* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wiener-Dog (2016)
2. Dark Horse (2011)
3. Life During Wartime (2009)
4. Palindromes (2004)
5. Storytelling (2001)
2000’s Cinema
My Favorite Zack Snyder Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sucker Punch (2011)
2. Watchmen (2009)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
2. Man of Steel (2013)
3. Justice League (2017)
4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
(Animated Film)
5. 300 (2006)
(he did not direct the equally very good sequel)
6. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
My Favorite David O. Russell Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Three Kings (1999)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. American Hustle (2013)
2. Joy (2015)
3. The Fighter (2010)
4. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
5. Flirting with Disaster (1996)
6. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
7. Spanking the Monkey (1994)
(Yes that is the actual title of the film)
My Favorite Eric Rohmer Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)
2. The Green Ray (1986)
3. Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)
4. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
5. Claire’s Knee (1970)
6. My Night at Maud’s (1969)
7. La Collectionneuse (1967)
8. Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
9. A Tale of Summer (1996)
10. A Tale of Winter (1992)
11. Romance of Astree and Celadon (2007)
12. Triple Agent (2004)
13. An Autumn Tale (1998)
14. A Tale of Springtime (1990)
15. Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)
16. Full Moon in Paris (1984)
17. A Good Marriage (1982)
18. The Aviator’s Wife (1981)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Marquise of O… (1976)
My Favorite Alain Resnais Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
2. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
3. Wild Grass (2009)
4. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
5. Mon oncle d’Amerique (1980)
6. Muriel (1963)
7. Life of Riley (2014)
8. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! (2012)
9. Providence (1977) (Saw it on an old VHS Tape)
10. Je t’aime, je t’aime (1968)
11. The War is Over (1966)
12. Night and Fog (1955) (Documentary Short)
13. Stavisky (1974)
14. Same Old Song (1997)
15. Not on the Lips (2003)
16. Melo (1986)
17. Love Unto Death (1984)
18. Life is a Bed of Roses (1983)
My Favorite Jafar Panahi Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Circle (2000)
2. Crimson Gold (2003)
3. The White Balloon (1995)
4. Taxi (2015) (Part Documentary) (No relation to the TV Series)
5. This Is Not a Film (2011) (Documentary) (Co-directed with Mojtaba Mirtahmasb)
6. Offside (2006)
7. The Mirror (1997)
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 Mohsen Makhmalbaf Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
2. Gabbeh (1996)
3. The Silence (1998)
4. The Cyclist (1989)
5. Kandahar (2001)
6. Boycott (1985)
7. Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
8. Marriage of the Blessed (1989)
9. The Actor (1993)
10. Sex & Philosophy (2005)
Note: If their is a Mohsen Makhmalbaf you do not see on there that is because I have not seen them yet and speaking of which, I would love to see The Gardner and his more recent film The President get a Blu-ray/DVD release.
My Favorite Guy Maddin Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. My Winnipeg (2007) (Part Documentary)
2. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
3. Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
4. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
5. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)
6. Archangel (1990)
7. Careful (1992)
8. Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
9. Keyhole (2011)
10. Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)
Note: I plan on seeing Maddin’s The Forbidden Room when it opens here in Illinois. I am hoping it will come before the end of 2015. 🙂
My Favorite Abbas Kiarostami Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
2. Close-Up (1990) (Part Documentary)
3. Life, and Nothing More… (1992) (Part Documentary)
4. Where is the Friend’s Home? (1987)
5. Taste of Cherry (1997)
6. Ten (2002)
7. Through the Olive Trees (1994)
8. The Traveler (1974)
9. Certified Copy (2010)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. 10 on Ten (2004) (Documentary)
2. Homework (1989) (Documentary)
3. ABC Africa (2001) (Documentary)
4. Like Someone in Love (2012)
5. Shirin (2008)
6. Five (2003) (Documentary)
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