2000’s Cinema

My Favorite Chantal Akerman Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Je Tu Il Elle (1974)

2.   Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975)

3.   Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (1978)

4.   Toute une nuit (1982)

5.   Golden Eighties (1986)
(a.k.a. Window Shopping)

6.   Night and Day (1991)

7.   The Captive (2000)

8.   Almayer’s Folly (2011)

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

1.   Hotel Monterey (1973)
(Documentary)

2.   News from Home (1977)
(Documentary)

3.   The Eighties (1983)
(Documentary)

4.   On Tour with Pina Bausch (1983)
(Documentary)

5.   From the East (1993)
(Documentary)

6.   South (1999)
(Documentary)

7.   From the Other Side (2002)
(Documentary)

8.   Down There (2006)
(Documentary)

9.   No Home Movie (2015)
(Documentary)

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

1.   Blow Up My Town (1968)

2.   La Chambre (1972)

3.   Family Business: Chantal Akerman Speaks About Film (1984)

My Favorite Ben Wheatley Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   A Field in England (2013)

2.   Kill List (2011)

3.   High-Rise (2015)

4.   Sightseers (2012)

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

1.   The ABC’s of Death (2012) 
(Segment: “U is for Unearthed”)

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

1.   Down Terrace (2009)

My Favorite P.J. Hogan Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   Peter Pan (2003) (This is not the Disney version)

2.   Unconditional Love (2002)

3.   Mental (2012)

4.   Muriel’s Wedding (1994)

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

1.   Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

2.   My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)

My Favorite Michel Gondry Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   The We and the I (2012)

2.   The Science of Sleep (2006)

3.   Microbe & Gasoline (2015)

4.   Human Nature (2001)

5.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Music Videos)

1.   The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

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

1.   Dave Chapelle’s Block Party (2005) (Concert Film/Documentary)

2.   Be Kind Rewind (2008)

My Favorite Stephen Chow Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

2.   The Mermaid (2016)

3.   CJ7 (2008)

4.   Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

5.   Shaolin Soccer (2001)

My Favorite Wim Wenders Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   Kings of the Road (1976)

2.   Room 666 (1982) (Documentary)

3.   Alice in the Cities (1974)

4.   Don’t Come Knocking (2005)

5.   Paris, Texas (1984)

6.   Land of Plenty (2004)

7.   Wrong Move (1975)

8.   The End of Violence (1997)

9.   Beyond the Clouds (1995) (co-directed with Michelangelo Antonioni)

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

1.   Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

My Favorite Jan Troell Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   Hamsun (1996)

2.   Everlasting Moments (2008)

3.   Zandy’s Bride (1974)

4.   The New Land (1972)

5.   The Emigrants (1971)

6.   Flight of the Eagle (1982)

 

My Favorite Andre Techine Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   Wild Reeds (1994)

2.   The Bronte Sisters (1979)

3.   The Witnesses (2007)

4.   Unforgivable (2012)

5.   Thieves (1996)

6.   My Favorite Season (1993)

7.   I Don’t Kiss (1991)

8.   Strayed (2003)

9.   The Girl on the Train (2009)

10. Alice and Martin (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

11. Rendez-vous (1985)

12. Barocco (1976)

13. In the Name of my Daughter (2014)

14. Hotel America (1981)

15. Changing Times (2004)

16. The Scene of the Crime (1986)