My Favorite Pier Paolo Pasolini Films

20 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Anthology Films, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Italian Cinema, Italian Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 304, War

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Accattone, Arabian Nights, Love and Anger (The sequence of the paper flower) (Anthology Film), Love Meetings (Documentary), Mamma Roma, Medea 1969, Oedipus Rex, Pigsty, Ro.Go.Pa.G (La ricotta) (Anthology Film), Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, Teorema, The Canterbury Tales, The Decameron, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, The Hawks and the Sparrows, The Witches (The Earth Seen From The Moon) (Anthology Film)

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

1. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

2. The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

3. Teorema (1968)

4. Mamma Roma (1962)

5. Oedipus Rex (1967)

6. Arabian Nights (1974)

7. Medea (1969)

8. The Decameron (1971)

9. Pigsty (1969)

10. The Canterbury Tales (1972)

11. Accattone (1961)

12. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)

13. Love Meetings (1964)
(Documentary)

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

1. Ro.Go.Pa.G (1963)
(Segment: “La ricotta”)
(Anthology Film)

2. Love and Anger (1969)
(Segment: “The sequence of the paper flower”)
(Anthology Film)

3. The Witches (1967)
(Segment: “The Earth Seen From The Moon”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Francois Ozon Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Francois Ozon, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Thriller, Top 304

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5x2, 8 Women, A Summer Dress (Short Film), Angel, Bed Scenes (Short Film), Criminal Lovers, Frantz, In the House, Little Death (Short Film), Potiche, Ricky, See the Sea, Sitcom, Swimming Pool, The New Girlfriend, The Refuge, Time to Leave, Truth or Dare 1994 (Short Film), Under the Sand, Water Drops on Burning Rocks, X2000 (Short Film), Young & Beautiful

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

1. Under the Sand (2000)

2. See the Sea (1997)

3. Frantz (2016)

4. Swimming Pool (2003)

5. In the House (2012)

6. Time to Leave (2005)

7. Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)

8. Young & Beautiful (2013)

9. 5×2 (2004)

10. Sitcom (1998)

11. The New Girlfriend (2014)

12. Criminal Lovers (1999)

13. Potiche (2010)

14. The Refuge (2009)

15. 8 Women (2002)

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

1. A Summer Dress (1996)

2. Little Death (1995)

3. Bed Scenes (1998)

4. Truth or Dare (1994)
(not the 1991 Madonna documentary)

5. X2000 (1998)

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

1. Ricky (2009)

2. Angel (2007)

My Favorite Christopher Nolan Films

15 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Christopher Nolan, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 305, War

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Dunkirk, Following, Inception, Memento, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige

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

1. Memento (2000)

2. Dunkirk (2017)

3. The Dark Knight (2008)

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

1. The Prestige (2006)

2. Following (1998)

3. Inception (2010)

4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

My Favorite Mira Nair Films

15 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology Films, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Indian Cinema, Indian Filmmakers, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Mira Nair, Romance, Sport, Top 310

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11'09"01 September 11 (India) (Short Film) (Anthology Film), Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding, New York I Love You (Kosher Vegetarian) (Short Film) (Anthology Film), Queen of Katwe, Salaam Bombay!, The Namesake, The Perez Family

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

1. Monsoon Wedding (2001)

2. Salaam Bombay! (1988)

3. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

4. The Namesake (2006)

5. Queen of Katwe (2016)

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

1. 11’09″01 September 11 (2002)
(Segment: “India”)
(Anthology Film)

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

1. The Perez Family (1995)

2. Mississippi Masala (1991)

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

1. New York, I Love You (2008)
(Segment: “Kosher Vegetarian”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Errol Morris Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Errol Morris, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Top 310, War

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A Brief History of Time, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Gates of Heaven, Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Standard Operating Procedure, Tabloid, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography, The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line, The Unknown Known, Vernon Florida

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

1. The Thin Blue Line (1988)

2. Gates of Heaven (1978)

3. The Fog of War (2003)

4. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

5. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

6. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (2017)

7. Vernon, Florida (1981)

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

1. Tabloid (2010)

2. Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

3. The Unknown Known (2013)

4. A Brief History of Time (1991)

My Favorite Kenji Mizoguchi Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Action, Cinema, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kenji Mizoguichi, Lists, Romance, Top 310, War

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Osake Elegy, Sansho the Baliff, Sisters of the Gion, Street of Shame, The 47 Ronin 1941, The Life of Oharu, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, Ugetsu, Women of the Night

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

1. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

2. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

3. Ugetsu (1953)

4. The Life of Oharu (1952)

5. Street of Shame (1956)

6. Osaka Elegy (1936)

7. Women of the Night (1948)

8. Sisters of the Gion (1936)

9. The 47 Ronin (1941)

My Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hayao Miyazaki, History, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 310

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Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Castle of Cagliostro, The Wind Rises

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

1. Spirited Away (2001)

2. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

3. The Wind Rises (2013)

4. Princess Mononoke (1997)

5. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

6. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

7. Porco Rosso (1992)

8. Castle in the Sky (1986)

9. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

10. Ponyo (2008)

11. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

My Favorite Georges Melies Films

07 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in Adventure, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Georges Melies, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Music, Pre-1920's Cinema, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Top 310, Uncategorized

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A Fantastical Meal, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night, A Trip to the Moon, An Adventurous Automobile Trip, Baron Munchausen's Dreams, Blue Beard, Cinderella 1899, Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies, Fat and Lean Wrestling Match, Going to Bed Under Difficulties, Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants, Joan of Arc 1900, The Astronomer's Dream, The Bewitched Inn, The Christmas Angel, The Conquest of the Pole, The Devil in a Convent, The Devil's Castle, The Diabolic Tenant, The Eclipse, The Enchanted Well, The Famous Fox Trick, The Four Troublesome Heads, The Haunted Castle, The Impossible Voyage, The Infernal Cauldron, The Living Playing Cards, The Magician, The Magician's Cavern, The Man With the Rubber Head, The Melomaniac, The Merry Frolics of Satan, The One-Man Band, The Vanishing Lady, Tunnelling the English Channel

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

1. The Conquest of the Pole (1912)

2. Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)

3. A Trip to the Moon (1902)

4. The Impossible Voyage (1904)

5. Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)

6. An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905)

7. Blue Beard (1901)

8. Cinderella (1899)
(not the Disney animated version or the 2015 live-action version)

9. The Astronomer’s Dream (1898)

10. The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)

11. The One-Man Band (1900)

12. The Diabolic Tenant (1909)

13. The Melomaniac (1903)

14. The Bewitched Inn (1897)

15. A Nightmare (1896)

16. The Haunted Castle (1896)

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

1. The Eclipse (1907)

2. The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)

3. The Living Playing Cards (1905)

4. The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

5. The Enchanted Well (1903)

6. Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)

7. The Man With the Rubber Head (1901)

8. Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)

9. A Fantastical Meal (1900)

10. Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)

11. Joan of Arc (1900)

12. The Devil in a Convent (1899)

13. The Magician (1898)

14. The Devil’s Castle (1897)

15. The Vanishing Lady (1896)

16. The Famous Box Trick (1898)

17. Baron Munchausen’s Dreams (1911)

18. The Magician’s Cavern (1901)

19. The Christmas Angel (1904)

20. A Terrible Night (1896)

My Favorite Chris Marker Films

05 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Biography, Chris Marker, Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Top 312, War

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A Grin Without a Cat (Documentary), A.K. (Documentary), La Jetee (Short Film), Le Joli Mai (Documentary), Level Five (Documentary), One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (Documentary), Sans Soleil (Documentary), The Last Bolshevik (Documentary)

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

1. Sans Soleil (1983)
(Documentary)

2. La Jetee (1962)
(Live-Action Short)

3. Level Five (1997)
(Documentary)

4. The Last Bolshevik (1992)
(Documentary)

5. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (1999)
(Documentary)

6. A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
(Documentary)

7. Le Joli Mai (1963)
(Documentary)

8. A.K. (1985)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Anthony Mann Films

03 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthony Mann, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Music, Musical, Thriller, Top 312, War, Western

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A Dandy in Aspic, Bend of the River, Border Incident, Cimarron 1960, Desperate, Devil's Doorway, El Cid, God's Little Acre, He Walked by Night, Man of the West, Men in War, Railroaded!, Raw Deal 1948, Reign of Terror (a.k.a. The Black Book), Serenade, Side Street, Strategic Air Command, T-Men, The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Far Country, The Furies, The Glenn Miller Story, The Heroes of Telemark, The Last Frontier, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, The Tall Target, The Tin Star, Thunder Bay, Winchester '73

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

1. The Naked Spur (1953)

2. Winchester ’73 (1950)

3. The Man from Laramie (1955)

4. He Walked by Night (1948)
(uncredited)
(co-directed with Alfred L. Werker)

5. Man of the West (1958)

6. The Far Country (1954)

7. Bend of the River (1952)

8. Men in War (1957)

9. The Furies (1950)

10. Devil’s Doorway (1950)

11. Raw Deal (1948)

12. T-Men (1947)

13. Border Incident (1949)

14. El Cid (1961)

15. God’s Little Acre (1958)

16. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

17. Side Street (1950)

18. Desperate (1947)

19. Railroaded! (1947)

20. Reign of Terror (1949)
(a.k.a. The Black Book)

21. The Tall Target (1951)

22. The Tin Star (1957)

23. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

24. The Last Frontier (1955)

25. Serenade (1956)

26. Thunder Bay (1953)

27. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)

28. Strategic Air Command (1955)

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

1. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)

2. Cimarron (1960)

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