My Favorite Max Ophuls Films

17 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Max Ophuls, Romance, Thriller, Top 305

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Caught, Everybody's Woman, La Ronde, Le Plaisir, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Liebelei, Lola Montes, The Earrings of Madame de..., The Exile, The Reckless Moment

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1. The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)

2. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

3. La Ronde (1950)

4. Le Plaisir (1952)

5. Lola Montes (1955)

6. The Reckless Moment (1949)

7. Caught (1949)

8. Liebelei (1933)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

9. Everybody’s Woman (1934)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

10. The Exile (1947)

My Favorite Vincente Minnelli Films

09 Saturday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology Films, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Musical, Romance, Thriller, Top 310, Vincente Minnelli, War

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A Matter of Time, An American in Paris, Bells Are Ringing, Brigadoon, Cabin in the Sky, Designing Woman, Father of the Bride 1950, Father's Little Dividend, Gigi, Goodbye Charlie, Home from the Hill, I Dood It, Kismet, Lovely to Look At, Lust for Life, Madame Bovary 1949, Meet Me in St. Louis, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Some Came Running, Tea and Sympathy, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Band Wagon, The Clock, The Cobweb, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962, The Long Long Trailer, The Pirate, The Reluctant Debutante, The Sandpiper, The Story of Three Loves (Mademoiselle) (Anthology Film), Till the Clouds Roll By, Two Weeks in Another Town, Undercurrent, Yolanda and the Thief, Ziegfeld Follies

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1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

2. Lust for Life (1956)

3. Home from the Hill (1960)

4. Some Came Running (1958)

5. The Band Wagon (1953)

6. The Cobweb (1955)

7. Madame Bovary (1949)

8. The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

9. The Bad and the Beautiful (1950)

10. Father of the Bride (1950)

11. An American in Paris (1951)

12. Gigi (1958)

13. The Pirate (1948)

14. Yolanda and the Thief (1945)

15. Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

16. Goodbye Charlie (1964)

17. Designing Woman (1957)

18. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)

19. Tea and Sympathy (1956)

20. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

21. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

22. The Clock (1945)

23. The Sandpiper (1965)

24. Cabin in the Sky (1943)

25. A Matter of Time (1976)

26. Bells are Ringing (1960)

27. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)

28. Brigadoon (1954)

29. Father’s Little Dividend (1951)

30. Kismet (1955)

31. Undercurrent (1946)

32. I Dood It (1943)

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

1. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
(Segments: “This Heart of Mine”, “Limehouse Blues”, “A Great Lady Has an Interview”, “The Babbit and the Bromide” and “Beauty”)

2. The Story of Three Loves (1953)
(Segment: “Mademoiselle”)
(Anthology Film)

3. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
(Judy Garland sequences)
(Uncredited)

4. Lovely to Look At (1952)
(Fashion Show sequences)
(Uncredited)

My Favorite Jean-Pierre Melville Films

07 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jean-Pierre Melville, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 310, War

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Army of Shadows, Bob le Flambeur, Le Cercle rouge, Le Deuxième Souffle, Le Doulos, Le Samourai, Le Silence de la Mer, Leon Morin Priest, Les Enfants Terribles, Un Flic

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1. Le Samouraï (1967)

2. Bob le Flambeur (1956)

3. Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

4. Army of Shadows (1969)

5. Le Doulos (1963)

6. Leon Morin, Priest (1961)

7. Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

8. Le Silence de la Mer (1949)

9. Un Flic (1972)

10. Les Enfants Terribles (1950)

My Favorite Anthony Mann Films

03 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthony Mann, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Music, Musical, Thriller, Top 312, War, Western

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A Dandy in Aspic, Bend of the River, Border Incident, Cimarron 1960, Desperate, Devil's Doorway, El Cid, God's Little Acre, He Walked by Night, Man of the West, Men in War, Railroaded!, Raw Deal 1948, Reign of Terror (a.k.a. The Black Book), Serenade, Side Street, Strategic Air Command, T-Men, The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Far Country, The Furies, The Glenn Miller Story, The Heroes of Telemark, The Last Frontier, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, The Tall Target, The Tin Star, Thunder Bay, Winchester '73

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1. The Naked Spur (1953)

2. Winchester ’73 (1950)

3. The Man from Laramie (1955)

4. He Walked by Night (1948)
(uncredited)
(co-directed with Alfred L. Werker)

5. Man of the West (1958)

6. The Far Country (1954)

7. Bend of the River (1952)

8. Men in War (1957)

9. The Furies (1950)

10. Devil’s Doorway (1950)

11. Raw Deal (1948)

12. T-Men (1947)

13. Border Incident (1949)

14. El Cid (1961)

15. God’s Little Acre (1958)

16. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

17. Side Street (1950)

18. Desperate (1947)

19. Railroaded! (1947)

20. Reign of Terror (1949)
(a.k.a. The Black Book)

21. The Tall Target (1951)

22. The Tin Star (1957)

23. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

24. The Last Frontier (1955)

25. Serenade (1956)

26. Thunder Bay (1953)

27. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

28. Strategic Air Command (1955)

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

1. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)

2. Cimarron (1960)

My Favorite Joseph L. Mankiewicz Films

03 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 312, Western

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5 Fingers, A Letter to Three Wives, All About Eve, Cleopatra, Dragonwyck, Guys and Dolls, House of Strangers, Julius Caesar, No Way Out 1950, People Will Talk, Sleuth 1972, Somewhere in the Night, Suddenly Last Summer, The Barefoot Contessa, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Honey Pot, The Quiet American 1958, There Was a Crooked Man...

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1. All About Eve (1950)

2. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

3. Sleuth (1972)

4. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

5. People Will Talk (1951)

6. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

7. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

8. Julius Caesar (1954)

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1. The Honey Pot (1967)

2. No Way Out (1950)
(no relation to the 1987 film)

3. House of Strangers (1949)

4. 5 Fingers (1952)

5. Somewhere in the Night (1946)

6. Dragonwyck (1946)

7. There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)

8. Cleopatra (1963)

9. Guys and Dolls (1955)

10. The Quiet American (1958)
(the 2002 version is also very good)

My Favorite Alexander Mackendrick Films

01 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Alexander Mackendrick, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Lists, Science Fiction, Top 312

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Sweet Smell of Success, The Ladykillers 1955, The Man in the White Suit, Whiskey Galore!

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1. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

2. The Ladykillers (1955)

3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)

4. Whiskey Galore! (1949)

My Favorite Joseph H. Lewis Films

23 Wednesday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Joseph H. Lewis, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Television, Thriller, Top 314, Western

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Cry of the Hunted, Gun Crazy, My Name Is Julia Ross, So Dark the Night, Terror in a Texas Town, The Big Combo, The Halliday Brand, The Rifleman (Boomerang) (TV Series), The Rifleman (Duel or Honor) (TV Series), The Rifleman (Shivaree) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Deadly Wait) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Pet) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Safe Guard) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Trade) (TV Series), The Undercover Man

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1. Gun Crazy (1950)

2. The Big Combo (1955)

3. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

4. So Dark the Night (1946)

5. The Halliday Brand (1957)

6. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

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

1. The Rifleman (1958-1963)

(Episodes from Season 1: “Duel or Honor”, “The Safe Guard”, “The Pet”, “Shivaree”, “The Trade”, “The Deadly Wait” and “Boomerang”)

(Episodes from Season 2: “The Patsy”, “Eddie’s Daughter”, “Panic”, “Letter of the Law”, “Surveyors”, “Day of the Hunter”, “The Visitor”, “Hero”, “The Spoiler”, “Heller”, “The Deserter”, “Shotgun Man”, “The Fourflusher” and “The Hangman”)

(Episodes from Season 3: “Strange Town”, “Baranca”, “The Martinet”, “Miss Milly”, “Flowers By The Door”, “The Actress”, “The Wyoming Story: Part 1”, “The Wyoming Story, Part 2”, “Closer Than a Brother” and “The Prisoner”)

(Episodes from Season 4: “The Vaqueros”, “Sheer Terror”, “The Stand-In”, “The Journey Back”, “Honest Abe”, “The Shattered Idol”, “Long Gun from Tucson” and “Young Man’s Fancy”)

(Episodes from Season 5: “Waste: Part 1”, “Waste: Part 2”, “Death Never Rides Alone”, “I Take This Woman”, “Squeeze Play”, “Suspicion”, “The Sidewinder”, “And the Devil Makes Five”, “The Bullet”, “The Guest” and “Old Tony”)

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1. The Undercover Man (1949)
(I watched it a decade ago on TCM)

2. Cry of the Hunted (1953)

My Favorite Fritz Lang Films

19 Saturday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Fritz Lang, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western

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American Guerrilla in the Philippines, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956, Clash by Night, Cloak and Dagger, Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: The Indian Tomb, Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: The Tiger Of Eschnapur, Fury 1936, Hangmen Also Die!, Harikari, House by the River, Human Desire, Liliom, M, Man Hunt, Metropolis, Ministry of Fear, Moonfleet, Rancho Notorious, Scarlet Street, Secret Beyond the Door, Spies, The Big Heat, The Blue Gardenia, The Return of Frank James, The Spiders Parts I and II, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, The Woman in the Window, Western Union, While the City Sleeps, Woman in the Moon, You and Me, You Only Live Once

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1. M (1931)

2. Spies (1928)

3. Scarlet Street (1945)

4. While the City Sleeps (1956)

5. Liliom (1934)

6. Fury (1936)

7. The Woman in the Window (1944)

8. You Only Live Once (1937)

9. Moonfleet (1955)

10. The Big Heat (1953)

11. Rancho Notorious (1952)

12. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

13. Die Nibelungen (1924)

14. Destiny (1921)

15. The Tiger of Eschnapur/The Indian Tomb (1959)
(a.k.a. Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic)

16. Metropolis (1927)

17. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

18. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

19. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)

20. You and Me (1937)

21. Clash by Night (1952)

22. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

23. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

24. Human Desire (1954)

25. House by the River (1950)

26. Ministry of Fear (1944)

27. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

28. Man Hunt (1941)

29. Western Union (1941)

30. The Return of Frank James (1940)

31. Cloak and Dagger (1946)

32. Woman in the Moon (1929)

33. The Spiders Parts I and II (1919/1920)

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

1. Harikari (1919)

2. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

My Favorite Stanley Kubrick Films

13 Sunday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Stanley Kubrick, Thriller, Top 314, War

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2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Dr. Strangelove, Eyes Wide Shut, Fear and Desire, Full Metal Jacket, Killer's Kiss, Lolita 1962, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, The Killing, The Shining

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1. Barry Lyndon (1975)

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

3. The Shining (1980)

4. The Killing (1956)

5. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

6. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

7. Paths of Glory (1957)

8. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

9. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

10. Lolita (1962)

11. Spartacus (1960)

12. Killer’s Kiss (1955)

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

1. Fear and Desire (1953)

My Favorite Elia Kazan Films

06 Sunday May 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Elia Kazan, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Greek Filmmakers, History, Lists, Music, Romance, Thriller, Top 314

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A Face in the Crowd, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, America America, Baby Doll, Boomerang 1947, East of Eden, Gentlemen's Agreement, On the Waterfront, Panic in the Streets, Pinky, Splendor in the Grass, The Arrangement, The Last Tycoon, The Visitors, Viva Zapata!, Wild River

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1. America America (1963)

2. Wild River (1960)

3. On the Waterfront (1954)

4. Splendor in the Grass (1961)

5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

6. A Face in the Crowd (1957)

7. East of Eden (1955)

8. Baby Doll (1956)

9. Viva Zapata! (1952)

10. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

11. Panic in the Streets (1950)

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

1. The Last Tycoon (1976)

2. The Visitors (1972)

3. The Arrangement (1969)

4. Pinky (1949)

5. Gentlemen’s Agreement (1947)

6. Boomerang! (1947)
(no relation to the 1992 Eddie Murphy film)

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