* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Memento (2000)
2. Dunkirk (2017)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Prestige (2006)
2. Inception (2010)
3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
British Cinema
My Favorite Errol Morris Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Documentaries)
1. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
2. Gates of Heaven (1978)
3. The Fog of War (2003)
4. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
5. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)
6. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (2017)
7. Vernon, Florida (1981)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Documentaries)
1. Tabloid (2010)
2. Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
3. The Unknown Known (2013)
4. A Brief History of Time (1991)
My Favorite Anthony Mann Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Naked Spur (1953)
2. Winchester ’73 (1950)
3. The Man from Laramie (1955)
4. He Walked by Night (1948)
(uncredited)
(co-directed with Alfred L. Werker)
5. Man of the West (1958)
6. The Far Country (1954)
7. Bend of the River (1952)
8. Men in War (1957)
9. The Furies (1950)
10. Devil’s Doorway (1950)
11. Raw Deal (1948)
12. T-Men (1947)
13. Border Incident (1949)
14. El Cid (1961)
15. God’s Little Acre (1958)
16. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
17. Side Street (1950)
18. Desperate (1947)
19. Railroaded! (1947)
20. Reign of Terror (1949)
(a.k.a. The Black Book)
21. The Tall Target (1951)
22. The Tin Star (1957)
23. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
24. The Last Frontier (1955)
25. Serenade (1956)
26. Thunder Bay (1953)
27. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
28. Strategic Air Command (1955)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
2. Cimarron (1960)
My Favorite Terrence Malick Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Tree of Life (2011)
2. The New World (2005)
3. The Thin Red Line (1998)
4. Days of Heaven (1978)
5. A Hidden Life (2019)
6. Badlands (1973)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Knight of Cups (2015)
2. To the Wonder (2012)
3. Song to Song (2017)
My Favorite Alexander Mackendrick Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
2. The Ladykillers (1955)
3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
4. Whiskey Galore! (1949)
My Favorite David Lynch Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
1a. Episode 1: Part 1
1b. Episode 2: Part 2
1c. Episode 3: Part 3
1d. Episode 4: Part 4
1e. Episode 5: Part 5
1f. Episode 6: Part 6
1g. Episode 7: Part 7
1h. Episode 8: Part 8
1i. Episode 9: Part 9
1j. Episode 10: Part 10
1k. Episode 11: Part 11
1l. Episode 12: Part 12
1m. Episode 13: Part 13
1n. Episode 14: Part 14
1o. Episode 15: Part 15
1p. Episode 16: Part 16
1q. Episode 17: Part 17
1r. Episode 18: Part 18
(Cable/Television)
2. Inland Empire (2006)
3. Mulholland Drive (2001)
4. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
5. Blue Velvet (1986)
6. Eraserhead (1977)
7. Twin Peaks: Season 1 (1990)
7a. Episode 1: Pilot (a.k.a. Northwest Passage)
7b. Episode 2: Traces to Nowhere
(Dwayne Dunham directed only)
7c. Episode 3: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer
7d. Episode 4: Rest in Pain
(Tina Rathborne directed only)
7e. Episode 5: The One-Armed Man
(Tim Hunter directed only)
7f. Episode 6: Cooper’s Dreams
(Lesli Linka Glatter directed only)
7g. Episode 7: Realization Time
(Caleb Deschanel directed only)
7h. Episode 8: The Last Evening
(Mark Frost directed only)
(Television)
8. The Straight Story (1999)
9. Twin Peaks: Season 2 (1990-1991)
9a. Episode 1
9b. Episode 2
9c. Episode 3 – Lesli Linka Glatter directed only
9d. Episode 4 – Todd Holland directed only
9e. Episode 5 – Graeme Clifford directed only
9f. Episode 6 – Lesli Linka Glatter directed only
9g. Episode 7
9h. Episode 8 – Caleb Deschanel directed only
9i. Episode 9 – Tim Hunter directed only
9j. Episode 10 – Tina Rathborne directed only
9k. Episode 11 – Duwayne Dunham directed only
9l. Episode 12 – Caleb Deschanel directed only
9m. Episode 13 – Todd Holland directed only
9n. Episode 14 – Uli Edel directed only
9o. Episode 15 – Diane Keaton directed only
9p. Episode 16 – Lesli Linka Glatter directed only
9q. Episode 17 – James Foley directed only
9r. Episode 18 – Duwayne Dunham directed only
9s. Episode 19 – Jonathan Sanger directed only
9t. Episode 20 – Stephen Gyllenhaal directed only
9u. Episode 21 – Tim Hunter directed only
9v. Episode 22
(Television)
10. Lost Highway (1997)
11. The Elephant Man (1980)
12. Wild at Heart (1990)
My Favorite Richard Linklater Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Boyhood (2014)
2a. Before Sunrise (1995)
2b. Before Sunset (2004)
2c. Before Midnight (2013)
3. Bernie (2011)
4. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
5. Waking Life (2001)
(Animated Film)
6. Dazed and Confused (1993)
7. Slacker (1991)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Me and Orson Welles (2009)
2. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
(Animated Film)
3. School of Rock (2003)
4. Tape (2001)
5. The Newton Boys (1998)
6. SubUrbia (1996)
My Favorite Ken Loach Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
2. Land and Freedom (1995)
3. Kes (1969)
4. Raining Stones (1993)
5. Looking for Eric (2009)
6. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Television)
1. Cathy Come Home (1966)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Sweet Sixteen (2002)
2. My Name Is Joe (1998)
3. Ladybird, Ladybird (1994)
4. Riff-Raff (1991)
My Favorite Richard Lester Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Petulia (1968)
2. Help! (1965)
3. A Hard Day’s Out (1964)
4. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
5. The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
6. How I Won the War (1967)
7a. The Three Musketeers (1973)
7b. The Four Musketeers (1974)
8. Juggernaut (1974)
9. Robin and Marian (1976)
10. Superman II (1980)
(Richard Donner’s 2006 Cut is also great)
* * * * (Out of * * * * ) (Short Cinema)
1. The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959)
(co-directed with Peter Sellers)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Royal Flash (1975)
2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
My Favorite Mike Leigh Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Life Is Sweet (1990)
2. Mr. Turner (2014)
3. High Hopes (1988)
4. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
5. Nuts in May (1976)
(Episode of “Play for Today”)
(Television)
6. Grown-Ups (1980)
(Television)
7. Meantime (1983)
(Television)
8. Secrets & Lies (1996)
9. Topsy-Turvy (1999)
10. Abigail’s Party (1977)
(Episode of “Play for Today”)
(Television)
11. Naked (1993)
12. Vera Drake (2004)
13. Another Year (2010)
14. All or Nothing (2002)
15. Career Girls (1997)
16. Home Sweet Home (1982)
(Episode of “Play for Today”)
(Television)
17. Kiss of Death (1977)
(Episode of “Play for Today”)
(Television)
18. Hard Labour (1973)
(Episode of “Play for Today”)
(Television)
19. Bleak Moments (1971)
20. Four Days in July (1984)
(Television)
21. Peterloo (2018)
22. Who’s Who (1979)
(Television)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Short and Curlies (1987)
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