* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
2. Taking Off (1971)
3. The Firemen’s Ball (1967)
4. Black Peter (1963)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Man on the Moon (1999)
My Favorite Milos Forman Films
25 Wednesday Mar 2020
Category Archives: Japanese Cinema
My Favorite Ishiro Honda Films
15 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Cinema, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Science Fiction, Top 272
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Godzilla (1954)
2. The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
3. Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
4. Matango (1963)
My Favorite Takashi Miike Films
17 Monday Sep 2018
Posted in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Short Cinema, Takashi Miike, Thriller, Top 307
Tags
13 Assassins, Audition, Blade of the Immortal, Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2: Birds, Dead or Alive: Final, Fudoh: The New Generation, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ichi the Killer, Ley Lines, Masters of Horror (Imprint) (Cable Series), Rainy Dog, Shinjuku Triad Society, Three... Extremes (Box) (Anthology), Visitor Q
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Audition (1999)
2. Ichi the Killer (2001)
3. 13 Assassins (2010)
4. Masters of Horror (2006)
4a. Episode: “Imprint”
(Cable/Television)
5. Three… Extremes (2004)
5a. Segment: “Box”
(Anthology Film)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
2. Visitor Q (2001)
3. Dead or Alive (1999)
4. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
5. Ley Lines (1999)
6. Blade of the Immortal (2017)
7. Rainy Dog (1997)
8. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
9. Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
10. Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
My Favorite Edgar Wright Films
12 Wednesday Sep 2018
Tags
Baby Driver, Grindhouse (Don't) (Anthology), Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced (TV Series), The World's End
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
2. Baby Driver (2017)
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
4. Hot Fuzz (2007)
5. The World’s End (2013)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Grindhouse (2007)
(Fictitious Trailer: “Don’t”)
(Anthology Film)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Television)
1. Spaced (1999-2001)
My Favorite John Woo Films
11 Tuesday Sep 2018
Tags
A Better Tomorrow 1986, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head, Face/Off, Hard Boiled, Red Cliff, The Killer
* * * * (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 Josef von Sternberg Films
28 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Josef von Sternberg, Lists, Music, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 306, War
Tags
An American Tragedy, Anatahan, Blonde Venus, Dishonored, Morocco, Shanghai Express, The Blue Angel, The Devil is a Woman, The Docks of New York, The Last Command, The Salvation Hunters, The Scarlet Empress, The Shanghai Gesture, Thunderbolt, Underworld
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
2. Anatahan (1953)
3. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
4. Thunderbolt (1929)
5. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
6. The Docks of New York (1928)
7. Morocco (1930)
8. Shanghai Express (1932)
9. The Blue Angel (1930)
10. The Last Command (1928)
11. Underworld (1927)
12. The Salvation Hunters (1925)
(I watched it on youtube. Choose the link that gives a running time of 1:25:43)
13. Blonde Venus (1932)
14. Dishonored (1931)
15. An American Tragedy (1931)
My Favorite Seijun Suzuki Films
11 Saturday Aug 2018
Posted 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
Tags
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 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
Tags
A Letter to Elia (Documentary), A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Documentary), After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Documentary), Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable/Television), Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Documentary), Goodfellas, Hugo, It's Not Just You Murray! (Short Cinema), Italianamerican (Documentary), Kundun, Made in Milan (Short Cinema), Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy (Documentary), New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology Film), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Documentary), Public Speaking (Documentary), Raging Bull, Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (Music Video), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (Pseudo-Documentary), Shine a Light (Concert Film), Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The 50 Year Argument (Documentary), The Age of Innocence, The Audition (Short Cinema), The Big Shave (Short Cinema), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home) (Documentary Series), The Departed, The Irishman, The Key to Reserva (Short Cinema), The King of Comedy, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable/Television), What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Short Cinema), Who's That Knocking at my Door
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Irishman (2019)
2. The King of Comedy (1982)
3. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson)
(Documentary)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
(Documentary/Mockumentary)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)
7. Shutter Island (2010)
8. Silence (2016)
9. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
10. Mean Streets (1973)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
13. Boardwalk Empire (2010)
13a. Episode: “Pilot”
(Cable/Television)
14. Hugo (2011)
15. Kundun (1997)
16. Casino (1995)
17. The Age of Innocence (1993)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
20. After Hours (1985)
21. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
22. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)
23. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
24. Vinyl (2016)
24a. Episode: “Pilot”
(Cable/Television)
25. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
26. New York Stories (1989)
26a. Segment: “Life Lessons”
(Anthology Film)
27. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
28. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
29. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
30. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
31. New York, New York (1977)
32. Cape Fear (1991)
33. The Departed (2006)
34. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
35. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
36. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
37. The Blues (2003)
37a. Episode: “Feel Like Going Home”
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Big Shave (1967)
2. The Key to Reserva (2007)
(I watched it online)
3. It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
4. The Audition (2015)
(I watched it online)
5. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
6. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
7. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
8. Made in Milan (1990)
(I watched it online)
My Favorite Alain Resnais Films
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
Posted 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
Tags
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 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
Tags
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)
