* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind (1928)
(I saw it on and old VHS tape)
2. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
3. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
4. The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Lists
My Favorite Douglas Sirk Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Written on the Wind (1956)
2. Imitation of Life (1959)
3. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)
4. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
5. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
6. The Tarnished Angels (1957)
7. Magnificent Obsession (1954)
8. All I Desire (1953)
9. Interlude (1957)
10. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
11. Thunder on the Hill (1951)
12. Lured (1947)
13. A Scandal in Paris (1946)
14. Shockproof (1949)
15. Captain Lightfoot (1955)
16. Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
My Favorite Don Siegel Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Charley Varrick (1973)
2. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
3. The Beguiled (1971)
4. The Lineup (1958)
5. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
6. The Shootist (1976)
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
8. Dirty Harry (1971)
9. Madigan (1968)
10. Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
11. The Killers (1964)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
2. Private Hell 36 (1954)
3. Flaming Star (1960)
4. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
My Favorite Ousmane Sembene Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Camp de Thiaroye (1988)
2. Moolaade (2004)
3. Black Girl (1966)
4. Xala (1975)
5. Mandabi (1968)
6. Faat Kine (2000)
My Favorite Henry Selick Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Animation)
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2. Coraline (2009)
3. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
(Part Live-Action)
My Favorite Lynne Ramsay Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
2. Ratcatcher (1999)
3. Morvern Callar (2002)
4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
My Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
* * * * (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)
(Television)
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)
(Television)
7. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
8. Shutter Island (2010)
9. Silence (2016)
10. Mean Streets (1973)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
13. Hugo (2011)
14. Boardwalk Empire – Season 1 (2010)
14a. Episode 1: Pilot (2010)
(Cable/Television)
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)
(Cable/Television)
23. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
24. Vinyl – Season 1 (2016)
24a. Episode 1: Pilot (2016)
(Cable/Television)
25. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
26. New York Stories (1989)
26a. Segment: Life Lessons (1989)
(Anthology Film)
27. New York, New York (1977)
28. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
29. Cape Fear (1991)
30. The Departed (2006)
31. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
(Television)
32. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
(Cable/Television)
33. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
34. The Blues (2003)
34a. Episode 1: Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Documentary)
(Television)
35. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
36. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
37. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Pretend It’s a City (2021)
(Miniseries)
(Documentary)
(Streaming/Television)
2. The Big Shave (1967)
3. The Key to Reserva (2007)
(I watched it online)
4. It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
5. The Audition (2015)
(I watched it online)
6. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
7. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
8. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
9. Made in Milan (1990)
(I watched it online)
My Favorite John Schlesinger Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. An Englishman Abroad (1983)
(TV Film)
2. A Question of Attribution (1991)
(TV Film)
(Episode of “Screen One”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
2. Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
3. Separate Tables (1983)
(Cable Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
5. Billy Liar (1963)
6. A Kind of Loving (1962)
7. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
8. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
9. The Day of the Locust (1975)
10. Darling (1965)
My Favorite Ken Russell Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Devils (1971)
(I saw it online)
2. Song of Summer (1968)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)
3. Altered States (1980)
4. Women in Love (1969)
5. Tommy (1975)
6. Savage Messiah (1972)
7. The Boy Friend (1971)
8. Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)
(Television)
9. The Debussy Film (1965)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)
10. Elgar (1962)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)
11. Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
12. Always on Sunday (1965)
(Episode of “Monitor”)
(Television)
13. Dante’s Inferno (1967)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)
14. Crimes of Passion (1984)
15. The Music Lovers (1971)
16. Mahler (1974)
17. Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
(Episode of “Omnibus”)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
18. Lisztomania (1975)
19. Valentino (1977)
20. Salome’s Last Dance (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
21. The Rainbow (1989)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
22. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
23. Gothic (1986)
24. Whore (1991)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
25. Lady Chatterley (1993)
(Miniseries)
(Television)
26. The Planets (1983)
(Television)
27. The Mystery of Dr. Martinu (1992)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
28. The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
29. The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
30. Treasure Island (1995)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
31. Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle (2002)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
32. Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song (1997)
(Documentary)
(Television)
(I saw it online)
33. A British Picture (1989)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. A House in Bayswater (1959)
(I saw it online)
2. Peepshow (1956)
(I saw it online)
3. Amelia and the Angel (1958)
(I saw it online)
4. Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Nessun dorma”)
(Anthology Film)
5. A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
(I saw it online)
My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films
* * * * (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)
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