"Kraken by Wendy Williams is a very good book on Cuttlefish :)"
"Rembrandt's J'Accuse was very interesting, and gave a new insight into Draughtsman's Contract :)"
"An interesting director. Are you going to add any shorts and documentaries, or just the features?"
"Ah yes, I've added her and a poem, but give me a few of your favourites to choose from too"
"Thanks for including the image from my Lesotho (country twinned with Wales) list, hope you found that interesting"
"It was already a splendid list even before you topped it off nicely with Wales - the icing on a tasty cake!"
"I need to give this proper thought but in the meantime how about The Italian Job (famous cliff-hanging ending), Arigato San (Mr Thank You), Hideko the Bus Conductress, Eureka (Yurika, directed by Aoya"
"The squirrels, rabbits, magpies and pigeons are the most regular visitors"
"Good stuff! My own favourites with her are 3 Women and The Shining"
"I've not read that one but I do love Sherlock Holmes stories. Do you know ACD believed in fairies and was fooled by 2 young girls' photos?"
"The greatest film director of the 1950s was Mizoguchi (quite comfortably, ahead of Hitchcock). An incredible succession of masterpieces till his death in 1956. Kurosawa (among many others) acknowledge"
"Good to see such a great film at #1, and Mizoguchi present (though my own favourite by him is Sansho the Bailiff)"
"Do add Manoel de Oliveira, the great Portuguese director, still making films aged 106"
"A good list, for Japanese and recent stars. Do see more older Japanese classics, e.g the 50s, and from other Asian countries. Iran and India among others have produced many fine films :)"
"The Beano, Tintin, Asterix and Lucky Luke were my faves :) followed by The Dandy. The others I didn't really bother with, but your top line is spot on."
"Very interesting selection, and good to see a few Indian films and a decent geographical spread"
"A great undertaking and pretty well sums up my childhood TV viewing and awareness"
"I do like the Welsh film Eldra which is worth adding, and I would also say the popular Yugoslavian comedy Who's Singing over There? is a must :) Here's my smaller selection here : http://www.listal.c"
"Do see Sansho the Bailiff by Mizoguchi (and other films by him), if not already. Terrence Malick is an admirer, as were Tarkovsky and Kurosawa among others"
"Like Gary Beadle, Nicholas Bailey (an actor I know) was in East Enders"
"A pity he chose a lot of films not up to his talents in his later career"
"Seven Samurai is great, as are many films here, not least by Mizoguchi"
"There have been some interesting avant-garde film-makers from Austria worth considering. this list may be of interest : https://mubi.com/lists/an-austrian-assortment"
":) Here is a much more comprehensive one : https://mubi.com/lists/the-welsh-connection"