Sunday, April 6, 2008

Possible Future Marathons

Possible Future Marathons

Note: I've updated the list by giving star ratings to films I've seen.

Early Oscar Best Pictures (films subject to availability)
Wings (1927)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Cimarron (1931)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Cavalcade (1933)
The Great Ziegfied (1936)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Unseen Oscar Best Pictures
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Going My Way (1944)
The Lost Weekend (1945) ***
Hamlet (1948)
All the King’s Men (1949)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Tom Jones (1963)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The Last Emperor (1987)

EW 100 of Last 25 Marathon Part Four
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Glory (1989)
Far from Heaven (2002)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Moonstruck (1987)

EW 100 of Last 25 Marathon Part Three
The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Swingers (1996)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Back to the Future (1985)
Menace II Society (1993)
Ed Wood (1994)
The Player (1992)
Scarface (1983)

EW 100 of Last 25 Marathon Part Two
The Naked Gun (1988)
Risky Business (1983)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Witness (1985)
Broadcast News (1987)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Office Space (1999)
Blue Velvet (1986) *****

EW 100 of Last 25 Marathon Part One
Die Hard (1988)
Crumb (1994)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Casino Royale (2006)
Rushmore (1998)
A Room with a View (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Wings of Desire (1987)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Dazed and Confused (1993)

Ebert’s Great Movies J-K Mini-Marathon
JFK* (1991)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Killer of Sheep (1977)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Ebert’s Great Movies H-I Mini-Marathon
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
House of Games (1987)
Howard’s End (1992)
Ikiru (1952) ****
In Cold Blood (1967)
Inherit the Wind (1960)

Ebert’s Great Movies G Marathon
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968) *****
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Grand Illusion (1937)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Great Expectations (1946)
Greed (1924)

Ebert’s Great Movies F Mini-Marathon
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Faust (1926)
The Fireman’s Ball (1968)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Forbidden Games (1952)

Ebert’s Great Movies E Mini-Marathon
El Norte (1983)
El Topo (1970)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Ebert’s Great Movies D Marathon
Dark City (1998)
Day for Night (1973)
The Dead (1987)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Diva (1981)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Don’t Look Now (1974)
Dracula (1931)

Ebert’s Great Movies C Mini-Marathon
Cabiria (1914)
Cat People (1942) ****
Children of Paradise (1945)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Conversation (1974)
Cries and Whispers (1972)

Ebert’s Great Movies B Marathon
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Baraka (1992)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Beat the Devil (1954)
Being There (1979)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Red One (1980)
The Blue Kite (1993)
Bob le Flambeur (1955)
Breathless (1960)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1954)

Ebert’s Great Movies #-A Marathon
3 Women (1977)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1939)
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God* (1972)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974)
Alien (1979)
Amarcord (1974)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Atlantic City (1980)
Au, Hazard Balthasar (1966)
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Box Office Blockbusters Marathon
Spider-Man (2002)
Transformers (2007)
Independence Day (1996)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
I Am Legend (2007)
Batman (1989)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Men in Black (1997)
Cars (2006)

Ten Unseen Films from 2004 Marathon
Before Sunset
Vera Drake
The Motorcycle Diaries
Collateral
The Sea Inside
Maria Full of Grace
Born Into Brothels
Super Size Me
Kinsey
House of Flying Daggers

Ten Unseen Films from 2005 Marathon
Syriana
The Squid and the Whale
A History of Violence
Walk the Line
Hustle & Flow
North Country
Cinderella Man
Tsotsi
March of the Penguins
Grizzly Man

Ten Unseen Films from 2006 Marathon
The Last King of Scotland
United 93 *****
Brick *****
Children of Men
Volver
Blood Diamond
Little Children
Borat
Army of Shadows
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Coen Brothers Marathon
Blood Simple (1984)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Barton Fink (1991)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Fargo* (1996)
The Big Lebowski (1998) *****
O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
No Country for Old Men* (2007)

Krzysztof Kieslowski Marathon
The Decalogue (1989) (Note: Contains ten films… one for each of the commandments)
Blue (1993)
White (1994)
Red (1994)


Stars next to films mean that I’ve seen them before. I will rewatch them in order to write reviews.

2 comments:

DB Wiseguy said...

You seem a little mixed up. I wanted you to review The Day of the Jackal from 1973. I think you got it confused with The Jackal from 1997. It might be interesting to watch both, but the one that I want you to watch is the 1973 film.

Brian Dunn said...

My bad... the film has been changed. I'm going to begin the Wiseguy DB marathon right after I finish the J.M./Chazz Marathon. I look forward to it.