My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jacques Tati, Lists, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Television, Top 306

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Forza Bastia (Short Film), Gai dimanche (Short Film), Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Parade, Playtime, School for Postmen (Short Film), Trafic

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

1. Playtime (1967)

2. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

3. Mon Oncle (1958)

4. Jour de Fete (1949)

5. Trafic (1971)

6. Parade (1974)
(French/Swedish TV Film)

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

1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)

2. School for Postmen (1947)

3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)

My Favorite Eric Rohmer Films

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Eric Rohmer, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 304

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A Good Marriage, A Tale of Springtime, A Tale of Summer, A Tale of Winter, An Autumn Tale, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Claire's Knee, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, Full Moon in Paris, La Collectioneuse, Love in the Afternoon 1972, My Night at Maud's, Pauline at the Beach, Suzanne's Career, The Aviator's Wife, The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Short Film), The Green Ray (a.k.a. Summer), The Marquise of O..., Veronica and Her Dunce (Short Film)

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

1. An Autumn Tale (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2. The Green Ray (1986)
(a.k.a. Summer)

3. My Night at Maud’s (1969)

4. Claire’s Knee (1970)

5. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

6. Love in the Afternoon (1972)

7. A Tale of Winter (1992)

8. Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

9. Full Moon in Paris (1984)

10. La Collectionneuse (1967)

11. Pauline at the Beach (1983)

12. A Tale of Summer (1996)

13. A Tale of Springtime (1990)

14. A Good Marriage (1982)

15. The Aviator’s Wife (1981)

16. Suzanne’s Career (1963)

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

1. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

2. Veronica and Her Dunce (1958)

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

1. The Marquise of O (1976)

My Favorite Jacques Rivette Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Jacques Rivette, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Swiss Cinema

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Around a Small Mountain, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Duelle, Fool's Mate (Short Film), Gang of Four, Joan the Maiden, L'Amour fou, La Belle Noiseuse, Le Pont du Nord, Lumiere and Company (Jacques Rivette/Paris) (Anthology), Merry-Go-Round, Noroit, Out 1, Paris Belongs to Us, Secret Defense, The Duchess of Langeais, The Nun, The Story of Marie and Julien, Up Down Fragile, Va Savoir, Wuthering Heights 1985

* * * * (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 Alain Resnais Films

18 Wednesday Jul 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, Alain Resnais, Anthology, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary Shorts, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Top 304, War

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Far from Vietnam (Claude Ridder) (Anthology Documentary), Guernica (Documentary Short), Hiroshima mon amour, Je t'aime je t'aime, Last Year at Marienbad, Le chant du Styrene (Documentary Short), Life is a Bed of Roses, Life of Riley, Love Unto Death, Melo, Mon Oncle d'Amerique, Muriel, Night and Fog (Documentary Short), Not on the Lips, Private Fears in Public Places, Providence, Same Old Song, Statues Also Die (Documentary Short), Stavisky, The War is Over, Toute la memoire du monde (Documentary Short), Wild Grass, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

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

1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

2. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! (2012)

3. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

4. Melo (1986)

5. Providence (1977)

6. Muriel (1963)

7. Mon Oncle D’Amerique (1980)

8. Wild Grass (2009)

9. Not on the Lips (2003)

10. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)

11. Stavisky… (1974)

12. The War Is Over (1966)

13. Je t’aime, Je t’aime (1968)

14. Life of Riley (2014)

15. Same Old Song (1997)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

16. Love Unto Death (1984)

17. Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

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

1. Night and Fog (1956)
(Documentary Short)

2. Toute la memoire du monde (1957)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)

3. Statues Also Die (1953)
(co-directed with Chris Marker and Ghislain Cloquet)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)

4. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(Segment: “Claude Ridder”)
(Anthology Documentary)

5. Guernica (1950)
(co-directed with Robert Hessens)
(Documentary Short)

6. Le chant du Styrene (1959)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

P.S. I have not added the documentary short Van Gogh (1948) on here because every version in circulation online (based on my knowledge) is not subtitled in English.

My Favorite Jean Renoir Films

16 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Indian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Jean Renoir, Lists, Music, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Television, Top 304, War

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A Day in the Country (Short Film), Boudu Saved from Drowning, Charleston Parade (Short Film), Elena and Her Men, French Cancan, Grand Illusion, La Bete humaine, La Chienne, La Marseillaise, Madame Bovary 1934, Nana, On purge bebe, Picnic on the Grass, Swamp Water, The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946, The Elusive Corporal, The Golden Coach, The Little Match Girl (Short Film), The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (TV Film), The Lower Depths 1936, The River, The Rules of the Game, The Southerner, The Woman on the Beach, This Land Is Mine, Toni

* * * * (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 Roman Polanski Films

24 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Music, Mystery, Polish Cinema, Polish Filmmakers, Roman Polanski, Romance, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 304

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Bitter Moon, Carnage, Chinatown, Cul-de-sac, Death and the Maiden, Frantic, Knife in the Water, Macbeth 1971, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Tess, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Ghost Writer, The Pianist, The Tenant, Venus in Fur

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

1. Chinatown (1974)

2. Repulsion (1965)

3. The Ghost Writer (2010)

4. Bitter Moon (1992)

5. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

6. The Tenant (1976)

7. Knife in the Water (1962)

8. Cul-de-sac (1966)

9. Macbeth (1971)

10. The Pianist (2002)

11. Tess (1979)

12. Venus in Fur (2013)

13. Death and the Maiden (1994)

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

1. Frantic (1988)

2. Carnage (2011)

3. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

My Favorite Francois Ozon Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Francois Ozon, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Thriller, Top 304

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5x2, 8 Women, A Summer Dress (Short Film), Angel, Bed Scenes (Short Film), Criminal Lovers, Frantz, In the House, Little Death (Short Film), Potiche, Ricky, See the Sea, Sitcom, Swimming Pool, The New Girlfriend, The Refuge, Time to Leave, Truth or Dare 1994 (Short Film), Under the Sand, Water Drops on Burning Rocks, X2000 (Short Film), Young & Beautiful

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

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)

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

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

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 John Charet 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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A Fantastical Meal, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night, A Trip to the Moon, An Adventurous Automobile Trip, Baron Munchausen's Dreams, Blue Beard, Cinderella 1899, Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies, Fat and Lean Wrestling Match, Going to Bed Under Difficulties, Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants, Joan of Arc 1900, The Astronomer's Dream, The Bewitched Inn, The Christmas Angel, The Conquest of the Pole, The Devil in a Convent, The Devil's Castle, The Diabolic Tenant, The Eclipse, The Enchanted Well, The Famous Fox Trick, The Four Troublesome Heads, The Haunted Castle, The Impossible Voyage, The Infernal Cauldron, The Living Playing Cards, The Magician, The Magician's Cavern, The Man With the Rubber Head, The Melomaniac, The Merry Frolics of Satan, The One-Man Band, The Vanishing Lady, Tunnelling the English Channel

* * * * (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

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Biography, Chris Marker, Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Top 312, War

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A Grin Without a Cat (Documentary), A.K. (Documentary), La Jetee (Short Film), Le Joli Mai (Documentary), Level Five (Documentary), One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (Documentary), Sans Soleil (Documentary), The Last Bolshevik (Documentary)

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

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)

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