Music

My Favorite Jim Jarmusch Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Dead Man (1995)

2.   Paterson (2016)

3.   Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

4.   Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

5.   Down by Law (1986)

6.   The Limits of Control (2009)

7.   Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
(Anthology)

8.   Broken Flowers (2005)

9.   Mystery Train (1989)
(Anthology)

10. Night on Earth (1991)
(Anthology)

11. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

12. The Dead Don’t Die (2019)

13. Permanent Vacation (1980)

14. Gimme Danger (2016)
(Documentary)

15. Year of the Horse (1997)
(Concert Film/Documentary)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
1a. Segment: Int. Trailer Night (2002)
(Anthology)

My Favorite Derek Jarman Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Blue (1993)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
(no relation to Three Colours: Blue)

2.   War Requiem (1989)

3.   Jubilee (1977)

4.   Edward II (1991)

5.   The Garden (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

6.   The Last of England (1987)

7.   Sebastiane (1976)

8.   Wittgenstein (1993)

9.   Caravaggio (1986)

10. The Tempest (1979)

My Favorite Peter Jackson Films

by John Charet

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

1.   They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
(Documentary)

2.   Heavenly Creatures (1994)

3.   Forgotten Silver (1995)
(co-directed with Costa Botes)
(Mockumentary)

4.   Dead Alive (1992)
(a.k.a. Braindead)

5.   Bad Taste (1987)

6.   Meet the Feebles (1989)

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

1.   The Frighteners (1996)

2a. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2b. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
2c. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

3.   King Kong (2005)

My Favorite Kon Ichikawa Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
(Documentary)

2.   An Actor’s Revenge (1963)

3.   Fires on the Plain (1959)

4.   The Burmese Harp (1956)

5.   The Makioka Sisters (1983)

6.   Odd Obsession (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

7.   Being Two Isn’t Easy (1962)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Anthology Films)

1.   Visions of Eight (1973)
(Segment: “The Fastest”)
(Documentary)

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

1.   Dora-heita (2001)

2.   47 Ronin (1994)

My Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Vertigo (1958)

2.   Marnie (1964)

3.   Family Plot (1976)

4.   Under Capricorn (1949)

5.   The Birds (1963)

6.   The Wrong Man (1956)

7.   The Trouble with Harry (1955)

8.   Psycho (1960)

9.   Rear Window (1954)

10. Frenzy (1972)

11. I Confess (1953)

12. Strangers on a Train (1951)

13. Rope (1948)

14. Notorious (1946)

15. North by Northwest (1959)

16. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

17. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

18. Sabotage (1936)
(I watched it online)

19. The 39 Steps (1935)

20. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

21. Stage Fright (1950)

22. Lifeboat (1944)

23. Rebecca (1940)

24. Foreign Correspondent (1940)

25. To Catch a Thief (1955)

26. Dial M for Murder (1954)

27. Suspicion (1941)

28. Young and Innocent (1937)
(I watched it online)

29. Rich and Strange (1931)
(I watched it online)

30. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
(no relation to the 2005 film)

31. Murder! (1930)

32. Blackmail (1929)

33. The Ring (1927)

34. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

35. Topaz (1969)

36. Spellbound (1945)

37. Torn Curtain (1966)

38. Saboteur (1942)

39. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – Season 1 (1962)
39a. Episode: “I Saw the Whole Thing”
(Television)

40. The Paradine Case (1947)

41. Secret Agent (1936)
(I watched it online)

42. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

43. Number 17 (1932)
(I watched it online)

44. The Manxman (1929)
(I watched it online)

45. The Farmer’s Wife (1928)
(I watched it online)

46. Downhill (1927)

47. Champagne (1928)
(I watched it online)

48. Easy Virtue (1928)
(I watched it online)

49. Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
(I watched it online)

50. Jamaica Inn (1939)
(I watched it online)

51. The Skin Game (1931)
(I watched it online)

52. Mary (1931)

53. The Pleasure Garden (1925)
(I watched it online)

54. Juno and the Paycock (1930)
(I watched it online)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 1 (1955)
1a. Episode: “Revenge”
1b. Episode: “Breakdown”
1c. Episode: “The Case of Mr. Pelham”
(Television)

2.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 2 (1956/1956/1957)
2a. Episode: “Wet Saturday”
2b. Episode: “Mr. Blanchard’s Secret”
2c. Episode: “One More Mile to Go”
(Television)

3.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 3 (1957/1958/1958)
3a. Episode: “The Perfect Crime”
3b. Episode: “Lamb to the Slaughter”
3c. Episode: “Dip in the Pool”
(Television)

4.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 4 (1958/1959)
4a. Episode: “Poison”
4b. Episode: “Banquo’s Chair”
(Television)

5.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 5 (1959)
5a. Episode: “Arthur”
5b. Episode: “The Crystal Trench”
(Television)

6.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 6 (1960/1961)
6a. Episode: “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
6b. Episode: “The Horseplayer”
(Television)

7.   Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Season 7 (1961)
7a. Episode: “Bang! You’re Dead”
(Television)

My Favorite Jean-Luc Godard Films

by John Charet

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

1.   Goodbye to Language (2014)

2.   In Praise of Love (2001)

3.   Histoire(s) du cinema (1988/1989/1997/1998)
(Documentary)

4.   Passion (1982)

5.   Number Two (1975)

6.   Weekend (1967)

7.   Film Socialisme (2010)

8.   Here and Elsewhere (1974)

9.   King Lear (1987)

10. La Chinoise (1967)

11. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)

12. Made in U.S.A. (1966)

13. Masculin Féminin (1966)

14. A Married Woman (1964)

15. Alphaville (1965)

16. Hail Mary (1985) 

17. Every Man for Himself (1980)

18. Le Gai savoir (1969)

19. Tout va bien (1972)

20. Notre musique (2004)

21. Contempt (1963)

22. Vivre Sa Vie (1962)

23. Breathless (1960)

24. Pierrot le fou (1965)

25. Band of Outsiders (1964)

26. JLG/JLG – Self-Portrait in December (1994)
(Documentary)

27. Oh Woe Is Me (1993)

28. Les Carabiniers (1963)

29. Le Petit Soldat (1960)

30. Detective (1985)

31. First Name: Carmen (1983)

32. For Ever Mozart (1996)

33. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

34. Keep Your Right Up (1987)

35. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Armide”)

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

1.   Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)

2.   A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Francois Truffaut)

3.   All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1957)

My Favorite Federico Fellini Films

by John Charet

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

1.   8 1/2 (1963)

2.   La Dolce Vita (1960)

3.   Amarcord (1973)

4.   Nights of Cabiria (1957)

5.   La Strada (1954)

6.   I Vitelloni (1953)

7.   Fellini Satyricon (1969)

8.   Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

9.   Fellini’s Casanova (1976)

10. Roma (1972)

11. Il bidone (1955)

12. The White Sheik (1952)

13. Variety Lights (1950)
(co-directed with Alberto Lattuada)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1.   Spirits of the Dead (1968)
(Segment: “Toby Dammit”)
(Anthology Film)

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

1.   And the Ship Sails On (1983)

2.   The Clowns (1970)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Clint Eastwood Films

by John Charet

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

1.   White Hunter Black Heart (1990)

2.   Bird (1988)

3.   Play Misty for Me (1971)

4.   Gran Torino (2008)

5.   The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

6.   A Perfect World (1993)

7.   Unforgiven (1992)

8.   Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

9.   Million Dollar Baby (2004)

10. Mystic River (2003)

11. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

12. Pale Rider (1985)

13. Honkytonk Man (1982)

14. Bronco Billy (1980)

15. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) 

16. High Plains Drifter (1973)

17. The Blues (2003)
Episode: “Piano Blues”
(Documentary)
(Television)

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

1.   The Mule (2018)

2.   American Sniper (2014)

3.   Richard Jewell (2019)

4.   Sully (2016)

5.   Breezy (1973)

6.   Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

7.   The Gauntlet (1977)

8.   Firefox (1982)

9.   Sudden Impact (1983)

10. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

My Favorite Brian De Palma Films

by John Charet

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

1.   The Fury (1978)

2.   Femme Fatale (2002)

3.   Blow Out (1981)

4.   Dressed to Kill (1980)

5.   Carrie (1976)

6.   Hi, Mom! (1970)

7.   Casualties of War (1989)

8.   Sisters (1972)

9.   Body Double (1984)

10. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

11. Raising Cain (1992)

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

1.   Greetings (1968)

2.   Carlito’s Way (1993)

3.   Scarface (1983)

4.   The Untouchables (1987)

My Favorite Manoel de Oliveira Films

by John Charet

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

1.   I’m Going Home (2001)

2.   The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)

3.   Abraham’s Valley (1993)

4.   A Talking Picture (2003)

5.   Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)

6.   Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009)

7.   The Convent (1995)

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

1.   Belle Toujours (2006)

2.   Party (1996)