Lineup, The Shootist, Two Mules for Sister Sara

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

1. The Beguiled (1971)

2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

3. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

4. Charley Varrick (1973)

5. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

6. The Lineup (1958)

7. The Shootist (1976)

8. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

9. Dirty Harry (1971)

10. Coogan’s Bluff (1968)

11. Madigan (1968)

12. The Killers (1964)

13. Private Hell 36 (1954)

14. Baby Face Nelson (1957)
(I saw it on youtube)

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

1. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

2. The Big Steal (1949)

3. Flaming Star (1960)

4. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)

5. Edge of Eternity (1959)

6. The Gun Runners (1958)

My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films

23 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, Anthology, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Music, Roberto Rossellini, Romance, Short Cinema, Television, Top 304, War

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Blaise Pascal (TV Film), Cartesius (TV Film), Escape by Night, Europe '51 (a.k.a. Europa '51), General della Rovere, Germany Year Zero, Joan of Arc at the Stake, Journey to Italy (a.k.a. Voyage to Italy), Paisan, Ro.Go.Pa.G. (Illibatezza) (Short Film) (Anthology), Rome Open City, Stromboli, The Age of Medici (TV Miniseries), The Flowers of St. Francis, The Messiah 1975, The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, Vanina Vanini, Viva l'Italia!, Where Is Freedom?

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1. Viva l’Italia! (1961)

2. Journey to Italy (1954)
(a.k.a. Voyage to Italy)

3. Germany, Year Zero (1948)

4. The Taking of Power by Louis VIV (1966)
(French TV Film)

5. Stromboli (1950)

6. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

7. Paisan (1946)

8. Rome, Open City (1945)

9. General Della Rovere (1959)

10. Europe ’51 (1952)
(a.k.a. Europa ’51)

11. Escape by Night (1960)

12. The Age of the Medici (1973)
(Italian TV Miniseries)

13. Blaise Pascal (1972)
(French and Italian TV Film)

14. Cartesius (1974)
(French and Italian TV Film)

15. Where Is Freedom? (1954)

16. The Messiah (1975)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

17. Vanina Vanini (1961)

18. Joan of Arc At the Stake (1954)

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

1. Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) (Segment: “Illibatezza”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Eric Rohmer Films

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Eric Rohmer, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 304

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A Good Marriage, A Tale of Springtime, A Tale of Summer, A Tale of Winter, An Autumn Tale, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Claire's Knee, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, Full Moon in Paris, La Collectioneuse, Love in the Afternoon 1972, My Night at Maud's, Pauline at the Beach, Suzanne's Career, The Aviator's Wife, The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Short Film), The Green Ray (a.k.a. Summer), The Marquise of O..., Veronica and Her Dunce (Short Film)

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

1. An Autumn Tale (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2. The Green Ray (1986)
(a.k.a. Summer)

3. My Night at Maud’s (1969)

4. Claire’s Knee (1970)

5. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

6. Love in the Afternoon (1972)

7. A Tale of Winter (1992)

8. Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

9. Full Moon in Paris (1984)

10. La Collectionneuse (1967)

11. Pauline at the Beach (1983)

12. A Tale of Summer (1996)

13. A Tale of Springtime (1990)

14. A Good Marriage (1982)

15. The Aviator’s Wife (1981)

16. Suzanne’s Career (1963)

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

1. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

2. Veronica and Her Dunce (1958)

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

1. The Marquise of O (1976)

My Favorite Mark Robson Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mark Robson, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 304, War

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Bedlam, Isle of the Dead, Phffft, The Ghost Ship 1943, The Harder They Fall, The Seventh Victim, Von Ryan's Express

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

1. The Seventh Victim (1943)

2. Isle of the Dead (1945)

3. Bedlam (1946)

4. The Ghost Ship (1943)

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

1. Phffft (1954)

2. The Harder They Fall (1956)

3. Von Ryan’s Express (1965)

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