* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Heaven’s Gate (1980)
2. The Deer Hunter (1978)
3. Year of the Dragon (1985)
4. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
5. The Sicilian (1987)
Thriller
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 Claude Chabrol Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Le Ceremonie (1995)
2. Le Boucher (1970)
3. The Bridesmaid (2004)
4. The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
5. This Man Must Die (1969)
6. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
7. The Breach (1970)
8. Les Biches (1968)
9. Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
10. Bellamy (2009)
11. L’Enfer (1994)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Story of Women (1988)
2. Merci pour le Chocolat (2000)
3. Comedy of Power (2006)
4. The Color of Lies (1999)
5. Madame Bovary (1991)
6. Betty (1992)
7. A Girl Cut in Two (2007)
8. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
9. Les Cousins (1959)
10. Le Beau Serge (1958)
My Favorite John Cassavetes Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Love Streams (1984)
2. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
3. Faces (1968)
4. Shadows (1959)
5. Husbands (1970)
6. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
7. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
8. Opening Night (1977)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Gloria (1980)
2. Too Late Blues (1961)
3. A Child Is Waiting (1963)
My Favorite John Carpenter Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Thing (1982)
2. Halloween (1978)
3. They Live (1988)
4. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
5. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
6. Escape from New York (1981)
7. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
8. The Fog (1980)
9. Prince of Darkness (1987)
10. Masters of Horror – Season 1 (2005)
10a. Episode 8: Cigarette Burns (2005)
(Cable/Television)
11. Starman (1984)
12. Someone’s Watching Me! (1978)
(Television)
13. Vampires (1998)
14. Body Bags (1993)
14a. Segment: The Gas Station (1993)
14b. Segment: Hair (1993)
(Anthology)
(Cable/Television)
15. Dark Star (1974)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Escape from L.A. (1996)
My Favorite Marcel Carne Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Children of Paradise (1945)
2. Le Jour Se Leve (1939)
3. Port of Shadows (1938)
4. Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
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 Bong Joon-ho Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Parasite (2019)
2. The Host (2006)
3. Snowpiercer (2013)
4. Okja (2017)
5. Mother (2009)
(No relation to the 2017 film)
6. Memories of Murder (2003)
My Favorite Peter Bogdanovich Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Saint Jack (1979)
2. Texasville (1990)
3. They All Laughed (1981)
4. Targets (1968)
5. The Cat’s Meow (2001)
6. The Last Picture Show (1971)
7. Paper Moon (1973)
8. What’s Up Doc? (1972)
9. Nickelodeon (1976)
10. Daisy Miller (1974)
11. At Long Last Love (1975)
12. The Sopranos – Season 5 (2004)
12a. Episode 6: Sentimental Education (2004)
(Cable/Television)
13. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream (2007)
(Documentary)
14. Directed by John Ford (1971/2006)
(Documentary)
15. The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
(Documentary)
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)
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