* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The New Land (1972)
2. Everlasting Moments (2008)
3. Hamsun (1996)
4. The Emigrants (1971)
5. Here’s Your Life (1966)
6. Flight of the Eagle (1982)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
7. Zandy’s Bride (1974)
1970’s Cinema
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 Bela Tarr Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Satantango (1994)
2. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
3. Damnation (1988)
4. The Turin Horse (2011)
5. Almanac of Fall (1985)
6. The Prefab People (1982)
7. The Outsider (1981)
8. Family Nest (1977)
9. The Man from London (2007)
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 Jan Svankmajer Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
(Live Action/Animation)
2. Little Otik (2000)
(a.k.a. Greedy Guts)
(Live Action/Animation)
3. Faust (1994)
(Live Action/Animation)
4. Alice (1988)
(Live Action/Animation)
5. Lunacy (2005)
(Live Action/Animation)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Animation)
1. Dimensions of Dialogue (1982)
2. Food (1992)
3. Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
4. The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
5. Down to the Cellar (1983)
6. The Flat (1968)
7. The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990)
8. Manly Games (1988)
9. The Garden (1968)
10. Punch and Judy (1966)
11. Jabberwocky (1971)
12. Meat Love (1988)
13. The Ossuary (1970)
14. Don Juan (1970)
15. A Game with Stones (1965)
16. The Fall of the House of Usher (1980)
17. Picnic with Weissmann (1968)
18. The Last Trick (1964)
19. Castle of Otranto (1977)
20. A Quiet Week in the House (1969)
21. Flora (1989)
22. Historia Naturae (1967)
23. Et Cetera (1966)
24. Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor (1965)
My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
2. 1941 (1979)
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
4. Jaws (1975)
5. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)
6. Duel (1971)
(Television)
7. The Sugarland Express (1974)
8. Columbo – Season 1 (1971-1972)
8a. Episode 1: Murder by the Book (1971)
(Television)
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
2. Minority Report (2002)
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
4. Jurassic Park (1993)
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 Ousmane Sembene Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Camp de Thiaroye (1988)
2. Moolaade (2004)
3. Black Girl (1966)
4. Xala (1975)
5. Mandabi (1968)
6. Faat Kine (2000)
My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Irishman (2019)
2. The King of Comedy (1982)
3. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson)
(Documentary)
(Television)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
(Documentary/Mockumentary)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)
(Television)
7. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
8. Shutter Island (2010)
9. Silence (2016)
10. Mean Streets (1973)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
13. Hugo (2011)
14. Boardwalk Empire – Season 1 (2010)
14a. Episode 1: Pilot (2010)
(Cable/Television)
15. Kundun (1997)
16. Casino (1995)
17. The Age of Innocence (1993)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
20. After Hours (1985)
21. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
22. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
23. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
24. Vinyl – Season 1 (2016)
24a. Episode 1: Pilot (2016)
(Cable/Television)
25. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
26. New York Stories (1989)
26a. Segment: Life Lessons (1989)
(Anthology Film)
27. New York, New York (1977)
28. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
29. Cape Fear (1991)
30. The Departed (2006)
31. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
(Television)
32. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
33. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
34. The Blues (2003)
34a. Episode 1: Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Documentary)
(Television)
35. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
36. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
37. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Pretend It’s a City (2021)
(Miniseries)
(Documentary)
(Streaming/Television)
2. The Big Shave (1967)
3. The Key to Reserva (2007)
(I watched it online)
4. It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
5. The Audition (2015)
(I watched it online)
6. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
7. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
8. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
9. Made in Milan (1990)
(I watched it online)
My Favorite John Schlesinger Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. An Englishman Abroad (1983)
(TV Film)
2. A Question of Attribution (1991)
(TV Film)
(Episode of “Screen One”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
2. Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
3. Separate Tables (1983)
(Cable Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
5. Billy Liar (1963)
6. A Kind of Loving (1962)
7. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
8. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
9. The Day of the Locust (1975)
10. Darling (1965)
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