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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

90: To Sleep with Anger 91: A Brighter Summer Day 92: The Long Day Closes 93: The Puppetmaster 94: Satantango 95: When It Rains 96: Irma Vep 97: A Taste of Cherry 98: Inquietude 99: The Wind Will Carry Us bsky.app/profile/john...

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What is your number one favorite film of each year of the 1990's?

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I hear ya 🙂 There was a time when I thought that REPULSION was the granddaddy of psychological horror 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yep and THE TINGLER came out 4 years after DIABOLIQUE 😉🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Did you see PSYCHO, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE and REPULSION among others prior to watching DIABOLIQUE? 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

While films after that contained twists, they did not actually mess with viewers heads to the point of rethinking everything they just saw until Henri-Georges Clouzot's DIABOLIQUE in 1955 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You got that right Joseph 🙂 DR. CALIGARI may also be the first film to feature a twist ending (i.e. DIABOLIQUE). Ironically, the twist ending was reportedly forced upon by the studio 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It may also quite possibly the earliest official horror film - notice I said official cause there may have been elements of what we now call horror in other films prior to this particular one 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Rushmore is truly one of Wes Anderson’s many great films 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am going to kick it off with THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

80: Berlin Alexanderplatz 81: Lola 82: Passion 83: L'Argent 84: Love Streams 85: Vagabond 86: The Singing Detective 87: Yeelen 88: A Short Film About Killing/A Short Film About Love 89: The Decalogue bsky.app/profile/john...

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What is your number one favorite film of each year of the 1980's?

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

70: Wanda 71: Out 1 72: Aguirre, the Wrath of God 73: F for Fake 74: Celine and Julie Go Boating 75: Jeanne Dielman 76: Kings of the Road 77: Providence 78: Days of Heaven 79: Stalker bsky.app/profile/john...

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What is your number one favorite film of each year of the 1970's?

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

60: L'Avventura 61: Last Year at Marienbad 62: L'Eclisse 63: 8 1/2 64: Gertrud 65: Chimes at Midnight 66: Au hasard Balthazar 67: Playtime 68: 2001: A Space Odyssey 69: Army of Shadows bsky.app/profile/john...

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What is your number one favorite film of each year of the 1960's?

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I read that De Palma got advice from fellow New Hollywood friend George Lucas on how to craft a spectacular high concept action sequences 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In some ways, the very good REDACTED is a bold film that is close to perfection, but not quite. Though it is quite a bold film, the acting in that is admittedly mediocre and could have been more natural. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is another very good one with stellar action sequences 🙂 Continued

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

MISSION TO MARS was good, THE BLACK DAHLIA was too compromised (it was originally 3 hours and slightly over, which was a version that James Ellroy approved of) 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

As much as I love SCARFACE, I do agree with you that it is not a top 5 De Palma films 🙂 I rank Howard Hawks 1932 original way higher 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

* * * 1/2 (out of * * * *) 1. Passion (2012) 2. Obsession (1976) 3. Greetings (1968) 4. Snake Eyes (1998) 5. Redacted (2007) 6. Mission: Impossible (1996)

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

* * * * (out of * * * *) 11. Body Double (1984) 12. Casualties of War (1989) 13. Raising Cain (1992) 14. The Untouchables (1987) Continued

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

* * * * (out of * * * *) 6. The Fury (1978) 7. Hi, Mom! (1970) 8. Phantom of the Paradise (1974) 9. Sisters (1972) 10. Scarface (1983) Continued

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

* * * * (out of * * * *) 1. Blow Out (1981) 2. Femme Fatale (2002) 3. Carrie (1976) 4. Carlito's Way (1993) 5. Dressed to Kill (1980) Continued

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A very Happy 86th Birthday to director Brian De Palma 🙂 To celebrate, below are all my favorite films from him Continued

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Joseph Aisenberg @josephaisenberg13.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As it’s Brian De Palma’s birthday check out my four part monograph on his first Hitchcockian funktacular! It’s fun, funny, profound, and Free! If you like that check out my ongoing serial Henry Vs The World and subscribe, like and restock! josephaisenberg.substack.com/p/sisters-un...

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why thank you for the kind word Milan 🙂 A KING IN NEW YORK perfectly satirizes 1950's America and ORDET is truly poetic stuff 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Awesome, what city is that hotel in? 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Biggest irony is that Stalin loved PART I 🙂 Then again, PART II was much darker by comparison 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I know 🙂 Since I chose PART I for 1944, I decided I should have PART II as the second choice 🙂 Technically, PART II should have been a 1946 film, but Josef Stalin was incensed by PART II that he banned it much to Eisenstein’s dismay.

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gotcha 🙂 I read somewhere that IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II should have came out a decade earlier in 1946, but Josef Stalin banned it causing Sergei Eisenstein much grief.

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Once again, VERTIGO still is 🙂 IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II is my second favorite, which I see as belonging to IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART I from 1944. I hope this helps 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II is my second favorite of 1958 Joseph 🙂 Make no mistake, VERTIGO will forever be my number one 🙂 As for why I included IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II has to do with the fact that I see it as belonging to 1944's IVAN THE TERRIBLE and PART II did not see the light of day til 58 🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

VERTIGO still is my number one favorite film of all time - do not forget I am talking about number one favorite of each year. IVAN THE TERRIBLE PART II is my second favorite film of 1958 🙂 I made this decision because I see Part II as part of Part I of 1944's IVAN THE TERRIBLE - I hope that helps?🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

50: Stars in My Crown 51: Pandora and the Flying Dutchman 52: Limelight 53: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 54: Journey to Italy 55: Ordet 56: A Man Escaped 57: A King in New York 58: Vertigo and Ivan the Terrible Part II 59: Fritz Lang's Indian Epic bsky.app/profile/john...

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What is your number one favorite film of each year of the 1950's?

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Paula @totallypaula.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A film full of style and performances. ❣️

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Adam Mizner @adammizner.com · 23/08/2026

An absolute classic film! 🍿

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Be Kind Rewind📼🍿💿🎥🍭🥤 @flickfiend.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Recently watched for the 1st time, loved it, first watch experiences are getting rarer. 💀

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Milan, I just got your tweet and I want to sincerely apologize for crediting for the wrong person for the article. I replied back to it crediting you instead. There is no excuse for me getting that wrong. For some odd reason, I thought MIkeZ was the only one writing about film on there." 😉🙂

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Also Milan, just so you do not get confused, I deleted my original apology to you on X because of your reply saying that you hardly go there anymore, but the apology I left you on here is the one I said, it was Continued

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thank you so much 🙂 You are spot on about everything you wrote 🙂 And yes, the humor stands out too as you so eloquently state 🙂 Also, who could forget the ironic use of Ella Fitzgerald's Hark the Herald Angels Sing? 😆😉🙂

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy 87th birthday, actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer Lily Tomlin. 🎂 #FilmSky

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John Charet @johncharet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Milan, I just got your tweet and I want to sincerely apologize for crediting for the wrong person for the article. I replied back to it crediting you instead. There is no excuse for me getting that wrong. For some odd reason, I thought MIkeZ was the only one writing about film on there.

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