26 Thursday Mar 2020
Tags
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Don't Torture a Duckling, Four of the Apocalypse, Massacre Time, One on Top of the Other (a.k.a. Perversion Story), The Beyond
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1. The Beyond (1981)
2. Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
3. Massacre Time (1966)
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1. Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
2. A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)
3. One on Top of the Other (1969)
(a.k.a. Perversion Story)
02 Sunday Sep 2018
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Docufiction, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Iranian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Mystery, Orson Welles, Short Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War
Tags
Around the World with Orson Welles (Documentary miniseries), Chimes at Midnight, Citizen Kane, F for Fake, Filming Othello, Macbeth 1948, Mr. Arkadin, Othello 1951, The Fountain of Youth, The Immortal Story, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Trial, Touch of Evil
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1. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
2. F for Fake (1973)
3. The Trial (1962)
4. Touch of Evil (1958)
5. Citizen Kane (1941)
6. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
7. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
8. Othello (1951)
9. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
10. The Immortal Story (1968)
11. The Stranger (1946)
12. Filming Othello (1978)
(Documentary)
13. Macbeth (1948)
14. Around the World with Orson Welles (1955)
(TV Documentary miniseries)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Fountain of Youth (1956)
(I watched it on youtube)
(TV Short)
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 🙂
28 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Danish Cinema, Danish Filmmakers, Documentary, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Fantasy, Film Directors, Finnish Cinema, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Horror, Icelandic Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lars von Trier, Lists, Miniseries, Musical, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Polish Cinema, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Swedish Cinema, Swiss Cinema, Taiwanese Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306
Tags
Antichrist, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Epidemic, Europa 1991, Manderlay, Medea 1988, Melancholia, Nymphomaniac, The Boss of It All, The Element of Crime, The Five Obstructions, The Idiots, The Kingdom 1994-1997 (Miniseries)
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1. Dogville (2003)
2. Melancholia (2011)
3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
4. Antichrist (2009)
5. Breaking the Waves (1996)
6. The Kingdom (1994-1997)
(Danish TV miniseries)
7. The Idiots (1998)
8. The Five Obstructions (2003)
(Documentary)
9. Europa (1991)
(no relation to Europa Europa)
10. Manderlay (2005)
11. Medea (1988)
(Danish TV Film)
12. Nymphomaniac (2013)
13. The Element of Crime (1984)
14. The Boss of It All (2006)
15. Epidemic (1987)
24 Friday Aug 2018
Posted in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Dutch Filmmakers, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Lists, Mystery, Paul Verhoeven, Romance, Science Fiction, Spanish Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War
Tags
Basic Instinct, Black Book, Business Is Business, Elle, Flesh+Blood, Hollow Man, Katie Tippel, RoboCop, Showgirls, Soldier of Orange, Spetters, Starship Troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall 1990, Tricked, Turkish Delight
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1. Showgirls (1995)
2. Black Book (2006)
3. Basic Instinct (1992)
4. The Fourth Man (1983)
5. Elle (2016)
6. Starship Troopers (1997)
7. Robocop (1987)
8. Total Recall (1990)
9. Soldier of Orange (1977)
10. Turkish Delight (1973)
11. Spetters (1980)
12. Flesh+Blood (1985)
13. Katie Tippel (1975)
14. Tricked (2012)
15. Business Is Business (1971)
16. Hollow Man (2000)
18 Saturday Aug 2018
Tags
Alice and Martin, Barocco, Being 17, Changing Times, Hotel America, I Don't Kiss, In the Name of My Daughter, My Favorite Season, Rendez-vous, Scene of the Crime, Strayed, The Bronte Sisters, The Girl on the Train, The Witnesses, Thieves, Unforgivable, Wild Reeds
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1. Wild Reeds (1994)
2. Being 17 (2016)
3. The Witnesses (2007)
4. The Bronte Sisters (1979)
5. Scene of the Crime (1986)
6. My Favorite Season (1993)
7. Thieves (1996)
8. I Don’t Kiss (1991)
9. Rendez-vous (1985)
10. Strayed (2003)
11. Hotel America (1981)
12. Barocco (1976)
13. Alice and Martin (1998)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
14. Changing Times (2004)
15. In the Name of My Daughter (2014)
16. The Girl on the Train (2009)
17. Unforgivable (2011)
07 Tuesday Aug 2018
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1. Face to Face (1967)
(no relation to the 1976 Ingmar Bergman film)
2. The Big Gundown (1966)
3. Revolver (1973)
(no relation to the 2005 film)
4. Run, Man, Run! (1968)
5. Violent City (1970)
05 Sunday Aug 2018
Tags
Contagion, King of the Hill 1993, Logan Lucky, Out of Sight, Sex Lies and Videotape, Solaris 2002, The Limey
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1. The Limey (1999)
2. Solaris (2002)
3. Contagion (2011)
4. King of the Hill (1993)
(no relation to the cartoon series)
5. Out of Sight (1998)
6. Logan Lucky (2017)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Sex, Lies & Videotape (1989)
18 Wednesday Jul 2018
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Battle in Heaven (2005)
2. Silent Light (2007)
3. Japon (2002)
4. Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
24 Sunday Jun 2018
Posted in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Music, Mystery, Polish Cinema, Polish Filmmakers, Roman Polanski, Romance, Spanish Cinema, Thriller, Top 304
Tags
Bitter Moon, Carnage, Chinatown, Cul-de-sac, Death and the Maiden, Knife in the Water, Macbeth 1971, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Tess, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Ghost Writer, The Ninth Gate, The Pianist, The Tenant, Venus in Fur, What?
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1. Cul-de-sac (1966)
2. Bitter Moon (1992)
3. The Tenant (1976)
4. The Ghost Writer (2010)
5. Repulsion (1965)
6. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
7. Knife in the Water (1962)
8. Chinatown (1974)
9. Death and the Maiden (1994)
10. The Pianist (2002)
11. Macbeth (1971)
12. Tess (1979)
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1. Venus in Fur (2013)
2. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
3. Carnage (2011)
4. What? (1972)
5. The Ninth Gate (1999)
26 Saturday May 2018
Posted in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Belgian Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Dutch Cinema, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Irish Cinema, Italian Cinema, Ken Loach, Lists, Romance, Short Cinema, Spanish Cinema, Sport, Swiss Cinema, Thriller, Top 314, War
Tags
11'09"01 September 11 (United Kingdom) (Short Film), Family Life, Hidden Agenda, I Daniel Blake, Kes, Ladybird Ladybird, Land and Freedom, Looking for Eric, My Name Is Joe, Raining Stones, Riff-Raff, Sweet Sixteen, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Tickets
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1. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
2. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
3. Land and Freedom (1995)
4. Kes (1969)
5. Raining Stones (1993)
6. Riff-Raff (1991)
7. Sweet Sixteen (2002)
8. My Name Is Joe (1998)
9. Ladybird, Ladybird (1994)
10. Hidden Agenda (1990)
11. Family Life (1971)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Tickets (2005)
(His section of the film)
(co-directed with Abbas Kiarostami and Ermanno Olmi)
2. 11’09″01 September 11 (2002)
(Segment: “United Kingdom”)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Looking for Eric (2009)
