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 Charles Burnett Films

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

1.   Killer of Sheep (1978)

2.   My Brother’s Wedding (1983)

3.   To Sleep with Anger (1990)

4.   Nightjohn (1996)
(TV Film)

5.   The Blues: Warming by the Devil’s Fire (2003)
(TV Documentary)

6.   Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
(TV Film)

7.   The Glass Shield (1994)

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

1.   When It Rains (1995)

2.   Quiet As Kept (2007)

3.   Several Friends (1969)

4.   The Horse (1973)

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 Peter Bogdanovich Films

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

1.   Saint Jack (1979)

2.   Texasville (1990)

3.   They All Laughed (1981)

4.   Targets (1968)

5.   The Cat’s Meow (2001)

6.   The Last Picture Show (1971)

7.   Paper Moon (1973)

8.   What’s Up Doc? (1972)

9.   Nickelodeon (1976)

10. Daisy Miller (1974)

11. At Long Last Love (1975)

12. The Sopranos – Season 5 (2004)
12a. Episode 6: Sentimental Education (2004)
(Cable/Television)

13. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream (2007)
(Documentary)

14. Directed by John Ford (1971/2006)
(Documentary)

15. The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
(Documentary)

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)

My Favorite Mario Bava Films

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

1.   Kill, Baby…Kill! (1966)

2.   Blood and Black Lace (1964)

3.   Lisa and the Devil (1973)

4.   A Bay of Blood (1971)
(a.k.a Twitch of the Death Nerve)

5.   Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

6.   Planet of the Vampires (1965)

7.   Danger: Diabolik (1968)

8.   Black Sabbath (1963)
(Anthology Film)

9.   Black Sunday (1960)

10. The Whip and the Body (1963)

11. Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

12. Erik the Conqueror (1961)

13. Rabid Dogs (1974)
(a.k.a Kidnapped)

14. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

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)