I've started listening to the Filmspotting archive, starting at the very start, and I'm getting to the very first Filmspotting Marathon : Classic Westerns. After taking a look at
all the marathons that have been done on the podcast over the years and seeing how few of those films I've seen, I've decided to marathon all the Filmspotting marathons.
I'll do this at my own rythm (ie not super quickly), and post my review here along with a link to the podcast as I'll probably want to respond to points raised on the show.
Here's the (rather daunting but also exciting) list :
WesternsHigh Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)Per un pugno di dollari / A Fistfull of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964)Winchester '73 (Anthony Mann, 1950)The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)The DukesHorrorDawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon, 1985)Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987)The HaddonfieldsAlfred HitchcockThe 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943)Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972)The MacGuffinsOverlooked AuteursShock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980)Andrey Rublev (Andrei Tarkovski, 1969)Solyaris / Solaris (Andrei Tarkovski, 1972)Tôkyô monogatari / Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953)Ukikusa / Floating Weeds (Yasujirô Ozu, 1959)The AndysMusicalsYankee Doodle Dandy (Michael Curtiz, 1936)Swing Time (George Stevens, 1932)An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli, 1951)West Side Story (Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise, 1961)Les parapluies de Cherbourg / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)The GingersWerner Herzog / Klaus KinskiAguirre, der Zorn Gottes / Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht / Nosferatu the Vampyre (Werner Herzog, 1979)Woyzeck (Werner Herzog, 1979)Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)Cobra Verde (Werner Herzog, 1987)Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski / My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski (Werner Herzog, 1999)My Best FiendsScrewball ComediesThe Thin Man (W.S. van Dyke, 1934)My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936)The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)Adam's Rib (George Cukor, 1949)The AstasDocumentariesDont Look Back (D.A. Pennebaker, 1967)Harlan County, USA (Barbara Kopple, 1976)Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, 1974)Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris, 1978)Vernon, Florida (Errol Morris, 1981)The Times of Harvey Milk (Rob Epstein, 1984)The NanooksAnimationWatership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)Hotaru no haka / Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988)Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988)Kôkaku Kidôtai / Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995)Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi / Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)The HarryhausensSilent MoviesThe Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith, 1915)Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)Bronenosets Potyomkin / Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925)Sunrise : A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927)Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)La passion de Jeanne d'Arc / The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)The ChaneysFilm NoirDouble Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)Gun Crazy (Joseph E. Lewis, 1949)The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston, 1950)Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955)The MarlowesIngmar BergmanSommarnattens leende / Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Berman, 1955)Det sjunde inseglet / The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Berman, 1957)Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Berman, 1957)Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light (Ingmar Berman, 1963)Skammen / Shame (Ingmar Berman, 1968)Fanny och Alexander / Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Berman, 1982)The SvensPedro AlmodovarLa flor de mi secreto / The Flower of My Secret (Pedro Almodovar, 1995)Carne trémula / Live Flesh (Pedro Almodovar, 1997)Todo sobre mi madre / All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, 1999)Hable con ella / Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar, 2002)La mala educacion / The Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar, 2004)The Matadors70's Sci-FiThe Omega Man (Boris Sagal, 1971)The Andromeda Strain (Robert Wise, 1971)Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, 1972)Soylent Green (Richard Fleischer, 1973)Logan's Run (Michael Anderson, 1976)The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, 1976)The Damn Dirty ApesClassic HeistThe Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951)The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)Du rififi chez les hommes / Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1969)Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)The Getaway (Sam Peckinpah, 1972)The StéphanoisAngry Young MenLook Back in Anger (Tony Richardson, 1958)Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, 1960)The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Tony Richardson, 1962)This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson, 1963)Billy Liar (John Schlesinger, 1963)If... (Lindsay Anderson, 1968)The Kitchen SinksNew HollywoodJules et Jim / Jules and Jim (François Truffaut, 1962)Bonnie and Clyde (Arhur Penn, 1967)The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967)Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)The PlasticsAkira KurosawaRashômon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)Kumonosu-jô / Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957)Kakushi-toride no san-akunin / The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)Yôjinbô / Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)Tengoku to jigoku / High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)The RoninsCannes Golden Palm WinnersOtac na sluzbenom putu / When Father Was Away on Business (Emir Kusturica, 1985)Ba wang bie ji / Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, 1993)Ta'm e guilass / Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)La stanza del figlio / The Son's Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)The Bronze FrondsErnst LubitschNinotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)To Be or Not to Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942)The Lubitsch TouchesBilly WilderSunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950)The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945)Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953)The SheldrakesPowell-Pressburger / The ArchersThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943)Black Narcissus (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947)A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946)The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948)Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)The ArchersKrzysztof KieslowskiAmator / Camera Buff (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1979)Krotki film o zabijaniu / A Short Film About Killing (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988)
Krotki film o milosci / A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988)La double vie de Véronique / The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)Trois couleurs : Bleu / Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993)Trois couleurs : Blanc / Three Colors: White (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)Trois couleurs : Rouge / Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)The DecaloguesRobert BressonJournal d'un curé de campagne / Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson, 1951)Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut / A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)Pickpocket (Robert Bresson, 1959)Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)Mouchette (Robert Bresson, 1967)The MartyrsContemporary Iranian CinemaNema-ye Nazdik / Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)Nun va Goldoon / A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)Bacheha-Ye aseman / Children of Heaven (Majid Majidi, 1997)Ayneh / The Mirror (Jafar Panahi, 1998)Chaharshanbe-soori / Fireworks Wednesday (Asghar Farhadi, 2006)Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006)These Are Not AwardsBlaxploitationShaft (Gordon Parks, 1971)Super Fly (Gordon Parks Jr., 1971)Coffy (Jack Hill, 1973)Black Caesar (Larry Cohen, 1973)Cooley High (Michael Schultz, 1975)Ganja & Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)The MayfieldsMarx Bros.Animal Crackers (Victor Heerman, 1930)Monkey Business (Norman Z. McLeod, 1931)Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood & Edmund Goulding, 1935)The GookiesMax OphülsLetter From An Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
La ronde (Max Ophüls, 1950)
Madame de... / Earrings of Madame de... (Max Ophüls, 1953)
Lola Montès (Max Ophüls, 1955)
Korean AuteursBin-jip / 3-Iron (Kim Ki-duk, 2004)
Haebyeonui yeoin / Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006)
Ssa-i-bo-geu-ji-man-gwen-chan-a / I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (Park Chan-wook, 2006)
Chugyeogja/ The Chaser (Na Hong-jin, 2008)
Milyang / Secret Sunshine (Lee Chang-doong, 2007)
Janghwa, Hongryeon / A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Jee-woon, 2003)
Satyajit RayPather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
Aparajito / The Unvanquished (Satyajit Ray, 1956)
Apur Sansar / The World of Apu (Satyajit Ray, 1959)
Jalsaghar / The Music Room (Satyajit Ray, 1958)
Mahanagar / The Big City (Satyajit Ray, 1963)
Charulata / The Lonely Wife (Satyajit Ray, 1964)
Elaine MayA New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)The Heartbreak Kid (Elaine May, 1972)Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)Ishtar (Elaine May, 1987)The Blind CamelsContemporary Nordic CinemaSanger fran andra vaningen / Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)Mies vailla menneisysttä / The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismäki, 2002)Du levande / You, the Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)Haevnen / In a Better World (Susanne Bier, 2010Le Havre (Aki Kaurismäki, 2011)1001 gram / 1001 grams (Bent Hamer, 2014)Hrutar / Rams (Grimur Hakonarson, 2015)The Sad TubasLuis BunuelUn chien andalou (Luis Bunuel, 1929)L'âge d'or (Luis Bunuel, 1930)Robinson Crusoe (Luis Bunuel, 1954)La mort en ce jardin / Death in the Garden (Luis Bunuel, 1956)Le journal d'une femme de chambre / Diary of a Chambermaid (Luis Bunuel, 1964)Tristana (Luis Bunuel, 1970)Cet obscur objet du désir / That Obscure Object of Desire (Luis Bunuel, 1977)The Obscure Objects of DesireAgnès VardaLa Pointe-Courte (Agnès Varda, 1955)Les créatures / The Creatures (Agnès Varda, 1966)L'une chante, l'autre pas / One Sings, The Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, 1977)Sans toit ni loi / Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985)Les glaneurs et la glaneuse / The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)Les plages d'Agnès / The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2008)The CléosNew Argentine CinemaHistorias extraordinarias / Extraordinary Stories (Mariano Llinas, 2008)Castro (Alejo Moguillansky, 2009)
La Ciénaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001)
La mujer sin cabeza / The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
Relatos salvajes / Wild Tales (Damian Szifron, 2014)Vincente MinnelliCabin in the Sky (Vincente Minnelli & Busby Berkeley, 1943)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli, 1952)
The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, 1953)
Lust for Life (George Cukor & Vincente Minnelli, 1956)
Some Came Running (Vincente Minnelli, 1958)
John CassavetesFaces (John Cassavetes, 1968)
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1976)
Opening Night (John Cassavetes, 1977)
Stanley DonenOn the Town (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1949)
Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1957)
Charade (Stanley Donen, 1963)
Two for the Road (Stanley Donen, 1967)
Marlene Dietrich / Josef von SternbergDer blaue Engel / The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)
Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)
The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg, 1934)
Contemporary Chinese CinemaRang zi dan fei / Let the Bullets Fly (Jiang Wen, 2010)
Na yeh ling san, ngoh choh seung liu Wong Gok hoi mong Dai Bou dik hung Van / The Midnight After (Fruit Chan, 2014)
Ming yue ji shi you / Our Time Will Come (Ann Hui, 2017)
Jiang hu er nü / Ash is Purest White (Jia Zhangke, 2018)Bette DavisOf Human Bondage (John Cromwell, 1934)
Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938)
Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding, 1939)
Now, Voyager (Irving Rapper, 1942)
Overlooked Auteurs #2Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943)
At Land (Maya Deren, 1944)
Ritual in Transfigured Time (Maya Deren, 1946)
Sedmikrasky / Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966)
Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
Pasqualino Settebellezze / Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)
Yentl (Barbra Streisand, 1983)
Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991)
40s NoirThe Letter (William Wyler, 1940)
This Gun for Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942)
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)Wong Kar-WaiWong Gok ka moon / As Tears Go By (Wong Kar-Wai, 1988)
Ah Fei jing juen / Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar-Wai, 1990)
Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)Do lok tin si / Fallen Angels (Wong Kar-Wai, 1995)
Chun gwong cha sit / Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)
Fa yeung nin wah / In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004)
I put the (very few) I've already seen in italics, I'll see if I decide to revisit them when I get there.
If I count correctly, that's 176 films... so, I'll be at it for a while.
A look back (and stats) one year into the marathon.