My Favorite Seijun Suzuki Films

11 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War

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Branded to Kill, Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell Bastards!, Everything Goes Wrong, Fighting Elegy, Gate of Flesh, Kagero-za, Kanto Wanderer, Pistol Opera, Princess Raccoon, Story of a Prostitute, Take Aim at the Police Van, Tattooed Life, Tokyo Drifter, Underworld Beauty, Youth of the Beast, Yumeji, Zigeunerweisen

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

1. Branded to Kill (1967)

2. Youth of the Beast (1963)

3. Gate of Flesh (1964)

4. Story of a Prostitute (1965)

5. Tokyo Drifter (1966)

6. Tattooed Life (1965)

7. Zigeunerweisen (1980)

8. Fighting Elegy (1966)

9. Everything Goes Wrong (1960)

10. Underworld Beauty (1958)

11. Yumeji (1991)

12. Kagero-za (1981)

13. Kanto Wanderer (1963)

14. Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)

15. Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

16. Princess Raccoon (2005)

17. Pistol Opera (2001)

My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films

24 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, Biography, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Concert Films, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Martin Scorsese, Mexican Cinema, Miniseries, Music, Music Videos, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 304

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A Letter to Elia, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince, Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable), Boxcar Bertha, Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, Gangs of New York, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Goodfellas, Hugo, Italianamerican, Kundun, Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy, New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Public Speaking, Raging Bull, Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (Music Video), Shine a Light (Concert Film), Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The 50 Year Argument, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Big Shave (Short Film), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home), The Color of Money, The Departed, The King of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable), Who's That Knocking at my Door

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

1. Raging Bull (1980)

2. Casino (1995)

3. Taxi Driver (1976)

4. Shutter Island (2010)

5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary Miniseries)

6. Silence (2016)

7. Mean Streets (1973)

8. Goodfellas (1990)

9. The King of Comedy (1982)

10. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

11. Hugo (2011)

12. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(Documentary Miniseries)

13. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary Miniseries)

14. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

15. Kundun (1997)

16. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)

17. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)

18. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary Miniseries)
(I watched it on HBO)

19. Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Episode of “The Blues”)
(PBS Documentary Series)

20. The Age of Innocence (1993)

21. New York, New York (1977)

22. After Hours (1985)

23. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

24. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

25. Cape Fear (1991)

26. The Departed (2006)

27. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)

28. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)

29. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on youtube)

30. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)

31. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

32. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(TV Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)

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

1. New York Stories (1989)
(Segment: “Life Lessons”)
(Anthology Film)

2. The Big Shave (1967)
(I watched it on an old VHS tape)

3. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)

4. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
(Episode from Season 1: “Boardwalk Empire”)
(Cable)

2. Vinyl (2016)
(Episode from Season 1: “Pilot”)
(Cable)

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

1. The Aviator (2004)

2. Gangs of New York (2002)

3. The Color of Money (1986)

4. Boxcar Bertha (1972)

My Favorite Alain Resnais Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Alain Resnais, Anthology, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary Shorts, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Top 304, War

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Far from Vietnam (Claude Ridder) (Anthology Documentary), Guernica (Documentary Short), Hiroshima mon amour, Je t'aime je t'aime, Last Year at Marienbad, Le chant du Styrene (Documentary Short), Life is a Bed of Roses, Life of Riley, Love Unto Death, Melo, Mon Oncle d'Amerique, Muriel, Night and Fog (Documentary Short), Not on the Lips, Private Fears in Public Places, Providence, Same Old Song, Statues Also Die (Documentary Short), Stavisky, The War is Over, Toute la memoire du monde (Documentary Short), Wild Grass, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

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

1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

2. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! (2012)

3. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

4. Melo (1986)

5. Providence (1977)

6. Muriel (1963)

7. Mon Oncle D’Amerique (1980)

8. Wild Grass (2009)

9. Not on the Lips (2003)

10. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)

11. Stavisky… (1974)

12. The War Is Over (1966)

13. Je t’aime, Je t’aime (1968)

14. Life of Riley (2014)

15. Same Old Song (1997)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

16. Love Unto Death (1984)

17. Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

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

1. Night and Fog (1956)
(Documentary Short)

2. Toute la memoire du monde (1957)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)

3. Statues Also Die (1953)
(co-directed with Chris Marker and Ghislain Cloquet)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)

4. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(Segment: “Claude Ridder”)
(Anthology Documentary)

5. Guernica (1950)
(co-directed with Robert Hessens)
(Documentary Short)

6. Le chant du Styrene (1959)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

P.S. I have not added the documentary short Van Gogh (1948) on here because every version in circulation online (based on my knowledge) is not subtitled in English.

My Favorite Stephen and Timothy Quay Films

27 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, Animation, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Music, Polish Cinema, Short Cinema, The Quay Brothers, Top 304, Uncategorized

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Are We Still Married? (Animated Short), De Artificiali Perspectiva (Animated Short), In Absentia (Animated Short), Institute Benjamenta, Maska (Animated Short), Nocturna Artificialia (Short Film), Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (Animated Short), Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You (Animated Short), Stille Nacht: Dramolet (Animated Short), Street of Crocodiles (Animated Short), Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. (Animated Short), The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (Animated Short), The Comb (Animated Short), The Phantom Museum (Animated Short), The Piano Turner of Earthquakes (Animated Film), The Unnameable Little Broom (Animated Short), Through the Weeping Glass (Documentary Short), Unmistaken Hands (Animated Short)

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

1. Street of Crocodiles (1986)
(Animated Short)

2. The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984)
(Animated Short)

3. Are We Still Married? (1992)
(Animated Short)

4. Stille Nacht IV: Can’t Go Wrong Without You (1993)
(Animated Short)

5. De Artificiali Perspectiva (1991)
(Animated Short)

6. Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. (1993)
(Animated Short)

7. Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (1988)
(Animated Short)

8. Stille Nacht: Dramolet (1988)
(Animated Short)

9. Nocturna Artificialia (1979)

10. The Comb (1991)
(Animated Short)

11. Maska (2010)
(Animated Short)

12. Through the Weeping Glass (2011)
(Documentary Short)

13. In Absentia (2000)
(Animated Short)

14. The Phantom Museum (2003)
(Animated Short)

15. Unmistaken Hands (2013)
(Animated Short)

16. The Unnameable Little Broom (1985)
(Animated Short)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Feature Films)

1. Institute Benjamenta (1995)

2. The Piano Turner of Earthquakes (2005)
(Animated Film)

My Favorite Park Chan-wook Films

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, American Cinema, Anthology Films, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Korean Cinema, Korean Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Park Chan-wook, Romance, Short Cinema, South Korean Cinema, South Korean Filmmakers, Thriller, Top 304

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I'm a Cyborg But That's OK, Joint Security Area, Lady Vengeance, Oldboy 2003, Stoker, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Handmaiden, Thirst, Three... Extremes (Cut) (Anthology Film)

* * * * (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 Yasujiro Ozu Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 304, Yasujiro Ozu

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A Story of Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon, Dragnet Girl, Early Spring, Early Summer, Equinox Flower, Floating Weeds, Good Morning, I Was Born But..., Late Autumn, Late Spring, Passing Fancy, That Night's Wife, The End of Summer, The Only Son, There Was a Father, Tokyo Chorus, Tokyo Story, Tokyo Twilight, Walk Cheerfully

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

1. Tokyo Story (1953)

2. Late Spring (1949)

3. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

4. I Was Born, But… (1932)

5. Early Summer (1951)

6. Tokyo Twilight (1957)

7. Late Autumn (1960)

8. The End of Summer (1961)

9. Floating Weeds (1959)

10. Equinox Flower (1958)

11. The Only Son (1936)

12. Good Morning (1959)

13. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

14. There Was a Father (1942)

15. Early Spring (1956)

16. Passing Fancy (1933)

17. Tokyo Chorus (1931)

18. Dragnet Girl (1933)

19. That Night’s Wife (1930)

20. Walk Cheerfully (1930)

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 Nagisa Oshima Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, New Zealand Cinema, Romance, Thriller, Top 304, War

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Cruel Story of Youth, Death by Hanging, Empire of Passion, Gohatto (a.k.a. Taboo), In the Realm of the Senses, Japanesse Summer: Double Suicide, Max Mon Amour, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Pleasures of the Flesh, Sing a Song of Sex, The Sun's Burial, Three Resurrected Drunkards, Violence at Noon

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

1. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

2. Gohatto (1999)
(a.k.a. Taboo)

3. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

4. Death by Hanging (1968)

5. The Sun’s Burial (1960)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

6. Violence at Noon (1966)

7. Empire of Passion (1978)

8. Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)

9. Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
(I saw it on and old VHS Tape)

10. Japanesse Summer: Double Suicide (1967)

11. Sing a Song of Sex (1967)

12. Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)

13. Max Mon Amour (1968)

My Favorite Mikio Naruse Films

15 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mikio Naruse, Silent Cinema, Top 307

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Apart From You, Every-Night Dreams, Flunky Work Hard, Late Chrysanthemums, No Blood Relation, Street Without End, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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

1. Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

3. Every-Night Dreams (1933)

4. Apart From You (1933)

5. Street Without End (1934)

6. No Blood Relation (1932)

7. Flunky, Work Hard (1931)

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)

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