Category Archives: New Zealand Cinema

My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

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1.   A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

2.   1941 (1979)

3.   Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4.   Jaws (1975)

5.   Duel (1971)
(TV Film)

6.   Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

7.   E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

8.   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

9.   The Sugarland Express (1974)

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1.   Catch Me If You Can (2002)

2.   Jurassic Park (1993)

3.   Minority Report (2002)

4.   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

My Favorite Nagisa Oshima Films

18 Monday Jun 2018

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1.   In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

2.   Gohatto (1999)
(a.k.a. Taboo)

3.   Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

4.   Death by Hanging (1968)

5.   The Sun’s Burial (1960)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

6.   Violence at Noon (1966)

7.   Empire of Passion (1978)

8.   Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)

9.   Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
(I saw it on and old VHS Tape)

10. Japanesse Summer: Double Suicide (1967)

11. Sing a Song of Sex (1967)

12. Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)

13. Max Mon Amour (1968)

My Favorite Peter Jackson Films

01 Tuesday May 2018

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1.   Heavenly Creatures (1994)

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

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

4.   Bad Taste (1987)

5.   The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001/2002/2003)

6.   Forgotten Silver (1995)
(Mockumentary)

7.   Meet the Feebles (1989)

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1.   The Frighteners (1996)

2.   The Hobbit Trilogy (2012/2013/2014)

3.   King Kong (2005)

My Favorite Jane Campion Films

13 Tuesday Mar 2018

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1.   Top of the Lake (2013)
(Episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
(Episodes 2, 4, 5 and 6 were co-directed with Garth Davis)
(Cable Series)

2.   The Piano (1993)

3.   Sweetie (1989)

4.   An Angel at My Table (1990)

5.   Two Friends (1986)
(TV Film)

6.   Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017)
(Episodes 1 and 5)
(Cable Series)

7.   Bright Star (2009)

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1.   Passionless Moments (1983)

2.   Peel: An Exercise in Discipline (1982)

3.   A Girl’s Own Story (1984)

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1.   In the Cut (2003)

2.   Holy Smoke! (1999)

3.   The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

My Favorite Peter Jackson Films (New)

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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1.   The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Two Towers (2002)
The Return of the King (2003)

2.   Heavenly Creatures (1994)

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

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1.   The Frighteners (1996)

2.   Forgotten Silver (1995)

3.   King Kong (2005)
(The 1933 version is the greatest)

4.   Meet the Feebles (1989)

5.   Bad Taste (1987)