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FIPF 101 - Extra Recommendations

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A companion list to my main FIPR 101 list - other films that were considered for our in-class screenings, or…

  • A Trip to the Moon
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Man with a Movie Camera
  • Love Me Tonight
  • To Be or Not to Be

FIPR 101 Films - 2024

21 films Edit

Films I selected for my first edition of FIPR 101 (UBC) in 2024

Entries 12-21 are part of a short…

  • Love & Pop
  • The Celebration
  • The Gleaners and I
  • Dancer in the Dark
  • Bamboozled

Digital Cinema

58 films 1K 28 Edit

Movies that use digital sensor-based cameras in actual interesting ways.

Not appearing on this list: DOCUMENTARY NOW, which leverages digital…

  • Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood
  • Where Is My Treasure?
  • Pinkus's Shoe Palace
  • The Merry Jail
  • I Don't Want to Be a Man

How Would Lubitsch Do it - Episode List

61 films 23 1 Edit

A directory of the currently-available episodes of the How Would Lubitsch Do It? podcast.

  • Napoleon
  • Black Narcissus
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • The Double Life of Véronique
  • Amélie

VIFF 'Creating Colour' Lectures - 2024

5 films 13 Edit

I was invited to run a lecture series about colour in cinema as a part of VIFF Centre's grand "TOTAL…

  • 2016: Obama's America
  • America: Imagine the World Without Her
  • Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party
  • Death of a Nation
  • Police State

Our Worst Living Filmmaker, Ranked

7 films 7 Edit

Rankings based on quality of craft, not of hatefulness.

  • Portrait of Jennie
  • This Is Cinerama
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Das Boot

Interesting Surround Sound Mixes

27 films 31 2 Edit

  • To Be or Not to Be
  • The Merry Widow
  • The Shop Around the Corner
  • Trouble in Paradise
  • Cluny Brown

Ernst

41 films 50 1 Edit

A personal ranking of Ernst Lubitsch movies, as featured in HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT.

7/10/2023: This list is complete!

  • Napoleon
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • The Scarlet Empress
  • Young Mr. Lincoln
  • My Darling Clementine

Biopics

33 films 36 10 Edit

Good bios

Need to see:

Ivan the Terrible The Gospel According to St Matthew Mishima Sin & Nancy Jacquot de Nantes…

  • The Merry Widow
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Nashville
  • Stop Making Sense
  • Gimme Shelter

Musicals - Objectively the best

26 films 13 1 Edit

Not a comprehensive list

  • Napoleon
  • The Merry Widow
  • To Be or Not to Be
  • The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
  • The Quiet Man

Movies I Can Watch on Repeat

18 films 7 Edit

  • The Oyster Princess
  • The Wildcat
  • The Last Command
  • Dishonored
  • Minnie the Moocher

Speculative Fan Tinting Candidates!!!

22 films 6 Edit

A list of films which would make good candidates for my fan-tinting hobby. Useful attributes: overt expressionism, numerous intercut locations,…

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