My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jacques Tati, Lists, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Television, Top 306

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Forza Bastia (Short Film), Gai dimanche (Short Film), Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Parade, Playtime, School for Postmen (Short Film), Trafic

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

1. Playtime (1967)

2. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

3. Mon Oncle (1958)

4. Jour de Fete (1949)

5. Trafic (1971)

6. Parade (1974)
(French/Swedish TV Film)

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

1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)

2. School for Postmen (1947)

3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)

My Favorite Frank Tashlin Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Frank Tashlin, Greatest, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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Artists and Models, Bachelor Flat, Caprice, Cinderfella, Hollywood or Bust, It's Only Money, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Say One for Me, Son of Paleface, Susan Slept Here, The Alphabet Murders, The Disorderly Orderly, The First Time, The Geisha Boy, The Girl Can't Help It, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The Man from the Diners' Club, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, Who's Minding the Store?, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

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

1. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

2. The Alphabet Murders (1965)

3. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

4. The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)

5. Bachelor Flat (1962)

6. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

7. Artists and Models (1955)

8. Susan Slept Here (1954)

9. Son of Paleface (1952)

10. The First Time (1952)

11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)

12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)

13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

14. It’s Only Money (1962)

15. The Geisha Boy (1958)

16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

17. Cinderfella (1960)

18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)

20. Caprice (1967)

21. Say One for Me (1959)

My Favorite George Stevens Films

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Film Directors, George Stevens, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 304, Western

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A Place in the Sun, Alice Adams, Annie Oakley, Giant, Gunga Din, I Remember Mama, Shane, Swing Time, Woman of the Year

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

1. Swing Time (1936)

2. Alice Adams (1935)

3. Gunga Din (1939)

4. Annie Oakley (1935)

5. Woman of the Year (1942)

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

1. Shane (1953)

2. Giant (1956)

3. A Place in the Sun (1951)

4. I Remember Mama (1948)

My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Biography, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, New Zealand Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Television, Thriller, Top 304, War

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1941, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Always, Amistad, Bridge of Spies, Catch Me If You Can, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Duel (TV Film), E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Hook, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Lincoln, Minority Report, Munich, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ready Player One, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, The Adventures of Tintin, The BFG, The Color Purple, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Post, The Sugarland Express, The Terminal, War Horse, War of the Worlds 2005

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

1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

2. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

5. Jaws (1975)

6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

7. Duel (1971)
(TV Film)

8. 1941 (1979)

9. The Sugarland Express (1974)

10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

11. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

12. Minority Report (2002)

13. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

14. Ready Player One (2018)

15. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
(Animated Film)

16. Jurassic Park (1993)

17. War of the Worlds (2005)

18. The Terminal (2004)

19. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

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

1. Bridge of Spies (2015)

2. Lincoln (2012)

3. The Post (2017)

4. War Horse (2011)

5. The BFG (2016)

6. Hook (1991)

7. Always (1989)

8. Empire of the Sun (1987)

9. Munich (2005)

10. Schindler’s List (1993)

11. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

12. The Color Purple (1985)

13. Amistad (1997)

My Favorite Henry Selick Films

31 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, British Cinema, Cinema, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Henry Selick, Horror, Lists, Musical, Top 304

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Coraline, James and the Giant Peach, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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

1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

2. Coraline (2009)

3. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
(Part Live-Action)

My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, Biography, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Concert Films, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Martin Scorsese, Mexican Cinema, Miniseries, Music, Music Videos, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 304

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A Letter to Elia, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable), Boxcar Bertha, Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, Gangs of New York, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Goodfellas, Hugo, Italianamerican, Kundun, Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy, New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Public Speaking, Raging Bull, Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (Music Video), Shine a Light (Concert Film), Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The 50 Year Argument, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Big Shave (Short Film), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home), The Color of Money, The Departed, The King of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable), Who's That Knocking at my Door

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

1. Raging Bull (1980)

2. Casino (1995)

3. Taxi Driver (1976)

4. Shutter Island (2010)

5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary Miniseries)

6. Silence (2016)

7. Mean Streets (1973)

8. Goodfellas (1990)

9. The King of Comedy (1982)

10. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

11. Hugo (2011)

12. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(Documentary Miniseries)

13. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary Miniseries)

14. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

15. Kundun (1997)

16. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)

17. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)

18. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary Miniseries)
(I watched it on HBO)

19. Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Episode of “The Blues”)
(PBS Documentary Series)

20. The Age of Innocence (1993)

21. New York, New York (1977)

22. After Hours (1985)

23. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

24. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

25. Cape Fear (1991)

26. The Departed (2006)

27. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)

28. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)

29. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on youtube)

30. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)

31. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

32. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(TV Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)

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

1. New York Stories (1989)
(Segment: “Life Lessons”)
(Anthology Film)

2. The Big Shave (1967)
(I watched it on an old VHS tape)

3. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)

4. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
(Episode from Season 1: “Boardwalk Empire”)
(Cable)

2. Vinyl (2016)
(Episode from Season 1: “Pilot”)
(Cable)

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

1. The Aviator (2004)

2. Gangs of New York (2002)

3. The Color of Money (1986)

4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)

My Favorite John Sayles Films

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Irish Cinema, John Sayles, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 304

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Baby It's You, City of Hope, Eight Men Out, Honeydripper, Lianna, Limbo, Lone Star, Matewan, Men with Guns, Passion Fish, Return of the Secaucus 7, Sunshine State, The Brother from Another Planet, The Secret of Roan Inish

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

1. Lianna (1983)

2. Passion Fish (1992)

3. Eight Men Out (1988)

4. Lone Star (1996)

5. The Secret of Roan Inish (1995)

6. Men with Guns (1997)

7. City of Hope (1991)

8. Matewan (1987)

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

1. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

2. Sunshine State (2002)

3. Baby It’s You (1983)

4. Limbo (1999)

5. Honeydripper (2007)

6. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)

My Favorite Nicolas Roeg Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Anthology, Austrian Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Italian Cinema, Lists, Music, Mystery, Nicolas Roeg, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 304

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Aria (Un ballo in maschera) (Anthology), Bad Timing, Don't Look Now, Eureka, Insignificance, Performance, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Witches, Walkabout

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

1. Don’t Look Now (1973)

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

3. Walkabout (1971)

4. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

5. Eureka (1983)

6. Bad Timing (1980)

7. Insignificance (1985)

8. The Witches (1990)

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

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

My Favorite Carol Reed Films

15 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Carol Reed, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Thriller, Top 304, War

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Night Train to Munich, Odd Man Out, Oliver, Our Man in Havana, The Fallen Idol, The Stars Look Down, The Third Man

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

1. The Third Man (1949)

2. The Fallen Idol (1948)

3. Odd Man Out (1947)

4. Our Man in Havana (1959)

5. Night Train to Munich (1940)

6. The Stars Look Down (1940)

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

1. Oliver (1968)

My Favorite Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Films

25 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Australian Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 304, War

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49th Parallel, A Canterbury Tale, A Matter of Life and Death, Age of Consent, Black Narcissus, Contraband, I Know Where I'm Going, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, Peeping Tom, The Edge of the World, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, The Small Back Room, The Spy in Black, The Tales of Hoffmann, The Thief of Bagdad 1940

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

1. The Red Shoes (1948)

2. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

3. Peeping Tom (1960)
(Pressburger had no involvement)

4. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

5. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

6. I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

7. Black Narcissus (1947)

8. A Canterbury Tale (1944)

9. The Small Back Room (1949)

10. The Edge of the World (1937)
(Pressburger had no involvement)

11. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
(co-directed with Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan)

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

1. Age of Consent (1969)
(Pressburger had no involvement)

2. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

3. 49th Parallel (1941)

4. Contraband (1940)

5. The Spy in Black (1939)

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