Past Filmspotting Marathons

If you've never listened to the Filmspotting Podcast, you really should check them out at http://www.filmspotting.net/. One of the best elements of Filmspotting is the marathons. The guys choose a genre or a director and list a handful of films that they've either never seen or want to revisit. I began listening around a year ago, and since the podcast is in its third year, I've been trying to catch up on the old marathons while keeping up with their present marathons. The following lists all of their marathons so far (except for their horror marathon which I won't even attempt at this point--UPDATE: All right folks, I'm going to give the horror marathon a shot!). I will post star ratings next to all of the films that I've seen. Movies that I've reviewed on my blog have been hyperlinked.

After Hours- Films Chosen by Filmspotting Listeners
1. The Haunting (1963) ***1/2
2. Scoop (2006) **
3. Brief Encounter (1946) *****
4. Battle Royale (2001)
5. Le Samourai (1967) *****
6. Crossing Delancey (1988)
7. Stray Dog (1949)
8. Colossus: The Forbidden Project (1970)
9. Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997) **1/2
10. Our Man Flint (1966) ***
11. Wait Until Dark (1967)
12. Ace in the Hole (1951)
13. Elf (2003)
14. The Bishop's Wife (1947)

Marathon #1- Westerns
1. High Noon (1952) *****
2. The Searchers (1956) ****
3. Stagecoach (1939) *****
4. My Darling Clementine (1946)
5. Rio Bravo (1959) ****1/2
6. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) ***1/2
7. Winchester 73 (1950)
8. The Wild Bunch (1969) ***1/2

Marathon #2- Horror
1. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
3. Suspiria (1977)
4. Halloween (1978)
5. Re-Animator (1985)
6. Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Marathon #3- Hitchcock
1. The 39 Steps (1935) ****
2. Notorious (1946) *****
3. Rebecca (1940) *****
4. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) ****
5. Strangers on a Train (1951) ***1/2
6. Vertigo (1958) ***1/2
7. Frenzy (1972)

Marathon #4- Overlooked Auteurs
1. Shock Corridor (1963)
2. The Big Red One (1980)
3. Andrej Rubiev (1969)
4. Solaris (1972)
5. Tokyo Story (1953)
6. Floating Weeds (1959) *****

Marathon #5- Musicals
1. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1936) *****
2. Swing Time (1932) ****1/2
3. An American in Paris (1951) **
4. West Side Story (1961) *****
5. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) ****1/2
6. Cabaret (1972) *****

Marathon #6- Herzog/Kinski
1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) ****
2. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) ***1/2
3. Woyzeck (1979) ****
4. Fitzcarraldo (1982) ****1/2
5. Cobra Verde (1987) ***1/2
6. My Best Fiend (1999)

Marathon #7- Screwball Comedies
1. The Thin Man (1934) *****
2. My Man Godfrey (1936) ****
3. The Awful Truth (1937)
4. Bringing Up Baby (1938) ****1/2
5. Sullivan's Travels (1941) *****
6. The Lady Eve (1941) ****
7. Adam's Rib (1949) ****

Marathon #8- Documentaries
1. Don't Look Back (1967)
2. Harlan County, USA (1976)
3. Hearts and Minds (1974)
4. Gates of Heaven (1978)
5. Vernon, Florida (1981)
6. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) *****

Marathon #9- Animation
1. Watership Down (1978) *1/2
2. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) *****
3. Akira (1988) ***1/2
4. Ghost in the Shell (1995) **1/2
5. Spirited Away (2001) *****
6. The Iron Giant (1999) ***

Marathon #10- Silent Films
1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) *
2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) *****
3. Battleship Potemkin (1925) *****
4. Sunrise (1927) *****
5. Metropolis (1927)
6. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) *****

Marathon #11- Film Noir
1. Double Indemnity (1944) *****
2. The Killers (1946) ***1/2
3. Out of the Past (1947)
4. Gun Crazy (1949)
5. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
6. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) ***1/2

Marathon #12- Bergman
1. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) ***1/2
2. The Seventh Seal (1957) *****
3. Wild Strawberries (1957) ****
4. Winter Light (1963) **1/2
5. Shame (1968) *****
6. Fanny and Alexander (1982) *****

Marathon #13- Almodovar
1. The Flower of My Secret (1996) ****
2. Live Flesh (1997) ***1/2
3. All About My Mother (1999) ****1/2
4. Talk to Her (2002) ***
5. Bad Education (2004) **

Marathon #14- 70s Sci-Fi
1. The Omega Man (1971) **1/2
2. The Andromeda Strain (1971) ****
3. Silent Running (1972) No Stars
4. Soylent Green (1973) ****
5. Logan's Run (1976) ****
6. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) **

Marathon #15- Classic Heist
1. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) ****1/2
2. The Killing (1956) **1/2
3. Rififi (1955) *****
4. The Italian Job (1969) **1/2
5. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) ****1/2
6. The Getaway (1972) ****
My addition- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) ***

Marathon #16- Angry Young Men
1. Look Back in Anger (1958) ****1/2
2. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) **1/2
3. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) ****
4. This Sporting Life (1963) ***
5. Billy Liar (1963) ****1/2
6. If... (1968) ***1/2

Marathon #17- The New Hollywood
1. Jules and Jim (1962) ****1/2
2. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) *****
3. The Graduate (1967) *****
4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) ****
5. In the Heat of the Night (1967) ****
6. Easy Rider (1969) ****
7. Midnight Cowboy (1969) *****
8. The Long Goodbye (1973) ****1/2
9. Mean Streets (1973) ****1/2
10. Badlands (1973) *****
My addition- Deliverance (1972) ****

Marathon #18- Kurosawa
1. Rashomon (1950) *****
2. Ikiru (1953) ****
3. Throne of Blood (1957) *****
4. The Hidden Fortress (1958) ***1/2
5. Yojimbo (1961) ***1/2
6. High and Low (1963) ***
My addition- The Seven Samurai (1954) *****
My addition- Ran (1985) *****

Marathon #19- Cannes Winners
1. When Father Was Away on Business (1985) ***
2. Farewell My Concubine (1993) ****
3. Taste of Cherry (1997) ****1/2
4. Dancer in the Dark (2000) **1/2
5. The Son's Room (2001) ***
My addition- Elephant (2003) ****1/2
My addition- Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) ****1/2
My addition- L'Enfant (2006) ****1/2

Marathon #20- Ernst Lubitsch
1. Trouble in Paradise (1932) *****
2. Ninotchka (1939) ***1/2
3. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) ***
4. To Be or Not to Be (1942) ****
My addition- Heaven Can Wait (1943) ****

Marathon #21- Billy Wilder
1. The Lost Weekend (1945) ***
2. Sunset Blvd. (1950) *****
3. Some Like It Hot (1959) *****
4. The Apartment (1960) *****
5. Stalag 17 (1953) ****1/2

My Additions to Filmspotting's Wilder & Powell/Pressburger Marathon
1. Sabrina (1954) ***
2. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) ****
3. Irma la Douce (1963) ***1/2
4. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) ****1/2
5. A Canterbury Tale (1949) *****

Marathon #22- Powell/Pressburger
1. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) *****
2. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) ****1/2
3. Black Narcissus (1947) ****
4. The Red Shoes (1948) ****1/2
5. Peeping Tom (1960) ****1/2

Marathon #23- Kieslowski
1. Camera Buff (1979) ****1/2
2. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
3. A Short Film About Love (1988)
4. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
5. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
6. Three Colors: White (1994)
7. Three Colors: Red (1994)