Italian Filmmakers

My Favorite Mario Bava Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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

  1. Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
  2. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
  3. Lisa and the Devil (1973)
  4. A Bay of Blood (1971)
  5. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
  6. Black Sabbath (1963)
  7. Black Sunday (1960)
  8. Planet of the Vampires (1965)
  9. Danger: DIabolik (1968)
  10. The Whip and the Body (1963)
  11. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
  12. Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)
  13. Rabid Dogs (1974/1998)

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

  1. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
  2. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
  3. Baron Blood (1972)
  4. Shock (1977)
  5. Four Times That Night (1971)

My Favorite Dario Argento Films (2024 Edition)

by John Charet

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

  1. Suspiria (1977)
  2. Inferno (1980)
  3. Tenebre (1982)
  4. Opera (1987)
  5. Deep Red (1975)
  6. Phenomena (1985)
  7. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
  8. Masters of Horror – Season 2 (2006)
    Episode: Pelts
    (Cable/Television)
  9. Masters of Horror – Season 1 (2005)
    Episode: Jenifer
    (Cable/Television)
  10. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
    Segment:     The Black Cat

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

  1. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
  2. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
  3. The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971)
  4. Dark Glasses (2022)
  5. The Mother of Tears (2007)
  6. Sleepless (2001)
  7. Trauma (1993)

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.

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  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 Lucio Fulci Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Beyond (1981)

2.   Four of the Apocalypse (1975)

3.   Massacre Time (1966)

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

1.   Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)

2.   A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)

3.   One on Top of the Other (1969)
(a.k.a. Perversion Story)

My Favorite Lina Wertmuller Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Seven Beauties (1975)

2.   Love & Anarchy (1973)

3.   Swept Away (1974)

4.   The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

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

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 Luchino Visconti Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Leopard (1963)

2.   Senso (1954)

3.   Death in Venice (1971)

4.   Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

5.   Bellissima (1951)

6.   La Terra Trema (1948)

7.   White Nights (1957)

8.   Ossessione (1943)

9.   Ludwig (1972)

10. Conversation Piece (1974)

11. The Damned (1969)

12. The Innocent (1976)

13. The Stranger (1967)
(I watched it on youtube)

14. Sandra (1965)
(I watched it on youtube)

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

1.   Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “Il Lavoro”)
(Anthology Film)

My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Viva l’Italia! (1961)

2.   Journey to Italy (1954)
(a.k.a. Voyage to Italy)

3.   Germany, Year Zero (1948)

4.   The Taking of Power by Louis VIV (1966)
(French TV Film)

5.   Stromboli (1950)

6.   The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

7.   Paisan (1946)

8.   Rome, Open City (1945)

9.   General Della Rovere (1959)

10. Europe ’51 (1952)
(a.k.a. Europa ’51)

11. Escape by Night (1960)

12. The Age of the Medici (1973)
(Italian TV Miniseries)

13. Blaise Pascal (1972)
(French and Italian TV Film)

14. Cartesius (1974)
(French and Italian TV Film)

15. Where Is Freedom? (1954)

16. The Messiah (1975)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

17. Vanina Vanini (1961)

18. Joan of Arc At the Stake (1954)

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

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

My Favorite Francesco Rosi Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Mattei Affair (1972)
(I watched it online)

2.   Salvatore Giuliano (1962)

3.   Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

4.   Illustrious Corpses (1976)
(I watched it online)

5.   Lucky Luciano (1974)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

6.   Hands over the City (1963)

7.   Three Brothers (1981)

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

1.   The Moment of Truth (1965)

2.   Many Wars Ago (1970)