British Cinema

My Favorite Bernardo Bertolucci Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

I have not seen 2012’s Me and You yet because it is not available on Blu-Ray/DVD here in the United States nor can I watch it online.

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  1. The Conformist (1970)
  2. Besieged (1998)
  3. Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)
  4. The Dreamers (2003)
  5. The Spider’s Stratagem (1970)
    (Italian Television)
  6. Before the Revolution (1964)
  7. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
  8. La Luna (1979)
  9. 1900 (1976)
  10. Stealing Beauty (1996)
  11. The Last Emperor (1987)
  12. The Sheltering Sky (1990)
  13. Partner (1968)
  14. Little Buddha (1993)
  15. The Grim Reaper (1962)
  16. Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
    Segment: Histoire d’eaux
  17. Il canale (1966)
    (Documentary)
    (Short)
  18. Love and Anger (1969)
    Segment: Agonia

My Favorite Noah Baumbach (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Marriage Story (2019)
  2. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
  3. White Noise (2022)
  4. The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
  5. Frances Ha (2012)
  6. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
  7. MIstress America (2015)
  8. While We’re Young (2014)
  9. Greenberg (2010)
  10. De Palma (2015)
    (co-directed with Jake Paltrow)
    (Documentary)
  11. Mr. Jealousy (1997)
  12. Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    (no relation to the 2005 comedy)
  13. Conrad & Butler Take a Vacation (2000)
    (Short)

My Favorite Roy Ward Baker Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

A polite reminder before reading this blog entry of mine 🙂 I will not tolerate any insults or negativity towards the lead actress of the film that is on my number 1 spot. So once again, please be kind 🙂

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  1. Don’t Bother to Knock (1952)
  2. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
  3. Inferno (1953)
    (No relation to Dario Argento’s 1980 film of the same name)
  4. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
  5. A Night to Remember (1958)
  6. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
  7. The Anniversary (1968)
  8. The Vault of Horror (1973)
  9. Asylum (1972)

My Favorite Olivier Assayas Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

Some of these titles I watched online. For the record, there may be a title or two missing because I have not seen it yet. I also can’t find them online.

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  1. Irma Vep (2022)
    (Miniseries)
    (Cable/Television)
  2. Irma Vep (1996)
  3. Carlos (2010)
    (Miniseries)
    (French/German Television)
  4. Summer Hours (2008)
  5. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
  6. Personal Shopper (2016)
  7. Clean (2004)
  8. Demonlover (2002)
  9. Sentimental Destinies (2000)
  10. Late August, Early September (1998)
  11. Non-Fiction (2018)
  12. Something in the Air (2012)
  13. Cold Water (1994)
  14. Boarding Gate (2007)
  15. Cinema, de notre temps (1996)
    Episode: HHH, portrait de Hou Hsiao-hsien
    (Documentary)
    (French Television)
  16. Paris, I Love You (2006)
    Segment: Quartier des Enfants Rouges
  17. Paris Awakens (1991)
  18. Disorder (1986)
  19. Winter’s Child (1989)
  20. Wasp Network (2019)
  21. Noise (2006)
    (Documentary)
  22. Winston tong en studio (1984)
    (Documentary)
    (Short)
  23. Rectangle – Deux chansons de Janco (1980)
    (Short)
  24. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    Segment: Recrudescence

My Favorite Jack Arnold Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. High School Confidential (1958)
  2. No Name on the Bullet (1959)
  3. Man in the Shadow (1957)
  4. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
  5. Tarantula! (1955)
  6. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
  7. It Came from Outer Space (1953)

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  1. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
  2. Boss (1975)
  3. Black Eye (1974)

My Favorite Andrea Arnold Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Fish Tank (2009)
  2. American Honey (2016)
  3. Cow (2021)
    (Documentary)
  4. Wuthering Heights (2011)
  5. Red Road (2006)
  6. Wasp (2003)
    (Short)
  7. Dog (2001)
    (Short)
  8. Milk (1998)
    (Short)
  9. Big Little Lies – Season 2 (2019)
    Episode: What Have They Done?
    Episode: Tell-Tale Hearts
    Episode: The End of the World
    Episode: She Knows
    Episode: Kill Me
    Episode: The Bad Mother
    Episode: I Want to Know
    (Cable/Television)
  10. Transparent – Season 3 (2016)
    Episode: If I Were a Bell
    (Streaming/Television)
  11. Transparent – Season 2 (2015)
    Episode: Oscillate
    Episode: Grey Green Brown & Copper
    (Streaming/Television)
  12. Transparent – Season 4 (2017)
    Episode: Desert Eagle
    (Streaming/Television)
  13. I Love Dick – Season 1 (2017)
    Episode: Scenes from a Marriage
    Episode: Ilinx
    Episode: The Barter Economy
    Episode: Cowboys and Nomads
    (Streaming/Television)

My Favorite Gregg Araki Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

Some of these films I have seen on old vhs tapes and online. I can’t seem to find and watch The Long Weekend (O’ Despair) anywhere.

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  1. Nowhere (1997)
  2. The Doom Generation (1995)
  3. Totally F***ed Up (1993)
  4. The Living End (1992)
  5. Now Apocalypse (2019)
    (Cable/Television)
    (No relation to Apocalypse Now)
  6. This Is How the World Ends (2000)
    (Cable/Television)
  7. Mysterious Skin (2004)
  8. Smiley Face (2007)
  9. Splendor (1999)
  10. Kaboom (2010)
  11. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
  12. American Crime – Season 2 (2016)
    Season Two: Episode Three
    (Television)
  13. 13 Reasons Why – Season 1 (2017)
    Episode: Tape 4, Side A
    Episode: Tape 4, Side B
    (Streaming/Television)
  14. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
    Episode: Lionel
    (Streaming/Television)
  15. Greenleaf – Season 1 (2016)
    Episode: Men Like Trees Walking
    (Cable/Television)
  16. Red Oaks – Season 2 (2016)
    Episode: Lost and Found
    Episode: The Wedding
    (Streaming/Television)
  17. American Gigolo – Season 1 (2022)
    Episode: Nothing Is Real But the Girl
    (Cable/Television)
  18. Heathers – Season 1 (2018)
    Episode: Hot Probs
    Episode: Do I Look Like Mother Teresa?
    (Cable/Television)
  19. Riverdale – Season 2 (2018)
    Episode: Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wrestler
    (Television)
  20. 13 Reasons Why – Season 2 (2018)
    Episode: The First Polaroid
    Episode: Two Girls Kissing
    (Streaming/Television)
  21. Here Now (2015)
    (Short)
  22. Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987)

My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

Most of the Michelangelo Antonioni films listed here are ones I saw on a home video format (Blu-Ray and DVD in this case. Nevertheless, some of these I watched online.

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  1. L’Eclisse (1962)
  2. Zabriskie Point (1970)
  3. L’Avventura (1960)
  4. The Passenger (1975)
  5. Red Desert (1964)
  6. Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  7. Identification of a Woman (1982)
  8. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
  9. The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
  10. La Notte (1961)
  11. Blow-Up (1966)
  12. Le Amiche (1955)
  13. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
  14. Il Grido (1957)
  15. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
  16. I Vinti (1953)
  17. Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
    (Documentary)
    (Television)
  18. People of the Po Valley (1947)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  19. N.U. (1948)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  20. Love in the City (1953)
    Segment: Attempted Suicide
    (Short Cinema)
  21. Seven Reeds, One Suit (1949)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  22. Eros (2004)
    Segment: The Dangerous Thread of Things
    (Short Cinema)

My Favorite Kenneth Anger Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

All of the Kenneth Anger films listed here are ones that I watched online. Even with the fairly large number of Anger shorts listed, there are still a fair amount that I have not seen yet.

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  1. Scorpio Rising (1963)
    (Short Cinema)
  2. Fireworks (1947)
    (Short Cinema)
  3. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
    (Short Cinema)
  4. Eaux d’Artifice (1953)
    (Short Cinema)
  5. Lucifer Rising (1972)
    (Short Cinema)
  6. Rabbit’s Moon (1950)
    (Short Cinema)
  7. Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
    (Short Cinema)
  8. Missoni (2010)
    (Commercial)
    (Short Cinema)
  9. Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)
    (Short Cinema)
  10. Puce Moment (1949)
    (Short Cinema)
  11. The Man We Want to Hang (2002)
    (Short Cinema)
  12. Hollywood Babylon (2000)
    (co-directed with Nico B.)
    (Short Cinema)
  13. Anger Sees Red (2004)
    (Short Cinema)

My Favorite Robert Altman Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

All of the films and television stuff listed on here, I saw on either a home video format (VHS, Blu-Ray, DVD etc.) or through other means like from someplace online.

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  1. Nashville (1975)
  2. Short Cuts (1993)
  3. Tanner ’88 (1988)
    (Miniseries)
    (Cable/Television)
  4. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
  5. Robert Altman’s Jazz ’34 (1996)
    (Documentary)
    (Television)
  6. Kansas City (1996)
  7. 3 Women (1977)
  8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  9. The Long Goodbye (1973)
  10. California Split (1974)
  11. Secret Honor (1984)
  12. The Player (1992)
  13. Streamers (1983)
  14. The Company (2003)
  15. Gosford Park (2001)
  16. Vincent & Theo (1990)
  17. Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
  18. Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
  19. Popeye (1980)
  20. A Wedding (1978)
  21. Thieves Like Us (1974)
  22. Images (1972)
  23. Brewster McCloud (1970)
  24. M*A*S*H (1970)
  25. Rattlesnake in a Cooler (1982)
    (Television)
  26. The Laundromat (1985)
    (Cable/Television)
  27. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
  28. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
    (Television)
  29. Tanner on Tanner (2004)
    (Miniseries)
    (Cable/Television)
  30. Gun – Season 1 (1997)
    Episode: All the President’s Women
    (Television)
  31. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
  32. Fool for Love (1985)
  33. HealtH (1980)
  34. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
  35. Aria (1987)
    Segment: Les Boreades
  36. A Perfect Couple (1979)
  37. Basements (1987)
    (Television)
  38. O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
  39. Ready to Wear (1994)
  40. Quintet (1979)
  41. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
  42. Killer App (1998)
    (Television)
  43. Beyond Therapy (1987)
  44. Bus Stop – Season 1 (1961)
    Episode: Accessory by Consent
    Episode: A Lion Walks Among Us
    (Television)
  45. Combat! – Season 1 (1962/1963)
    Episode: Forgotten Front (1962)
    Episode: Rear Echelon Commandos (1962)
    Episode: Any Second Now (1962)
    Episode: Escape to Nowhere (1962)
    Episode: Cat and Mouse (1962)
    Episode: I Swear by Apollo (1962)
    Episode: The Prisoner (1962)
    Episode: The Volunteer (1963)
    Episode: Off Limits (1963)
    Episode: Survival (1963)
    (Television)
  46. The Gallant Men – Season 1 (1962)
    Episode: Pilot
    (Television)
  47. Whirlybirds – Season 3 (1959)
    Episode: Experiment X-74
    Episode: The Challenge
    Episode: The Big Lie
    Episode: The Perfect Crime
    Episode: The Unknown Soldier
    Episode: Two of a Kind
    (Television)
  48. Whirlybirds – Season 2 (1958/1959)
    Episode: Infra-Red (1958)
    Episode: Blind Date (1958)
    Episode: Copters and Robbers (1958)
    Episode: Story of Sister Bridgit (1958)
    Episode: Glamour Girl (1958)
    Episode: Act of Fate (1958)
    Episode: Rest in Peace (1959)
    (Television)
  49. Bronco – Season 3 (1960)
    Episode: The Mustangers
    (Television)
  50. Kraft Suspense Theatre – Season 1 (1963/1964)
    Episode: The Long, Lost Life of Edward Smalley (1963)
    Episode: The Hunt (1963)
    Episode: Once Upon a Savage Night (1964)
    (Television)
  51. M Squad – Season 1 (1958)
    Episode: Lover’s Lane Killing
    (Television)
  52. Lawman – Season 3 (1961)
    Episode: The Robbery
    (Television)
  53. Hawaiian Eye – Season 1 (1959)
    Episode: Three Tickets to Lani
    (Television)
  54. Bonanza – Season 2 (1960/1961)
    Episode: Silent Thunder (1960)
    Episode: Bank Run (1961)
    Episode: The Duke (1961)
    Episode: The Rival (1961)
    Episode: The Secret (1961)
    Episode: The Dream Riders (1961)
    Episode: Sam Hill (1961)
    (Television)
  55. Route 66 – Season 2 (1961)
    Episode: Some of the People, Some of the Time
    (Television)
  56. Bonanza – Season 3 (1961)
    Episode: The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch
    (Television)
  57. Peter Gunn – Season 3 (1961)
    Episode: The Murder Bond
    (Television)
  58. Maverick – Season 4 (1960)
    Episode: Bolt from the Blue
    (Television)
  59. Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 3 (1957/1958)
    Episode: The Young One (1957)
    Episode: Together (1958)
    (Television)
  60. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
    (Television)
  61. Sugarfoot – Season 3 (1959/1960)
    Episode: Apollo with a Gun (1959)
    Episode: The Highbinder (1960)
    (Television)
  62. The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna – Season 4 (1960)
    Episode: It’s Magic
    (Television)
  63. Pot au feu (1967)
    (Short)
  64. Countdown (1967)
  65. The James Dean Story (1957)
    (co-directed with George W. George)
    (Documentary)
  66. The Dirty Look (1954)
    (Short)
  67. The Delinquents (1957)
  68. Modern Football (1951)
    (Short)
  69. The Perfect Crime (1955)
    (Short)
  70. The Sound of Bells (1952)
    (Short)
  71. The Magic Bond (1952)
    (Short)

Please note that their are 24 (or maybe more) Altman works (television or otherwise) that have yet to be discovered.