* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wild River (1960)
2. Panic in the Streets (1950)
3. Baby Doll (1956)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. East of Eden (1955)
American Cinema
My Favorite Phil Karlson Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Phenix City Story (1955)
2. 99 River Street (1953)
3. Gunman’s Walk (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
5. Scandal Sheet (1952)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Brothers Rico (1957)
2. 5 Against the House (1955)
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 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 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)
My Favorite Tobe Hooper Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
2. Salem’s Lot (1979)
(TV miniseries)
3. Poltergeist (1982)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Tales from the Crypt (1991)
1a. Episode: “Dead Wait”
(Cable/Television)
2. Body Bags (1993)
2a. Segment: “Eye”
(Anthology Film)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
2. The Funhouse (1981)
My Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Vertigo (1958)
2. Marnie (1964)
3. Family Plot (1976)
4. Under Capricorn (1949)
5. The Birds (1963)
6. The Wrong Man (1956)
7. The Trouble with Harry (1955)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. Rear Window (1954)
10. Frenzy (1972)
11. I Confess (1953)
12. Strangers on a Train (1951)
13. Rope (1948)
14. Notorious (1946)
15. North by Northwest (1959)
16. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
17. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
18. Sabotage (1936)
(I watched it online)
19. The 39 Steps (1935)
20. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
21. Stage Fright (1950)
22. Lifeboat (1944)
23. Rebecca (1940)
24. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
25. To Catch a Thief (1955)
26. Dial M for Murder (1954)
27. Suspicion (1941)
28. Young and Innocent (1937)
(I watched it online)
29. Rich and Strange (1931)
(I watched it online)
30. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
(no relation to the 2005 film)
31. Murder! (1930)
32. Blackmail (1929)
33. The Ring (1927)
34. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
35. Topaz (1969)
36. Spellbound (1945)
37. Torn Curtain (1966)
38. Saboteur (1942)
39. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Season 1 (1962)
39a. Episode: “I Saw the Whole Thing”
(Television)
40. The Paradine Case (1947)
41. Secret Agent (1936)
(I watched it online)
42. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
43. Number 17 (1932)
(I watched it online)
44. The Manxman (1929)
(I watched it online)
45. The Farmer’s Wife (1928)
(I watched it online)
46. Downhill (1927)
47. Champagne (1928)
(I watched it online)
48. Easy Virtue (1928)
(I watched it online)
49. Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
(I watched it online)
50. Jamaica Inn (1939)
(I watched it online)
51. The Skin Game (1931)
(I watched it online)
52. Mary (1931)
53. The Pleasure Garden (1925)
(I watched it online)
54. Juno and the Paycock (1930)
(I watched it online)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 1 (1955)
1a. Episode: “Revenge”
1b. Episode: “Breakdown”
1c. Episode: “The Case of Mr. Pelham”
(Television)
2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 2 (1956/1956/1957)
2a. Episode: “Wet Saturday”
2b. Episode: “Mr. Blanchard’s Secret”
2c. Episode: “One More Mile to Go”
(Television)
3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 3 (1957/1958/1958)
3a. Episode: “The Perfect Crime”
3b. Episode: “Lamb to the Slaughter”
3c. Episode: “Dip in the Pool”
(Television)
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 4 (1958/1959)
4a. Episode: “Poison”
4b. Episode: “Banquo’s Chair”
(Television)
5. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 5 (1959)
5a. Episode: “Arthur”
5b. Episode: “The Crystal Trench”
(Television)
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 6 (1960/1961)
6a. Episode: “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
6b. Episode: “The Horseplayer”
(Television)
7. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 7 (1961)
7a. Episode: “Bang! You’re Dead”
(Television)
My Favorite Walter Hill Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Warriors (1979)
2. Deadwood – Season 1 (2004)
2a. Episode 1: Pilot (2004)
(Cable/Television)
3. Southern Comfort (1981)
4. The Driver (1978)
5. Hard Times (1975)
6. The Long Riders (1980)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Tales from the Crypt – Season 2 (1990)
1a. Episode 2: Cutting Cards (1990)
(Cable/Television)
2. Tales from the Crypt – Season 1 (1989)
2a. Episode 1: The Man Who Was Death (1989)
(Cable/Television)
3. Tales from the Crypt – Season 3 (1991)
3a. Episode 12: Deadline (1991)
(Cable/Television)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Bullet to the Head (2012)
2. Wild Bill (1995)
3. 48 Hrs. (1982)
4. Broken Trail (2006)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)
5. Undisputed (2002)
6. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
7. Trespass (1992)
8. Streets of Fire (1984)
9. Extreme Prejudice (1987)
10. Johnny Handsome (1989)
11. Last Man Standing (1996)
My Favorite Werner Herzog Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
2. Grizzly Man (2005)
(Documentary)
3. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
4. Lessons of Darkness (1992)
(Documentary)
5. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
6. Stroszek (1977)
7. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
8. Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
(Documentary)
9. The White Diamond (2004)
(Documentary)
10. Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)
(Documentary)
11. Fata Morgana (1971)
(Documentary)
12. Cobra Verde (1987)
13. Woyzeck (1979)
14. Bad Lieutenant: Port Call of New Orleans (2009)
15. Rescue Dawn (2006)
16. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
(Documentary)
17. Invisible (2001)
18. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
(Documentary)
19. Into the Abyss (2011)
(Documentary)
20. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
(Documentary)
21. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
(Documentary)
22. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
(Documentary)
23. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
(Documentary)
24. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
(Documentary)
25. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
26. Heart of Glass (1976)
27. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
28. Signs of Life (1968)
29. Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
(Documentary)
30. The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1984)
(Documentary)
31. My Best Fiend (1999)
(Documentary)
32. Wheel of Time (2003)
(Documentary)
33. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. La Soufriere (1977)
(Documentary Short)
2. Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)
3. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Ten Thousand Years Older”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1969)
(Documentary)
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