History

My Favorite Vittorio de Sica Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   Bicycle Thieves (1948)

2.   Umberto D. (1952)

3.   Shoeshine (1946)

4.   Miracle in Milan (1951)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

5.   The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

6.   Two Women (1961)

7.   Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

8.   The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

9.   Marriage Italian-Style (1964)

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

1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “La riffa”)

My Favorite Terence Davies Films (New)

by John Charet

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

1.   The Long Day Closes (1992)

2.   Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

3.   A Quiet Passion (2016)

4.   Sunset Song (2015)

5.   Of Time and the City (2008)
(Documentary)

5.   The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
(No relation to the 1999 shark film)

7.   The House of Mirth (2000)

8.   The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983)

9.   The Neon Bible (1995)

My Favorite Claude Chabrol Films (Revised and Updated)

by John Charet

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

1.   La Ceremonie (1995)

2.   The Bridesmaid (2004) (No relation to the 2011 comedy of the same name)

3.   Le Boucher (1970)

4.   Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)

5.   Le Beau Serge (1958)

6.   Les Cousins (1959)

7.   This Man Must Die (1969)

8.   Les Biches (1968)

9.   La Femme infidele (1969)

10. Bellamy (2009)

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

1.   L’Enfer (1994)

2.   Merci pour le chocolat (2000)

3.   Comedy of Power (2006)

4.   The Cry of the Owl (1987)

5.   A Girl Cut in Two (2007)

6.   Story of Women (1988)

7.   Madame Bovary (1991)

8.   The Flower of Evil (2002)

9.   The Swindle (1997)

10. Violette Noziere (1978)

11. Betty (1992)