My Favorite Jean-Luc Godard Films

21 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Swiss Filmmakers, Thriller, Top 313, War

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A Married Woman, A Story of Water (Short Cinema), A Woman Is a Woman, All the Boys Are Called Patrick (Short Cinema), Aria (Armide) (Anthology Film) (Short Cinema), Band of Outsiders, Breathless 1960, Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Short Cinema), Detective, Every Man for Himself, Film Socialisme, First Name: Carmen, For Ever Mozart, Goodbye to Language, Hail Mary, Here and Elsewhere, Histoire(s) du cinema (Documentary), In Praise of Love, JLG/JLG - Self-Portrait in December (Documentary), Keep Your Right Up, King Lear 1987, La Chinoise, Le Gai savoir, Le Petit Soldat, Les Carabiniers, Made in U.S.A., Masculin Feminin, Notre Musique, Number Two, Oh Woe Is Me, Passion, Pierrot le fou, Sympathy for the Devil (Documentary), Tout Va Bien, Two or Three Things I Know About Her, Vivre sa vie, Weekend

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1. Goodbye to Language (2014)

2. In Praise of Love (2001)

3. Histoire(s) du cinema (1988/1989/1997/1998)
(Documentary)

4. Passion (1982)

5. Number Two (1975)

6. Weekend (1967)

7. Film Socialisme (2010)

8. Here and Elsewhere (1974)

9. King Lear (1987)

10. La Chinoise (1967)

11. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)

12. Made in U.S.A. (1966)

13. Masculin Féminin (1966)

14. A Married Woman (1964)

15. Alphaville (1965)

16. Hail Mary (1985)

17. Every Man for Himself (1980)

18. Le Gai savoir (1969)

19. Tout va bien (1972)

20. Notre musique (2004)

21. Contempt (1963)

22. Vivre Sa Vie (1962)

23. Breathless (1960)

24. Pierrot le fou (1965)

25. Band of Outsiders (1964)

26. JLG/JLG – Self-Portrait in December (1994)
(Documentary)

27. Oh Woe Is Me (1993)

28. Les Carabiniers (1963)

29. Le Petit Soldat (1960)

30. Detective (1985)

31. First Name: Carmen (1983)

32. For Ever Mozart (1996)

33. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

34. Keep Your Right Up (1987)

35. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)

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

1. Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Armide”)

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

1. Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)

2. A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Francois Truffaut)

3. All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1957)

My Favorite Terry Gilliam Films

19 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Romanian Cinema, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Terry Gilliam, Thriller, Top 313

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"The Crimson Permanent Assurance (Short Film), 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Jabberwocky, Miracle of Flight (Animation) (Short Cinema), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Story Time (Animation) (Short Cinema), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Legend of Hallowdega (Short Film), The Wholly Family (Short Film), The Zero Theorem, Tideland, Time Bandits

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

1. Brazil (1985)

2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
(co-directed with Terry Jones)

4. 12 Monkeys (1995)

5. Time Bandits (1981)

6. The Fisher King (1991)

7. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

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

1. Miracle of Flight (1974)
(Animation)
(I watched it on youtube)

2. The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
(Played before Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life)

3. Story Time (1979)
(Animation)

4. The Wholly Family (2011)
(I watched it on youtube)

5. The Legend of Hallowdega (2010)
(I watched it on youtube)

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

1. Tideland (2005)

2. Jabberwocky (1977)

3. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

4. The Zero Theorem (2013)

My Favorite Kinji Fukasaku Films

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kinji Fukasaku, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 313

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1. Battle Royale (2000)

2. Battles Without Honor and Humanity Volumes 1-5 (1973/1974)

3. Shogun’s Samurai (1978)

4. Graveyard of Honor (1975)

5. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

6. Yakuza Graveyard (1976)

7. Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

8. Cops vs. Thugs (1975)

9. Fall Guy (1982)

10. Street Mobster (1972)

11. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)

12. Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)

13. New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Volumes 1-3 (1974/1975/1976)

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

1. Blackmail Is My Life (1968)

2. Black Lizard (1968)

My Favorite Federico Fellini Films

12 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Federico Fellini, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Top 313

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8 1/2, Amarcord, And the Ship Sails On, Fellini Satyricon, Fellini's Casanova, I Vitteloni, Il bidone, Juliet of the Spirits, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Roma, Spirits of the Dead (Toby Dammit) (Anthology Film), The Clowns (Documentary), The White Sheik, Variety Lights

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

1. 8 1/2 (1963)

2. La Dolce Vita (1960)

3. Amarcord (1973)

4. Nights of Cabiria (1957)

5. La Strada (1954)

6. I Vitelloni (1953)

7. Fellini Satyricon (1969)

8. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

9. Fellini’s Casanova (1976)

10. Roma (1972)

11. Il bidone (1955)

12. The White Sheik (1952)

13. Variety Lights (1950)
(co-directed with Alberto Lattuada)

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

1. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
(Segment: “Toby Dammit”)
(Anthology Film)

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

1. And the Ship Sails On (1983)

2. The Clowns (1970)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Clint Eastwood Films

11 Wednesday Apr 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, Biography, Cinema, Clint Eastwood, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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A Perfect World, Absolute Power, American Sniper, Bird, Blood Work, Bronco Billy, Firefox, Flags of Our Fathers, Gran Torino, Heartbreak Ridge, Hereafter, High Plains Drifter, Honkytonk Man, Letters from Iwo Jima, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Pale Rider, Play Misty for Me, Space Cowboys, Sudden Impact, Sully, The 15:17 to Paris, The Bridges of Madison County, The Eiger Sanction, The Gauntlet, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Rookie 1990, True Crime, Unforgiven, White Hunter Black Heart

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

1. White Hunter Black Heart (1990)

2. Bronco Billy (1980)

3. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

4. A Perfect World (1993)

5. Bird (1988)

6. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

7. Play Misty for Me (1971)

8. Pale Rider (1985)

9. The Gauntlet (1977)

10. Unforgiven (1992)

11. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

12. Gran Torino (2008)

13. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

14. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

15. Mystic River (2003)

16. Honkytonk Man (1982)

17. American Sniper (2014)

18. High Plains Drifter (1973)

19. Sully (2016)

20. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

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

1. Firefox (1982)

2. Absolute Power (1997)

3. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

4. Sudden Impact (1983)

5. Hereafter (2010)

6. Blood Work (2002)

7. Space Cowboys (2000)

8. True Crime (1999)

9. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

10. The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

11. The Rookie (1990)

My Favorite Stanley Donen Films

08 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Stanley Donen, Thriller, Top 314

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Arabesque, Bedazzled 1967, Charade, Damn Yankees, Deep in My Heart, Fearless Fagan, Funny Face, Give a Girl a Break, Indiscreet, It's Always Fair Weather, Kiss Them for Me, Love Is Better Than Ever, On the Town, Once More with Feeling!, Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Staircase, Surprise Package, The Grass is Greener, The Little Prince 1974, The Pajama Game, Two for the Road

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1. Two for the Road (1967)

2. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)

3. Charade (1963)

4. On the Town (1949)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)

5. Funny Face (1957)

6. It’s Always Fair Weather (1955)
(co-directed with Gene Kelly)

7. The Pajama Game (1957)
(co-directed with George Abbott)

8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

9. Royal Wedding (1951)

10. Staircase (1969)

11. Bedazzled (1967)

12. Damn Yankees! (1958)
(co-directed with George Abbott)

13. The Grass Is Greener (1960)

14. Indiscreet (1958)

15. Once More, with Feeling! (1960)

16. Give a Girl a Break (1953)

17. Surprise Package (1960)

18. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

19. Fearless Fagan (1952)

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

1. The Little Prince (1974)

2. Kiss Them for Me (1957)

3. Arabesque (1966)

4. Deep in My Heart (1954)

My Favorite Vittorio De Sica Films

07 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Anthology Films, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 314, Vittorio de Sica

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Bicycle Thieves, Marriage Italian-Style, Miracle in Milan, Shoeshine, The Children Are Watching Us, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Two Women, Umberto D., Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

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

1. Umberto D. (1952)

2. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1961)

3. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

4. Marriage Italian-Style (1964)

5. Miracle in Milan (1951)

6. Two Women (1960)

7. Shoeshine (1946)

8. The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

9. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

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

1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “La riffa”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Brian De Palma Films

07 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Brian De Palma, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 314, War

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Blow Out, Body Double, Carlito's Way, Carrie, Casualties of War, Dressed to Kill, Femme Fatale, Greetings, Hi Mom!, Mission to Mars, Mission: Impossible, Obsession, Passion, Phantom of the Paradise, Redacted, Scarface 1983, Sisters, Snake Eyes, The Black Dahlia, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Fury 1978, The Untouchables

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

1. The Fury (1978)

2. Femme Fatale (2002)

3. Blow Out (1981)

4. Dressed to Kill (1980)

5. Mission to Mars (2000)

6. Carrie (1976)

7. Hi, Mom! (1970)

8. Casualties of War (1989)

9. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

10. Scarface (1983)

11. Sisters (1973)

12. Carlito’s Way (1993)

13. Raising Cain (1992)

14. Snake Eyes (1998)

15. Body Double (1984)

16. The Black Dahlia (2006)

17. The Untouchables (1987)

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

1. Greetings (1968)

2. Passion (2012)

3. Mission: Impossible (1996)

4. Obsession (1976)

5. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

6. Redacted (2007)

My Favorite Manoel de Oliveira Films

07 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Manoel de Oliveira, Music, Mystery, Portuguese Cinema, Portuguese Filmmakers, Romance, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 314

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A Talking Picture, Abraham's Valley, Belle Toujours, Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl, I'm Going Home, Party, The Convent, The Strange Case of Angelica, Voyage to the Beginning of the World

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

1. I’m Going Home (2001)

2. The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)

3. Abraham’s Valley (1993)

4. A Talking Picture (2003)

5. Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)

6. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009)

7. The Convent (1995)

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

1. Belle Toujours (2006)

2. Party (1996)

My Favorite Jacques Demy Films

05 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, American Cinema, Anthology Films, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Jacques Demy, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 314

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A Room in Town, Bay of Angels, Donkey Skin, Lola, Model Shop, The Pied Piper 1972, The Seven Deadly Sins (Lust) (Anthology Film), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Three Seats for the 26th

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

1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

2. Lola (1961)

3. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

4. Model Shop (1969)

5. A Room in Town (1982)

6. Bay of Angels (1962)

7. Three Seats for the 26th (1988)

8. Donkey Skin (1970)

9. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)

10. Lady Oscar (1979)

11. The Pied Piper (1972)

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

1. The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
(Segment: “Lust”)
(Anthology Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

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