My Favorite Agnes Varda Films

10 Monday Sep 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, Agnes Varda, American Cinema, Anthology, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Music, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 306, War

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7p. cuis. s. de b. ...a saisir, Along the Coast, Black Panthers, Cinevardaphoto, Cleo from 5 to 7, Cleo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes, Daguerreotypes, Diary of a Pregnant Woman, Documenteur, Elsa la rose, Faces Places, Far from Vietnam, Happiness 1965, Jacquot de Nantes, Jane B. for Agnes V., Kung-Fu Master!, La cocotte d'azur, La Pointe Courte, Le lion volatil, Lions Love (and... Lies), Mur murs, One Hundred and One Nights, One Sings the Other Doesn't, Salut les Cubains, The Beaches of Agnes, The Gleaners and I, The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later, The Pleasure of Love in Iran, The so-called Caryatids, The World of Jacques Demy, The Young Girls Turn 25, Ulysse, Uncle Yanco, Vagabond, Women Reply, Ydessa the Bears and etc., You've Got Beautiful Stairs You Know

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

1. Faces Places (2017)
(co-directed with JR)
(Documentary)

2. The Gleaners and I (2000)
(Documentary)

3. Vagabond (1985)

4. Daguerreotypes (1976)
(Documentary)

5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)

6. Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

7. The Beaches of Agnes (2008)
(Documentary)

8. Happiness (1965)
(no relation to the 1998 film)

9. Cinevardaphoto (2004)
(Documentary)

10. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(co-directed with Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais)
(Documentary Anthology)

11. Mur murs (1981)
(Documentary)

12. La Pointe Courte (1955)

13. Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988)

14. Documenteur (1981)

15. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

16. Kung-Fu Master! (1988)

17. The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
(Documentary)

18. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
(Documentary)

19. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
(Documentary)

20. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

21. Lions Love (and… Lies) (1969)

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

1. Cleo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes (2005)

2. La cocotte d’azur (1958)
(Documentary Short)

3. Ydessa, the Bears and etc. (2004)
(Documentary Short)

4. Ulysse (1983)
(Documentary Short)

5. Salut les Cubains (1971)
(Documentary Short)

6. Along the Coast (1958)
(Documentary Short)

7. Black Panthers (1968)
(Documentary Short)

8. Uncle Yanco (1967)
(Documentary Short)

9. The So-called Caryatids (1984)
(Documentary Short)

10. Elsa la rose (1966)
(Documentary Short)

11. 7p., cuis., s. de b., …a saisir (1984)

12. Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1962)

13. Women Reply (1975)
(Documentary Short)

14. You’ve Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know (1986)

15. Le lion volatil (2003)

16. The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976)
(Documentary Short)

My Favorite Francois Truffaut Films

23 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Francois Truffaut, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Thriller, Top 306, War

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A Story of Water (Short Film), Antoine and Colette (Short Film), Bed and Board, Confidentially Yours, Day for Night, Fahrenheit 451, Jules and Jim, Love on the Run, Mississippi Mermaid, Shoot the Piano Player, Small Change, Stolen Kisses, The 400 Blows, The Bride Wore Black, The Green Room 1978, The Last Metro, The Man Who Loved Women, The Mischief Makers (Short Film), The Soft Skin, The Story of Adele H., The Wild Child, The Woman Next Door, Two English Girls

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

1. Jules and Jim (1962)

2. The 400 Blows (1959)

3. The Green Room (1978)
(no relation to the 2015 film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4. The Woman Next Door (1981)

5. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

6. The Soft Skin (1964)

7. Stolen Kisses (1968)

8. The Wild Child (1970)

9. Small Change (1976)

10. The Story of Adele H. (1975)

11. Two English Girls (1971)

12. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)

13. The Last Metro (1980)

14. Day for Night (1973)

15. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)

16. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

17. The Bride Wore Black (1968)

18. Bed and Board (1970)

19. Confidentially Yours (1983)

20. Love on the Run (1979)

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

1. Antoine and Colette (1962)

2. The Mischief Makers (1957)

3. A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard)

Note: The reason you do not see 1971’s Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me on here is because it has been available to see on Blu-Ray/DVD here in the United States. Therefore, I have never seen it.

My Favorite Jacques Tourneur Films

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Horror, Jacques Tourneur, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 306, Western

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Anne of the Indies, Canyon Passage, Cat People 1942, Great Day in the Morning, I Walked with a Zombie, Night of the Demon, Nightfall, Out of the Past, Stars in My Crown, Stranger on Horseback, The Flame and the Arrow, The Leopard Man, Way of a Gaucho, Wichita

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

1. Stars in My Crown (1950)

2. Cat People (1942)

3. Night of the Demon (1957)

4. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

5. The Leopard Man (1943)

6. Out of the Past (1947)

7. Wichita (1955)

8. Canyon Passage (1946)

9. The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

10. Great Day in the Morning (1956)

11. Anne of the Indies (1951)

12. Nightfall (1957)

13. Stranger on Horseback (1955)

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

1. Way of a Gaucho (1952)

2. Appointment in Honduras (1953)

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, 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. Parade (1974)

3. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

4. Jour de Fete (1949)

5. Mon Oncle (1958)

6. Trafic (1971)

* * * * (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, 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, Knife in the Water, Macbeth 1971, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Tess, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Ghost Writer, The Ninth Gate, The Pianist, The Tenant, Venus in Fur, What?

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

1. Cul-de-sac (1966)

2. Bitter Moon (1992)

3. The Tenant (1976)

4. The Ghost Writer (2010)

5. Repulsion (1965)

6. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

7. Knife in the Water (1962)

8. Chinatown (1974)

9. The Pianist (2002)

10. Macbeth (1971)

11. Tess (1979)

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

1. Venus in Fur (2013)

2. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

3. Carnage (2011)

4. What? (1972)

5. Death and the Maiden (1994)

6. The Ninth Gate (1999)

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)

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