My Favorite Arthur Penn Films (New)

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

1.   Alice’s Restaurant (1969)

2.   Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

3.   Night Moves (1975)

4.   Mickey One (1965)

5.   Four Friends (1981)

6.   The Left Handed Gun (1958)

7.   The Missouri Breaks (1976)

8.   Little Big Man (1970)

9.   Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)

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

1.   Target (1985)

My Favorite Elia Kazan Films (New)

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

1.   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

2.   Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)

3.   Pinky (1949)

4.   On the Waterfront (1954)

5.   Splendor in the Grass (1961)

6.   The Last Tycoon (1976)

7.   A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

8.   East of Eden (1955)

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

1.   Wild River (1960)

2.   Baby Doll (1956)

3.   Boomerang (1947)
(No relation to the 1992 Eddie Murphy comedy of the same name)

4.   A Face in the Crowd (1957)

5.   Panic in the Streets (1950)

6.   Viva Zapata! (1952)

My Favorite P.J. Hogan Films (New)

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

1.   Peter Pan (2003) (This is not the Disney version)

2.   Unconditional Love (2002)

3.   Mental (2012)

4.   Muriel’s Wedding (1994)

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

1.   Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

2.   My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)

My Favorite Michel Gondry Films (New)

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

1.   The We and the I (2012)

2.   The Science of Sleep (2006)

3.   Microbe & Gasoline (2015)

4.   Human Nature (2001)

5.   Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Music Videos)

1.   The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)

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

1.   Dave Chapelle’s Block Party (2005) (Concert Film/Documentary)

2.   Be Kind Rewind (2008)

My Favorite Edmund Goulding Films (New)

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

1.   Dark Victory (1939)

2.   Grand Hotel (1932)

3.   Love (1927)

4.   Nightmare Alley (1947)

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

1.   That Certain Woman (1937)

2.   The Great Lie (1941)

3.   The Dawn Patrol (1938)

My Favorite Jules Dassin Films (New)

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

1.   Brute Force (1947)

2.   Uptight (1968)

3.   Rififi (1955)

4.   Thieves Highway (1949)

5.   Night and the City (1950) (Not the 1992 version)

6.   The Naked City (1948)

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

1.   Topkapi (1964)

2.   Never on Sunday (1960)

My Favorite Stephen Chow Films (New)

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

1.   Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

2.   The Mermaid (2016)

3.   CJ7 (2008)

4.   Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

5.   Shaolin Soccer (2001)

My Favorite Jean Cocteau (New)

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

1.   Les Parents terribles (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2.   Beauty and the Beast (1946) (Not the 1991 animated version)

3.   Orpheus (1950)

4.   The Blood of a Poet (1930)

5.   Testament of Orpheus (1960)

6.   The Eagle with Two Heads (1948)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

7.   8 x 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements (1957)
(co-directed with Hans Richter)

(I watched it on youtube)

8.   La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)
(Short Film)
(I watched it on youtube)