* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind (1928)
(I saw it on and old VHS tape)
2. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
3. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
4. The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Fantasy
My Favorite Henry Selick Films
* * * * (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
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Irishman (2019)
2. The King of Comedy (1982)
3. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson)
(Documentary)
(Television)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
(Documentary/Mockumentary)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)
(Television)
7. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
8. Shutter Island (2010)
9. Silence (2016)
10. Mean Streets (1973)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
13. Hugo (2011)
14. Boardwalk Empire – Season 1 (2010)
14a. Episode 1: Pilot (2010)
(Cable/Television)
15. Kundun (1997)
16. Casino (1995)
17. The Age of Innocence (1993)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
20. After Hours (1985)
21. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
22. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
23. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
24. Vinyl – Season 1 (2016)
24a. Episode 1: Pilot (2016)
(Cable/Television)
25. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
26. New York Stories (1989)
26a. Segment: Life Lessons (1989)
(Anthology Film)
27. New York, New York (1977)
28. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
29. Cape Fear (1991)
30. The Departed (2006)
31. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
(Television)
32. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
33. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
34. The Blues (2003)
34a. Episode 1: Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Documentary)
(Television)
35. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
36. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
37. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Pretend It’s a City (2021)
(Miniseries)
(Documentary)
(Streaming/Television)
2. The Big Shave (1967)
3. The Key to Reserva (2007)
(I watched it online)
4. It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
5. The Audition (2015)
(I watched it online)
6. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
7. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
8. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
9. Made in Milan (1990)
(I watched it online)
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)
My Favorite Jacques Rivette Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
2. Out 1 (1971)
3. L’amour fou (1969)
4. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
5. Joan the Maiden (1994)
6. Duelle (1976)
7. The Nun (1966)
8. Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
9. Gang of Four (1989)
10. Secret Defense (1998)
11. Le Pont du Nord (1981)
12. Noroit (1976)
13. The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
14. Va Savoir (2001)
15. Paris Belongs to Us (1960)
16. Merry-Go-Round (1981)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Fool’s Mate (1956)
(I watched it on Vimeo)
2. Lumiere and Company (1995)
(Segment: “Jacques Rivette/Paris”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
2. Around a Small Mountain (2009)
3. Wuthering Heights (1985)
My Favorite Jean Renoir Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Rules of the Game (1939)
2. The Golden Coach (1952)
3. The Woman on the Beach (1947)
4. French Cancan (1954)
5. Grand Illusion (1937)
6. Picnic on the Grass (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
7. La Chienne (1931)
8. La Bête Humaine (1938)
9. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
10. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
11. Toni (1935)
(I watched it on Vimeo)
12. A Day in the Country (1936)
(Short Film)
13. The River (1951)
14. The Southerner (1945)
15. Elena and Her Men (1956)
16. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1969)
(French/German/Italian TV Film)
17. The Elusive Corporal (1962)
18. La Marseillaise (1938)
19. The Lower Depths (1936)
20. The Little Match Girl (1928)
(Short Film)
21. Nana (1926)
22. The Whirlpool of Fate (1925)
23. The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (1959)
(French TV Film)
24. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
25. On purge bebe (1931)
26. Charleston Parade (1927)
(Short Film)
27. Madame Bovary (1934)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. This Land Is Mine (1943)
2. Swamp Water (1941)
My Favorite Sam Raimi Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Evil Dead II (1987)
2. The Evil Dead (1981)
3. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
4. Drag Me to Hell (2009)
5. Army of Darkness (1992)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ash vs Evil Dead – Season 1 (2015)
1a. Episode: “El Jefe”
(Cable/Television)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Darkman (1990)
My Favorite Stephen and Timothy Quay Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Street of Crocodiles (1986)
(Animated Short)
2. The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984)
(Animated Short)
3. Are We Still Married? (1992)
(Animated Short)
4. Stille Nacht IV: Can’t Go Wrong Without You (1993)
(Animated Short)
5. De Artificiali Perspectiva (1991)
(Animated Short)
6. Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. (1993)
(Animated Short)
7. Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (1988)
(Animated Short)
8. Stille Nacht: Dramolet (1988)
(Animated Short)
9. Nocturna Artificialia (1979)
10. The Comb (1991)
(Animated Short)
11. Maska (2010)
(Animated Short)
12. Through the Weeping Glass (2011)
(Documentary Short)
13. In Absentia (2000)
(Animated Short)
14. The Phantom Museum (2003)
(Animated Short)
15. Unmistaken Hands (2013)
(Animated Short)
16. The Unnameable Little Broom (1985)
(Animated Short)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Feature Films)
1. Institute Benjamenta (1995)
2. The Piano Turner of Earthquakes (2005)
(Animated Film)
My Favorite Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
2. The Red Shoes (1948)
3. Peeping Tom (1960)
(Pressburger had no involvement)
4. Black Narcissus (1947)
5. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
6. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
7. I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)
8. Gone to Earth (1950)
(I watched it on youtube)
9. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
10. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
(co-directed with Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan)
11. The Small Back Room (1949)
12. The Edge of the World (1937)
(Pressburger had no involvement)
13. Age of Consent (1969)
(Pressburger had no involvement)
14. Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
(TV Documentary)
My Favorite Pier Paolo Pasolini Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
2. The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
3. Teorema (1968)
4. Mamma Roma (1962)
5. Oedipus Rex (1967)
6. Arabian Nights (1974)
7. Medea (1969)
8. The Decameron (1971)
9. Pigsty (1969)
10. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
11. Accattone (1961)
12. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
13. Love Meetings (1964)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ro.Go.Pa.G (1963)
(Segment: “La ricotta”)
(Anthology Film)
2. Love and Anger (1969)
(Segment: “The sequence of the paper flower”)
(Anthology Film)
3. The Witches (1967)
(Segment: “The Earth Seen From The Moon”)
(Anthology Film)
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