* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Orpheus (1950)
2. Les Parents terribles (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
3. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
4. The Blood of a Poet (1930)
5. The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
1950’s Cinema
My Favorite Robert Bresson Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. L’Argent (1983)
2. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
3. A Man Escaped (1956)
4. Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
5. Pickpocket (1959)
6. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
7. Mouchette (1967)
8. Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
9. The Devil Probably (1977)
10. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
11. Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
12. A Gentle Woman (1969)
13. Angels of Sin (1943)
My Favorite Henri-Georges Clouzot Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wages of Fear (1953)
2. Diabolique (1955)
3. Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
4. Le Corbeau (1943)
5. The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
(Documentary)
My Favorite Charlie Chaplin Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. City Lights (1931)
2. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
3. The Gold Rush (1925)
4. Limelight (1952)
5. Modern Times (1936)
6. The Great Dictator (1940)
7. A Woman of Paris (1923)
8. The Kid (1921)
9. The Circus (1928)
10. A King in New York (1957)
11. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Keystone Shorts)
1. His Prehistoric Past (1914)
2. The New Janitor (1914)
3. Dough and Dynamite (1914)
4. His Trysting Place (1914)
5. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
6. His Musical Career (1914)
7. Getting Acquainted (1914)
8. The Property Man (1914)
9. Laughing Gas (1914)
10. Mabel’s Married Life (1914)
11. A Busy Day (1914)
12. The Rounders (1914)
13. Those Love Pangs (1914)
14. Caught in the Rain (1914)
15. Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
16. His New Profession (1914)
17. The Masquerader (1914)
18. Recreation (1914)
19. The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Essanay Shorts)
1. The Bank (1915)
2. Work (1915)
3. The Tramp (1915)
4. In the Park (1915)
5. His New Job (1915)
6. A Jitney Elopement (1915)
7. Shanghaied (1915)
8. Burlesque on ‘Carmen’ (1915)
9. Police (1916)
10. A Night in the Show (1915)
11. A Woman (1915)
12. By the Sea (1915)
13. The Champion (1915)
14. A Night Out (1915)
15. Triple Trouble (1918)
(co-directed with Leo White)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Mutual Shorts)
1. The Immigrant (1917)
2. Behind the Screen (1916)
3. The Pawnshop (1916)
4. The Floorwalker (1916)
5. The Fireman (1916)
6. One A.M. (1916)
7. The Rink (1916)
8. The Count (1916)
9. The Vagabond (1916)
10. The Adventurer (1917)
11. The Cure (1917)
12. Easy Street (1917)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (First National Shorts)
1. The Pilgrim (1923)
2. Shoulder Arms (1918)
3. A Dog’s Life (1918)
4. The Bond (1918)
5. Payday (1922)
6. The Idle Class (1921)
7. Sunnyside (1919)
8. A Day’s Pleasure (1919)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Compilation Films)
1. The Chaplin Revue (1959)
My Favorite Claude Chabrol Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Le Ceremonie (1995)
2. Le Boucher (1970)
3. The Bridesmaid (2004)
4. The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
5. This Man Must Die (1969)
6. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
7. The Breach (1970)
8. Les Biches (1968)
9. Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
10. Bellamy (2009)
11. L’Enfer (1994)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Story of Women (1988)
2. Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)
3. Comedy of Power (2006)
4. The Color of Lies (1999)
5. Madame Bovary (1991)
6. Betty (1992)
7. A Girl Cut in Two (2007)
8. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
9. Les Cousins (1959)
10. Le Beau Serge (1958)
My Favorite John Cassavetes Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Love Streams (1984)
2. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
3. Faces (1968)
4. Shadows (1959)
5. Husbands (1970)
6. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
7. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
8. Opening Night (1977)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Gloria (1980)
2. Too Late Blues (1961)
3. A Child Is Waiting (1963)
My Favorite Luis Bunuel Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
2. Viridiana (1961)
3. L’Age d’Or (1930)
4. El (1953)
(aka This Strange Passion)
5. Los Olvidados (1950)
6. Simon of the Desert (1965)
7. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
(Short Film)
8. Nazarin (1959)
9. Death in the Garden (1956)
10. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1954)
11. Land Without Bread (1933)
(Documentary Short)
12. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
13. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
14. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
15. Belle de Jour (1967)
16. Tristana (1970)
17. The Young One (1960)
18. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
19. The Milky Way (1969)
20. Susana (1951)
21. El Bruto (1953)
22. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
My Favorite Frank Borzage Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. No Greater Glory (1934)
2. Man’s Castle (1933)
3. China Doll (1958)
4. Moonrise (1948)
5. Seventh Heaven (1927)
6. Little Man, What Now? (1934)
7. Street Angel (1928)
8. Bad Girl (1931)
9. Lucky Star (1929)
10. I’ve Always Loved You (1946)
11. Three Comrades (1938)
12. History Is Made at Night (1937)
13. A Farewell to Arms (1931)
14. Desire (1936)
15. After Tomorrow (1932)
16. The Mortal Storm (1940)
17. Liliom (1930)
18. Lazybones (1925)
19. The River (1929)
20. Humoresque (1920)
21. Young America (1932)
22. Song o’ My Heart (1930)
23. They Had to See Paris (1929)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Mannequin (1937)
(No relation to the 1987 film)
2. That’s My Man (1947)
3. Stranded (1935)
4. Big City (1937)
5. Strange Cargo (1940)
6. Green Light (1937)
7. Disputed Passage (1939)
8. Living on Velvet (1935)
9. The Shining Hour (1938)
10. Flirtation Walk (1934)
11. The Spanish Main (1945)
12. Shipmates Forever (1935)
My Favorite Budd Boetticher Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Ride Lonesome (1959)
2. The Tall T (1957)
3. Seven Men from Now (1956)
4. Comanche Station (1960)
5. Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
6. A Time for Dying (1969)
7. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
8. The Killer Is Loose (1956)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Decision at Sundown (1957)
2. Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
3. Westbound (1959)
My Favorite Ingmar Bergman Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Persona (1966)
2. The Seventh Seal (1957)
3. Cries and Whispers (1972)
4. Wild Strawberries (1957)
5. The Silence (1963)
6. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
7. Winter Light (1962)
8. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
9. The Virgin Spring (1960)
10. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
11. Shame (1968)
12. The Magic Flute (1975)
(Swedish TV Film)
13. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
14. Autumn Sonata (1978)
15. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
(Swedish TV Mini-Series)
16. Saraband (2003)
(Swedish TV Film)
17. From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
18. The Touch (1971)
19. The Passion of Anna (1969)
20. Face to Face (1976)
21. The Magician (1958)
22. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
23. Summer Interlude (1951)
24. Summer with Monika (1953)
25. The Rite (1969)
(Swedish TV Film)
26. After the Rehearsal (1984)
(Swedish TV Film)
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