25 Friday Oct 2013
Tags
A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head, Face/Off, Hard Boiled, Mission: Impossible II, Red Cliff, The Killer
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Better Tomorrow/A Better Tomorrow II (1986/1987)
2. The Killer (1989)
3. Bullet in the Head (1990)
4. Hard Boiled (1992)
5. Red Cliff (2008)
6. Face/Off (1997)
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1. Mission: Impossible II (2000)
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Tags
Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Show Boat, The Great Garrick, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House, Waterloo Bridge
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1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. The Old Dark House (1932)
3. The Invisible Man (1933)
4. Frankenstein (1931)
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1. Show Boat (1936)
2. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
3. The Great Garrick (1937)
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, Iranian Cinema, Italian Cinema, Lists, Mystery, Orson Welles, Romance, Spanish Cinema, Special Interest, Thriller, Top 101
Tags
Chimes at Midnight, Citizen Kane, F for Fake, Filming Othello, Macbeth, Mr. Arkadin, Othello, The Immortal Story, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, The Trial, Touch of Evil
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
2. F for Fake (1973)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
5. Touch of Evil (1958)
6. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
7. Othello (1952)
8. The Trial (1962)
9. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
10. Macbeth (1948)
11. The Immortal Story (1968)
12. Filming Othello (1978)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Stranger (1946)
23 Wednesday Oct 2013
Tags
Bluebeard, Detour, People on Sunday, Ruthless, The Black Cat, The Man from Planet X, The Naked Dawn
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Black Cat (1934)
2. Detour (1945)
3. Bluebeard (1944)
4. Ruthless (1948)
5. The Naked Dawn (1955)
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1. The Man from Planet X (1951)
2. People on Sunday (1930) (co-directed with Curt and Robert Siodmak)
19 Saturday Oct 2013
Tags
Charley Varrick, Coogan's Bluff, Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, Private Hell 36, The Beguiled, The Duel at Silver Creek, The Killers 1964, The Lineup, The Shootist, Two Mules for Sister Sara
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1. The Beguiled (1971)
2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
3. The Lineup (1958)
4. Dirty Harry (1971)
5. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
6. Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
7. Charley Varrick (1973)
8. The Killers (1964)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
2. The Shootist (1976)
3. Private Hell 36 (1954)
4. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
18 Friday Oct 2013
Tags
Blaise Pascal, Cartesius, Europa '51, Germany Year Zero, Journey to Italy, Open City, Paisan, Stromboli, The Age of the Medici, The Flowers of St. Francis, The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Journey to Italy (1954)
2. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
3. Germany Year Zero (1948)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Films)
1. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Open City (1945)
2. Stromboli (1950)
3. Paisan (1946)
4. Europa ’51 (1952)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *) (TV Films)
1. Blaise Pascal (1972)
2. The Age of the Medici (1973)
3. Cartesius (1974)
18 Friday Oct 2013
Tags
Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Martin, Monkey Shines, Night of the Living Dead, Survival of the Dead, The Crazies, The Dark Half
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1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
3. Martin (1977)
4. Land of the Dead (2005)
5. Day of the Dead (1985)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Crazies (1973)
2. Monkey Shines (1988)
3. The Dark Half (1993)
4. Diary of the Dead (2007)
5. Survival of the Dead (2009)
17 Thursday Oct 2013
Tags
Autumn Tale, Chloe in the Afternoon, Claire's Knee, La Collectionneuse, Le Rayon vert, My Night at Maud's, Pauline at the Beach
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1. Autumn Tale (1998)
2. Claire’s Knee (1970)
3. My Night at Maud’s (1969)
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1. Chloe in the Afternoon (1972)
2. La Collectionneuse (1967)
3. Le Rayon vert (1986)
4. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
16 Wednesday Oct 2013
Tags
Hiroshima mon amour, Last Year at Marienbad, Melo, Mon Oncle d'Amerique, Muriel, Night and Fog, Private Fears in Public Places, Same Old Song, Wild Grass, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
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1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
2. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
3. Melo (1986)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Documentary Shorts)
1. Night and Fog (1955)
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1. Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
2. Mon Oncle d’Amerique (1980)
3. Muriel (1963)
4. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet (2012)
5. Same Old Song (1997)
6. Wild Grass (2009)
16 Wednesday Oct 2013
Tags
A Day in the Country, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Elena and Her Men, French Cancan, Grand Illusion, La Bete humaine, La Chienne, The Crime of Monsieur Lange, The Golden Coach, The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir, The River, The Rules of the Game, The Southerner
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1. The Rules of the Game (1939)
2. La Chienne (1931)
3. Grand Illusion (1937)
4. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
5. The Southerner (1945)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Films)
1. A Day in the Country (1936)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Films)
1. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970)
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1. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
2. The Golden Coach (1952)
3. The River (1951)
4. French Cancan (1954)
5. La Bete Humaine (1938)
6. Elena and Her Men (1956)
