* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
2. Taking Off (1971)
3. The Firemen’s Ball (1967)
4. Black Peter (1963)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Man on the Moon (1999)
My Favorite Milos Forman Films
25 Wednesday Mar 2020
Category Archives: German Cinema
My Favorite Agnes Varda Films
10 Monday Sep 2018
Posted 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
Tags
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 Wim Wenders Films
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Austrian Cinema, Biography, Brazilian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Cuban Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Music, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Thriller, Top 306, Wim Wenders
Tags
Alice in the Cities, Beyond the Clouds, Buena Vista Social Club, Kings of the Road, Lightning Over Water, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Paris Texas, Pina, Ten Minutes Older (Twelve Miles to Trona), The American Friend, The Blues (Soul of a Man), The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (a.k.a. The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty), The Salt of the Earth, The Wrong Move, Wings of Desire
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Kings of the Road (1976)
2. Paris, Texas (1984)
3. Alice in the Cities (1974)
4. Wings of Desire (1987)
5. The Wrong Move (1975)
6. The American Friend (1977)
7. The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
(a.k.a. The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
8. Lightning Over Water (1980)
(co-directed with Nicholas Ray)
(Documentary)
9. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
(co-directed with Michelangelo Antonioni)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Twelve Miles to Trona”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
(Documentary)
2. Pina (2011)
(Documentary)
3. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
(Documentary)
4. The Soul of a Man (2003)
(Documentary)
(Episode of PBS’s “The Blues”)
(TV Documentary miniseries)
5. Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
(Documentary)
My Favorite Orson Welles Films
02 Sunday Sep 2018
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Docufiction, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Iranian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Mystery, Orson Welles, Short Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War
Tags
Around the World with Orson Welles (Documentary miniseries), Chimes at Midnight, Citizen Kane, F for Fake, Filming Othello, Macbeth 1948, Mr. Arkadin, Othello 1951, The Fountain of Youth, The Immortal Story, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Trial, Touch of Evil
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
2. F for Fake (1973)
3. The Trial (1962)
4. Touch of Evil (1958)
5. Citizen Kane (1941)
6. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
7. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
8. Othello (1951)
9. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
10. The Immortal Story (1968)
11. The Stranger (1946)
12. Filming Othello (1978)
(Documentary)
13. Macbeth (1948)
14. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)
(TV Documentary miniseries)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Fountain of Youth (1956)
(I watched it on youtube)
(TV Short)
Note: In case any of you readers are interested, Netflix is going to premier Orson Welles last film The Other Side of the Wind (1972-1976) in November (November 2, 2018). The film can best be described as both completed and uncompleted (read here for more info). Here is the link to the trailer in case any of you readers are interested below 🙂
My Favorite Andrzej Wajda Films
01 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1950's Cinema, Andrzej Wajda, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Polish Cinema, Polish Filmmakers, Top 306, War
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
2. Kanal (1956)
3. A Generation (1954)
My Favorite Lars von Trier Films
28 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Danish Cinema, Danish Filmmakers, Documentary, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Fantasy, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Icelandic Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lars von Trier, Lists, Miniseries, Musical, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Polish Cinema, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Taiwanese Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306
Tags
Antichrist, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Epidemic, Europa 1991, Manderlay, Medea 1988, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac, The Boss of It All, The Element of Crime, The Five Obstructions, The Idiots, The Kingdom 1994-1997 (Miniseries)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Dogville (2003)
2. Melancholia (2011)
3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
4. Antichrist (2009)
5. Breaking the Waves (1996)
6. The Kingdom (1994-1997)
(Danish TV miniseries)
7. The Idiots (1998)
8. The Five Obstructions (2003)
(Documentary)
9. Europa (1991)
(no relation to Europa Europa)
10. Manderlay (2005)
11. Medea (1988)
(Danish TV Film)
12. Nymphomaniac (2013)
13. The Element of Crime (1984)
14. The Boss of It All (2006)
15. Epidemic (1987)
My Favorite Josef von Sternberg Films
28 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Josef von Sternberg, Lists, Music, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 306, War
Tags
An American Tragedy, Anatahan, Blonde Venus, Dishonored, Morocco, Shanghai Express, The Blue Angel, The Devil is a Woman, The Docks of New York, The Last Command, The Salvation Hunters, The Scarlet Empress, The Shanghai Gesture, Thunderbolt, Underworld
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
2. The Docks of New York (1928)
3. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
4. Anatahan (1953)
5. Morocco (1930)
6. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
7. Shanghai Express (1932)
8. The Blue Angel (1930)
9. Thunderbolt (1929)
10. The Last Command (1928)
11. Underworld (1927)
12. The Salvation Hunters (1925)
(I watched it on youtube. Choose the link that gives a running time of 1:25:43)
13. Blonde Venus (1932)
14. Dishonored (1931)
15. An American Tragedy (1931)
My Favorite Luchino Visconti Films
26 Sunday Aug 2018
Tags
Bellissima, Boccaccio '70 (Il Lavoro), Conversation Piece, Death in Venice, La terra Trema, Ludwig, Ossessione, Rocco and His Brothers, Sandra, Senso, The Damned, The Innocent, The Leopard, The Stranger 1967, White Nights
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Leopard (1963)
2. Senso (1954)
3. Death in Venice (1971)
4. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
5. Bellissima (1951)
6. La Terra Trema (1948)
7. White Nights (1957)
8. Ossessione (1943)
9. Ludwig (1972)
10. Conversation Piece (1974)
11. The Damned (1969)
12. The Innocent (1976)
13. The Stranger (1967)
(I watched it on youtube)
14. Sandra (1965)
(I watched it on youtube)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “Il Lavoro”)
(Anthology Film)
My Favorite Paul Verhoeven Films
24 Friday Aug 2018
Posted in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Dutch Filmmakers, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Paul Verhoeven, Romance, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War
Tags
Basic Instinct, Black Book, Elle, Flesh+Blood, Katie Tippel, RoboCop, Showgirls, Soldier of Orange, Spetters, Starship Troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall 1990, Turkish Delight
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Showgirls (1995)
2. Black Book (2006)
3. Basic Instinct (1992)
4. The Fourth Man (1983)
5. Elle (2016)
6. Starship Troopers (1997)
7. Robocop (1987)
8. Total Recall (1990)
9. Soldier of Orange (1977)
10. Turkish Delight (1973)
11. Spetters (1980)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Katie Tippel (1975)
2. Flesh+Blood (1985)
My Favorite Edgar G. Ulmer Films
24 Friday Aug 2018
Posted in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Edgar G. Ulmer, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 306, Western
Tags
Bluebeard, Detour, Her Sister's Secret, Murder Is My Beat, People on Sunday, Ruthless, Strange Illusion, The Black Cat 1934, The Man from Planet X, The Naked Dawn, The Strange Woman
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Detour (1945)
2. The Black Cat (1934)
(no relation to the Edgar Allan Poe story)
3. The Naked Dawn (1955)
4. Bluebeard (1944)
5. Ruthless (1948)
6. Strange Illusion (1945)
7. Her Sister’s Secret (1946)
8. The Strange Woman (1946)
9. Murder Is My Beat (1955)
10. The Man from Planet X (1951)
11. People on Sunday (1930)
(co-directed with Robert Siodmak)
