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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 Busby Berkeley Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    (co-directed with Mervyn LeRoy)
    (Musical numbers only)
  2. The Gang’s All Here (1943)
  3. Footlight Parade (1933)
    (co-directed with Lloyd Bacon)
    (Musical numbers only)
  4. 42nd Street (1933)
    (co-directed with Lloyd Bacon)
    (Musical numbers only)
  5. For Me and My Gal (1942)
  6. Hollywood Hotel (1937)
  7. Dames (1934)
    (co-directed with Ray Enright)
    (Musical numbers only)
  8. Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
  9. Romance on the High Seas (1948)
    (co-directed with Michael Curtiz)
    (Choreographer only)
  10. Gold Diggers of 1937 (1937)
    (co-directed with Lloyd Bacon)
    (Musical numbers only)
  11. She Had to Say Yes (1933)
    (co-directed with George Amy)
  12. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
    (co-directed with Robert Z. Leonard)
    (Musical numbers only)
  13. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
  14. Lady Be Good (1941)
    (co-directed with Norman Z. McLeod)
    (Musical numbers only)
  15. Bright Lights (1935)

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  1. Strike Up The Band (1940)
  2. Babes in Arms (1939)
  3. Babes on Broadway (1941)

My Favorite Mario Bava Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
  2. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
  3. Lisa and the Devil (1973)
  4. A Bay of Blood (1971)
  5. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
  6. Black Sabbath (1963)
  7. Black Sunday (1960)
  8. Planet of the Vampires (1965)
  9. Danger: DIabolik (1968)
  10. The Whip and the Body (1963)
  11. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
  12. Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
  13. Rabid Dogs (1974/1998)

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  1. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
  2. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
  3. Baron Blood (1972)
  4. Shock (1977)
  5. Four Times That Night (1971)

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)