My Favorite George A. Romero Films

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Action, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, George A. Romero, Greatest, Horror, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 304

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Bruiser, Creepshow (Anthology), Dawn of the Dead 1978, Day of the Dead 1985, Diary of the Dead, Knightriders, Land of the Dead, Martin, Monkey Shines, Night of the Living Dead 1968, Season of the Witch (a.k.a. Hungry Wives), Survival of the Dead, The Crazies 1973, The Dark Half, There's Always Vanilla, Two Evil Eyes (The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar) (Anthology)

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

1. Dawn of the Dead (1978)

2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)

3. Martin (1978)

4. Day of the Dead (1985)

5. Knightriders (1981)

6. Land of the Dead (2005)

7. Creepshow (1982)
(Anthology Film)

8. Bruiser (2000)

9. Diary of the Dead (2007)

10. The Dark Half (1993)

11. Season of the Witch (1973)
(a.k.a. Hungry Wives)

12. The Crazies (1973)

13. Monkey Shines (1988)

14. Survival of the Dead (2009)

15. There’s Always Vanilla (1971)

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

1. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
(Segment: “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar”)

My Favorite Eric Rohmer Films

19 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Eric Rohmer, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 304

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A Good Marriage, A Tale of Springtime, A Tale of Summer, A Tale of Winter, An Autumn Tale, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, Claire's Knee, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, Full Moon in Paris, La Collectioneuse, Love in the Afternoon 1972, My Night at Maud's, Pauline at the Beach, Suzanne's Career, The Aviator's Wife, The Bakery Girl of Monceau (Short Film), The Green Ray (a.k.a. Summer), The Marquise of O..., Veronica and Her Dunce (Short Film)

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

1. An Autumn Tale (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2. The Green Ray (1986)
(a.k.a. Summer)

3. My Night at Maud’s (1969)

4. Claire’s Knee (1970)

5. Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

6. Love in the Afternoon (1972)

7. A Tale of Winter (1992)

8. Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987)

9. Full Moon in Paris (1984)

10. La Collectionneuse (1967)

11. Pauline at the Beach (1983)

12. A Tale of Summer (1996)

13. A Tale of Springtime (1990)

14. A Good Marriage (1982)

15. The Aviator’s Wife (1981)

16. Suzanne’s Career (1963)

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

1. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)

2. Veronica and Her Dunce (1958)

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

1. The Marquise of O (1976)

My Favorite Mark Robson Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mark Robson, Mystery, Romance, Sport, Thriller, Top 304, War

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Bedlam, Champion, Home of the Brave 1949, Isle of the Dead, Phffft, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Ghost Ship 1943, The Harder They Fall, The Seventh Victim, Von Ryan's Express

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

1. The Seventh Victim (1943)

2. Isle of the Dead (1945)

3. Bedlam (1946)

4. The Ghost Ship (1943)

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

1. Phffft (1954)

2. The Harder They Fall (1956)

3. Von Ryan’s Express (1965)

4. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955)

5. Home of the Brave (1949)

6. Champion (1949)

My Favorite Jacques Rivette Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Jacques Rivette, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Swiss Cinema

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Around a Small Mountain, Celine and Julie Go Boating, Duelle, Fool's Mate (Short Film), Gang of Four, Joan the Maiden, L'Amour fou, La Belle Noiseuse, Le Pont du Nord, Lumiere and Company (Jacques Rivette/Paris) (Anthology), Merry-Go-Round, Noroit, Out 1, Paris Belongs to Us, Secret Defense, The Duchess of Langeais, The Nun, The Story of Marie and Julien, Up Down Fragile, Va Savoir, Wuthering Heights 1985

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

1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

2. Out 1 (1971)

3. L’amour fou (1969)

4. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

5. Joan the Maiden (1994)

6. Duelle (1976)

7. The Nun (1966)

8. Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

9. Gang of Four (1989)

10. Secret Defense (1998)

11. Le Pont du Nord (1981)

12. Noroit (1976)

13. The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)

14. Va Savoir (2001)

15. Paris Belongs to Us (1960)

16. Merry-Go-Round (1981)

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

1. Fool’s Mate (1956)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

2. Lumiere and Company (1995)
(Segment: “Jacques Rivette/Paris”)

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

1. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)

2. Around a Small Mountain (2009)

3. Wuthering Heights (1985)

My Favorite Carlos Reygadas Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, Carlos Reygadas, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Mexican Cinema, Mexican Filmmakers, Romance, Spanish Cinema, Top 304

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Battle in Heaven, Japon, Post Tenebras Lux, Silent Light

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

1. Battle in Heaven (2005)

2. Silent Light (2007)

3. Japon (2002)

4. Post Tenebras Lux (2012)

My Favorite Alain Resnais Films

18 Wednesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Alain Resnais, Anthology, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary Shorts, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Top 304, War

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Far from Vietnam (Claude Ridder) (Anthology Documentary), Guernica (Documentary Short), Hiroshima mon amour, Je t'aime je t'aime, Last Year at Marienbad, Le chant du Styrene (Documentary Short), Life is a Bed of Roses, Life of Riley, Love Unto Death, Melo, Mon Oncle d'Amerique, Muriel, Night and Fog (Documentary Short), Not on the Lips, Private Fears in Public Places, Providence, Same Old Song, Statues Also Die (Documentary Short), Stavisky, The War is Over, Toute la memoire du monde (Documentary Short), Wild Grass, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

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

1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

2. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! (2012)

3. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

4. Melo (1986)

5. Providence (1977)

6. Muriel (1963)

7. Mon Oncle D’Amerique (1980)

8. Wild Grass (2009)

9. Not on the Lips (2003)

10. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)

11. Stavisky… (1974)

12. The War Is Over (1966)

13. Je t’aime, Je t’aime (1968)

14. Life of Riley (2014)

15. Same Old Song (1997)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

16. Love Unto Death (1984)

17. Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

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

1. Night and Fog (1956)
(Documentary Short)

2. Toute la memoire du monde (1957)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)

3. Statues Also Die (1953)
(co-directed with Chris Marker and Ghislain Cloquet)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)

4. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(Segment: “Claude Ridder”)
(Anthology Documentary)

5. Guernica (1950)
(co-directed with Robert Hessens)
(Documentary Short)

6. Le chant du Styrene (1959)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

P.S. I have not added the documentary short Van Gogh (1948) on here because every version in circulation online (based on my knowledge) is not subtitled in English.

My Favorite Jean Renoir Films

16 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Indian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Jean Renoir, Lists, Music, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Cinema, Silent Cinema, Television, Top 304, War

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A Day in the Country (Short Film), Boudu Saved from Drowning, Charleston Parade (Short Film), Elena and Her Men, French Cancan, Grand Illusion, La Bete humaine, La Chienne, La Marseillaise, Madame Bovary 1934, Nana, On purge bebe, Picnic on the Grass, Swamp Water, The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946, The Elusive Corporal, The Golden Coach, The Little Match Girl (Short Film), The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (TV Film), The Lower Depths 1936, The River, The Rules of the Game, The Southerner, The Woman on the Beach, This Land Is Mine, Toni

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

1. The Rules of the Game (1939)

2. The Golden Coach (1952)

3. The Woman on the Beach (1947)

4. French Cancan (1954)

5. Grand Illusion (1937)

6. Picnic on the Grass (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

7. La Chienne (1931)

8. La Bête Humaine (1938)

9. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

10. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

11. Toni (1935)
(I watched it on Vimeo)

12. A Day in the Country (1936)
(Short Film)

13. The River (1951)

14. The Southerner (1945)

15. Elena and Her Men (1956)

16. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1969)
(French/German/Italian TV Film)

17. The Elusive Corporal (1962)

18. La Marseillaise (1938)

19. The Lower Depths (1936)

20. The Little Match Girl (1928)
(Short Film)

21. Nana (1926)

22. The Whirlpool of Fate (1925)

23. The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (1959)
(French TV Film)

24. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

25. On purge bebe (1931)

26. Charleston Parade (1927)
(Short Film)

27. Madame Bovary (1934)

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

1. This Land Is Mine (1943)

2. Swamp Water (1941)

My Favorite Matt Reeves Films

15 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Matt Reeves, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 304

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Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Let Me In, War for the Planet of the Apes

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

1. Let Me In (2010)

2. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

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

1. Cloverfield (2008)

P.S. Rupert Wyatt directed Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) which I also love.

My Favorite Satyajit Ray Films

15 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Indian Cinema, Indian Filmmakers, Lists, Music, Romance, Satyajit Ray, Top 304

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An Enemy of the People, Aparajito, Charulata, Days and Nights in the Forest, Devi, Pather Panchali, The Big City, The Chess Players, The Hero, The Home and the World, The Middleman, The Music Room, The Stranger 1992, The World of Apu

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

1. The World of Apu (1959)

2. Days and Nights in the Forest (1969)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

3. The Big City (1963)

4. The Music Room (1958)

5. Aparajito (1956)

6. Pather Panchali (1955)

7. Charulata (1964)

8. The Middleman (1975)

9. The Hero (1966)

10. The Stranger (1992)

11. Devi (1960)

12. The Home and The World (1984)

13. The Chess Players (1977)

14. An Enemy of the People (1990)

My Favorite Nicholas Ray Films

01 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Nicholas Ray, Romance, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Thriller, Top 304, War, Western

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55 Days at Peking, A Woman's Secret, Bigger Than Life, Bitter Victory, Born to Be Bad, Flying Leathernecks, Hot Blood, In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, King of Kings, Knock on Any Door, Lightning Over Water (Documentary), Macao, On Dangerous Ground, Party Girl 1958, Rebel Without a Cause, Run for Cover, The Lusty Men, The Savage Innocents, The True Story of Jesse James, They Live by Night, We Can't Go Home Again, Wind Across the Everglades

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

1. Johnny Guitar (1954)

2. Bigger Than Life (1956)

3. The Lusty Men (1952)

4. Bitter Victory (1957)

5. Party Girl (1958)

6. In a Lonely Place (1950)

7. They Live by Night (1949)

8. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

9. On Dangerous Ground (1952)

10. The Savage Innocents (1960)

11. Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

12. We Can’t Go Home Again (1976)

13. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

14. 55 Days at Peking (1963)

15. King of Kings (1961)

16. Knock on Any Door (1949)

17. Born to Be Bad (1950)

18. Run for Cover (1955)

19. A Woman’s Secret (1949)

20. Lightning Over Water (1980)
(co-directed with Wim Wenders)
(Documentary)

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

1. Hot Blood (1956)

2. Macao (1952)
(co-directed with Josef von Sternberg)

3. Flying Leathernecks (1951)

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