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
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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 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 House That Jack Built, The Idiots, The Kingdom 1994-1997 (Miniseries)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Dogville (2003)
2. Melancholia (2011)
3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
4. Breaking the Waves (1996)
5. Antichrist (2009)
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)
16. The House That Jack Built (2018)
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)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
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?
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, 2020 Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Spike Lee, Sport, Thriller, Top 305, War
Tags
25th Hour, 4 Little Girls, A Huey P. Newton Story, BlacKkKlansman, Da 5 Bloods, Do the Right Thing, Freak, Great Performances (Passing Strange), He Got Game, Inside Man, Jungle Fever, Rodney King, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Feature Films)
1. Do the Right Thing (1989)
2. 25th Hour (2002)
3. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
4. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Other)
1. When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
(Documentary)
(Cable)
2. 4 Little Girls (1997)
(Documentary)
(Cable)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Feature Films)
1. Inside Man (2006)
2. Jungle Fever (1991)
3. He Got Game (1998)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Other)
1. Passing Strange (2009)
(Episode of “Great Performances”)
(Television)
2. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
(Performance Film)
(Cable)
3. Rodney King (2017)
(Performance Film)
4. Freak (1998)
(Performance Film)
(Cable)
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
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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 (Documentary), A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Documentary), After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Documentary), Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable/Television), Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Documentary), Goodfellas, Hugo, It's Not Just You Murray! (Short Cinema), Italianamerican (Documentary), Kundun, Made in Milan (Short Cinema), Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy (Documentary), New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology Film), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Documentary), Public Speaking (Documentary), 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 (Documentary), The Age of Innocence, The Audition (Short Cinema), The Big Shave (Short Cinema), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home) (Documentary Series), The Departed, The Irishman, The Key to Reserva (Short Cinema), The King of Comedy, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable/Television), What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Short Cinema), Who's That Knocking at my Door
* * * * (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)
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)
7. Shutter Island (2010)
8. Silence (2016)
9. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
10. Mean Streets (1973)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
13. Boardwalk Empire (2010)
13a. Episode: “Pilot”
(Cable/Television)
14. Hugo (2011)
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)
23. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
24. Vinyl (2016)
24a. Episode: “Pilot”
(Cable/Television)
25. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
26. New York Stories (1989)
26a. Segment: “Life Lessons”
(Anthology Film)
27. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
28. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
29. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
30. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
31. New York, New York (1977)
32. Cape Fear (1991)
33. The Departed (2006)
34. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
35. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
36. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
37. The Blues (2003)
37a. Episode: “Feel Like Going Home”
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Big Shave (1967)
2. The Key to Reserva (2007)
(I watched it online)
3. It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
4. The Audition (2015)
(I watched it online)
5. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
6. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
7. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
8. Made in Milan (1990)
(I watched it online)
23 Monday Jul 2018
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Anthology, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, Ken Russell, Lists, Music, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 304
Tags
A House in Bayswater (Short), A Kitten for Hitler (Short), Altered States, Always on Sunday, Amelia and the Angel (Short), Aria (Nessun dorma) (Short Film) (Anthology), Crimes of Passion, Dance of the Seven Veils, Dante's Inferno, Elgar, Elgar: Fantast of a Composer on a Bicycle (Television), Gothic, Isadora Duncan the Biggest Dancer in the World (TV Film), Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song (Television), Lady Chatterley (TV miniseries), Lisztomania, Mahler, Peepshow (Short), Salome's Last Dance, Savage Messiah, Song of Summer, The Boy Friend, The Debussy Film, The Devils, The Lair of the White Worm, The Music Lovers, The Mystery of Dr. Martinu (Television), The Planets (Television), The Rainbow, The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (Television), The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (Television), Tommy, Treasure Island 1995 (Television), Valentino, Whore, Women in Love
* * * * (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)
