24 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in 1970's Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Lists, Short Cinema, Thriller, War
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1. Overlord (1975)
2. Little Malcolm (1974)
3. The Disappearance (1977)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. A Test of Violence (1970)
(Documentary Short)
11 Tuesday Sep 2018
Tags
A Better Tomorrow 1986, A Better Tomorrow II, Bullet in the Head, Face/Off, Hard Boiled, Red Cliff, The Killer
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Hard Boiled (1992)
2. The Killer (1989)
3. Bullet in the Head (1990)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
4. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
5. Red Cliff (2008)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Face/Off (1997)
2. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
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
Tags
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
Tags
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
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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
Tags
Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein 1931, Show Boat 1936, The Great Garrick, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House 1932, Waterloo Bridge 1931
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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
Tags
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
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
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
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 🙂
02 Sunday Sep 2018
Posted in 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, American Cinema, Biography, British Cinema, British Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Film Directors, French Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Mystery, Norwegian Cinema, Peter Watkins, Science Fiction, Swedish Cinema, Television, Thriller, Top 306, War
Tags
Culloden (a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden), Edward Munch, La Commune (Paris 1871), Privilege, Punishment Park, The Gladiators, The War Game
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
2. Edward Munch (1974)
3. The War Game (1965)
(British TV Film)
4. Punishment Park (1971)
5. Culloden (1964)
(a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden)
(British TV Film)
6. Privilege (1967)
7. The Gladiators (1969)
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
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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)
