Sunday, March 14, 2010

Movies to Watch (Whenever or However I Can)

I have a pretty expansive backlog of movies I need to watch during my lifetime. I guess the trouble with this is actually finding the time to do so and, of course when it comes to the older local films, procuring copies is the greatest challenge.

 Anyway, I keeping this list here so I don't forget what I have to or want to watch before I expire. Crossed-out items are the ones I've seen.

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PAST RELEASES:

Animation/Puppets/Family
Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas - Jim Henson

The Christmas Toy - Jim Henson
The Great Muppet Caper - Jim Henson
The Cat Returns - Hayao Miyazaki
Nausicaa - Hayao Miyazaki
Fantasia
Wind in the Willows (2007) - Matt Lucas, Bob Hoskins
Wind in the Willows (1996) - (or "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride") The Pythons, Julia Sawalha, Stephen Fry
Blood Tea and Red String - Christine Cegavske


Drama
Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
Tape - Richard Linklater
The Virgin Suicides - Sophia Coppola
Good Morning - Keiji Sada
Eat Drink Man Woman - Ang Lee
The Wedding Banquet - Ang Lee
Like Water for Chocolate - Alfonso Arau
Annie Hall - Woody Allen
Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - Pedro Almodovar
Tampopo
Babette's Feast
Big Night - Stanley Tucci, Minnie Driver
Tokyo Story - Yasujiro Ozu
Floating Weeds - Yasujiro Ozu
Water - Deepa Mehta
Fire - Deepa Mehta
The Hottest State - Ethan Hawke
The Crying Game -Neil Jordan
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Jennifer Connelly
Two for the Road - Audrey Hepburn
Collateral - Tom Cruise, Jamie Fox
Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg
Magnolia - Tom Cruise
Be With You - Nobuhiro Doi
Lolita - Stanley Kubrick
Carrington - Emma Thompson
The Remains of the Day - Emma Thompson
Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring - Ki-Duk Kim
Yi Yi: A One A Two - Edward Yang
La Mala Educacion - Almodovar
Samsara
Mostly Martha -Sandra Nettelbeck
Three Times - Hsiao-hsien Hou
Summer of Sam - Spike Lee
DO the Right Thing - Spike Lee
Jungle Fever - Spike Lee
City of God
Moliere - Laurent Tirard
Avenue Montaigne - Danièle Thompson
The Godfather Trilogy - Francis Ford Coppola
Fucking Amal
Talk to Her (Hable con Ella) - Pedro Almodovar
Coal Miner's Daughter -
Sissy Spacek
Say Anything - John Cusack, Ione Skye, the dad from Frasier
La Dolce Vita- Federico Fellini
The Bicycle Thief -Vittorio di Sica
The Namesake - Kal Penn
Beaches - Bette Midler, Mayim Bialik
Donsol -Sid Lucero, Angel Aquino
Dear Diary - Lea Salonga, Herbert Bautista, Michael de Mesa
Ploning -dir. Dante Nico Garcia, Judy Ann Santos
Saan Darating Ang Umaga? - dir. Maryo J. De Los Reyes, Nestor De Villa, Maricel Soriano, Nida Blanca, Jaypee De Guzman

Kung Mangarap Ka't Gumising - Christopher De Leon, Hilda Koronel
Oro Plata Mata - Peque Gallaga
Karnal - Marilous Diaz Abaya
Mumbaki - Raymart Santiago
Manila by Night - Ishmael Bernal
Maynila Sa Kuko ng Liwanag - Lino Brocka

Musical
Sunday in the Park with George - Mandy Patinkin, Sondheim
Kakabakaba Ka Ba? - Mike De Leon
Lagaan - Rachel Shelley
Singin' in the Rain - Gene Kelly, Debbi Reynolds
Love's Labours Lost -Kenneth Branagh
West Side Story - Natalie Wood
Camp
A Chorus Line
Wizard of Oz - Judy Garland

Comedy
Bottle Rocket - Wes Anderson
Match Point - Woody Allen
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
Manhattan - Woody Allen
Napoleon Dynamite
LA Story - Steve Martin
Two Days in Paris - Julie Delpy
Harold and Maude -Hal Ashby
Tootsie - Dustin Hoffmann
But I'm a Cheerleader! - Natasha Lyonne
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Hugo Weaving
Fever Pitch (US version)
Fever Pitch (UK version)
Peter's Friends - Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie
The Dinner Game
Clue
Picnic - Iwai Shunji
Life is a Long Quiet River -
Étienne Chatiliez
Lovely Rivals
Duck Soup
A Mighty Wind - Christopher Guest
starring the usual assortment of goofs =) (This could be a musical, couldn't it?)
Moonstruck - Cher, Nicholas Cage
This is Spinal Tap -Fran Drescher


Sci-Fi/ Fantasy
10th Kingdom - Kimberley Williams
Delicatessen - Jean Pierre Jeunet
City of Lost Children - Jean Pierre Jeunet
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo Del Toro
Spy Kids - Robert Rodriguez
District 13 -Pierre Morel


Horror/Suspense
The Innocents - Deborah Kerr
Itim - Mike De Leon
Army of Darkness - Sam Raimi
The Host - Joon Ho Bong
Siquijor : Mystic Island - Sid Lucero


Action/War
Volcano High (Korean v)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon



Experimental
The Heart of the World
The World Sinks Except Japan- Minoru Kawasaki
Taste of Tea
The Science of Sleep
Funky Forest: First Contact - Ishii Katsuhito, Ishimine Hajime, Miki Shun'ichiro
Un Chien Andalou

Documentary
Supersize Me - Morgan Spurlock
Southern Comfort
The Cats of Mirikitani
Into Great Silence
Living Dolls
Long Way Round - Ewan Macgregor
Wigstock - RuPaul
The Dark Side of Porn
The Human Footprint - David Tennant
Slacker - Richard Linklater
Jesus Camp
Walking with Dinosaurs (documentary series)
The Cruise - Speed Levitch, Bennett Miller
Moolaade

Suspense/Noir
Brick- Joseph Gordon Levitt
Chinatown
Recent - near Future/ Coming Releases:
Knocked Up - Judd Apatow

Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck
30 Days of Night - Josh Hartnett, Ben Foster
The Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson
Into the Wild - Sean Penn
Horton Hears a Who
Be Kind, Rewind - Michel Gondry
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Judd Apatow

Superbad - Judd Apatow
Where the Wild Things Are -- Spike Jonze

Kung Fu Panda
Cassandra's Dream - Woody Allen
Sweeney Todd - Tim Burton
The Martian Child - John Cusack, Amanda Peet
The Tale of Desperaux
The Spirit - Frank Miller, Will Eisner (writer)
Watchmen - Alan Moore (writer)
Grace is Gone - John Cusack
The Dark Knight

Juno - Ellen Page, Michael Cera
Lars and the Real Girl - Ryan Gosling
How to Train Your Dragon
Shrek 3D
Brendan and the Secret of Kells
The Red Shoes - Marvin Agustin, Nikki Gil
Emir
The Road