Wednesday 22 May 2019

100 Must-See Films at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 - Part I (51-100)



Fellow cinephiles,

This is an illustrated list (mostly with posters, when available) of the 100 films you must watch in Bologna during Il Cinema Ritrovato XXXIII. That would be possible, of course, if a day had 48 hours and a week, 10 days. Plus, if we were running this show for a full month instead of the usual 8 days. Needless to say, any number of these seen, you'll have some essential images to live with for the rest of the year.

Ehsan Khoshbakht





SETTING THE MOOD FOR ICR 2019

100. Le Grand Méliès (Georges Franju, 1952)
99. Two films (in 16mm) by Maria Lassnig

98. De quelques évènements sans signification (Mostafa Derkaoui, 1974) 

97. Arabesques on a Pirosmani Theme (Sergei Parajanov, 1985)


LOVE IN ITALY

96. Au dela des grilles (René Clément, 1949)
95. Street Angel (Frank Borzage, 1928)



THE SCREEN COUPLES WHO WILL ROCK YOUR SOUL

94. Struggle in the Valley (Youssef Chahine, 1954) | Faten Hamama/Omar Sharif
93. Indiscreet (Stanley Donen, 1958) | Ingrid Bergman/Cary Grant
92. Destry Rides Again (George Marshall, 1939) | Marlene Dietrich/James Stewart


ALTERNATIVE COWBOYS

91. The Bravados (Henry King, 1958)
90. Le retour d'un aventurier (Moustapha Alassane, 1966)


IN CASE YOU CARE ABOUT DURATION

89. CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, 2018) | This documentary is 7 hours long
88. Een avontuurtje in 't luchtruim (Alex Benno, 1919) | This film is two minutes long


GO EAST

87. Kaliya Mardan (Phalke Dhundiraj Govind, 1919)
86. Der große Mandarin (Karl-Heinz Stroux, 1949)



FOX DOUBLE BILL

85. Hello, Sister! (Erich von Stroheim, Edwin Burke, Alfred Werker, 1933)
84. Surrender (William K. Howard, 1931)


TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL STILLS

83. Ouaga, capitale du cinéma (Mohamed Challouf, 2000)
82. Praesidenten (Carl Th. Dreyer, 1919)



STILLER DOUBLE BILL

81. Sången om den eldröda blomman (Mauritz Stiller, 1919)
80. Herr Arnes pengar (Mauritz Stiller, 1916)


WHAT LAND MEANS

79. Al-Ard (Youssef Chahine, 1969)
78. The Winning of Barbara Worth (Henry King, 1926)


SETTING THE SCORES, POST-COLONIAL STYLE

77. Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din (Youssef Chahine, 1963)
76. Les Bicots-Nègres vos voisins (Med Hondo, 1974)


EDUARDO ON MARRIAGE

75. Ragazze da marito (Eduardo De Filippo, 1952)
74. Marito e moglie (Eduardo De Filippo, 1952)


IN MEMORY OF PIERRE RISSIENT

73. Seong Chun-hyang (Shin Sang-ok, 1961)


GENDER STUDIES WITH FUN

72. The Warrior’s Husband (Walter Lang, 1933)
71. L'ape regina (Marco Ferreri, 1963)

CRIME AND SOMETIMES PUNISHMENT

70. Les Chacals (André Hugon, 1917)
69. The Man Who Cheated Himself (Felix E. Feist, 1950)



TWO GERMAN MASTERS

68. In jenen Tagen (Helmut Käutner, 1947)
67. Du haut en bas (Georg W. Pabst, 1933)



NOT EASY TO SEE ON FILM THESE DAYS

66. Tomorrow Is Another Day (Felix E. Feist, 1951)
65. Angae (Soo-yong Kim, 1967)


CAMPY AND SERIOUSLY TANNED
64. Aida (Clemente Fracassi, 1953)



A FAR OUT CINEMA

63. El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970)
62. Judex (Georges Franju, 1963)
61. Spring Night, Summer Night (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967)

60. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (Felix E. Feist, 1947)
59. The Haunted House (Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline, 1921)
58. The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman, 1964)
57. Evil of Dracula (Martha Colburn, 1997)

FEMINISTS BEFORE FEMINISM

56. Back to God’s Country (David Hartford, 1919)
55. Becky Sharp (Rouben Mamoulian, 1935)
54. She Goes to War (Henry King, 1929)


DON'T LEAVE BOLOGNA WITHOUT SEEING THESE

53. Order na aresht (Heorhii Tasin, 1926)
52. Baaara (Souleymane Cissé, 1978)
51. 3 Bad Men (John Ford, 1926)

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