Film Directors

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)

My Favorite Andrea Arnold Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Fish Tank (2009)
  2. American Honey (2016)
  3. Cow (2021)
    (Documentary)
  4. Wuthering Heights (2011)
  5. Red Road (2006)
  6. Wasp (2003)
    (Short)
  7. Dog (2001)
    (Short)
  8. Milk (1998)
    (Short)
  9. Big Little Lies – Season 2 (2019)
    Episode: What Have They Done?
    Episode: Tell-Tale Hearts
    Episode: The End of the World
    Episode: She Knows
    Episode: Kill Me
    Episode: The Bad Mother
    Episode: I Want to Know
    (Cable/Television)
  10. Transparent – Season 3 (2016)
    Episode: If I Were a Bell
    (Streaming/Television)
  11. Transparent – Season 2 (2015)
    Episode: Oscillate
    Episode: Grey Green Brown & Copper
    (Streaming/Television)
  12. Transparent – Season 4 (2017)
    Episode: Desert Eagle
    (Streaming/Television)
  13. I Love Dick – Season 1 (2017)
    Episode: Scenes from a Marriage
    Episode: Ilinx
    Episode: The Barter Economy
    Episode: Cowboys and Nomads
    (Streaming/Television)

My Favorite Dario Argento Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Suspiria (1977)
  2. Inferno (1980)
  3. Tenebre (1982)
  4. Opera (1987)
  5. Deep Red (1975)
  6. Phenomena (1985)
  7. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
  8. Masters of Horror – Season 2 (2006)
    Episode: Pelts
    (Cable/Television)
  9. Masters of Horror – Season 1 (2005)
    Episode: Jenifer
    (Cable/Television)
  10. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
    Segment:     The Black Cat

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  1. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
  2. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
  3. The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971)
  4. Dark Glasses (2022)
  5. The Mother of Tears (2007)
  6. Sleepless (2001)
  7. Trauma (1993)

My Favorite Gregg Araki Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

Some of these films I have seen on old vhs tapes and online. I can’t seem to find and watch The Long Weekend (O’ Despair) anywhere.

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  1. Nowhere (1997)
  2. The Doom Generation (1995)
  3. Totally F***ed Up (1993)
  4. The Living End (1992)
  5. Now Apocalypse (2019)
    (Cable/Television)
    (No relation to Apocalypse Now)
  6. This Is How the World Ends (2000)
    (Cable/Television)
  7. Mysterious Skin (2004)
  8. Smiley Face (2007)
  9. Splendor (1999)
  10. Kaboom (2010)
  11. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
  12. American Crime – Season 2 (2016)
    Season Two: Episode Three
    (Television)
  13. 13 Reasons Why – Season 1 (2017)
    Episode: Tape 4, Side A
    Episode: Tape 4, Side B
    (Streaming/Television)
  14. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
    Episode: Lionel
    (Streaming/Television)
  15. Greenleaf – Season 1 (2016)
    Episode: Men Like Trees Walking
    (Cable/Television)
  16. Red Oaks – Season 2 (2016)
    Episode: Lost and Found
    Episode: The Wedding
    (Streaming/Television)
  17. American Gigolo – Season 1 (2022)
    Episode: Nothing Is Real But the Girl
    (Cable/Television)
  18. Heathers – Season 1 (2018)
    Episode: Hot Probs
    Episode: Do I Look Like Mother Teresa?
    (Cable/Television)
  19. Riverdale – Season 2 (2018)
    Episode: Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wrestler
    (Television)
  20. 13 Reasons Why – Season 2 (2018)
    Episode: The First Polaroid
    Episode: Two Girls Kissing
    (Streaming/Television)
  21. Here Now (2015)
    (Short)
  22. Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987)

My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

Most of the Michelangelo Antonioni films listed here are ones I saw on a home video format (Blu-Ray and DVD in this case. Nevertheless, some of these I watched online.

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  1. L’Eclisse (1962)
  2. Zabriskie Point (1970)
  3. L’Avventura (1960)
  4. The Passenger (1975)
  5. Red Desert (1964)
  6. Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  7. Identification of a Woman (1982)
  8. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
  9. The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
  10. La Notte (1961)
  11. Blow-Up (1966)
  12. Le Amiche (1955)
  13. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
  14. Il Grido (1957)
  15. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
  16. I Vinti (1953)
  17. Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
    (Documentary)
    (Television)
  18. People of the Po Valley (1947)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  19. N.U. (1948)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  20. Love in the City (1953)
    Segment: Attempted Suicide
    (Short Cinema)
  21. Seven Reeds, One Suit (1949)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  22. Eros (2004)
    Segment: The Dangerous Thread of Things
    (Short Cinema)

My Favorite Kenneth Anger Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

All of the Kenneth Anger films listed here are ones that I watched online. Even with the fairly large number of Anger shorts listed, there are still a fair amount that I have not seen yet.

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  1. Scorpio Rising (1963)
    (Short Cinema)
  2. Fireworks (1947)
    (Short Cinema)
  3. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
    (Short Cinema)
  4. Eaux d’Artifice (1953)
    (Short Cinema)
  5. Lucifer Rising (1972)
    (Short Cinema)
  6. Rabbit’s Moon (1950)
    (Short Cinema)
  7. Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
    (Short Cinema)
  8. Missoni (2010)
    (Commercial)
    (Short Cinema)
  9. Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)
    (Short Cinema)
  10. Puce Moment (1949)
    (Short Cinema)
  11. The Man We Want to Hang (2002)
    (Short Cinema)
  12. Hollywood Babylon (2000)
    (co-directed with Nico B.)
    (Short Cinema)
  13. Anger Sees Red (2004)
    (Short Cinema)

My Favorite Theo Angelopoulos Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

With the exceptions of Reconstitution, Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow, The Dust of Time and Invisible World, I have seen every single Theo Angelopoulos film that I could find. In fact, I watched all of them online.

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  1. Landscape in the Mist (1988)
  2. Eternity and a Day (1998)
  3. The Traveling Players (1975)
  4. Voyage to Cythera (1984)
  5. The Beekeeper (1986)
  6. Alexander the Great (1980)
  7. Days of ’36 (1972)
  8. The Hunters (1977)
  9. Ulysses’ Gaze (1995)
  10. The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991)
  11. Capitali culturail d’Europa – Season 1 (1983)
    Episode: Athens, Return to the Acropolis
    (Documentary)
    (Italian Television)
  12. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
    Segment: Trois minutes (Three Minutes)
    (Short Cinema)
  13. Lumiere and Company (1995)
    Segment: Up to 52 Seconds
    (Short Cinema)
  14. Broadcast (1968)
    (Short Cinema)

My Favorite Roy Andersson Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

Although Giliap can be watched on youtube, one could only watch the version with no English subtitles so I will have to wait to watch that one. Same with the commercials he directed. I watched all of his other stuff on home video or online.

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  1. You, the Living (2007)
  2. About Endlessness (2019)
  3. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
  4. Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
  5. A Swedish Love Story (1970)

My Favorite Wes Anderson Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  2. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
  3. Rushmore (1998)
  4. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
    (Animation)
  5. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  6. Isle of Dogs (2018)
    (Animation)
  7. The French Dispatch (2021)
  8. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    8b. Hotel Chevalier (2007)
    (Short    )
  9. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  10. Bottle Rocket (1996)
    10b. Bottle Rocket (1994)
    (Short)
  11. Tip-Top: Aline (2021)
    (Music Video)
  12. Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion (2016)
    (Short)
  13. Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
    (Short)
  14. Moonrise Kingdom: Animated Book Short (2012)
    (Short)
  15. Cousin Ben Troop Screening with Jason Schwartzman (2012)
    (Short)
  16. American Express: My Life. My Card. (2006)
    (Commercial)
  17. Prada: Candy (2013)
    (co-directed with Roman Coppola)
    (Short)
  18. Stella Artois Le Apartomatic Commercial (2010)
    (Commercial)
  19. Softbank Commercial (2008)
    (Commercial)

My Favorite Paul Thomas Anderson Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

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  1. Inherent Vice (2014)
  2. Phantom Thread (2017)
  3. Licorice Pizza (2021)
  4. The Master (2012)
  5. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  6. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

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  1. Hard Eight (1996)