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Directors to explore (45 person items)

"Oh do see some Mizoguchi if not already, e.g Sansho the Bailiff (my favourite), Ugetsu Monogatari (a favourite of Scorsese among others). Kurosawa rated him top Japanese master."

Most read authors (38 books items)

"By Marquez, Love in the Time of Cholera is wonderful, I think, and my favourite Murakami is The Wind up Bird Chronicle. Maybe you've read them by now..."

The World's Greatest Female Performances (64 movies items)

"Thank you kindly :)"

101 Great British Buildings (101 beauty items)

"I like it! Added, maybe not the best image but I couldn't find one to do it proper justice."

Best Performances Poll (38 person items)

"Louise Brooks- Pandora's Box Robert de Niro- Raging Bull Tanaka Kinuyo (Kinuyo Tanaka)- The Life of Oharu Emilie Dequenne- Rosetta Naomi Watts- Mulholland Dr Ana Torrent- Spirit of the Beehive Fred As"

Favorite actors of my Listal friends (68 person items)

"Nice friendly idea :)"

Favorite Images of Badgers (30 animals items)

"Yeah, it's awful seeing so many dead badgers on the roads- often killed illegally, not accidents :("

Rainbow Mountains, China (18 places items)

"This is great!"

Kandinsky Paintings (13 art items)

":)"

Kenji's Film Canon (642 movies items)

"Yeah, listal needs more lovers of world cinema! Your presence here is very welcome to me too."

Movies for a decade (1920-1929) (42 movies items)

"Excellent selection :) Just a pity the short La Perle isn't here, but that's a hidden, er, pearl"

Caricatures of Film Directors (16 person items)

"As well as excellent caricatures, an interesting selection of directors :)"

The dawn of cinema (1894 - 1909) (39 movies items)

"Good stuff! My Let There be Light list on mubi was a worthwhile one"

Sweden. Favorite movies. (27 movies items)

"I really must get to see The Great Adventure; it's been on my radar for many years"

The Majestic Cinematography of Vittorio Storaro (19 movies items)

"Marvellous: certainly one of the handful of greatest cinematographers. Mashinovodja is right: often he was a class above the rest of the film or raised it to greatness. Bertolucci hasn't been so good "

Legendary Actresses: Cyd Charisse (23 beauty items)

"Magnificent in one of my favourite films, The Band Wagon, with Fred Astaire (and more briefly in Singin in the Rain)"

Best Female Performances (1900-1929) (18 person items)

"Another: The River (1929): only part of it remains, but in her scenes Mary Duncan is very erotic And Asta Nielsen was an early great"

Top 25 Child Performances (25 movies items)

"How about: Ana Torrent in Spirit of the Beehive (the best), Aida Mohammadkhani in The White Balloon, Victoire Thivisol in Ponette (aged 4), Yella Rottlander in Alice in the Cities, Stephen Archibald i"

Best Female Performances (1900-1929) (18 person items)

"First 34 years of cinema, or 41 years of film. How about Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box, or Janet Gaynor in Street Angel?"

Happy Birthday Kathy!!! (12 music items)

"Hourray for Kathy! Penblywdd hapus."

Leone d'Oro di Venezia (66 movies items)

"To think that in 1954 Romeo + Juliet pipped 2 of the greatest films, Sansho the Bailiff and Seven Samurai (and La Strada and On the Waterfront- I'm les keen on them) too"

Favorite artists (204 art items)

"Fascinating selection"

Welsh wildlife (46 beauty items)

"Glad you like it :) many of these are throughout UK as you know, but worth including anyway, and may be less familiar to some on the site."

Beetles (30 places items)

"The Rainbow Leaf/Snowdon Beetle is very beautiful, maybe worth including"

Cool And Absolutely Extraordinary Elephant Facts (25 beauty items)

"What a great list-maker you are!"

Lists about Brazil (36 list items)

"A lot of lists here I haven't seen. I did this little one: http://www.listal.com/list/brazilain-films"

ॐ Yoga and meditation (21 art items)

"I'm all for meditation but really I should take up yoga: these creaking joints! You may find my little list Old Pond of interest, the original haiku has a peaceful zen feeling to it"