My Favorite Takashi Miike Films

17 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Short Cinema, Takashi Miike, Thriller, Top 307

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13 Assassins, Audition, Blade of the Immortal, Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2: Birds, Dead or Alive: Final, Fudoh: The New Generation, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ichi the Killer, Ley Lines, Masters of Horror (Imprint) (Cable Series), Rainy Dog, Shinjuku Triad Society, Three... Extremes (Box) (Anthology), Visitor Q

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

1. Audition (1999)

2. Ichi the Killer (2001)

3. 13 Assassins (2010)

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

1. Three… Extremes (2004)
(Segment: “Box”)
(Anthology Film)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Imprint (2006)
(Masters of Horror Episode)

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

1. Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

2. Visitor Q (2001)

3. Dead or Alive (1999)

4. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

5. Ley Lines (1999)

6. Blade of the Immortal (2017)

7. Rainy Dog (1997)

8. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)

9. Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)

10. Dead or Alive: Final (2002)

My Favorite King Hu Films

17 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Chinese Filmmakers, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, Horror, King Hu, Lists, Mystery, Taiwanese Cinema, Taiwanese Filmmakers, Top 307, Uncategorized

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A Touch of Zen, Come Drink with Me, Dragon Inn, Legend of the Mountain, Raining in the Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, The Valiant Ones

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

1. A Touch of Zen (1971)

2. Dragon Inn (1967)

3. Come Drink with Me (1966)

4. The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
(I watched it on youtube)

5. Legend of the Mountain (1979)

6. Raining in the Mountain (1979)
(I watched it on youtube)

7. The Valiant Ones (1975)

Note: King Hu only partially directed The Swordsman (1990).

My Favorite Robert Zemeckis Films

15 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Music, Mystery, Robert Zemeckis, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 307, Western

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Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Romancing the Stone, Tales from the Crypt (And All Through the House) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (Yellow) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (You Murderer) (Cable Series), Used Cars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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

1. Back to the Future (1985)

2. Used Cars (1980)

3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
(Part Animation/Part Live-Action)

4. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from Season 1: “And All Through the House”)
(Episode from Season 3: “Yellow”)
(Episode from Season 6: “You, Murderer”)
(Cable Series)

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

1. Back to the Future Part III (1990)

2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

3. Romancing the Stone (1984)

My Favorite William Wyler Films

12 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 307, War, Western, William Wyler

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Ben-Hur 1959, Counselor at Law, Dodsworth, Funny Girl, Jezebel, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Big Country, The Collector, The Desperate Hours 1955, The Good Fairy, The Heiress, The Letter, The Little Foxes, These Three, Wuthering Heights 1939

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

1. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

2. Dodsworth (1936)

3. The Letter (1940)

4. Counselor at Law (1933)

5. The Little Foxes (1941)

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

1. The Big Country (1958)

2. Roman Holiday (1953)

3. Funny Girl (1968)

4. The Heiress (1949)

5. Wuthering Heights (1939)

6. These Three (1936)

7. The Good Fairy (1935)

8. The Desperate Hours (1955)

9. The Collector (1965)

10. Ben-Hur (1959)

11. Jezebel (1938)

My Favorite Robert Wise Films

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Robert Wise, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

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Blood on the Moon, Born to Kill, Executive Suite, I Want to Live!, Odds Against Tomorrow, Run Silent Run Deep, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star!, The Andromeda Strain, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, The Haunting 1963, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Sand Pebbles, The Set-Up, The Sound of Music, West Side Story

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

1. The Haunting (1963)

2. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

3. The Set-Up (1949)

4. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

6. The Body Snatcher (1945)

7. The Andromeda Strain (1971)

8. Born to Kill (1947)

9. Blood on the Moon (1948)

10. West Side Story (1961)
(co-directed with Jerome Robbins)

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

1. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

2. Executive Suite (1954)

3. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

4. I Want to Live! (1958)

5. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

6. Star! (1968)

7. The Sand Pebbles (1966)

8. The Sound of Music (1965)

9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

My Favorite Billy Wilder Films

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Billy Wilder, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 306

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A Foreign Affair, Ace in the Hole, Avanti!, Double Indemnity, Irma la Douce, Kiss Me Stupid, One Two Three, Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, The Fortune Cookie, The Lost Weekend, The Major and the Minor, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Witness for the Prosecution

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

1. Avanti! (1972)

2. Some Like It Hot (1959)

3. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

4. Ace in the Hole (1951)

5. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

6. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

7. One, Two, Three (1961)

8. Double Indemnity (1944)

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

1. The Apartment (1960)

2. A Foreign Affair (1948)

3. The Lost Weekend (1945)

4. The Major and the Minor (1942)

5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

6. The Fortune Cookie (1966)

7. Irma la Douce (1963)

My Favorite William A. Wellman Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Top 306, War, Western, William A. Wellman

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A Star Is Born 1937, Night Nurse, Nothing Sacred, Roxie Hart, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Public Enemy, The Story of G.I. Joe, Wild Boys of the Road

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

1. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

2. The Public Enemy (1931)

3. A Star Is Born (1937)
(I also love the 1954 version)

4. Nothing Sacred (1937)

5. Night Nurse (1931)

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

1. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

2. Roxie Hart (1942)

3. The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)

My Favorite Wim Wenders Films

05 Wednesday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Austrian Cinema, Biography, Brazilian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Cuban Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Music, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Thriller, Top 306, Wim Wenders

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Alice in the Cities, Beyond the Clouds, Buena Vista Social Club, Kings of the Road, Lightning Over Water, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Paris Texas, Pina, Ten Minutes Older (Twelve Miles to Trona), The American Friend, The Blues (Soul of a Man), The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (a.k.a. The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty), The Salt of the Earth, The Wrong Move, Wings of Desire

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1. Kings of the Road (1976)

2. Paris, Texas (1984)

3. Alice in the Cities (1974)

4. Wings of Desire (1987)

5. The Wrong Move (1975)

6. The American Friend (1977)

7. The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
(a.k.a. The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

8. Lightning Over Water (1980)
(co-directed with Nicholas Ray)
(Documentary)

9. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
(co-directed with Michelangelo Antonioni)

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

1. Ten Minutes Older (2002)
(Segment: “Twelve Miles to Trona”)

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

1. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
(Documentary)

2. Pina (2011)
(Documentary)

3. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
(Documentary)

4. The Soul of a Man (2003)
(Documentary)
(Episode of PBS’s “The Blues”)
(TV Documentary miniseries)

5. Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
(Documentary)

My Favorite Orson Welles Films

02 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Docufiction, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Iranian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Mystery, Orson Welles, Short Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War

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Around the World with Orson Welles (Documentary miniseries), Chimes at Midnight, Citizen Kane, F for Fake, Filming Othello, Macbeth 1948, Mr. Arkadin, Othello 1951, The Fountain of Youth, The Immortal Story, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Trial, Touch of Evil

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

1. Chimes at Midnight (1965)

2. F for Fake (1973)

3. The Trial (1962)

4. Touch of Evil (1958)

5. Citizen Kane (1941)

6. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

7. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

8. Othello (1951)

9. Mr. Arkadin (1955)

10. The Immortal Story (1968)

11. The Stranger (1946)

12. Filming Othello (1978)
(Documentary)

13. Macbeth (1948)

14. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)
(TV Documentary miniseries)

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

1. The Fountain of Youth (1956)
(I watched it on youtube)
(TV Short)

Note: In case any of you readers are interested, Netflix is going to premier Orson Welles last film The Other Side of the Wind (1972-1976) in November (November 2, 2018). The film can best be described as both completed and uncompleted (read here for more info). Here is the link to the trailer in case any of you readers are interested below 🙂

My Favorite Peter Watkins Films

02 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Peter Watkins, Science Fiction, Swedish Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War

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Culloden (a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden), Edward Munch, La Commune (Paris 1871), Privilege, Punishment Park, The Gladiators, The War Game

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

1. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)

2. Edward Munch (1974)

3. The War Game (1965)
(British TV Film)

4. Punishment Park (1971)

5. Culloden (1964)
(a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden)
(British TV Film)

6. Privilege (1967)

7. The Gladiators (1969)

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