Category Archives: Favourite Film Lists
Les Bernstien’s Favourite Films
Director of Night Train Les Bernstien graciously agreed to writing a list of his favourite films for the blog. For a review of the film and an interview with Les go to noir of the week at: www.noiroftheweek.com/2009/08/night-train-1999-part-2.html Ten best list…with … Continue reading
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Megan Abbott’s Favourite Noir Film List
Megan Abbott, author of Die a Little, The Song is You, Queenpin and Bury Me Deep graciously sent me a list of her all-time favourite noir films, and here they are: 1. In a Lonely Place 2. Kiss Me Deadly 3. … Continue reading
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Steve Erickson’s Favourite Film List
If you haven’t read Steve Erickson’s book ZEROVILLE, and if you are a film lover (must be because you are reading this), then I urge you to grab a copy and read it. It’s the story of a young drifter … Continue reading
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FAVORITE FILMS BY WRITER/DIRECTOR MICHAEL ADDIS
Here’s my top ten (not including my own – which I liked quite a bit, I’ll admit) BOB LE FLAMBEUR – Jean Pierre Melville does a French gangster film based on American gangster films – and it’s amazing. MODERN … Continue reading
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Favorite Documentaries from Director Brian Standing
Director Brian Standing (War is Sell, Pedalphiles), and founder of Prolefeed Studios kindly sent a list of his 12 favorite documentaries. And here they are–along with Brian’s comments on the films: 1. Gap-Toothed Women (Les Blank, 1987) www.lesblank.com/more/gap.html Les Blank is … Continue reading
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Cineaste’s Ten Best Political Films 1967-2007
The Battle of Algiers–Gillo Pontecorvo, 1967 Memories of Underdevelopment–Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1973 The Rise of Louis XIV–Robert Rossellini, 1967 The Sorrow and the Pity–Marcel Ophuls, 1969 The Battle of Chile–Patricio Guzman, 1973-77 Missing–Costas-Gavras, 1982 Man of Marble–Andrzej Wajda, 1979 The … Continue reading
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Catherine Breillat’s Top Film List
In the Realm of the Senses (Oshima) Sawdust and Tinsel (Bergman) Baby Doll (Kazan) Lost Highway (Lynch) Vertigo (Hitchcock) Salo (Pasolini) L’Avventura (Antonioni) Ordet (Dreyer) Lancelot of the Lake (Bresson) Ten (Kiarostami) From Facets Movielovers DVD Guide 9/07 p18
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Top Film List from John Waters
All That Heaven Allows (Sirk) Baby Doll (Kazan) Boom! (Losey) Brink of Life (Bergman) Chelsea Girls (Warhol) 8 1/2 (Fellini) Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Meyer) The Mother and the Whore (Eustache) The Tingler (Castle) The Wizard of Oz (Fleming) From … Continue reading
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Peter Greenaway’s Top Film List
Peter Greenaway is one of my all-time favourite directors. Brilliant and strange, his films by their very nature do not appeal to all. Oh well… anyway, I was delighted to discover this list of Greenaway’s favourite films, and I was … Continue reading
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Pedro Almodovar’s Top Ten Film List
The Night of the Hunter (Laughton 1955) The Rules of the Game (Renoir 1939) All About Eve (Mankiewicz 1950) Leave Her to Heaven (Stahl 1945) North by Northwest (Hitchcock 1959) Out of the Past (Tourneur 1947) Midnight (Leisen 1939) Some … Continue reading
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