* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Baby (1973)
2. Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Magnum Force (1973)
2. Hang ‘Em High (1968)
1970’s Cinema
My Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Spirited Away (2001) (Anime)
2. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (Anime)
3. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) (Anime)
4. Princess Mononoke (1997) (Anime)
5. Castle in the Sky (1986) (Anime)
6. Porco Rosso (1992) (Anime)
7. Ponyo (2008) (Anime)
8. The Wind Rises (2013) (Anime)
9. Howl’s Moving Castle (2005) (Anime)
10. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Anime)
11. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (Anime)
My Favorite Vincente Minnelli Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Gigi (1958)
2. Home from the Hill (1960)
3. The Band Wagon (1953)
4. Some Came Running (1958)
5. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
6. Tea and Sympathy (1956)
7. Brigadoon (1954)
8. Madame Bovary (1949)
9. An American in Paris (1951)
10. Father of the Bride (1950)
11. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
12. Father’s Little Dividend (1951)
13. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
14. The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
15. Goodbye Charlie (1964)
16. The Sandpiper (1965)
17. The Cobweb (1955)
18. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
19. A Matter of Time (1976)
20. Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
21. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
(I also love the 1921 silent version)
22. Lust for Life (1956)
23. The Clock (1945)
24. Kismet (1955)
25. Bells are Ringing (1960)
26. The Story of Three Loves (1953) (Segment” “Madamoiselle”)
27. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) (Judy Garland Segments)
28. Ziegfeld Follies (1945) (The Fred Astaire Dance Numbers)
29. The Pirate (1948)
30. I Dood It (1943)
31. Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
2. Designing Woman (1957)
3. Undercurrent (1946)
4. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)
My Favorite Jean-Pierre Melville Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Le Samourai (1967)
2. Army of Shadows (1969)
3. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
4. Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
5. Le Doulos (1962)
6. The Silence of the Sea (1949)
7. Bob le flambeur (1956)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Un flic (1972)
2. Second Breath (1966)
3. Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
My Favorite Elaine May Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A New Leaf (1971)
2. Mikey and Nicky (1976)
3. The Heartbreak Kid (1972) (Not the 2007 remake)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Ishtar (1987)
My Favorite Louis Malle Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
2. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
3. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
4. Au revoir les enfants (1987)
5. Atlantic City (1980)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Fire Within (1963)
2. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
3. The Lovers (1958)
4. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
My Favorite Terrence Malick Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The New World (2005)
2. The Thin Red Line (1998)
3. Days of Heaven (1978)
4. Badlands (1973)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Knight of Cups (2015)
2. To the Wonder (2012)
My Favorite Chris Marker Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. La Jetee (1962) (Short)
2. Sans Soleil (1983) (Documentary)
3. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999) (Documentary)
4. Grin Without a Cat (1977) (Documentary)
5. A.K. (1985) (Documentary)
My Favorite Akira Kurosawa Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Seven Samurai (1954)
2. Ran (1985)
3. Madadayo (1993)
4. Throne of Blood (1957)
5. Ikiru (1952)
6. Rashomon (1950)
7. High and Low (1963)
8. Kagemusha (1980)
9. Yojimbo (1961)
10. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
11. Sanjuro (1962)
12. Stray Dog (1949)
13. Red Beard (1965)
14. Dersu Uzala (1975)
15. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
16. The Idiot (1951)
17. I Live in Fear (1955)
18. Rhapsody in August (1991)
19. Dreams (1990)
20. The Lower Depths (1957)
21. Dodes’ka-den (1970)
22. Scandal (1950)
23. The Quiet Duel (1949)
24. Drunken Angel (1948)
25. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
26. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
27. Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)
28. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
29. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)
30. The Most Beautiful (1944)
My Favorite Stanley Kubrick Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
2. The Shining (1980)
3. Barry Lyndon (1975)
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
5. The Killing (1956)
6. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
7. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
8. Paths of Glory (1957)
9. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
10. Lolita (1962)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Spartacus (1960)
2. Killer’s Kiss (1955)
3. Fear and Desire (1953)
