03 Wednesday May 2017
Posted in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Pierre Etaix, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 100
Tags
As Long As You've Got Your Health, Feeling Good, Happy Anniversary, Land of Milk and Honey, Le Grand Amour, Rupture, The Suitor, Yoyo
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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)
03 Wednesday May 2017
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1. Casque d’Or (1952)
2. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
3. Le Trou (1960)
4. Falbalas (1945)
06 Tuesday Dec 2016
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1. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
2. And God Created Woman (1956)
3. Barbarella (1968)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
(Segment: Metzengerstein)
23 Sunday Oct 2016
Tags
A Summer Dress, Criminal Lovers, In the House, Potiche, Ricky, See the Sea, Sitcom, Swimming Pool 2003, The New Girlfriend, Under the Sand, Water Drops on Burning Rocks, X2000 - The Collected Shorts of Francois Ozon, Young & Beautiful
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1. Young & Beautiful (2013)
2. See the Sea (1997) (Semi-Short Film)
3. The New Girlfriend (2014)
4. A Summer Dress (1996) (Short Film)
5. Swimming Pool (2003)
6. X2000 – The Collected Shorts of Francois Ozon (2001)
7. Ricky (2009)
8. Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
9. Criminal Lovers (1999)
10. Sitcom (1998)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Potiche (2010)
2. In the House (2012)
3. Under the Sand (2000)
01 Saturday Oct 2016
Tags
Be Kind Rewind, Dave Chapelle's Block Party, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Human Nature, The Science of Sleep, The Thorn in the Heart, The We and the I, The Work of Director Michel Gondry
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The We and the I (2012)
2. The Science of Sleep (2006)
3. Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
4. Human Nature (2001)
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Music Videos)
1. The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Dave Chapelle’s Block Party (2005) (Concert Film/Documentary)
2. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
Tags
A Room in Town, A Slightly Pregnant Man, Ars, Bay of Angels, Donkey Skin, Lady Oscar, Le sabotier du Val de Loire, Les horizons morts, Lola, Model Shop, The Pied Piper 1972, The Seven Deadly Sins 1961, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort
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1. Lola (1960)
2. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
3. Model Shop (1969)
4. Bay of Angels (1962)
5. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
6. Donkey Skin (1970)
7. The Pied Piper (1972)
8. Lady Oscar (1979)
(I watched it on youtube)
9. A Room in Town (1982)
10. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
11. The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
(No relation to the 1995 thriller Seven, this film is a comedy)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
12. Ars (1959) (Short Film)
13. Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956) (Short Film)
14. Les horizons morts (1951) (Short Film)
07 Wednesday Sep 2016
Tags
8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements, Beauty and the Beast 1946, La Villa Santo-Sospir, Les Parents terribles, Orpheus, Testament of Orpheus, The Blood of a Poet, The Eagle with Two Heads
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1. Les Parents terribles (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
2. Beauty and the Beast (1946) (Not the 1991 animated version)
3. Orpheus (1950)
4. The Blood of a Poet (1930)
5. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
6. The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
7. 8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
(co-directed with Hans Richter)
(I watched it on youtube)
8. La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)
(Short Film)
(I watched it on youtube)
28 Sunday Aug 2016
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Rene Clair, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100
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1. Le Million (1931)
2. A Nous la Liberte (1931)
3. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
4. The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
24 Tuesday May 2016
Tags
Antoine and Colette, Bed and Board, Day for Night, Jules and Jim, Les Mistons, Love on the Run, Mississippi Mermaid, Shoot the Piano Player, Small Change, Stolen Kisses, The 400 Blows, The Green Room 1978, The Last Metro, The Man Who Loved Women 1977, The Soft Skin, The Story of Adele H., The Wild Child, Two English Girls
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1. Jules and Jim (1962)
2. Two English Girls (1971)
3. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
4. The 400 Blows (1959)
5. The Story of Adele H. (1975)
6. The Green Room (1978)
7. Small Change (1976)
8. The Wild Child (1970)
9. Stolen Kisses (1968)
10. The Last Metro (1980)
11. Les Mistons (1957)
(Short Film)
12. Antoine and Colette (1962)
(Short Film)
13. Bed and Board (1970)
14. Love on the Run (1979)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Day for Night (1973)
2. The Soft Skin (1964)
3. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
4. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
17 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Horror, Jacques Tourneur, Lists, Mystery, Thriller, Top 100, Western
Tags
Canyon Passage, Cat People 1942, I Walked with a Zombie, Night of the Demon, Nightfall, Out of the Past, Stars in My Crown, The Flame and the Arrow, The Leopard Man, Wichita
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1. Night of the Demon (1957)
2. Out of the Past (1947)
3. Cat People (1942)
4. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
5. The Leopard Man (1943)
6. Wichita (1955)
7. Stars in My Crown (1950)
8. Canyon Passage (1946)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Nightfall (1957)
2. The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
