* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
2. Casque d’Or (1952)
3. Le Trou (1960)
1950’s Cinema
My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
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 Robert Altman Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Nashville (1975)
2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
3. Short Cuts (1993)
4. The Long Goodbye (1973)
5. Tanner ’88 (1988)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)
6. 3 Women (1977)
7. Great Performances (1996)
7a. Episode: “Robert Altman’s Jazz ’34”
(Documentary)
(Television)
8. The Player (1992)
9. Secret Honor (1984)
10. California Split (1974)
11. Streamers (1983)
12. Gosford Park (2001)
13. Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
14. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
15. Tanner on Tanner (2004)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)
16. The Company (2003)
17. Vincent & Theo (1990)
18. A Wedding (1978)
19. Images (1972)
20. Brewster McCloud (1970)
21. MASH (1970)
22. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
23. Kansas City (1996)
24. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
25. Thieves Like Us (1974)
26. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
27. Gun (1997)
27a. Episode: “All the President’s Women”
(Television)
28. Fool for Love (1985)
29. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
30. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1988)
(Television)
31. Health (1980)
(I watched it online)
32. A Perfect Couple (1979)
33. Ready to Wear (1994)
(a.k.a. Pret-a-Porter)
34. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
35. O.C. & Stiggs (1985)
(theatrically released in 1987)
36. Beyond Therapy (1987)
37. Popeye (1980)
38. Quintet (1979)
39. Countdown (1968)
40. Basements (1987)
40a. “The Dumb Waiter”
40b. “The Room”
(Cable/Television)
(I watched the former on an old VHS tape and the latter online)
41. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
(Television)
(I watched it online)
42. The Delinquents (1957)
43. 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. 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”)
2. The Gallant Men (1962-1963)
(Pilot Episode from 1962: “Battle Zone”)
3. Route 66 (1960-1964)
(Episode from 1961: “Some of the People, Some of the Time”)
4. Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
(Episode from 1961: “The Murder Bond”)
5. Lawman (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1961: “The Robbery”)
6. 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”)
7. Maverick (1957-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “Bolt from the Blue”)
8. Bronco (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “The Mustangers”)
9. Sugarfoot (1957-1961)
(Episode from 1959: “Apollo with a Gun”)
(Episode from 1960: “The Highbinder”)
10. M Squad (1957-1960)
(Episode from 1958: “Lover’s Lane Killing”)
11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965)
(Episode from 1957: “The Young One”)
(Episode from 1958: “Together”)
My Favorite Robert Aldrich Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
2. …All the Marbles (1981)
(sometimes known as “The California Dolls”)
My Favorite Sidney Lumet Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
2. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
3. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
2. Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
3. The Verdict (1982)
My Favorite Andre De Toth Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
2. Crime Wave (1954)
3. House of Wax (1953)
4. Pitfall (1948)
5. Ramrod (1947)
6. Dark Waters (1944)
7. Man in the Saddle (1951)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Carson City (1952)
2. Springfield Rifle (1952)
My Favorite George Stevens Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Place in the Sun (1951)
2. Shane (1953)
3. Giant (1956)
4. Alice Adams (1935)
5. Annie Oakley (1935)
6. I Remember Mama (1948)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Talk of the Town (1942)
2. Vivacious Lady (1938)
3. A Damsel in Distress (1937)
4. Woman of the Year (1942)
5. The More the Merrier (1943)
6. Swing Time (1936)
7. Gunga Din (1939)
My Favorite Otto Preminger Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
2. Anger Face (1953)
3. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
4. Laura (1944)
5. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
6. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
7. Such Good Friends (1971)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Fallen Angel (1945)
2. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
3. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
4. Advise and Consent (1962)
5. The 13th Letter (1951)
6. The Cardinal (1963)
7. Whirlpool (1949)
My Favorite Joseph L. Mankiewicz Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. All About Eve (1950)
2. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
3. Julius Caesar (1953)
4. No Way Out (1950)
(No relation to the 1987 film)
5. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
6. People Will Talk (1951)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
2. House of Strangers (1949)
3. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
4. Guys and Dolls (1955)
5. Sleuth (1972)
(Not the 2007 version)
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