Category Archives: French Filmmakers

My Favorite Francois Ozon Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

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1.   Under the Sand (2000)

2.   See the Sea (1997)

3.   Frantz (2016)

4.   Swimming Pool (2003)

5.   In the House (2012)

6.   Time to Leave (2005)

7.   Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)

8.   Young & Beautiful (2013)

9.   5×2 (2004)

10. Sitcom (1998)

11. The New Girlfriend (2014)

12. Criminal Lovers (1999)

13. Potiche (2010)

14. The Refuge (2009)

15. 8 Women (2002)

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

1.   A Summer Dress (1996)

2.   Little Death (1995)

3.   Bed Scenes (1998)

4.   Truth or Dare (1994)
(not the 1991 Madonna documentary)

5.   X2000 (1998)

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

1.   Ricky (2009)

2.   Angel (2007)

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My Favorite Jean-Pierre Melville Films

07 Thursday Jun 2018

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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 Georges Melies Films

07 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by in Adventure, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Georges Melies, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Music, Pre-1920's Cinema, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Top 310, Uncategorized

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

1.   The Conquest of the Pole (1912)

2.   Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)

3.   A Trip to the Moon (1902)

4.   The Impossible Voyage (1904)

5.   Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)

6.   An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905)

7.   Blue Beard (1901)

8.   Cinderella (1899)
(not the Disney animated version or the 2015 live-action version)

9.   The Astronomer’s Dream (1898)

10. The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)

11. The One-Man Band (1900)

12. The Diabolic Tenant (1909)

13. The Melomaniac (1903)

14. The Bewitched Inn (1897)

15. A Nightmare (1896)

16. The Haunted Castle (1896)

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

1.   The Eclipse (1907)

2.   The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)

3.   The Living Playing Cards (1905)

4.   The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

5.   The Enchanted Well (1903)

6.   Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)

7.   The Man With the Rubber Head (1901)

8.   Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)

9.   A Fantastical Meal (1900)

10. Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)

11. Joan of Arc (1900)

12. The Devil in a Convent (1899)

13. The Magician (1898)

14. The Devil’s Castle (1897)

15. The Vanishing Lady (1896)

16. The Famous Box Trick (1898)

17. Baron Munchausen’s Dreams (1911)

18. The Magician’s Cavern (1901)

19. The Christmas Angel (1904)

20. A Terrible Night (1896)

My Favorite Chris Marker Films

05 Tuesday Jun 2018

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1.   Sans Soleil (1983)
(Documentary)

2.   La Jetee (1962)
(Live-Action Short)

3.   Level Five (1997)
(Documentary)

4.   The Last Bolshevik (1992)
(Documentary)

5.   One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999)
(Documentary)

6.   A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
(Documentary)

7.   Le Joli Mai (1963)
(Documentary)

8.   A.K. (1985)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Louis Malle Films

03 Sunday Jun 2018

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1.   Murmur of the Heart (1971)

2.   My Dinner with Andre (1981)

3.   Phantom India (1969)
(French TV Documentary Miniseries)

4.   Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

5.   Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

6.   Atlantic City (1980)

7.   Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

8.   God’s Country (1985)
(TV Documentary)

9.   Calcutta (1969)
(Documentary)

10. …And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986)
(TV Documentary)

11. Place de la Republique (1974)
(Documentary)

12. Humain, trop humain (1974)
(Documentary)

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

1.   Vive le tour (1962)
(Documentary Short)

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1.   The Fire Within (1963)

2.   Zazie in the Metro (1960)

3.   The Lovers (1958)

4.   Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

5.   Damage (1992)

6.   Black Moon (1975)

My Favorite Patrice Leconte Films

21 Monday May 2018

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1.   The Hairdresser’s Husband (1990)

2.   The Man on the Train (2002)

3.   Monsieur Hire (1989)

4.   The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)

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

1.   Girl on the Bridge (1999)

2.   Ridicule (1996)

3.   Intimate Strangers (2004)

My Favorite Jean-Pierre Jeunet Films

04 Friday May 2018

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1.   Amelie (2001) 

2.   The City of Lost Children (1995)

3.   Delicatessen (1991)
(co-directed with Marc Caro)

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

1.   A Very Long Engagement (2004)

2.   The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2015)

3.   Micmacs (2009)

My Favorite Michel Gondry Films

22 Sunday Apr 2018

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1.   The Science of Sleep (2006)

2.   Microbe & Gasoline (2015)

3.   The We and the I (2012)

4.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

5.   Dave Chapelle’s Block Party (2005)
(Concert Film/Documentary)

6.   Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)
(Animated Documentary)

7.   Mood Indigo (2013)

8.   The Thorn in the Heart (2009)
(Documentary)

9.   Be Kind Rewind (2008)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1.   Tokyo! (2008)
(Segment: “Interior Design”)

My Favorite Jean-Luc Godard Films

21 Saturday Apr 2018

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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)