08 Wednesday Aug 2018
Tags
JFK, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, Platoon, Salvador, Savages, Talk Radio, The Doors, U Turn
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. JFK (1991)
2. Salvador (1986)
3. Nixon (1995)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Savages (2012)
2. U-Turn (1997)
3. Natural Born Killers (1994)
4. Talk Radio (1988)
5. The Doors (1991)
6. Platoon (1986)
31 Tuesday Jul 2018
Tags
Baby Face Nelson, Charley Varrick, Coogan's Bluff, Dirty Harry, Edge of Eternity, Escape from Alcatraz, Flaming Star, Hell Is for Heroes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, Madigan, Private Hell 36, Riot in Cell Block 11, The Beguiled 1971, The Big Steal, The Duel at Silver Creek, The Gun Runners, The Killers 1964, The Lineup, The Shootist, Two Mules for Sister Sara
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Beguiled (1971)
2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
3. Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
4. Charley Varrick (1973)
5. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
6. The Lineup (1958)
7. The Shootist (1976)
8. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
9. Dirty Harry (1971)
10. Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
11. Madigan (1968)
12. The Killers (1964)
13. Private Hell 36 (1954)
14. Baby Face Nelson (1957)
(I saw it on youtube)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
2. The Big Steal (1949)
3. Flaming Star (1960)
4. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
5. Edge of Eternity (1959)
6. The Gun Runners (1958)
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, 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 Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
15. Kundun (1997)
16. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
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)
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Battle in Heaven (2005)
2. Silent Light (2007)
3. Japon (2002)
4. Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
20 Wednesday Jun 2018
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Sam Peckinpah, Television, Thriller, Top 304, War, Western
Tags
ABC Stage 67 (Noon Wine) (TV Series), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Convoy, Cross of Iron, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Lonesome Road) (TV Series), Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Miss Jenny) (TV Series), Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Trouble at Tres Cruces) (TV Series), Junior Bonner, Major Dundee, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Ride the High Country, Route 66 (Mon Petit Chou) (TV Series), Straw Dogs 1971, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Deadly Companions, The Getaway 1972, The Killer Elite 1975, The Osterman Weekend, The Rifleman (The Baby Sitter) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Boarding House) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Marshall) (TV Series), The Rifleman (The Money Gun) (TV Series), The Westerner (Brown) (TV Series), The Westerner (Hand on the Gun) (TV Series), The Westerner (Jeff) (TV Series), The Westerner (The Courting of Libby) (TV Series), The Westerner (The Painting) (TV Series), The Westerner (Trouble at Tres Cruces) (TV Series), The Wild Bunch
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
2. The Wild Bunch (1969)
3. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
4. Ride the High Country (1962)
5. Cross of Iron (1977)
6. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
7. Junior Bonner (1972)
8. Straw Dogs (1971)
9. Major Dundee (1965)
10. The Getaway (1972)
11. The Deadly Companions (1961)
12. The Killer Elite (1975)
13. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
14. Convoy (1978)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Television)
1. Noon Wine (1966)
(Episode of ABC Stage 67)
2. The Rifleman (1958-1963)
(Episodes from Season 1: “The Marshall”, “The Boarding House” and “The Money Gun”)
(Episode from Season 2: “The Baby Sitter”)
3. The Westerner (1960)
(1959 Pilot-“Trouble at Tres Cruzes”)
(Episodes from Season 1: “Jeff”, “Brown”, “The Courting of Libby”, “Hand on the Gun” and “The Painting”)
4. Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre (1956-1961)
(Episode from Season 3: “Trouble at Tres Cruces”)
(Episodes from Season 4: “Lonesome Road and “Miss Jenny”)
5. Route 66 (1960-1964)
(Episode from Season 2: “Mon Petit Chou”)
09 Saturday Jun 2018
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology Films, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Musical, Romance, Thriller, Top 310, Vincente Minnelli, War
Tags
A Matter of Time, An American in Paris, Bells Are Ringing, Brigadoon, Cabin in the Sky, Designing Woman, Father of the Bride 1950, Father's Little Dividend, Gigi, Goodbye Charlie, Home from the Hill, I Dood It, Kismet, Lovely to Look At, Lust for Life, Madame Bovary 1949, Meet Me in St. Louis, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Some Came Running, Tea and Sympathy, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Band Wagon, The Clock, The Cobweb, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962, The Long Long Trailer, The Pirate, The Reluctant Debutante, The Sandpiper, The Story of Three Loves (Mademoiselle) (Anthology Film), Till the Clouds Roll By, Two Weeks in Another Town, Undercurrent, Yolanda and the Thief, Ziegfeld Follies
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
2. Lust for Life (1956)
3. Home from the Hill (1960)
4. Some Came Running (1958)
5. The Band Wagon (1953)
6. The Cobweb (1955)
7. Madame Bovary (1949)
8. The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
9. The Bad and the Beautiful (1950)
10. Father of the Bride (1950)
11. An American in Paris (1951)
12. Gigi (1958)
13. The Pirate (1948)
14. Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
15. Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
16. Goodbye Charlie (1964)
17. Designing Woman (1957)
18. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)
19. Tea and Sympathy (1956)
20. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
21. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
22. The Clock (1945)
23. The Sandpiper (1965)
24. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
25. A Matter of Time (1976)
26. Bells are Ringing (1960)
27. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
28. Brigadoon (1954)
29. Father’s Little Dividend (1951)
30. Kismet (1955)
31. Undercurrent (1946)
32. I Dood It (1943)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Segments)
1. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
(Segments: “This Heart of Mine”, “Limehouse Blues”, “A Great Lady Has an Interview”, “The Babbit and the Bromide” and “Beauty”)
2. The Story of Three Loves (1953)
(Segment: “Mademoiselle”)
(Anthology Film)
3. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
(Judy Garland sequences)
(Uncredited)
4. Lovely to Look At (1952)
(Fashion Show sequences)
(Uncredited)
29 Sunday Apr 2018
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, Irish Cinema, Italian Cinema, John Huston, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War, Western
Tags
A Walk with Love and Death, Beat the Devil, Fat City, Key Largo, Let There Be Light (Documentary), Moby Dick 1956, Moulin Rouge 1952, Prizzi's Honor, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The African Queen, The Asphalt Jungle, The Dead, The Kremlin Letter, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Would Be King, The Misfits, The Night of the Iguana, The Red Badge of Courage, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Under the Volcano, We Were Strangers, Wise Blood
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Dead (1987)
2. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
3. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
5. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
6. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
7. Fat City (1972)
8. Under the Volcano (1984)
9. Wise Blood (1979)
10. Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
11. The Kremlin Letter (1970)
12. The Night of the Iguana (1964)
13. The Misfits (1961)
14. Beat the Devil (1953)
15. The African Queen (1951)
16. The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
17. We Were Strangers (1949)
18. Let There Be Light (1946)
(Documentary)
19. A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
20. Key Largo (1948)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
2. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
3. Moby Dick (1956)
4. Moulin Rouge (1952)
(not the 2001 version)
13 Friday Apr 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, History, John Ford, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Television, Top 314, War, Western
Tags
3 Bad Men, 3 Godfathers, 7 Women, Bucking Broadway, Cheyenne Autumn, Doctor Bull, Donovan's Reef, Drums Along the Mohawk, Fort Apache, Four Sons, Gideon's Day (a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard), Hangman's House, How Green Was My Valley, How the West Was Won (The Civil War), Judge Priest, Mary of Scotland, Mogambo, My Darling Clementine, Pilgrimage, Rio Grande, Sergeant Rutledge, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Stagecoach, Steamboat Round the Bend, Straight Shooting, The Fugitive 1947, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hurricane 1937, The Informer, The Iron Horse, The Last Hurrah, The Long Gray Line, The Long Voyage Home, The Lost Patrol, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Prisoner of Shark Island, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Sun Shines Bright, The Whole Town's Talking, The Wings of Eagles, The World Moves On, They Were Expendable, Tobacco Road, Two Rode Together, Up the River, Wagon Master, Wagon Train (The Colter Craven Story) (TV Series), Young Mr. Lincoln
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wagon Master (1950)
2. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
3. Fort Apache (1948)
4. 7 Women (1966)
5. Stagecoach (1939)
6. The Fugitive (1947)
(no relation to the 1993 film)
7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
8. The Quiet Man (1952)
9. My Darling Clementine (1946)
10. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
11. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
12. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
13. Judge Priest (1934)
14. The Searchers (1956)
15. Pilgrimage (1933)
16. 3 Bad Men (1926)
17. Gideon’s Day (1958)
(a.k.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard)
18. Hangman’s House (1928)
19. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
20. Four Sons (1928)
21. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
22. They Were Expendable (1945)
23. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
24. The Long Voyage Home (1940)
25. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
26. The Iron Horse (1924)
27. Tobacco Road (1941)
28. The Long Gray Line (1955)
29. The Informer (1935)
30. Two Rode Together (1961)
31. 3 Godfathers (1948)
32. Rio Grande (1950)
33. The Whole Town’s Talking (1935)
34. Doctor Bull (1933)
35. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. How the West Was Won (1962)
(Segment: “The Civil War”)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Television)
1. Wagon Train (1957-1965)
(Episode from Season 4: “The Colter Craven Story”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Donovan’s Reef (1963)
2. Mogambo (1953)
3. The Last Hurrah (1958)
4. The Hurricane (1937)
5. Mary of Scotland (1936)
6. The Lost Patrol (1934)
7. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
8. The World Moves On (1934)
9. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
10. Up the River (1930)
11. Bucking Broadway (1917)
12. Straight Shooting (1917)
04 Wednesday Apr 2018
Tags
Blade II, Crimson Peak, Cronos, Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mimic, Pacific Rim, Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, The Shape of Water
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
2. The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
3. Cronos (1993)
4. The Shape of Water (2017)
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
6. Hellboy (2004)
7. Crimson Peak (2015)
8. Pacific Rim (2013)
9. Blade II (2002)
10. Mimic (1997)
26 Monday Mar 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, Alex Cox, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Music, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 312, Western
Tags
Death and the Compass, Highway Patrolman, Repo Chick, Repo Man, Revengers Tragedy, Searchers 2.0, Sid & Nancy, Straight to Hell, Three Businessmen, Walker
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Walker (1987)
2. Highway Patrolman (1991)
3. Repo Man (1984)
4. Straight to Hell (1987)
5. Sid & Nancy (1986)
6. Searchers 2.0 (2007)
7. Revengers Tragedy (2002)
8. Three Businessmen (1998)
9. Death and the Compass (1992)
10. Repo Chick (2009)
