* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Overlord (1975)
2. Little Malcolm (1974)
3. The Disappearance (1977)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. A Test of Violence (1970)
(Documentary Short)
Short Cinema
My Favorite Takashi Miike Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Audition (1999)
2. Ichi the Killer (2001)
3. 13 Assassins (2010)
4. Masters of Horror (2006)
4a. Episode: “Imprint”
(Cable/Television)
5. Three… Extremes (2004)
5a. Segment: “Box”
(Anthology Film)
* * * 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 Edgar Wright Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
2. Baby Driver (2017)
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
4. Hot Fuzz (2007)
5. The World’s End (2013)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Grindhouse (2007)
(Fictitious Trailer: “Don’t”)
(Anthology Film)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Television)
1. Spaced (1999-2001)
My Favorite Agnes Varda Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Faces Places (2017)
(co-directed with JR)
(Documentary)
2. The Gleaners and I (2000)
(Documentary)
3. Vagabond (1985)
4. Daguerreotypes (1976)
(Documentary)
5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
6. Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
7. The Beaches of Agnes (2008)
(Documentary)
8. Happiness (1965)
(no relation to the 1998 film)
9. Cinevardaphoto (2004)
(Documentary)
10. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(co-directed with Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais)
(Documentary Anthology)
11. Mur murs (1981)
(Documentary)
12. La Pointe Courte (1955)
13. Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988)
14. Documenteur (1981)
15. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
16. Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
17. The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
(Documentary)
18. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
(Documentary)
19. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
(Documentary)
20. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
21. Lions Love (and… Lies) (1969)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Cleo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes (2005)
2. La cocotte d’azur (1958)
(Documentary Short)
3. Ydessa, the Bears and etc. (2004)
(Documentary Short)
4. Ulysse (1983)
(Documentary Short)
5. Salut les Cubains (1971)
(Documentary Short)
6. Along the Coast (1958)
(Documentary Short)
7. Black Panthers (1968)
(Documentary Short)
8. Uncle Yanco (1967)
(Documentary Short)
9. The So-called Caryatids (1984)
(Documentary Short)
10. Elsa la rose (1966)
(Documentary Short)
11. 7p., cuis., s. de b., …a saisir (1984)
12. Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1962)
13. Women Reply (1975)
(Documentary Short)
14. You’ve Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know (1986)
15. Le lion volatil (2003)
16. The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976)
(Documentary Short)
My Favorite Wim Wenders Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
2. F for Fake (1973)
3. Othello (1951)
4. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
5. The Trial (1962)
6. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
7. Touch of Evil (1958)
8. Citizen Kane (1941)
9. The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
10. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
11. Filming Othello (1978)
(Documentary)
(Television)
12. The Immortal Story (1968)
(Television)
13. Macbeth (1948)
14. The Stranger (1946)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Fountain of Youth (1956)
(I watched it on youtube)
(Television)
2. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)
2a. Episode: “Pays Basque I (The Basque Country)”
2b. Episode: “Pays Basque II (La Pelote basque)”
2c. Episode: “Revisiting Vienna” (a.k.a. “The Third Man Returns to Vienna”)
2d. Episode: “St. -Germain-des-Pres”
2e. Episode: “Chelsea Pensioners”
2f. Episode: “Madrid Bullfight”
(Television)
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 Luchino Visconti Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Leopard (1963)
2. Senso (1954)
3. Death in Venice (1971)
4. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
5. Bellissima (1951)
6. La Terra Trema (1948)
7. White Nights (1957)
8. Ossessione (1943)
9. Ludwig (1972)
10. Conversation Piece (1974)
11. The Damned (1969)
12. The Innocent (1976)
13. The Stranger (1967)
(I watched it on youtube)
14. Sandra (1965)
(I watched it on youtube)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
(Segment: “Il Lavoro”)
(Anthology Film)
My Favorite Francois Truffaut Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Jules and Jim (1962)
2. The 400 Blows (1959)
3. The Green Room (1978)
(no relation to the 2015 film)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. The Woman Next Door (1981)
5. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
6. The Soft Skin (1964)
7. Stolen Kisses (1968)
8. The Wild Child (1970)
9. Small Change (1976)
10. The Story of Adele H. (1975)
11. Two English Girls (1971)
12. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
13. The Last Metro (1980)
14. Day for Night (1973)
15. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
16. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
17. The Bride Wore Black (1968)
18. Bed and Board (1970)
19. Confidentially Yours (1983)
20. Love on the Run (1979)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Antoine and Colette (1962)
2. The Mischief Makers (1957)
3. A Story of Water (1958)
(co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard)
Note: The reason you do not see 1971’s Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me on here is because it has been available to see on Blu-Ray/DVD here in the United States. Therefore, I have never seen it.
My Favorite Jacques Tati Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Playtime (1967)
2. Parade (1974)
3. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
4. Jour de Fete (1949)
5. Mon Oncle (1958)
6. Trafic (1971)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)
2. School for Postmen (1947)
3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)
My Favorite Andrei Tarkovsky Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Stalker (1979)
2. Andrei Rublev (1966)
3. The Mirror (1975)
4. Solaris (1972)
5. The Sacrifice (1986)
6. Nostalghia (1983)
7. Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
8. Voyage in Time (1983)
(Documentary)
9. The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)
10. There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
(co-directed with Alexsandr Gordon)
(I watched it on youtube)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Killers (1956)
(co-directed with Marika Beiku and Alexsandr Gordon)
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