* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Animation/Anime)
1. Paprika (2006)
2. Millennium Actress (2001)
3. Perfect Blue (1997)
4. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
1990’s Cinema
My Favorite Krzysztof Kieslowski Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Decalogue (1988)
(Polish TV Miniseries)
2. Three Colors: Red (1994)
3. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
4. Three Colors: White (1994)
5. The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)
6. A Short Film About Love (1988)
7. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
8. No End (1985)
9. Camera Buff (1979)
10. The Scar (1976)
11. Blind Chance (1987)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Office (1966)
2. Tramway (1966)
3. Concert of Requests (1967)
My Favorite Abbas Kiarostami Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
2. Taste of Cherry (1997)
3. Life, and Nothing More… (1992)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. Close-Up (1990)
5. Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
6. Certified Copy (2010)
7. Ten (2002)
8. Like Someone in Love (2012)
9. Shirin (2008)
10. The Traveler (1974)
11. ABC Africa (2001)
(Documentary)
12. Tickets (2005)
(co-directed with Ermanno Olmi and Ken Loach)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)
1. Lumiere and Company (1995)
(Segment: “Dinner for One”)
My Favorite Jim Jarmusch Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Dead Man (1995)
2. Paterson (2016)
3. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
5. Down by Law (1986)
6. The Limits of Control (2009)
7. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
(Anthology)
8. Broken Flowers (2005)
9. Mystery Train (1989)
(Anthology)
10. Night on Earth (1991)
(Anthology)
11. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
12. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
13. Permanent Vacation (1980)
14. Gimme Danger (2016)
(Documentary)
15. Year of the Horse (1997)
(Concert Film/Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
1a. Segment: Int. Trailer Night (2002)
(Anthology)
My Favorite Derek Jarman Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Blue (1993)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
(no relation to Three Colours: Blue)
2. War Requiem (1989)
3. Jubilee (1977)
4. Edward II (1991)
5. The Garden (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
6. The Last of England (1987)
7. Sebastiane (1976)
8. Wittgenstein (1993)
9. Caravaggio (1986)
10. The Tempest (1979)
My Favorite Steve James Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Documentaries)
1. Hoop Dreams (1994)
2. The New Americans (2004)
(co-directed with Gordon Quinn and Gita Saedi)
(Television)
3. The Interrupters (2011)
4. Life Itself (2014)
5. Stevie (2003)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Documentaries)
1. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016)
2. Head Games (2012)
3. At the Death House Door (2008)
4. Reel Paradise (2005)
My Favorite Peter Jackson Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
(Documentary)
2. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
3. Forgotten Silver (1995)
(co-directed with Costa Botes)
(Mockumentary)
4. Dead Alive (1992)
(a.k.a. Braindead)
5. Bad Taste (1987)
6. Meet the Feebles (1989)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Frighteners (1996)
2a. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2b. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
2c. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
3. King Kong (2005)
My Favorite Shoehei Imamura Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Eel (1997)
2. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
3. Vengeance is Mine (1979)
4. A Man Vanishes (1967)
(Documentary)
5. Black Rain (1989)
(no relation to the Michael Douglas movie)
6. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
7. Dr. Akagi (1998)
8. Eijanaika (1981)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
9. The Pornographers (1966)
10. Unholy Desire (1964)
(a.k.a. Intentions of Murder)
11. The Insect Woman (1963)
12. Pigs and Battleships (1961)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. 11’09″01 September 11 (2002)
(Segment: “Japan”)
My Favorite Hou Hsiao-hsien Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Assassin (2015)
2. Three Times (2005)
3. Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
4. Cafe Lumière (2003)
5. The Puppermaster (1993)
(no relation to the 1989 horror film)
6. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
7. Good Men, Good Women (1995)
8. Millenium Mambo (2001)
9. Daughter of the Nile (1987)
10. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
My Favorite Kon Ichikawa Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
(Documentary)
2. An Actor’s Revenge (1963)
3. Fires on the Plain (1959)
4. The Burmese Harp (1956)
5. The Makioka Sisters (1983)
6. Odd Obsession (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
7. Being Two Isn’t Easy (1962)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)
1. Visions of Eight (1973)
(Segment: “The Fastest”)
(Documentary)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Dora-heita (2001)
2. 47 Ronin (1994)
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