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)

My Favorite Errol Morris Films

13 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, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Errol Morris, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Top 310, War

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A Brief History of Time, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Gates of Heaven, Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Standard Operating Procedure, Tabloid, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography, The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line, The Unknown Known, Vernon Florida

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

1. The Thin Blue Line (1988)

2. Gates of Heaven (1978)

3. The Fog of War (2003)

4. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

5. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

6. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (2017)

7. Vernon, Florida (1981)

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

1. Tabloid (2010)

2. Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

3. The Unknown Known (2013)

4. A Brief History of Time (1991)

My Favorite Kenji Mizoguchi Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Action, Cinema, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Kenji Mizoguichi, Lists, Romance, Top 310, War

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Osake Elegy, Sansho the Baliff, Sisters of the Gion, Street of Shame, The 47 Ronin 1941, The Life of Oharu, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, Ugetsu, Women of the Night

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

1. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

2. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

3. Ugetsu (1953)

4. The Life of Oharu (1952)

5. Street of Shame (1956)

6. Osaka Elegy (1936)

7. Women of the Night (1948)

8. Sisters of the Gion (1936)

9. The 47 Ronin (1941)

My Favorite Hayao Miyazaki Films

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hayao Miyazaki, History, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 310

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Castle in the Sky, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Ponyo, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Castle of Cagliostro, The Wind Rises

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

1. Spirited Away (2001)

2. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

3. The Wind Rises (2013)

4. Princess Mononoke (1997)

5. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

6. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

7. Porco Rosso (1992)

8. Castle in the Sky (1986)

9. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

10. Ponyo (2008)

11. The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

My Favorite Yasuzo Masumura Films

05 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 312, War, Yasuzo Masumura

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Afraid to Die, Black Test Car, Blind Beast, Giants and Toys, Hanzo the Razor: The Snare, Manji 1964, Red Angel

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

1. Red Angel (1966)

2. Giants and Toys (1958)

3. Blind Beast (1969)

4. Black Test Car (1962)

5. Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)

6. Manji (1964)

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

1. Afraid to Die (1960)

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