Category Archives: French Filmmakers

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)

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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)

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My Favorite Abel Gance Films

19 Thursday Apr 2018

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1.   Napoleon (1927)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2.   La Roue (1923)

3.   J’accuse (1919) 

My Favorite Louis Feuillade Films

12 Thursday Apr 2018

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1.   Les Vampires (1915/1916)
(Film Serial)

2.   Judex (1916)
(Film Serial)

3.   Fantomas (1913/1914)
(Film Serial)

My Favorite Bruno Dumont Films

09 Monday Apr 2018

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1.   Li’l Quinquin (2014)

2.   Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)

3.   Slack Bay (2016)

4.   Flanders (2006)

5.   Twentynine Palms (2003)

6.   Humanite (1999)

7.   The Life of Jesus (1997)

My Favorite Claire Denis Films

07 Saturday Apr 2018

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1.   The Intruder (2004)

2.   Beau Travail (1999)

3.   Bastards (2013)

4.   White Material (2009)

5.   Trouble Every Day (2001)

6.   Friday Night (2002)

7.   35 Shots of Rum (2008)

8.   Nenette and Boni (1996)

9.   I Can’t Sleep (1994)

10. No Fear, No Die (1990)

11. Chocolat (1988)
(No relation to the 2000 film)

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

1.   Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Vers Nancy”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Jacques Demy Films

05 Thursday Apr 2018

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1.   The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

2.   Lola (1961)

3.   The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

4.   Model Shop (1969)

5.   A Room in Town (1982)

6.   Bay of Angels (1962)

7.   Three Seats for the 26th (1988)

8.   Donkey Skin (1970)

9.   A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)

10. Lady Oscar (1979)

11. The Pied Piper (1972)

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

1.   The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
(Segment: “Lust”)
(Anthology Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

My Favorite Pierre Etaix Films

04 Wednesday Apr 2018

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1.   Yoyo (1965)

2.   Land of Milk and Honey (1971)
(Documentary)

3.   The Suitor (1963)

4.   As Long As You’ve Got Your Health (1966)

5.   Le Grand Amour (1969)

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

1.   Happy Anniversary (1962)

2.   Rupture (1961)
(co-directed with Jean-Claude Carriere)

3.   Feeling Good (1965/1971/2010)

My Favorite Costa-Gavras Films

26 Monday Mar 2018

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1.   Z (1969)

2.   State of Siege (1972)

3.   The Confession (1970)

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1.   Missing (1982)

My Favorite Jean Cocteau Films

23 Friday Mar 2018

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1.   Orpheus (1950)

2.   Les Parents terribles (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

3.   Beauty and the Beast (1946)

4.   The Blood of a Poet (1930)

5.   The Testament of Orpheus (1960)

My Favorite Robert Bresson Films

23 Friday Mar 2018

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1.   L’Argent (1983)

2.   Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

3.   Pickpocket (1959)

4.   Lancelot of the Lake (1974)

5.   A Man Escaped (1956)

6.   Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

7.   Mouchette (1967)

8.   Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)

9.   The Devil Probably (1977)

10. The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)

11. Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)

12. A Gentle Woman (1969)

13. Angels of Sin (1943)