My Favorite Rene Clair Films

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

1.   A Nous la Liberte (1931)

2.   Le Million (1931)

3.   Under the Roof of Paris (1930)

4.   The Italian Straw Hat (1928)

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

1.   Entr’acte (1924)

2.   The Crazy Ray (1924)

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

1.   I Married a Witch (1942)

2.   And Then There Were None (1945)

My Favorite Claude Chabrol Films

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

1.   Le Ceremonie (1995)

2.   Le Boucher (1970)

3.   The Bridesmaid (2004)

4.   The Unfaithful Wife (1969)

5.   This Man Must Die (1969)

6.   Just Before Nightfall (1971)

7.   The Breach (1970)

8.   Les Biches (1968)

9.   Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)

10. Bellamy (2009)

11. L’Enfer (1994)

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

1.   Story of Women (1988)

2.   Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)

3.   Comedy of Power (2006)

4.   The Color of Lies (1999)

5.   Madame Bovary (1991)

6.   Betty (1992)

7.   A Girl Cut in Two (2007)

8.   The Cry of the Owl (1987)

9.   Les Cousins (1959)

10. Le Beau Serge (1958)

My Favorite John Cassavetes Films

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

1.   Love Streams (1984)

2.   A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

3.   Faces (1968)

4.   Shadows (1959)

5.   Husbands (1970)

6.   The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

7.   Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

8.   Opening Night (1977)

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

1.   Gloria (1980)

2.   Too Late Blues (1961)

3.   A Child Is Waiting (1963)

My Favorite John Carpenter Films

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

1.   The Thing (1982)

2.   Halloween (1978)

3.   They Live (1988)

4.   Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

5.   Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

6.   Escape from New York (1981)

7.   In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

8.   The Fog (1980)

9.   Prince of Darkness (1987)

10. Masters of Horror – Season 1 (2005)
10a. Episode 8: Cigarette Burns (2005)
(Cable/Television)

11. Starman (1984)

12. Someone’s Watching Me! (1978)
(Television)

13. Vampires (1998)

14. Body Bags (1993)
14a. Segment: The Gas Station (1993)
14b. Segment: Hair (1993)
(Anthology)
(Cable/Television)

15. Dark Star (1974)

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

1.   Escape from L.A. (1996)

My Favorite Jane Campion Films

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

1.   Top of the Lake (2013)
1a. Episode 1: Paradise Sold
1b. Episode 2 : Searchers Search
(co-directed with Garth Davis)
1c. Episode 3: The Edge of the Universe
(Garth Davis directed only)
1d. Episode 4: A Rainbow Above Us
(co-directed with Garth Davis)
1e. Episode 5: The Dark Creator
(co-directed with Garth Davis)
1f. Episode 6: No Goodbyes Thanks
(co-directed with Garth Davis)

(Television)

2.   The Piano (1993)

3.   The Power of the Dog (2021)

4.   Sweetie (1989)

5.   In the Cut (2003)

6.   An Angel at My Table (1990)

7.   Two Friends (1986)
(Television)

8.   Bright Star (2009)

9.   Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017)
9a. Episode 1: China Girl
9b. Episode 2: The Loved One
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
9c. Episode 3: Surrogate
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
9d. Episode 4: Birthday
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
9e. Episode 5: Who’s Your Daddy?
9f. Episode 6: The Battle of the Mothers
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
(Television)

10. Holy Smoke! (1999)

11. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

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

1.   Passionless Moments (1983)

2.   Peel: An Exercise in Discipline (1982)

3.   A Girl’s Own Story (1984)

My Favorite Charles Burnett Films

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

1.   Killer of Sheep (1978)

2.   My Brother’s Wedding (1983)

3.   To Sleep with Anger (1990)

4.   Nightjohn (1996)
(TV Film)

5.   The Blues: Warming by the Devil’s Fire (2003)
(TV Documentary)

6.   Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
(TV Film)

7.   The Glass Shield (1994)

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

1.   When It Rains (1995)

2.   Quiet As Kept (2007)

3.   Several Friends (1969)

4.   The Horse (1973)

My Favorite Luis Bunuel Films

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

1.   The Exterminating Angel (1962)

2.   Viridiana (1961)

3.   L’Age d’Or (1930)

4.   El (1953)
(aka This Strange Passion)

5.   Los Olvidados (1950)

6.   Simon of the Desert (1965)

7.   Un Chien Andalou (1929)
(Short Film)

8.   Nazarin (1959)

9.   Death in the Garden (1956)

10. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1954)

11. Land Without Bread (1933)
(Documentary Short)

12. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

13. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

14. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

15. Belle de Jour (1967)

16. Tristana (1970)

17. The Young One (1960)

18. Robinson Crusoe (1954)

19. The Milky Way (1969)

20. Susana (1951)

21. El Bruto (1953)

22. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)