Category Archives: History

My Favorite Andrew Dominik Films

10 Wednesday Mar 2021

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1.   The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

2.   One More Time with Feeling (2016)
(Documentary)

3.   Mindhunter – Season 2 (2019)
3a. Episode 4 (2019)
3b. Episode 5 (2019)
(Streaming Series)

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1.   Killing Them Softly (2012)

2.   Chopper (2000)

My Favorite Milos Forman Films

25 Wednesday Mar 2020

Posted by in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Czech Cinema, Czech Filmmakers, Drama, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Milos Forman, Music, Romance

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1.   Loves of a Blonde (1965)

2.   Taking Off (1971)

3.   The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

4.   Black Peter (1963)

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1.   Man on the Moon (1999)

My Favorite Richard Fleischer Films

24 Tuesday Mar 2020

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1.   Mandingo (1975)

2.   The Narrow Margin (1952)

3.   The Boston Strangler (1968)

4.   10 Rillington Place (1971)

5.   The Vikings (1958)

6.   20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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1.   Compulsion (1959)

2.   The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

3.   Violent Saturday (1955)

4.   So This Is New York (1948)

My Favorite Stuart Cooper Films

24 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by in 1970's Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Short Cinema, Thriller, War

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1.   Overlord (1975)

2.   Little Malcolm (1974)

3.   The Disappearance (1977)

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1.   A Test of Violence (1970)
(Documentary Short)

My Favorite John Woo Films

11 Tuesday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, Chinese Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, Japanese Cinema, John Woo, Korean Cinema, Lists, Science Fiction, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 307, War

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1.   Hard Boiled (1992)

2.   The Killer (1989)

3.   Bullet in the Head (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

4.   A Better Tomorrow (1986)

5.   Red Cliff (2008)

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1.   Face/Off (1997)

2.   A Better Tomorrow II (1987)

My Favorite James Whale Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1930's Cinema, American Cinema, British Filmmakers, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, James Whale, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 306, War

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1.   Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

2.   The Great Garrick (1937)

3.   The Old Dark House (1932)

4.   Remember Last Night? (1935)

5.   The Invisible Man (1933)

6.   Frankenstein (1931)

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1.   The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

2.   By Candlelight (1933)

3.   One More River (1934)

4.   Show Boat (1936)

5.   The Road Back (1937)
(I watched it online)

6.   Waterloo Bridge (1931)

My Favorite Lina Wertmuller Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lina Wertmuller, Romance, Thriller, Top 306, War

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1.   Seven Beauties (1975)

2.   Love & Anarchy (1973)

3.   Swept Away (1974)

4.   The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

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1.   Ciao, Professore! (1992)

2.   All Screwed Up (1974)

3.   Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)

4.   Blood Feud (1978)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

5.   A Night Full of Rain (1978)

My Favorite Orson Welles Films

02 Sunday Sep 2018

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1.   Chimes at Midnight (1965)

2.   F for Fake (1973)

3.   Othello (1951)

4.   The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

5.   The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

6.   The Trial (1962)

7.   The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

8.   Touch of Evil (1958)

9.   Citizen Kane (1941)

10. Mr. Arkadin (1955)

11. The Immortal Story (1968)

12. Filming Othello (1978)
(Documentary)

13. Macbeth (1948)

14. The Stranger (1946)

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1.   The Fountain of Youth (1956)
(I watched it on youtube)
(Television)

2.   Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)
2a. Episode: “Pays Basque I (The Basque Country)”
2b. Episode: “Pays Basque II (La Pelote basque)”
2c. Episode: “Revisiting Vienna” (a.k.a. “The Third Man Returns to Vienna”)
2d. Episode: “St. -Germain-des-Pres”
2e. Episode: “Chelsea Pensioners”
2f. Episode: “Madrid Bullfight”
(Television)

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 Peter Watkins Films

02 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Peter Watkins, Science Fiction, Swedish Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War

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1.   La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)

2.   Edward Munch (1974)

3.   The War Game (1965)
(British TV Film)

4.   Punishment Park (1971)

5.   Culloden (1964)
(a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden)
(British TV Film)

6.   Privilege (1967)

7.   The Gladiators (1969)