My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films (Revised and Updated)

17 Wednesday May 2017

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Romance, Science Fiction, Television, Top 100, Western

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Beware of a Holy Whore, Fox and His Friends, Gods of the Plague, I Only Want You to Love Me, In a Year of 13 Moons, Katzelmacher, Lola 1981, Love Is Colder Than Death, Querelle, The American Soldier, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Merchant of Four Seasons, The Third Generation, Veronika Voss, Whity, World on a Wire

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

1. Querelle (1982)

2. Fox and His Friends (1975)

3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

4. In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)

5. Veronika Voss (1982)

6. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)

7. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
(Mini-Series)

8. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)

9. I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
(TV Film)

10. Whity (1971)

11. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

12. The American Soldier (1970)

13. Gods of the Plague (1970)

14. World on a Wire (1973)
(TV Film)

15. Katzelmacher (1969)

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

1. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

2. The Third Generation (1979)

3. Lola (1981)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films (New)

23 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, Austrian Cinema, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, G.W. Pabst, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100, War

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Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street, Kameradschaft, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Loves of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918

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1. Pandora’s Box (1929)

2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

3. The Loves of Jeanne Ney (1927)

4. The Threepenny Opera (1931)

5. Joyless Street (1925)

6. Westfront 1918 (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

7. Kameradschaft (1930)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)

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

1. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) (co-directed with Arnold Fanck)

My Favorite Wim Wenders Films (New)

14 Tuesday Jun 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Lists, Thriller, Wim Wenders

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Alice in the Cities, Beyond the Clouds, Don't Come Knocking, Kings of the Road, Land of Plenty, Million Dollar Hotel, Paris Texas, Room 666, The End of Violence, Wrong Move

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1. Kings of the Road (1976)

2. Room 666 (1982) (Documentary)

3. Alice in the Cities (1974)

4. Don’t Come Knocking (2005)

5. Paris, Texas (1984)

6. Land of Plenty (2004)

7. Wrong Move (1975)

8. The End of Violence (1997)

9. Beyond the Clouds (1995) (co-directed with Michelangelo Antonioni)

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

1. Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

My Favorite Luchino Visconti Films (Revised and Updated)

03 Friday Jun 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Luchino Visconti, Romance, Sport, Top 100

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Bellissima, Boccaccio '70, Conversation Piece, Death in Venice, La terra Trema, Ludwig, Ossessione, Rocco and His Brothers, Sandra of a Thousand Delights, Senso, The Damned, The Innocent 1976, The Leopard, The Stranger 1967, White Nights

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1. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

2. Bellissima (1951)

3. Senso (1954)

4. Conversation Piece (1974)

5. The Innocent (1976)

6. White Nights (1957)

7. La Terra Trema (1948)

8. Death in Venice (1971)

9. Ludwig (1972)

10. The Damned (1969)

11. The Leopard (1963)

12. Ossessione (1943)

13. Sandra of a Thousand Delights (1965)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

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

1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “The Job”)

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1. The Stranger (1967)
(No relation to the 1946 film)
(I watched it on youtube)

My Favorite Josef von Sternberg Films (Revised and Updated)

31 Tuesday May 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Josef von Sternberg, Lists, Music, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 100

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An American Tragedy, Blonde Venus, Crime and Punishment 1935, Dishonored, Macao, 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, Underworld

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

1. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

2. Blonde Venus (1932)

3. The Salvation Hunters (1925)

4. Shanghai Express (1932)

5. Morocco (1930)

6. The Scarlet Empress (1934)

7. The Blue Angel (1930)

8. The Docks of New York (1928)

9. Underworld (1927)

10. The Last Command (1928)

11. Crime and Punishment (1935)

12. The Devil is a Woman (1935)

13. Dishonored (1931)

14. An American Tragedy (1931)

15. Macao (1952)

Note: I watched The Salvation Hunters on youtube and I believe it is still up there. I hope it gets a proper DVD/Blu-ray release one day 🙂

My Favorite Paul Verhoeven Films (New)

26 Thursday May 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Paul Verhoeven, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 100, War

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Black Book, Flesh and Blood, Hollow Man, Robocop 1987, Showgirls, Soldier of Orange, Spetters, Starship Troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall 1990, Tricked, Turkish Delight

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1. Showgirls (1995)

2. Starship Troopers (1997)

3. Black Book (2006)

4. Total Recall (1990)

5. The Fourth Man (1983)

6. Robocop (1987)

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

1. Tricked (2012)

2. Flesh and Blood (1985)

3. Soldier of Orange (1977)

4. Turkish Delight (1973)

5. Spetters (1980)

6. Hollow Man (2000)

My Favorite Jan Troell Films (New)

18 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Jan Troell, Lists, Swedish Cinema, Swedish Filmmakers, Top 100, Western

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Everlasting Moments, Flight of the Eagle, Hamsun, The Emigrants, The New Land, Zandy's Bride

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

1. Hamsun (1996)

2. Everlasting Moments (2008)

3. Zandy’s Bride (1974)

4. The New Land (1972)

5. The Emigrants (1971)

6. Flight of the Eagle (1982)

My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films (Revised and Updated)

23 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Docufiction, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Roberto Rossellini, Romance, Television, Top 100, War

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Cartesius, Europe '51, General della Rovere, Germany Year Zero, Journey to Italy, Paisan, Rome Open City, Stromboli, The Age of the Medici, The Flowers of St. Francis, The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

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1. Journey to Italy (1954)

2. Stromboli (1950)

3. Paisan (1946)

4. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

5. Germany, Year Zero (1948)

6. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966) (TV Film)

7. Rome, Open City (1945)

8. Europe ’51 (1952)

9. The Age of the Medici (1973) (TV Mini-Series)

10. General Della Rovere (1959)

11. Blaise Pascal (1972) (TV Film)

12. Cartesius (1974) (TV Film)

My Favorite Sam Peckinpah Films (Revised and Updated)

09 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Sam Peckinpah, Television, Thriller, Top 100, War, Western

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Convoy, Cross of Iron, Junior Bonner, Major Dundee, Noon Wine, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Ride the High Country, Straw Dogs 1971, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Deadly Companions, The Getaway 1972, The Killer Elite 1975, The Osterman Weekend, The Rifleman, The Wild Bunch

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1. Straw Dogs (1971)

2. The Wild Bunch (1969)

3. The Killer Elite (1975)

4. Ride the High Country (1962)

5. The Osterman Weekend (1983)

6. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

7. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

8. Junior Bonner (1972)

9. Convoy (1978)

10. Cross of Iron (1977)

11. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

12. Major Dundee (1965)

13. The Getaway (1972)

14. The Deadly Companions (1961)

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

1. Noon Wine (1966) (Episode of ABC Stage 67)

2. The Rifleman (1958-1963)
(Directed episodes 4, 22 and 33 from Season 1)
(Directed episode 12 from Season 2)

My Favorite Max Ophuls Films (Revised and Updated)

11 Wednesday Nov 2015

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Max Ophuls, Romance, Top 100

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Caught, La Ronde, La Signora di tutti, Le Plaisir, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Liebelei, Lola Montes, The Earrings of Madame de..., The Exile, The Reckless Moment

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1. The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)

2. The Reckless Moment (1949)
(I watched it on TCM a few years back)

3. La Ronde (1950)

4. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

5. Le Plaisir (1952)

6. Caught (1949)

7. Lola Montes (1955)

8. Liebelei (1933)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

9. La Signora di Tutti (1934)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

10. The Exile (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a while back)

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My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite G.W. Pabst Films (New)

My Favorite Wim Wenders Films (New)

My Favorite Luchino Visconti Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Josef von Sternberg Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Paul Verhoeven Films (New)

My Favorite Jan Troell Films (New)

My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Sam Peckinpah Films (Revised and Updated)

My Favorite Max Ophuls Films (Revised and Updated)