Hong Kong Cinema

My Favorite Michelangelo Antonioni Films (2023 Edition)

by John Charet

Most of the Michelangelo Antonioni films listed here are ones I saw on a home video format (Blu-Ray and DVD in this case. Nevertheless, some of these I watched online.

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

  1. L’Eclisse (1962)
  2. Zabriskie Point (1970)
  3. L’Avventura (1960)
  4. The Passenger (1975)
  5. Red Desert (1964)
  6. Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  7. Identification of a Woman (1982)
  8. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
  9. The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
  10. La Notte (1961)
  11. Blow-Up (1966)
  12. Le Amiche (1955)
  13. Story of a Love Affair (1950)
  14. Il Grido (1957)
  15. The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
  16. I Vinti (1953)
  17. Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
    (Documentary)
    (Television)
  18. People of the Po Valley (1947)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  19. N.U. (1948)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  20. Love in the City (1953)
    Segment: Attempted Suicide
    (Short Cinema)
  21. Seven Reeds, One Suit (1949)
    (Documentary)
    (Short Cinema)
  22. Eros (2004)
    Segment: The Dangerous Thread of Things
    (Short Cinema)

My Favorite King Hu Films

by John Charet

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

1.   A Touch of Zen (1971)

2.   Dragon Inn (1967)

3.   Come Drink with Me (1966)

4.   The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
(I watched it on youtube)

5.   Legend of the Mountain (1979)

6.   Raining in the Mountain (1979)
(I watched it on youtube)

7.   The Valiant Ones (1975)

Note: King Hu only partially directed The Swordsman (1990).

My Favorite John Woo Films

by John Charet

* * * * (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 Wong Kar-wai Films

by John Charet

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

1.   In the Mood for Love (2000)

2.   Fallen Angels (1995)

3.   Chungking Express (1994)

4.   2046 (2004)

5.   Days of Being Wild (1990)

6.   Ashes of Time (1994)

7.   Happy Together (1997)

8.   The Grandmaster (2013)

9.   My Blueberry Nights (2007)

10. As Tears Go By (1988)

My Favorite Park Chan-wook Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Oldboy (2003)

2.   The Handmaiden (2016)

3.   Joint Security Area (2000)

4.   Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

5.   Lady Vengeance (2005)

6.   Thirst (2009)

7.   I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006)

8.   Stoker (2013)

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

1.   Three… Extremes (2004)
(Segment: “Cut”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Kiyoshi Kurosawa Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Pulse (2001)

2.   Cure (1997)

3.   Creepy (2016)

4.   Tokyo Sonata (2008)

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

1.   Penance (2012)
(Japanese TV Miniseries)

2.   Seance (2000)
(Japanese TV Film)

My Favorite Kim Jee-woon Films

by John Charet

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

1.   A Bittersweet Life (2005)

2.   The Age of Shadows (2016)

3.   A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

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

1.   The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)

2.   I Saw the Devil (2010)

3.   The Last Stand (2013)

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

1.   Three (2002)
(Segment: “Memories”)

My Favorite Jia Zhangke Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Platform (2000)

2.   A Touch of Sin (2013)

3.   The World (2004)

4.   24 City (2008)

5.   Unknown Pleasures (2002)

6.   Still Life (2006)

7.   Mountains May Depart (2015)

My Favorite Hou Hsiao-hsien Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Assassin (2015)

2.   Three Times (2005)

3.   Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)

4.   Cafe Lumière (2003)

5.   The Puppermaster (1993)
(no relation to the 1989 horror film)

6.   Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

7.   Good Men, Good Women (1995)

8.   Millenium Mambo (2001)

9.   Daughter of the Nile (1987)

10. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)