* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Great Silence (1968)
(a.k.a The Big Silence)
2. Django (1966)
3. Companeros (1970)
4. The Mercenary (1968)
5. The Hellbenders (1967)
6. Sonny and Jed (1972)
(I watched it online)
7. The Specialists (1969)
Western
My Favorite Joel and Ethan Coen Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Miller’s Crossing (1990)
2. No Country for Old Men (2007)
3. Raising Arizona (1987)
4. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
5. Fargo (1996)
6. Barton Fink (1991)
7. The Big Lebowski (1998)
8. A Serious Man (2009)
9. True Grit (2010)
10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
(Anthology Film)
11. Hail, Caesar! (2016)
12. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
13. Burn After Reading (2008)
14. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
15. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
16. Blood Simple (1984)
My Favorite Michael Cimino Films
* * * * (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)
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 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)
My Favorite Robert Altman Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Nashville (1975)
2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
3. Short Cuts (1993)
4. The Long Goodbye (1973)
5. Tanner ’88 (1988)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)
6. 3 Women (1977)
7. Great Performances (1996)
7a. Episode: “Robert Altman’s Jazz ’34”
(Documentary)
(Television)
8. The Player (1992)
9. Secret Honor (1984)
10. California Split (1974)
11. Streamers (1983)
12. Gosford Park (2001)
13. Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
14. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
15. Tanner on Tanner (2004)
(Miniseries)
(Cable/Television)
16. The Company (2003)
17. Vincent & Theo (1990)
18. A Wedding (1978)
19. Images (1972)
20. Brewster McCloud (1970)
21. MASH (1970)
22. That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
23. Kansas City (1996)
24. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
25. Thieves Like Us (1974)
26. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
27. Gun (1997)
27a. Episode: “All the President’s Women”
(Television)
28. Fool for Love (1985)
29. The Gingerbread Man (1998)
30. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1988)
(Television)
31. Health (1980)
(I watched it online)
32. A Perfect Couple (1979)
33. Ready to Wear (1994)
(a.k.a. Pret-a-Porter)
34. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
35. O.C. & Stiggs (1985)
(theatrically released in 1987)
36. Beyond Therapy (1987)
37. Popeye (1980)
38. Quintet (1979)
39. Countdown (1968)
40. Basements (1987)
40a. “The Dumb Waiter”
40b. “The Room”
(Cable/Television)
(I watched the former on an old VHS tape and the latter online)
41. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
(Television)
(I watched it online)
42. The Delinquents (1957)
43. The James Dean Story (1957)
(Co-directed with George W. George)
(Documentary)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Aria (1987)
(Segment: “Les Boreades”)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (TV Episodes)
1. Combat (1962-1967)
(Episodes from 1962: “Forgotten Front”, “Rear Echelon Commandos”, “Any Second Now”, “Escape to Nowhere”, “Cat and Mouse”, “I Swear by Apollo” and “The Prisoner”)
(Episodes from 1963: “The Volunteer”, “Off Limits” and “Survival”)
2. The Gallant Men (1962-1963)
(Pilot Episode from 1962: “Battle Zone”)
3. Route 66 (1960-1964)
(Episode from 1961: “Some of the People, Some of the Time”)
4. Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
(Episode from 1961: “The Murder Bond”)
5. Lawman (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1961: “The Robbery”)
6. Bonanza (1959-1973)
(Episodes from 1960: “Silent Thunder”)
(Episodes from 1961: “Bank Run”, “The Duke”, “The Rival”, “The Secret”, “The Dream Riders”, “Sam Hill” and “The Many Faces of Gideon Finch”)
7. Maverick (1957-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “Bolt from the Blue”)
8. Bronco (1958-1962)
(Episode from 1960: “The Mustangers”)
9. Sugarfoot (1957-1961)
(Episode from 1959: “Apollo with a Gun”)
(Episode from 1960: “The Highbinder”)
10. M Squad (1957-1960)
(Episode from 1958: “Lover’s Lane Killing”)
11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965)
(Episode from 1957: “The Young One”)
(Episode from 1958: “Together”)
My Favorite Robert Aldrich Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
3. Ulzana’s Raid (1972)
4. Autumn Leaves (1956)
5. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
6. Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
7. The Big Knife (1955)
8. The Killing of Sister George (1968)
9. Attack (1956)
10. Vera Cruz (1954)
11. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
12. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
13. Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
14. Hustle (1975)
15. The Longest Yard (1974)
16. The Grissom Gang (1971)
17. Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
18. Too Late the Hero (1970)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
2. …All the Marbles (1981)
(sometimes known as “The California Dolls”)
My Favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films (Revised and Updated)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Querelle (1982)
2. Fox and His Friends (1975)
3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
4. In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
5. Veronika Voss (1982)
6. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
7. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
(Mini-Series)
8. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
9. I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
(TV Film)
10. Whity (1971)
11. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
12. The American Soldier (1970)
13. Gods of the Plague (1970)
14. World on a Wire (1973)
(TV Film)
15. Katzelmacher (1969)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
2. The Third Generation (1979)
3. Lola (1981)
My Favorite Andre De Toth Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Day of the Outlaw (1959)
2. Crime Wave (1954)
3. House of Wax (1953)
4. Pitfall (1948)
5. Ramrod (1947)
6. Dark Waters (1944)
7. Man in the Saddle (1951)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Carson City (1952)
2. Springfield Rifle (1952)
My Favorite George Stevens Films (New)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Place in the Sun (1951)
2. Shane (1953)
3. Giant (1956)
4. Alice Adams (1935)
5. Annie Oakley (1935)
6. I Remember Mama (1948)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Talk of the Town (1942)
2. Vivacious Lady (1938)
3. A Damsel in Distress (1937)
4. Woman of the Year (1942)
5. The More the Merrier (1943)
6. Swing Time (1936)
7. Gunga Din (1939)
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