* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Right Stuff (1983)
2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
3. The Wanderers (1979)
My Favorite Philip Kaufman Films
11 Thursday Jun 2020
Category Archives: History
My Favorite Milos Forman Films
25 Wednesday Mar 2020
* * * * (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 Richard Fleischer Films
24 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Richard Fleischer, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Tags
10 Rillington Place, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954, Compulsion, Mandingo, So This Is New York, The Boston Strangler, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, The Narrow Margin, The Vikings, Violent Saturday
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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)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
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 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)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. A Test of Violence (1970)
(Documentary Short)
My Favorite John Woo Films
11 Tuesday Sep 2018
Tags
A Better Tomorrow 1986, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head, Face/Off, Hard Boiled, Red Cliff, The Killer
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Face/Off (1997)
2. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
My Favorite James Whale Films
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in 1930's Cinema, American Cinema, British Filmmakers, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, James Whale, Lists, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 306, War
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Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931, Show Boat 1936, The Great Garrick, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House 1932, Waterloo Bridge 1931
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1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. The Old Dark House (1932)
3. Show Boat (1936)
4. The Invisible Man (1933)
5. Frankenstein (1931)
6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
7. The Great Garrick (1937)
My Favorite Lina Wertmuller Films
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Tags
A Night Full of Rain, All Screwed Up, Blood Feud, Ciao Professore!, Ferdinando and Carolina, Love & Anarchy, Seven Beauties, Swept Away 1974, The Seduction of Mimi
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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
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, Mystery, Orson Welles, Short Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War
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Around the World with Orson Welles (Television), 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
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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)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
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 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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Culloden (a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden), Edward Munch, La Commune (Paris 1871), Privilege, Punishment Park, The Gladiators, The War Game
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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)
My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films
01 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western
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A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat
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1. White Heat (1949)
2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
4. Regeneration (1915)
5. Band of Angels (1957)
6. Sadie Thompson (1928)
7. Gentleman Jim (1942)
8. Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)
9. High Sierra (1941)
10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
11. Pursued (1947)
12. Colorado Territory (1949)
13. They Drive by Night (1940)
14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
15. Me and My Gal (1932)
16. The Big Trail (1930)
17. The Man I Love (1947)
18. Dark Command (1940)
19. Manpower (1941)
20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)
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1. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
2. The World in His Arms (1952)
3. Along the Great Divide (1951)
4. The Tall Men (1955)
5. Distant Drums (1951)
6. Battle Cry (1955)
7. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
8. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
9. A Distant Trumpet (1964)
10. Saskatchewan (1954)
11. The Lawless Breed (1953)
12. The King and Four Queens (1956)
13. Gun Fury (1953)
14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)
15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
