My Favorite Steven Soderbergh Films

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

1.   The Limey (1999)

2.   Solaris (2002)

3.   Contagion (2011)

4.   King of the Hill (1993)
(no relation to the cartoon series)

5.   Out of Sight (1998)

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

1.   Logan Lucky (2017)

2.   Sex, Lies & Videotape (1989)

My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films

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

1.   Written on the Wind (1956)

2.   Imitation of Life (1959)

3.   There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

4.   A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5.   All That Heaven Allows (1955)

6.   The Tarnished Angels (1957)

7.   Magnificent Obsession (1954)

8.   All I Desire (1953)

9.   Interlude (1957)

10. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

11. Thunder on the Hill (1951)

12. Lured (1947)

13. A Scandal in Paris (1946)

14. Shockproof (1949)

15. Captain Lightfoot (1955)

16. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

My Favorite John Schlesinger Films

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

1.   An Englishman Abroad (1983)
(TV Film)

2.   A Question of Attribution (1991)
(TV Film)
(Episode of “Screen One”)

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

1.   Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

2.   Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

3.   Separate Tables (1983)
(Cable Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

5.   Billy Liar (1963)

6.   A Kind of Loving (1962)

7.   Midnight Cowboy (1969)

8.   Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

9.   The Day of the Locust (1975)

10. Darling (1965)

My Favorite Ken Russell Films

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

1.   The Devils (1971)
(I saw it online)

2.   Song of Summer (1968)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)

3.   Altered States (1980)

4.   Women in Love (1969)

5.   Tommy (1975)

6.   Savage Messiah (1972)

7.   The Boy Friend (1971)

8.   Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)
(Television)

9.   The Debussy Film (1965)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)

10. Elgar (1962)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)

11. Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

12. Always on Sunday (1965)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)

13. Dante’s Inferno (1967)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)

14. Crimes of Passion (1984)

15. The Music Lovers (1971)

16. Mahler (1974)

17. Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

18. Lisztomania (1975)

19. Valentino (1977)

20. Salome’s Last Dance (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

21. The Rainbow (1989)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

22. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

23. Gothic (1986)

24. Whore (1991)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

25. Lady Chatterley (1993)
(Miniseries)
(Television)

26. The Planets (1983)
(Television)

27. The Mystery of Dr. Martinu (1992)
(Television)
(I saw it online) 

28. The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

29. The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

30. Treasure Island (1995)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

31. Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle (2002)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

32. Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song (1997)
(Documentary)
(Television)
(I saw it online)

33. A British Picture (1989)

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

1.   A House in Bayswater (1959)
(I saw it online)

2.   Peepshow (1956)
(I saw it online)

3.   Amelia and the Angel (1958)
(I saw it online)

4.   Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Nessun dorma”)
(Anthology Film)

5.   A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
(I saw it online)

My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films

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

1.   Viva l’Italia! (1961)

2.   Journey to Italy (1954)
(a.k.a. Voyage to Italy)

3.   Germany, Year Zero (1948)

4.   The Taking of Power by Louis VIV (1966)
(French TV Film)

5.   Stromboli (1950)

6.   The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

7.   Paisan (1946)

8.   Rome, Open City (1945)

9.   General Della Rovere (1959)

10. Europe ’51 (1952)
(a.k.a. Europa ’51)

11. Escape by Night (1960)

12. The Age of the Medici (1973)
(Italian TV Miniseries)

13. Blaise Pascal (1972)
(French and Italian TV Film)

14. Cartesius (1974)
(French and Italian TV Film)

15. Where Is Freedom? (1954)

16. The Messiah (1975)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

17. Vanina Vanini (1961)

18. Joan of Arc At the Stake (1954)

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

1.   Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) (Segment: “Illibatezza”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite George A. Romero Films

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

1.   Dawn of the Dead (1978)

2.   Night of the Living Dead (1968)

3.   Martin (1978)

4.   Day of the Dead (1985)

5.   Knightriders (1981)

6.   Land of the Dead (2005)

7.   Creepshow (1982)
(Anthology Film)

8.   The Crazies (1973)

9.   Bruiser (2000)

10. Season of the Witch (1972)
(a.k.a. Hungry Wives)

11. Diary of the Dead (2007)

12. The Dark Half (1993)

13. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
13a. Segment: “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”
(Anthology Film)

14. Monkey Shines (1988)

15. Survival of the Dead (2009)

16. There’s Always Vanilla (1971)

My Favorite Eric Rohmer Films

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

1.   An Autumn Tale (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2.   The Green Ray (1986)
(a.k.a. Summer)

3.   My Night at Maud’s (1969)

4.   Claire’s Knee (1970)

5.   Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

6.   Love in the Afternoon (1972)

7.   A Tale of Winter (1992)

8.   Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

9.   Full Moon in Paris (1984)

10. La Collectionneuse (1967)

11. Pauline at the Beach (1983)

12. A Tale of Summer (1996)

13. A Tale of Springtime (1990)

14. A Good Marriage (1982)

15. The Aviator’s Wife (1981)

16. Suzanne’s Career (1963)

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

1.   The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

2.   Veronica and Her Dunce (1958)

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

1.   The Marquise of O (1976)

My Favorite Nicolas Roeg Films

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

1.   Don’t Look Now (1973)

2.   Bad Timing (1980)

3.   The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

4.   Walkabout (1971)

5.   Performance (1970)
(co-directed with Donald Cammell)

6.   Eureka (1983)

7.   Track 29 (1988)

8.   Insignificance (1985) 

9.   Castaway (1986)
(no relation to the 2000 film with Tom Hanks)
(I watched it online long ago)

10. The Witches (1990)

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

1.   Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Un ballo in maschera”)
(Anthology Film)