* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Blue Kite (1993)
2. The Horse Thief (1986)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
3. Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
My Favorite Sam Taylor Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
2. My Best Girl (1927)
3. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
(no relation to the 1990 film)
4. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
5. For Heaven’s Sake (1926)
6. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
7. Why Worry? (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
My Favorite Jacques Tati Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Playtime (1967)
2. Parade (1974)
3. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
4. Jour de Fete (1949)
5. Mon Oncle (1958)
6. Trafic (1971)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)
2. School for Postmen (1947)
3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)
My Favorite Frank Tashlin Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
2. The Alphabet Murders (1965)
3. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)
4. The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)
5. Bachelor Flat (1962)
6. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)
7. Artists and Models (1955)
8. Susan Slept Here (1954)
9. Son of Paleface (1952)
10. The First Time (1952)
11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)
14. It’s Only Money (1962)
15. The Geisha Boy (1958)
16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
17. Cinderfella (1960)
18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)
20. Caprice (1967)
21. Say One for Me (1959)
My Favorite Bela Tarr Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Satantango (1994)
2. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
3. Damnation (1988)
4. The Turin Horse (2011)
5. Almanac of Fall (1985)
6. The Prefab People (1982)
7. The Outsider (1981)
8. Family Nest (1977)
9. The Man from London (2007)
My Favorite Andrei Tarkovsky Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Stalker (1979)
2. Andrei Rublev (1966)
3. The Mirror (1975)
4. Solaris (1972)
5. The Sacrifice (1986)
6. Nostalghia (1983)
7. Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
8. Voyage in Time (1983)
(Documentary)
9. The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)
10. There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
(co-directed with Alexsandr Gordon)
(I watched it on youtube)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. The Killers (1956)
(co-directed with Marika Beiku and Alexsandr Gordon)
My Favorite Quentin Tarantino Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
2. Jackie Brown (1997)
3. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 5 (2004-2005)
4a. Episode 24: Grave Danger (2005)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Django Unchained (2012)
7a. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
7a. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
8. The Hateful Eight (2015)
9. Death Proof (2007)
(released theatrically as part of the 2007 film Grindhouse)
10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
My Favorite Spike Lee Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Do the Right Thing (1989)
2. 25th Hour (2002)
3. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
(Documentary)
4. 4 Little Girls (1997)
(Documentary)
5. American Utopia (2020)
(Concert Film)
6. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
7. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Passing Strange (2009)
(Episode of “Great Performances”)
(Television)
2. Inside Man (2006)
3. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
(Performance Film)
(Cable/Television)
4. Jungle Fever (1991)
5. Rodney King (2017)
(Performance Film)
6. He Got Game (1998)
7. Freak (1998)
(Performance Film)
(Cable/Television)
My Favorite Jan Svankmajer Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
(Live Action/Animation)
2. Little Otik (2000)
(a.k.a. Greedy Guts)
(Live Action/Animation)
3. Faust (1994)
(Live Action/Animation)
4. Alice (1988)
(Live Action/Animation)
5. Lunacy (2005)
(Live Action/Animation)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema) (Animation)
1. Dimensions of Dialogue (1982)
2. Food (1992)
3. Darkness/Light/Darkness (1989)
4. The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
5. Down to the Cellar (1983)
6. The Flat (1968)
7. The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990)
8. Manly Games (1988)
9. The Garden (1968)
10. Punch and Judy (1966)
11. Jabberwocky (1971)
12. Meat Love (1988)
13. The Ossuary (1970)
14. Don Juan (1970)
15. A Game with Stones (1965)
16. The Fall of the House of Usher (1980)
17. Picnic with Weissmann (1968)
18. The Last Trick (1964)
19. Castle of Otranto (1977)
20. A Quiet Week in the House (1969)
21. Flora (1989)
22. Historia Naturae (1967)
23. Et Cetera (1966)
24. Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor (1965)
My Favorite Seijun Suzuki Films
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Branded to Kill (1967)
2. Youth of the Beast (1963)
3. Gate of Flesh (1964)
4. Story of a Prostitute (1965)
5. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
6. Tattooed Life (1965)
7. Zigeunerweisen (1980)
8. Fighting Elegy (1966)
9. Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
10. Underworld Beauty (1958)
11. Yumeji (1991)
12. Kagero-za (1981)
13. Kanto Wanderer (1963)
14. Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
15. Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
16. Princess Raccoon (2005)
17. Pistol Opera (2001)
