15 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, John Huston, Lists, Mystery, Sport, Thriller, Top 314
Tags
Fat City, The Asphalt Jungle, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Would Be King, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Wise Blood
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wise Blood (1979)
2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
3. Fat City (1972)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
2. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
06 Thursday Sep 2018
Tags
Executive Suite, Odds Against Tomorrow, The Andromeda Strain, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, The Haunting 1963, The Set-Up, This Could Be the Night
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Set-Up (1949)
2. The Haunting (1963)
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
5. The Body Snatcher (1945)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. This Could Be the Night (1957)
2. Executive Suite (1954)
3. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
4. The Andomeda Strain (1971)
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, American Cinema, Austrian Cinema, Biography, Brazilian Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Cuban Cinema, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, German Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Miniseries, Music, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Thriller, Top 306, Wim Wenders
Tags
Alice in the Cities, Beyond the Clouds, Buena Vista Social Club, Kings of the Road, Lightning Over Water, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Paris Texas, Pina, Ten Minutes Older (Twelve Miles to Trona), The American Friend, The Blues (Soul of a Man), The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (a.k.a. The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty), The Salt of the Earth, The Wrong Move, Wings of Desire
* * * * (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)
01 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western
Tags
A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. White Heat (1949)
2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
4. Regeneration (1915)
5. Band of Angels (1957)
6. Sadie Thompson (1928)
7. Gentleman Jim (1942)
8. Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)
9. High Sierra (1941)
10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
11. Pursued (1947)
12. Colorado Territory (1949)
13. They Drive by Night (1940)
14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
15. Me and My Gal (1932)
16. The Big Trail (1930)
17. The Man I Love (1947)
18. Dark Command (1940)
19. Manpower (1941)
20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
2. The World in His Arms (1952)
3. Along the Great Divide (1951)
4. The Tall Men (1955)
5. Distant Drums (1951)
6. Battle Cry (1955)
7. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
8. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
9. A Distant Trumpet (1964)
10. Saskatchewan (1954)
11. The Lawless Breed (1953)
12. The King and Four Queens (1956)
13. Gun Fury (1953)
14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)
15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
26 Sunday Aug 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, King Vidor, Lists, Musical, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Top 306, War, Western
Tags
Bardelys the Magnificent, Billy the Kid, Bird of Paradise, Duel in the Sun, H.M. Pulham Esq., Hallelujah, La Boheme, Not So Dumb, Our Daily Bread, Show People, Stella Dallas, Street Scene, The Big Parade, The Champ, The Citadel, The Crowd, The Patsy 1928, The Texas Rangers 1936, The Wedding Night
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Crowd (1928)
2. Our Daily Bread (1934)
3. The Big Parade (1925)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Show People (1928)
2. The Patsy (1928)
(no relation to the 1964 Jerry Lewis film)
3. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
4. La Boheme (1926)
5. Street Scene (1931)
6. Not So Dumb (1930)
7. Our Daily Bread (1934)
8. Duel in the Sun (1946)
9. Hallelujah (1929)
10. Billy the Kid (1930)
11. Bird of Paradise (1932)
12. Stella Dallas (1937)
13. The Champ (1931)
14. The Citadel (1938)
15. H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
16. The Wedding Night (1935)
17. The Texas Rangers (1936)
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, Elle, Flesh+Blood, RoboCop, Showgirls, Soldier of Orange, Spetters, Starship Troopers, The Fourth Man, Total Recall 1990, Turkish Delight
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Showgirls (1995)
2. Black Book (2006)
3. The Fourth Man (1983)
4. Elle (2016)
5. Turkish Delight (1973)
6. Basic Instinct (1992)
7. Starship Troopers (1997)
8. Soldier of Orange (1977)
9. Robocop (1987)
10. Spetters (1980)
11. Total Recall (1990)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Flesh+Blood (1985)
18 Saturday Aug 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Sam Taylor, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 305, Uncategorized
Tags
For Heaven's Sake, Girl Shy, Hot Water, My Best Girl, Safety Last, The Freshman 1925, Why Worry?
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
2. My Best Girl (1927)
3. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
(no relation to the 1990 film)
4. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
5. For Heaven’s Sake (1926)
6. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
7. Why Worry? (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
13 Monday Aug 2018
Tags
Forza Bastia (Short Film), Gai dimanche (Short Film), Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Parade, Playtime, School for Postmen (Short Film), Trafic
* * * * (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)
12 Sunday Aug 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, 2020 Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Spike Lee, Sport, Thriller, Top 305, War
Tags
25th Hour, 4 Little Girls, A Huey P. Newton Story, American Utopia, BlacKkKlansman, Da 5 Bloods, Do the Right Thing, Freak, Great Performances (Passing Strange), He Got Game, Jungle Fever, Rodney King, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Do the Right Thing (1989)
2. 25th Hour (2002)
3. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
(Documentary)
4. 4 Little Girls (1997)
(Documentary)
5. American Utopia (2020)
(Concert Film)
6. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
7. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Passing Strange (2009)
(Episode of “Great Performances”)
(Television)
2. Inside Man (2006)
3. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
(Performance Film)
(Cable/Television)
4. Jungle Fever (1991)
5. Rodney King (2017)
(Performance Film)
6. He Got Game (1998)
7. Freak (1998)
(Performance Film)
(Cable/Television)
24 Tuesday Jul 2018
Posted in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Anthology, Biography, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Concert Films, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Italian Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Martin Scorsese, Mexican Cinema, Miniseries, Music, Music Videos, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Short Cinema, Sport, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 304
Tags
A Letter to Elia (Documentary), A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Documentary), After Hours, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Documentary), Boardwalk Empire (Pilot) (Cable/Television), Bringing Out the Dead, Cape Fear 1991, Casino, George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Documentary), Goodfellas, Hugo, It's Not Just You Murray! (Short Cinema), Italianamerican (Documentary), Kundun, Made in Milan (Short Cinema), Mean Streets, Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video), My Voyage to Italy (Documentary), New York New York, New York Stories (Life Lessons) (Anthology Film), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (Documentary), Public Speaking (Documentary), Raging Bull, Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (Music Video), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (Pseudo-Documentary), Shine a Light (Concert Film), Shutter Island, Silence, Taxi Driver, The 50 Year Argument (Documentary), The Age of Innocence, The Audition (Short Cinema), The Big Shave (Short Cinema), The Blues (Feel Like Going Home) (Documentary Series), The Departed, The Irishman, The Key to Reserva (Short Cinema), The King of Comedy, The Last Waltz (Concert Film), The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl (Pilot) (Cable/Television), What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Short Cinema), Who's That Knocking at my Door
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Irishman (2019)
2. The King of Comedy (1982)
3. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
(co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson)
(Documentary)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
(Documentary/Mockumentary)
6. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
(Documentary)
7. Shutter Island (2010)
8. Silence (2016)
9. My Voyage to Italy (1999)
(Documentary)
10. Mean Streets (1973)
11. Raging Bull (1980)
12. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
13. Boardwalk Empire (2010)
13a. Episode: “Pilot”
(Cable/Television)
14. Hugo (2011)
15. Kundun (1997)
16. Casino (1995)
17. The Age of Innocence (1993)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
20. After Hours (1985)
21. The Last Waltz (1978)
(Concert Film)
22. Public Speaking (2010)
(Documentary)
23. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
(Documentary)
24. Vinyl (2016)
24a. Episode: “Pilot”
(Cable/Television)
25. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
26. New York Stories (1989)
26a. Segment: “Life Lessons”
(Anthology Film)
27. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
28. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
(Documentary)
29. Italianamerican (1974)
(Documentary)
30. Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967)
31. New York, New York (1977)
32. Cape Fear (1991)
33. The Departed (2006)
34. The 50 Year Argument (2014)
(co-directed with David Tedeschi)
(Documentary)
35. A Letter to Elia (2010)
(co-directed with Kent Jones)
(Documentary)
36. Shine a Light (2008)
(Concert Film)
37. The Blues (2003)
37a. Episode: “Feel Like Going Home”
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Big Shave (1967)
2. The Key to Reserva (2007)
(I watched it online)
3. It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
4. The Audition (2015)
(I watched it online)
5. What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)
6. Michael Jackson: Bad (1987)
(Music Video)
7. Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1987)
(Music Video)
8. Made in Milan (1990)
(I watched it online)
