My Favorite Andrei Tarkovsky Films

12 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Russian Filmmakers, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Soviet Cinema, Student Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Thriller, Top 305, War

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Andrei Rublev, Ivan's Childhood, Nostalghia, Solaris 1972, Stalker, The Killers 1956, The Mirror 1975, The Sacrifice 1986, The Steamroller and the Violin, There Will Be No Leave Today, Voyage in Time

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

1. Stalker (1979)

2. Andrei Rublev (1966)

3. The Mirror (1975)

4. Solaris (1972)

5. Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

6. The Sacrifice (1986)

7. Nostalghia (1983)

8. Voyage in Time (1983)
(Documentary)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Student Films)

1. The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)

2. There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
(co-directed with Alexsandr Gordon)
(I watched it on youtube)

3. The Killers (1956)
(co-directed with Marika Beiku and Alexsandr Gordon)
(Short Film)

My Favorite Spike Lee Films

12 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Miniseries, Music, Musical, Mystery, Spike Lee, Sport, Thriller, Top 305

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25th Hour, 4 Little Girls, A Huey P. Newton Story, BlacKkKlansman, Clockers, Do the Right Thing, Great Performances (Passing Strange) (Television), He Got Game, If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise, Inside Man, Malcolm X, The Original Kings of Comedy, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

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

1. Do the Right Thing (1989)

2. BlacKkKlansman (2018)

3. 25th Hour (2002)

4. Passing Strange (2009)
(Episode of “Great Performances”)

5. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
(Cable Documentary)

6. When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
(Cable Documentary miniseries)

7. 4 Little Girls (1997)
(Documentary)

8. If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)
(Cable Documentary miniseries)

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

1. Malcolm X (1992)

2. The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
(Concert Film)

3. Inside Man (2006)

4. He Got Game (1998)

5. Clockers (1995)

My Favorite Oliver Stone Films

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Mystery, Oliver Stone, Thriller, Top 304, War

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JFK, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, Platoon, Salvador, Savages, Talk Radio, The Doors, U Turn

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

1. JFK (1991)

2. Salvador (1986)

3. Nixon (1995)

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

1. Savages (2012)

2. U-Turn (1997)

3. Natural Born Killers (1994)

4. Talk Radio (1988)

5. The Doors (1991)

6. Platoon (1986)

My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Biography, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, New Zealand Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Television, Thriller, Top 304, War

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1941, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Always, Amistad, Bridge of Spies, Catch Me If You Can, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Duel (TV Film), E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Hook, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Lincoln, Minority Report, Munich, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ready Player One, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, The Adventures of Tintin, The BFG, The Color Purple, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Post, The Sugarland Express, The Terminal, War Horse, War of the Worlds 2005

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

1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

2. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

5. Jaws (1975)

6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

7. Duel (1971)
(TV Film)

8. 1941 (1979)

9. The Sugarland Express (1974)

10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

11. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

12. Minority Report (2002)

13. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

14. Ready Player One (2018)

15. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
(Animated Film)

16. Jurassic Park (1993)

17. War of the Worlds (2005)

18. The Terminal (2004)

19. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

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

1. Bridge of Spies (2015)

2. Lincoln (2012)

3. The Post (2017)

4. War Horse (2011)

5. The BFG (2016)

6. Hook (1991)

7. Always (1989)

8. Empire of the Sun (1987)

9. Munich (2005)

10. Schindler’s List (1993)

11. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

12. The Color Purple (1985)

13. Amistad (1997)

My Favorite Steven Soderbergh Films

05 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Concert Films, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Music, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Steven Soderbergh, Thriller, Top 305

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9012Live, And Everything Is Going Fine, Bubble, Che, Contagion, Haywire, K Street (Cable Series), Kafka, King of the Hill 1993, Logan Lucky, Mosaic (Cable Series), Out of Sight, Schizopolis, Sex Lies and Videotape, Side Effects, Solaris 2002, The Girlfriend Experience, The Informant!, The Knick (Cable Series), The Limey, The Underneath, Unsane

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

1. Solaris (2002)

2. Schizopolis (1996)

3. Contagion (2011)

4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

5. Kafka (1991)

6. The Limey (1999)

7. Out of Sight (1998)

8. Mosaic (2018)
(Cable miniseries)

9. Side Effects (2013)

10. Unsane (2018)

11. Logan Lucky (2017)

12. The Informant! (2009)

13. Che (2008)

14. Haywire (2012)

15. Bubble (2005)

16. The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

17. King of the Hill (1993)
(no relation to the cartoon series)

18. The Underneath (1995)

19. 9012Live (1985)
(Concert Film)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. The Knick (2014-2015)
(Cable Series)

2. K Street (2003)
(Cable Series)

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

1. And Everything Is Going Fine (2010)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films

03 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Douglas Sirk, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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A Scandal in Paris, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, All I Desire, All That Heaven Allows, Captain Lightfoot, Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, Imitation of Life, Interlude, Lured, Magnificent Obsession, Shockproof, Taza Son of Cochise, The Tarnished Angels, There's Always Tomorrow, Thunder on the Hill, Written on the Wind

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

1. Written on the Wind (1956)

2. Imitation of Life (1959)

3. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

4. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5. All That Heaven Allows (1955)

6. The Tarnished Angels (1957)

7. Magnificent Obsession (1954)

8. All I Desire (1953)

9. Interlude (1957)

10. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

11. Thunder on the Hill (1951)

12. Lured (1947)

13. A Scandal in Paris (1946)

14. Shockproof (1949)

15. Captain Lightfoot (1955)

16. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

My Favorite Ridley Scott Films

28 Saturday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Ridley Scott, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 304

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Alien, Alien: Covenant, Blade Runner, Hannibal, Prometheus, The Counselor, The Duellists, Thelma & Louise

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

1. Blade Runner (1982)

2. Alien (1979)

3. The Counselor (2013)

4. Thelma & Louise (1991)

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

1. The Duellists (1977)

2. Prometheus (2012)

3. Alien: Covenant (2017)

4. Hannibal (2001)

My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, Biography, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Concert Films, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Martin Scorsese, Mexican Cinema, Miniseries, Music, Music Videos, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 304

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A Letter to Elia, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable), Boxcar Bertha, Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, Gangs of New York, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Goodfellas, Hugo, Italianamerican, Kundun, Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy, New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Public Speaking, Raging Bull, Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (Music Video), Shine a Light (Concert Film), Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The 50 Year Argument, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Big Shave (Short Film), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home), The Color of Money, The Departed, The King of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable), Who's That Knocking at my Door

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

1. Raging Bull (1980)

2. Casino (1995)

3. Taxi Driver (1976)

4. Shutter Island (2010)

5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary Miniseries)

6. Silence (2016)

7. Mean Streets (1973)

8. Goodfellas (1990)

9. The King of Comedy (1982)

10. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

11. Hugo (2011)

12. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(Documentary Miniseries)

13. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary Miniseries)

14. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

15. Kundun (1997)

16. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)

17. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)

18. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary Miniseries)
(I watched it on HBO)

19. Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Episode of “The Blues”)
(PBS Documentary Series)

20. The Age of Innocence (1993)

21. New York, New York (1977)

22. After Hours (1985)

23. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

24. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

25. Cape Fear (1991)

26. The Departed (2006)

27. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)

28. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)

29. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on youtube)

30. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)

31. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

32. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(TV Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)

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

1. New York Stories (1989)
(Segment: “Life Lessons”)
(Anthology Film)

2. The Big Shave (1967)
(I watched it on an old VHS tape)

3. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)

4. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
(Episode from Season 1: “Boardwalk Empire”)
(Cable)

2. Vinyl (2016)
(Episode from Season 1: “Pilot”)
(Cable)

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

1. The Aviator (2004)

2. Gangs of New York (2002)

3. The Color of Money (1986)

4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)

My Favorite John Schlesinger Films

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, American Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, John Schlesinger, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Television, Thriller, Top 304

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A Kind of Loving, An Englishman Abroad (TV Film), Billy Liar, Cold Comfort Farm, Darling, Far from the Madding Crowd 1967, Midnight Cowboy, Screen One (A Question of Attribution) (Television), Separate Tables 1983 (Cable Film), Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Day of the Locust, The Falcon and the Snowman

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

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

2. Billy Liar (1963)

3. A Kind of Loving (1962)

4. A Question of Attribution (1991)
(TV Film)
(Episode of “Screen One”)

5. Separate Tables (1983)
(Cable Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

6. An Englishman Abroad (1983)
(TV Film)

7. Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

8. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

9. Darling (1965)

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

1. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

2. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

3. The Day of the Locust (1975)

My Favorite John Sayles Films

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Irish Cinema, John Sayles, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 304

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Baby It's You, City of Hope, Eight Men Out, Honeydripper, Lianna, Limbo, Lone Star, Matewan, Men with Guns, Passion Fish, Return of the Secaucus 7, Sunshine State, The Brother from Another Planet, The Secret of Roan Inish

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

1. Lianna (1983)

2. Passion Fish (1992)

3. Eight Men Out (1988)

4. Lone Star (1996)

5. The Secret of Roan Inish (1995)

6. Men with Guns (1997)

7. City of Hope (1991)

8. Matewan (1987)

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

1. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

2. Sunshine State (2002)

3. Baby It’s You (1983)

4. Limbo (1999)

5. Honeydripper (2007)

6. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)

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