My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

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

1.   Playtime (1967)

2.   Parade (1974)

3.   Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

4.   Jour de Fete (1949)

5.   Mon Oncle (1958)

6.   Trafic (1971)

* * * * (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

* * * * (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

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

1.   Stalker (1979)

2.   Andrei Rublev (1966)

3.   The Mirror (1975)

4.   Solaris (1972)

5.   The Sacrifice (1986)

6.   Nostalghia (1983)

7.   Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

8.   Voyage in Time (1983)
(Documentary)

9.   The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)

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

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

1.   The Killers (1956)
(co-directed with Marika Beiku and Alexsandr Gordon)

My Favorite Seijun Suzuki Films

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

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 Douglas Sirk Films

* * * * (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

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

1.   Charley Varrick (1973)

2.   Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

3.   The Beguiled (1971)

4.   The Lineup (1958)

5.   Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

6.   The Shootist (1976)

7.   Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

8.   Dirty Harry (1971)

9.   Madigan (1968)

10. Coogan’s Bluff (1968)

11. The Killers (1964)

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

1.   Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

2.   Private Hell 36 (1954)

3.   Flaming Star (1960)

4.   The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)  

My Favorite Ken Russell Films

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

1.   The Devils (1971)
(I saw it online)

2.   Song of Summer (1968)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)

3.   Altered States (1980)

4.   Women in Love (1969)

5.   Tommy (1975)

6.   Savage Messiah (1972)

7.   The Boy Friend (1971)

8.   Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)
(Television)

9.   The Debussy Film (1965)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)

10. Elgar (1962)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)

11. Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

12. Always on Sunday (1965)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)

13. Dante’s Inferno (1967)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)

14. Crimes of Passion (1984)

15. The Music Lovers (1971)

16. Mahler (1974)

17. Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

18. Lisztomania (1975)

19. Valentino (1977)

20. Salome’s Last Dance (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

21. The Rainbow (1989)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

22. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

23. Gothic (1986)

24. Whore (1991)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

25. Lady Chatterley (1993)
(Miniseries)
(Television)

26. The Planets (1983)
(Television)

27. The Mystery of Dr. Martinu (1992)
(Television)
(I saw it online) 

28. The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

29. The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

30. Treasure Island (1995)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

31. Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle (2002)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

32. Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song (1997)
(Documentary)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

33. A British Picture (1989)

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

1.   A House in Bayswater (1959)
(I saw it online)

2.   Peepshow (1956)
(I saw it online)

3.   Amelia and the Angel (1958)
(I saw it online)

4.   Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Nessun dorma”)
(Anthology Film)

5.   A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
(I saw it online)

My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films

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

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

* * * * (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 Jacques Rivette Films

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

1.   Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2.   Out 1 (1971)

3.   L’amour fou (1969)

4.   La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

5.   Joan the Maiden (1994)

6.   Duelle (1976)

7.   The Nun (1966)

8.   Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

9.   Gang of Four (1989)

10. Secret Defense (1998)

11. Le Pont du Nord (1981)

12. Noroit (1976)

13. The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)

14. Va Savoir (2001)

15. Paris Belongs to Us (1960)

16. Merry-Go-Round (1981)

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

1.   Fool’s Mate (1956)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

2.   Lumiere and Company (1995)
(Segment: “Jacques Rivette/Paris”)

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

1.   The Duchess of Langeais (2007)

2.   Around a Small Mountain (2009)

3.   Wuthering Heights (1985)