05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in 1930's Cinema, American Cinema, British Filmmakers, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, James Whale, Lists, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 306, War
Tags
Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931, Show Boat 1936, The Great Garrick, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House 1932, Waterloo Bridge 1931
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1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. The Old Dark House (1932)
3. Show Boat (1936)
4. The Invisible Man (1933)
5. Frankenstein (1931)
6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
7. The Great Garrick (1937)
01 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, John Waters, Lists, Music, Musical, Romance, Top 306
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pink Flamingos (1972)
2. Female Trouble (1974)
3. Hairspray (1988)
(not the 2007 musical version)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Multiple Maniacs (1970)
2. Polyester (1981)
3. Cry-Baby (1990)
01 Saturday Sep 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, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western
Tags
A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. White Heat (1949)
2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
4. Regeneration (1915)
5. Band of Angels (1957)
6. Sadie Thompson (1928)
7. Gentleman Jim (1942)
8. Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)
9. High Sierra (1941)
10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
11. Pursued (1947)
12. Colorado Territory (1949)
13. They Drive by Night (1940)
14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
15. Me and My Gal (1932)
16. The Big Trail (1930)
17. The Man I Love (1947)
18. Dark Command (1940)
19. Manpower (1941)
20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
2. The World in His Arms (1952)
3. Along the Great Divide (1951)
4. The Tall Men (1955)
5. Distant Drums (1951)
6. Battle Cry (1955)
7. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
8. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
9. A Distant Trumpet (1964)
10. Saskatchewan (1954)
11. The Lawless Breed (1953)
12. The King and Four Queens (1956)
13. Gun Fury (1953)
14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)
15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
28 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Danish Cinema, Danish Filmmakers, Documentary, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Fantasy, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Icelandic Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lars von Trier, Lists, Miniseries, Musical, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Polish Cinema, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Taiwanese Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306
Tags
Antichrist, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Epidemic, Europa 1991, Manderlay, Medea 1988, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac, The Boss of It All, The Element of Crime, The Five Obstructions, The Idiots, The Kingdom 1994-1997 (Miniseries)
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1. Dogville (2003)
2. Melancholia (2011)
3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
4. Antichrist (2009)
5. Breaking the Waves (1996)
6. The Kingdom (1994-1997)
(Danish TV miniseries)
7. The Idiots (1998)
8. The Five Obstructions (2003)
(Documentary)
9. Europa (1991)
(no relation to Europa Europa)
10. Manderlay (2005)
11. Medea (1988)
(Danish TV Film)
12. Nymphomaniac (2013)
13. The Element of Crime (1984)
14. The Boss of It All (2006)
15. Epidemic (1987)
26 Sunday Aug 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, King Vidor, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Top 306, War, Western
Tags
Bardelys the Magnificent, Billy the Kid, Bird of Paradise, Duel in the Sun, H.M. Pulham Esq., Hallelujah, La Boheme, Not So Dumb, Our Daily Bread, Show People, Stella Dallas, Street Scene, The Big Parade, The Champ, The Citadel, The Crowd, The Patsy 1928, The Texas Rangers 1936, The Wedding Night
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Crowd (1928)
2. Our Daily Bread (1934)
3. The Big Parade (1925)
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1. Show People (1928)
2. The Patsy (1928)
(no relation to the 1964 Jerry Lewis film)
3. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
4. La Boheme (1926)
5. Street Scene (1931)
6. Not So Dumb (1930)
7. Our Daily Bread (1934)
8. Duel in the Sun (1946)
9. Hallelujah (1929)
10. Billy the Kid (1930)
11. Bird of Paradise (1932)
12. Stella Dallas (1937)
13. The Champ (1931)
14. The Citadel (1938)
15. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
16. The Wedding Night (1935)
17. The Texas Rangers (1936)
13 Monday Aug 2018
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Frank Tashlin, Greatest, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western
Tags
Artists and Models, Bachelor Flat, Caprice, Cinderfella, Hollywood or Bust, It's Only Money, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Say One for Me, Son of Paleface, Susan Slept Here, The Alphabet Murders, The Disorderly Orderly, The First Time, The Geisha Boy, The Girl Can't Help It, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The Man from the Diners' Club, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, Who's Minding the Store?, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
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1. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
2. The Alphabet Murders (1965)
3. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)
4. The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)
5. Bachelor Flat (1962)
6. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
7. Artists and Models (1955)
8. Susan Slept Here (1954)
9. Son of Paleface (1952)
10. The First Time (1952)
11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)
14. It’s Only Money (1962)
15. The Geisha Boy (1958)
16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
17. Cinderfella (1960)
18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)
20. Caprice (1967)
21. Say One for Me (1959)
12 Sunday Aug 2018
Tags
25th Hour, 4 Little Girls, A Huey P. Newton Story, BlacKkKlansman, Clockers, Do the Right Thing, Great Performances (Passing Strange) (Television), He Got Game, If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise, Inside Man, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, The Original Kings of Comedy (Performance Film), When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
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1. When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
(Cable Documentary)
2. Do the Right Thing (1989)
3. 4 Little Girls (1997)
(Documentary)
4. 25th Hour (2002)
5. Passing Strange (2009)
(Episode of “Great Performances)
6. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
7. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
(Performance Film)
8. If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)
(Cable Documentary miniseries)
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1. He Got Game (1998)
2. Jungle Fever (1991)
3. The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)
(Performance Film)
4. Malcolm X (1992)
5. Clockers (1995)
6. Inside Man (2006)
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
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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)
31 Tuesday Jul 2018
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Animation)
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2. Coraline (2009)
3. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
(Part Live-Action)
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), 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, 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
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1. The King of Comedy (1982)
2. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)(Documentary)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
(Pseudo-Documentary)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)
7. Shutter Island (2010)
8. Silence (2016)
9. Casino (1995)
10. Raging Bull (1980)
11. Goodfellas (1990)
12. Mean Streets (1973)
13. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
14. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
15. Hugo (2011)
16. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)
17. Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
(Episode from Season 1: “Boardwalk Empire” – Pilot Episode)
(Cable Series)
18. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)
19. Vinyl (2016)
(Episode from Season 1: Pilot Episode)
(Cable Series)
20. Kundun (1997)
21. The Age of Innocence (1993)
22. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
23. After Hours (1985)
24. New York, New York (1977)
25. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
26. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
27. The Departed (2006)
28. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
29. Cape Fear (1991)
30. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on HBO)
31. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
32. Feel Like Going Home (2003)
(Episode of “The Blues”)
(PBS Documentary Series)
33. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on youtube)
34. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
(I watched it on an old VHS tape)
35. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
* * * * (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)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Aviator (2004)
2. Gangs of New York (2002)
3. The Color of Money (1986)
