05 Sunday Aug 2018
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wind (1928)
(I saw it on and old VHS tape)
2. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
3. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
4. The Scarlet Letter (1926)
16 Monday Jul 2018
Posted 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
Tags
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)
19 Tuesday Jun 2018
Tags
Diary of a Lost Girl, Don Quixote 1933, Kameradschaft, L'Atlantide, Pandora's Box, Secrets of a Soul, The Love of Jeanne Ney, The Threepenny Opera 1931, The White Hell of Pitz Palu, Westfront 1918
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Pandora’s Box (1929)
2. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
3. Kameradschaft (1931)
4. Westfront 1918 (1930)
5. The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
6. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
7. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
(co-directed with Arnold Fanck)
8. Secrets of a Soul (1926)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Don Quixote (1933)
2. L’Atlantide (1932)
18 Monday Jun 2018
Tags
A Story of Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon, Dragnet Girl, Early Spring, Early Summer, Equinox Flower, Floating Weeds, Good Morning, I Was Born But..., Late Autumn, Late Spring, Passing Fancy, That Night's Wife, The End of Summer, The Only Son, There Was a Father, Tokyo Chorus, Tokyo Story, Tokyo Twilight, Walk Cheerfully
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Tokyo Story (1953)
2. Late Spring (1949)
3. An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
4. I Was Born, But… (1932)
5. Early Summer (1951)
6. Tokyo Twilight (1957)
7. Late Autumn (1960)
8. The End of Summer (1961)
9. Floating Weeds (1959)
10. Equinox Flower (1958)
11. The Only Son (1936)
12. Good Morning (1959)
13. A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
14. There Was a Father (1942)
15. Early Spring (1956)
16. Passing Fancy (1933)
17. Tokyo Chorus (1931)
18. Dragnet Girl (1933)
19. That Night’s Wife (1930)
20. Walk Cheerfully (1930)
15 Friday Jun 2018
Tags
A Sailor-Made Man, Among Those Present (Short Film), Dr. Jack, Girl Shy, Grandma's Boy 1922, Hot Water, Never Weaken (Short Film), Now or Never (Short Film), Number Please? (Short Film), Safety Last, The Freshman 1925, Why Worry?
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)
2. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)
(no relation to the 1990 film)
3. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)
4. Grandma’s Boy (1922)
(no relation to the 2006 film)
5. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)
6. Dr. Jack (1922)
7. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
8. Why Worry? (1923)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Never Weaken (1921)
(co-directed with Sam Taylor)
2. Number, Please? (1920)
(co-directed with Hal Roach)
3. Among Those Present (1921)
4. Now or Never (1921)
(co-directed with Hal Roach)
15 Friday Jun 2018
Tags
Apart From You, Every-Night Dreams, Flunky Work Hard, Late Chrysanthemums, No Blood Relation, Street Without End, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
2. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
3. Every-Night Dreams (1933)
4. Apart From You (1933)
5. Street Without End (1934)
6. No Blood Relation (1932)
7. Flunky, Work Hard (1931)
13 Wednesday Jun 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, F.W. Murnau, Fantasy, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 310
Tags
City Girl, Faust, Nosferatu 1922, Phantom, Sunrise, Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, Tartuffe, The Finances of the Grand Duke, The Haunted Castle, The Last Laugh
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Sunrise (1927)
2. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
3. The Last Laugh (1924)
4. Nosferatu (1922)
5. Faust (1926)
6. City Girl (1930)
7. Tartuffe (1925)
8. Phantom (1922)
9. The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
10. The Haunted Castle (1921)
07 Thursday Jun 2018
Tags
A Fantastical Meal, A Nightmare, A Terrible Night, A Trip to the Moon, An Adventurous Automobile Trip, Baron Munchausen's Dreams, Blue Beard, Cinderella 1899, Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies, Fat and Lean Wrestling Match, Going to Bed Under Difficulties, Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants, Joan of Arc 1900, The Astronomer's Dream, The Bewitched Inn, The Christmas Angel, The Conquest of the Pole, The Devil in a Convent, The Devil's Castle, The Diabolic Tenant, The Eclipse, The Enchanted Well, The Famous Fox Trick, The Four Troublesome Heads, The Haunted Castle, The Impossible Voyage, The Infernal Cauldron, The Living Playing Cards, The Magician, The Magician's Cavern, The Man With the Rubber Head, The Melomaniac, The Merry Frolics of Satan, The One-Man Band, The Vanishing Lady, Tunnelling the English Channel
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Conquest of the Pole (1912)
2. Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)
3. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
4. The Impossible Voyage (1904)
5. Fairyland: A Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)
6. An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905)
7. Blue Beard (1901)
8. Cinderella (1899)
(not the Disney animated version or the 2015 live-action version)
9. The Astronomer’s Dream (1898)
10. The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
11. The One-Man Band (1900)
12. The Diabolic Tenant (1909)
13. The Melomaniac (1903)
14. The Bewitched Inn (1897)
15. A Nightmare (1896)
16. The Haunted Castle (1896)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Eclipse (1907)
2. The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)
3. The Living Playing Cards (1905)
4. The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
5. The Enchanted Well (1903)
6. Gulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)
7. The Man With the Rubber Head (1901)
8. Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)
9. A Fantastical Meal (1900)
10. Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)
11. Joan of Arc (1900)
12. The Devil in a Convent (1899)
13. The Magician (1898)
14. The Devil’s Castle (1897)
15. The Vanishing Lady (1896)
16. The Famous Box Trick (1898)
17. Baron Munchausen’s Dreams (1911)
18. The Magician’s Cavern (1901)
19. The Christmas Angel (1904)
20. A Terrible Night (1896)
03 Sunday Jun 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Guy Maddin, History, Horror, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Silent Cinema, Thriller, Top 314
Tags
Archangel, Brand Upon the Brain!, Careful, Cowards Bend the Knee, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Keyhole, My Winnipeg, Tales from the Gimli Hospital, The Forbidden Room, The Saddest Music in the World
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. My Winnipeg (2007)
(Documentary)
2. The Forbidden Room (2015)
3. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
4. Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
5. Careful (1992)
6. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
7. Archangel (1990)
8. Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988)
9. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Keyhole (2011)
28 Monday May 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Ernst Lubitsch, Fantasy, Film Directors, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Lists, Musical, Pre-1920's Cinema, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 314, War
Tags
Angel, Anna Boleyn, Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Broken Lullaby, Carmen 1918, Cluny Brown, Design for Living, Eternal Love, Heaven Can Wait 1943, I Don't Want to Be a Man, Lady Windermere's Fan, Madame DuBarry, Monte Carlo, Ninotchka, One Hour With You, Sumurun, That Uncertain Feeling, The Doll, The Love Parade, The Marriage Circle, The Merry Widow 1934, The Oyster Princess, The Shop Around the Corner, The Smiling Lieutenant, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, The Wild Cat, To Be or Not to Be 1942, Trouble in Paradise
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
2. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
3. One Hour with You (1932)
(with assistance from George Cukor)
4. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
5. The Wild Cat (1921)
6. The Love Parade (1929)
7. Monte Carlo (1930)
8. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
9. Design for Living (1933)
10. The Marriage Circle (1924)
11. Eternal Love (1929)
12. Broken Lullaby (1932)
13. Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925)
14. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
15. The Oyster Princess (1919)
16. Madame DuBarry (1919)
17. The Doll (1919)
18. Anna Boleyn (1920)
19. Sumurun (1920)
20. The Merry Widow (1934)
21. Angel (1937)
22. Cluny Brown (1946)
23. Ninotchka (1939)
24. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
25. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
26. Bluebeard’s Eight Wife (1938)
27. Carmen (1918)
28. I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918)
