* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
2. The Mermaid (2016)
3. CJ7 (2008)
4. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
5. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Crime
My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. White Heat (1949)
2. Regeneration (1915)
3. High Sierra (1941)
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) (Silent Version)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
2. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
4. Dark Command (1940)
5. They Drive By Night (1940)
6. Sadie Thompson (1928)
7. The Big Trail (1930)
8. What Price Glory (1926)
(Silent Version)
9. The Bowery (1933)
10. Manpower (1941)
11. Colorado Territory (1949)
12. The Man I Love (1947)
13. Pursued (1947)
14. Uncertain Glory (1944)
My Favorite Luchino Visconti Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
2. Bellissima (1951)
3. Senso (1954)
4. Conversation Piece (1974)
5. The Innocent (1976)
6. White Nights (1957)
7. La Terra Trema (1948)
8. Death in Venice (1971)
9. Ludwig (1972)
10. The Damned (1969)
11. The Leopard (1963)
12. Ossessione (1943)
13. Sandra of a Thousand Delights (1965)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “The Job”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Stranger (1967)
(No relation to the 1946 film)
(I watched it on youtube)
My Favorite Edgar G. Ulmer Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Black Cat (1934)
2. Detour (1945)
3. Bluebeard (1944)
4. Ruthless (1948)
5. The Man from Planet X (1951)
6. The Naked Dawn (1955)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Strange Illusion (1945)
2. Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
3. The Strange Woman (1946)
Note: I first saw The Naked Dawn on television a decade ago on some TV station.
My Favorite Zack Snyder Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sucker Punch (2011)
2. Watchmen (2009)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
2. Man of Steel (2013)
3. Justice League (2017)
4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
(Animated Film)
5. 300 (2006)
(he did not direct the equally very good sequel)
6. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Imitation of Life (1959)
2. The Tarnished Angels (1957)
3. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
4. Written on the Wind (1956)
5. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
6. Magnificent Obsession (1954)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Interlude (1957)
2. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
3. All I Desire (1953)
5. Shockproof (1949)
6. Lured (1947)
My Favorite David O. Russell Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Three Kings (1999)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. American Hustle (2013)
2. Joy (2015)
3. The Fighter (2010)
4. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
5. Flirting with Disaster (1996)
6. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
7. Spanking the Monkey (1994)
(Yes that is the actual title of the film)
My Favorite Francesco Rosi Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Three Brothers (1981)
2. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
3. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
4. Hands over the City (1963)
5. The Moment of Truth (1965)
6. The Truce (1997)
7. Carmen (1984)
8. Many Wars Ago (1970)
9. Lucky Luciano (1974)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Palermo Connection (1989)
Note: Some of these I have seen on DVD and ones that are not on Blu-Ray and DVD I have seen on VHS. I have not seen The Mattei Affair but that is because it is not available on either Blu-Ray and DVD or VHS. I have heard great things about it though and since Francesco Rosi died last year, I am hoping that filmmakers or film historians who loved his work will try to get The Mattei Affair available in the USA on either Blu-Ray and DVD or VHS since that one seems to be one of his many highly celebrated films.
My Favorite Jean Renoir Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Grand Illusion (1937)
2. The Rules of the Game (1939)
3. A Day in the Country (1936) (Short Film)
4. The River (1951)
5. The Southerner (1945)
6. The Golden Coach (1952)
7. La Chienne (1931)
8. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
9. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
10. La Bete Humaine (1938)
11. Toni (1935)
12. French Cancan (1954)
13. Picnic on the Grass (1959)
14. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970) (TV Film)
15. The Lower Depths (1936)
16. Elena and Her Men (1956)
17. La Marseillaise (1938)
18. The Elusive Corporal (1962)
19. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1945)
20. The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (1959) (TV Film)
My Favorite Ted Post Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Baby (1973)
2. Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Magnum Force (1973)
2. Hang ‘Em High (1968)
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