* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Camp de Thiaroye (1988)
2. Moolaade (2004)
3. Black Girl (1966)
4. Xala (1975)
5. Mandabi (1968)
6. Faat Kine (2000)
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My Favorite Roberto Rossellini Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Viva l’Italia! (1961)
2. Journey to Italy (1954)
(a.k.a. Voyage to Italy)
3. Germany, Year Zero (1948)
4. The Taking of Power by Louis VIV (1966)
(French TV Film)
5. Stromboli (1950)
6. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
7. Paisan (1946)
8. Rome, Open City (1945)
9. General Della Rovere (1959)
10. Europe ’51 (1952)
(a.k.a. Europa ’51)
11. Escape by Night (1960)
12. The Age of the Medici (1973)
(Italian TV Miniseries)
13. Blaise Pascal (1972)
(French and Italian TV Film)
14. Cartesius (1974)
(French and Italian TV Film)
15. Where Is Freedom? (1954)
16. The Messiah (1975)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
17. Vanina Vanini (1961)
18. Joan of Arc At the Stake (1954)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) (Segment: “Illibatezza”)
(Anthology Film)
My Favorite Francesco Rosi Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Mattei Affair (1972)
(I watched it online)
2. Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
3. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
4. Illustrious Corpses (1976)
(I watched it online)
5. Lucky Luciano (1974)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
6. Hands over the City (1963)
7. Three Brothers (1981)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Moment of Truth (1965)
2. Many Wars Ago (1970)
My Favorite Tony Richardson Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Border (1982)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
2. The Loved One (1965)
3. Tom Jones (1963)
4. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
5. A Taste of Honey (1961)
My Favorite Alain Resnais Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
2. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! (2012)
3. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
4. Melo (1986)
5. Providence (1977)
6. Muriel (1963)
7. Mon Oncle D’Amerique (1980)
8. Wild Grass (2009)
9. Not on the Lips (2003)
10. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
11. Stavisky… (1974)
12. The War Is Over (1966)
13. Je t’aime, Je t’aime (1968)
14. Life of Riley (2014)
15. Same Old Song (1997)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
16. Love Unto Death (1984)
17. Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Night and Fog (1956)
(Documentary Short)
2. Toute la memoire du monde (1957)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)
3. Statues Also Die (1953)
(co-directed with Chris Marker and Ghislain Cloquet)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on youtube)
4. Far from Vietnam (1967)
(Segment: “Claude Ridder”)
(Anthology Documentary)
5. Guernica (1950)
(co-directed with Robert Hessens)
(Documentary Short)
6. Le chant du Styrene (1959)
(Documentary Short)
(I watched it on Vimeo)
P.S. I have not added the documentary short Van Gogh (1948) on here because every version in circulation online (based on my knowledge) is not subtitled in English.
My Favorite Jean Renoir Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Rules of the Game (1939)
2. The Golden Coach (1952)
3. The Woman on the Beach (1947)
4. French Cancan (1954)
5. Grand Illusion (1937)
6. Picnic on the Grass (1959)
(I saw it on an old VHS Tape)
7. La Chienne (1931)
8. La Bête Humaine (1938)
9. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
10. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
11. Toni (1935)
(I watched it on Vimeo)
12. A Day in the Country (1936)
(Short Film)
13. The River (1951)
14. The Southerner (1945)
15. Elena and Her Men (1956)
16. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1969)
(French/German/Italian TV Film)
17. The Elusive Corporal (1962)
18. La Marseillaise (1938)
19. The Lower Depths (1936)
20. The Little Match Girl (1928)
(Short Film)
21. Nana (1926)
22. The Whirlpool of Fate (1925)
23. The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (1959)
(French TV Film)
24. The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
25. On purge bebe (1931)
26. Charleston Parade (1927)
(Short Film)
27. Madame Bovary (1934)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. This Land Is Mine (1943)
2. Swamp Water (1941)
My Favorite Nicholas Ray Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Bigger Than Life (1956)
2. Johnny Guitar (1954)
3. Bitter Victory (1957)
4. They Live by Night (1949)
5. In a Lonely Place (1950)
6. The Lusty Men (1952)
7. Party Girl (1958)
8. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
9. The Savage Innocents (1960)
10. Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
11. We Can’t Go Home Again (1976)
12. On Dangerous Ground (1952)
13. Hot Blood (1956)
14. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
15. Born to Be Bad (1950)
16. Run for Cover (1955)
17. Lightning Over Water (1980)
(co-directed with Wim Wenders)
(Documentary)
My Favorite Gillo Pontecorvo Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
2. Burn! (1969)
3. Kapo (1960)
4. The Wide Blue Road (1957)
My Favorite Sam Peckinpah Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Wild Bunch (1969)
2. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
3. Ride the High Country (1962)
4. Cross of Iron (1977)
5. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
6. Junior Bonner (1972)
7. ABC Stage 67 (1966)
7a. Episode: “Noon Wine”
(Television)
8. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
9. Straw Dogs (1971)
10. Major Dundee (1965)
11. The Getaway (1972)
12. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
13. The Killer Elite (1975)
14. Convoy (1978)
15. Route 66 (1961)
15a. Episode: “Mon Petit Chou”
(Television)
16. The Deadly Companions (1961)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Rifleman – Season 1 (1958-1959)
1a. Episode: “The Marshall” (1958)
1b. Episode: “The Boarding House” (1959)
1c. Episode: “The Money Gun” (1959)
(Television)
2. The Rifleman – Season 2 (1960)
(Episode: “The Baby Sitter”
(Television)
3. The Westerner – Season 1 (1960)
3a. Episode: “Jeff”
3b. Episode: “Brown”
3c. Episode: “The Courting of Libby”
3d. Episode: “Hand on the Gun”
3e. Episode: “The Painting”
(Television)
4. Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre – Season 3 (1959)
4a. Episode: “Trouble at Tres Cruces”
(Television)
5. Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre – Season 4 (1959-1960)
5a. Episode: “Lonesome Road” (1959)
5b. Episode: “Miss Jenny” (1960)
(Television)
My Favorite Pier Paolo Pasolini Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
2. The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
3. Teorema (1968)
4. Mamma Roma (1962)
5. Oedipus Rex (1967)
6. Arabian Nights (1974)
7. Medea (1969)
8. The Decameron (1971)
9. Pigsty (1969)
10. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
11. Accattone (1961)
12. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
13. Love Meetings (1964)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Ro.Go.Pa.G (1963)
(Segment: “La ricotta”)
(Anthology Film)
2. Love and Anger (1969)
(Segment: “The sequence of the paper flower”)
(Anthology Film)
3. The Witches (1967)
(Segment: “The Earth Seen From The Moon”)
(Anthology Film)
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