My Favorite Jacques Demy Films

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

1.   The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

2.   Model Shop (1969)

3.   A Room in Town (1982)

4.   Lola (1961)

5.   The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

6.   Bay of Angels (1962)

7.   Donkey Skin (1970)

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

1.   The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
(Segment: “Lust”)
(Anthology Film)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)

My Favorite Pierre Etaix Films

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

1.   Yoyo (1965)

2.   Land of Milk and Honey (1971)
(Documentary)

3.   The Suitor (1963)

4.   As Long As You’ve Got Your Health (1966)

5.   Le Grand Amour (1969)

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

1.   Happy Anniversary (1962)

2.   Rupture (1961)
(co-directed with Jean-Claude Carriere)

3.   Feeling Good (1965/1971/2010)

My Favorite Rene Clair Films

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

1.   A Nous la Liberte (1931)

2.   Le Million (1931)

3.   Under the Roof of Paris (1930)

4.   The Italian Straw Hat (1928)

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

1.   Entr’acte (1924)

2.   The Crazy Ray (1924)

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

1.   I Married a Witch (1942)

2.   And Then There Were None (1945)

My Favorite Charlie Chaplin Films

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

1.   City Lights (1931)

2.   Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

3.   The Gold Rush (1925)

4.   Limelight (1952)

5.   Modern Times (1936)

6.   The Great Dictator (1940)

7.   A Woman of Paris (1923)

8.   The Kid (1921)

9.   The Circus (1928)

10. A King in New York (1957)

11. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Keystone Shorts)

1.   His Prehistoric Past (1914)

2.   The New Janitor (1914)

3.   Dough and Dynamite (1914)

4.   His Trysting Place (1914)

5.   Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)

6.   His Musical Career (1914)

7.   Getting Acquainted (1914)

8.   The Property Man (1914)

9.   Laughing Gas (1914)

10. Mabel’s Married Life (1914)

11. A Busy Day (1914)

12. The Rounders (1914)

13. Those Love Pangs (1914)

14. Caught in the Rain (1914)

15. Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)

16. His New Profession (1914)

17. The Masquerader (1914)

18. Recreation (1914) 

19. The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Essanay Shorts)

1.   The Bank (1915)

2.   Work (1915)

3.   The Tramp (1915)

4.   In the Park (1915)

5.   His New Job (1915)

6.   A Jitney Elopement (1915)

7.   Shanghaied (1915)

8.   Burlesque on ‘Carmen’ (1915)

9.   Police (1916)

10. A Night in the Show (1915)

11. A Woman (1915)

12. By the Sea (1915)

13. The Champion (1915)

14. A Night Out (1915)

15. Triple Trouble (1918)
(co-directed with Leo White)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Mutual Shorts)

1.   The Immigrant (1917)

2.   Behind the Screen (1916)

3.   The Pawnshop (1916)

4.   The Floorwalker (1916)

5.   The Fireman (1916)

6.   One A.M. (1916)

7.   The Rink (1916)

8.   The Count (1916)

9.   The Vagabond (1916)

10. The Adventurer (1917)

11. The Cure (1917)

12. Easy Street (1917) 

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (First National Shorts)

1.   The Pilgrim (1923)

2.   Shoulder Arms (1918)

3.   A Dog’s Life (1918)

4.   The Bond (1918)

5.   Payday (1922)

6.   The Idle Class (1921)

7.   Sunnyside (1919)

8.   A Day’s Pleasure (1919)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Compilation Films)

1.   The Chaplin Revue (1959)

My Favorite Jane Campion Films

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

1.   Top of the Lake (2013)
1a. Episode 1: Paradise Sold
1b. Episode 2 : Searchers Search
(co-directed with Garth Davis)
1c. Episode 3: The Edge of the Universe
(Garth Davis directed only)
1d. Episode 4: A Rainbow Above Us
(co-directed with Garth Davis)
1e. Episode 5: The Dark Creator
(co-directed with Garth Davis)
1f. Episode 6: No Goodbyes Thanks
(co-directed with Garth Davis)

(Television)

2.   The Piano (1993)

3.   The Power of the Dog (2021)

4.   Sweetie (1989)

5.   In the Cut (2003)

6.   An Angel at My Table (1990)

7.   Two Friends (1986)
(Television)

8.   Bright Star (2009)

9.   Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017)
9a. Episode 1: China Girl
9b. Episode 2: The Loved One
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
9c. Episode 3: Surrogate
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
9d. Episode 4: Birthday
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
9e. Episode 5: Who’s Your Daddy?
9f. Episode 6: The Battle of the Mothers
(Ariel Kleiman directed only)
(Television)

10. Holy Smoke! (1999)

11. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

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

1.   Passionless Moments (1983)

2.   Peel: An Exercise in Discipline (1982)

3.   A Girl’s Own Story (1984)

My Favorite Charles Burnett Films

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

1.   Killer of Sheep (1978)

2.   My Brother’s Wedding (1983)

3.   To Sleep with Anger (1990)

4.   Nightjohn (1996)
(TV Film)

5.   The Blues: Warming by the Devil’s Fire (2003)
(TV Documentary)

6.   Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
(TV Film)

7.   The Glass Shield (1994)

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

1.   When It Rains (1995)

2.   Quiet As Kept (2007)

3.   Several Friends (1969)

4.   The Horse (1973)

My Favorite Luis Bunuel Films

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

1.   The Exterminating Angel (1962)

2.   Viridiana (1961)

3.   L’Age d’Or (1930)

4.   El (1953)
(aka This Strange Passion)

5.   Los Olvidados (1950)

6.   Simon of the Desert (1965)

7.   Un Chien Andalou (1929)
(Short Film)

8.   Nazarin (1959)

9.   Death in the Garden (1956)

10. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1954)

11. Land Without Bread (1933)
(Documentary Short)

12. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

13. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

14. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

15. Belle de Jour (1967)

16. Tristana (1970)

17. The Young One (1960)

18. Robinson Crusoe (1954)

19. The Milky Way (1969)

20. Susana (1951)

21. El Bruto (1953)

22. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)

My Favorite Budd Boetticher Films

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

1.   Ride Lonesome (1959)

2.   The Tall T (1957)

3.   Seven Men from Now (1956)

4.   Comanche Station (1960)

5.   Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)

6.   A Time for Dying (1969)

7.   The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

8.   The Killer Is Loose (1956)

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

1.   Decision at Sundown (1957)

2.   Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

3.   Westbound (1959)

My Favorite Kenneth Anger Films

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

1.   Fireworks (1947)

2.   Scorpio Rising (1960)

3.   Eaux d’Artifice (1953)

4.   Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)

5.   Rabbit’s Moon (1950)

6.   Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)

7.   Lucifer Rising (1972)

8.   Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965)

9.   Puce Moment (1949)

My Favorite Wes Anderson Films

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

1.   The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

2.   Rushmore (1998)

3.   Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

4.   Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
(Animated Film)

5.   The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

6.   Isle of Dogs (2018)
(Animated Film)

7.   The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

8.   The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

9.   Bottle Rocket (1996)

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

1.   Hotel Chevalier (2007)