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, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, John Huston, Lists, Mystery, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War
Tags
Fat City, Let There Be Light (Documentary), The Asphalt Jungle, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Would Be King, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Wise Blood
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1. Wise Blood (1979)
2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
3. Fat City (1972)
4. Let There Be Light (1946)
(Documentary)
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1. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
2. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
15 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Lists, Science Fiction, Top 314, Val Guest, War
Tags
Quatermass 2 (a.k.a. Enemy from Space), The Day the Earth Caught Fire, The Quatermass Xperiment, Yesterday's Enemy
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1. Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)
2. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
3. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
4. Quatermass 2 (1957)
(a.k.a. Enemy from Space in US and Canada)
P.S. I have not seen 1962 film Jigsaw with Jack Warner (no relation to the studio mogul) and Ronald Lewis.
15 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, Chinese Cinema, Chinese Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Romance, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 307, War, Zhang Yimou
Tags
Coming Home 2014, Curse of the Golden Flower, Happy Times, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Ju Dou, Not One Less, Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Shanghai Triad, The Road Home, The Story of Qiu Ju, To Live
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1. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
2. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
3. Coming Home (2014)
(no relation to the 1978 film)
4. Hero (2002)
5. Ju Dou (1990)
(co-directed with Yang Fengliang)
6. Not One Less (1999)
7. The Road Home (1999)
8. Shanghai Triad (1995)
9. To Live (1994)
10. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
11. Red Sorghum (1988)
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1. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
2. Happy Times (2000)
3. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
11 Tuesday Sep 2018
Tags
A Better Tomorrow 1986, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head, Face/Off, Hard Boiled, Hard Target, Red Cliff, The Killer
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1. The Killer (1989)
2. Bullet in the Head (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
3. Hard Boiled (1992)
4. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
5. Face/Off (1997)
6. Red Cliff (2008)
7. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
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1. Hard Target (1993)
10 Monday Sep 2018
Posted in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Agnes Varda, American Cinema, Anthology, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, German Cinema, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Lists, Music, Romance, Short Cinema, Top 306, War
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7p. cuis. s. de b. ...a saisir, Along the Coast, Black Panthers, Cinevardaphoto, Cleo from 5 to 7, Cleo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes, Daguerreotypes, Diary of a Pregnant Woman, Documenteur, Elsa la rose, Faces Places, Far from Vietnam, Happiness 1965, Jacquot de Nantes, Jane B. for Agnes V., Kung-Fu Master!, La cocotte d'azur, La Pointe Courte, Le lion volatil, Lions Love (and... Lies), Mur murs, One Hundred and One Nights, One Sings the Other Doesn't, Salut les Cubains, The Beaches of Agnes, The Gleaners and I, The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later, The Pleasure of Love in Iran, The so-called Caryatids, The World of Jacques Demy, The Young Girls Turn 25, Ulysse, Uncle Yanco, Vagabond, Women Reply, Ydessa the Bears and etc., You've Got Beautiful Stairs You Know
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1. Faces Places (2017)
(co-directed with JR)
(Documentary)
2. The Gleaners and I (2000)
(Documentary)
3. Vagabond (1985)
4. Daguerreotypes (1976)
(Documentary)
5. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
6. Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
7. The Beaches of Agnes (2008)
(Documentary)
8. Happiness (1965)
(no relation to the 1998 film)
9. Cinevardaphoto (2004)
(Documentary)
10. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(co-directed with Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais)
(Documentary Anthology)
11. Mur murs (1981)
(Documentary)
12. La Pointe Courte (1955)
13. Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988)
14. Documenteur (1981)
15. One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
16. Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
17. The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
(Documentary)
18. The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
(Documentary)
19. The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
(Documentary)
20. One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
21. Lions Love (and… Lies) (1969)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Cleo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes (2005)
2. La cocotte d’azur (1958)
(Documentary Short)
3. Ydessa, the Bears and etc. (2004)
(Documentary Short)
4. Ulysse (1983)
(Documentary Short)
5. Salut les Cubains (1971)
(Documentary Short)
6. Along the Coast (1958)
(Documentary Short)
7. Black Panthers (1968)
(Documentary Short)
8. Uncle Yanco (1967)
(Documentary Short)
9. The So-called Caryatids (1984)
(Documentary Short)
10. Elsa la rose (1966)
(Documentary Short)
11. 7p., cuis., s. de b., …a saisir (1984)
12. Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1962)
13. Women Reply (1975)
(Documentary Short)
14. You’ve Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know (1986)
15. Le lion volatil (2003)
16. The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976)
(Documentary Short)
06 Thursday Sep 2018
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Robert Wise, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western
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Blood on the Moon, Born to Kill, Executive Suite, I Want to Live!, Mademoiselle Fifi, Odds Against Tomorrow, Run Silent Run Deep, 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
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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. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
6. The Body Snatcher (1945)
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1. Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
2. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
3. Born to Kill (1947)
4. Executive Suite (1954)
5. Blood on the Moon (1948)
6. I Want to Live! (1958)
7. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
06 Thursday Sep 2018
Tags
Ace in the Hole, Avanti!, Double Indemnity, Fedora, Kiss Me Stupid, One Two Three, Some Like It Hot, Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, The Fortune Cookie, The Major and the Minor, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Witness for the Prosecution
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1. Avanti! (1972)
2. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
3. Some Like It Hot (1959)
4. Ace in the Hole (1951)
5. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
6. Double Indemnity (1944)
7. Fedora (1978)
8. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
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1. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
2. The Major and the Minor (1942)
3. Stalag 17 (1953)
4. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
5. One, Two, Three (1961)
6. The Apartment (1960)
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in 1930's Cinema, American Cinema, British Filmmakers, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Horror, James Whale, Lists, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Top 306, War
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Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931, Show Boat 1936, The Great Garrick, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House 1932, Waterloo Bridge 1931
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
2. The Old Dark House (1932)
3. Show Boat (1936)
4. The Invisible Man (1933)
5. Frankenstein (1931)
6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
7. The Great Garrick (1937)
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
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A Night Full of Rain, All Screwed Up, Blood Feud, Ciao Professore!, Ferdinando and Carolina, Love & Anarchy, Seven Beauties, Swept Away 1974, The Seduction of Mimi
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1. Seven Beauties (1975)
2. Love & Anarchy (1973)
3. Swept Away (1974)
4. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
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1. Ciao, Professore! (1992)
2. All Screwed Up (1974)
3. Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
4. Blood Feud (1978)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
5. A Night Full of Rain (1978)
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
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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 🙂
