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  The Men written by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, with Marlon Brando in the leading role was the 1951 Nominee for Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, and it is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – if interested, you find many notes on films from this NYT and other lists on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   9 out of 10   The Men comes at the moment when I need it most: it is inspirational, and I hope I emulate Ken aka marvelous Marlon Brando, once considered the best thespian ever, and find the strength to get over this meniscus problem I have encountered today, as I was doing my Monday run of one hour, ten kilometers on the treadmill   Marlon Brando will always be remembered for his contribution to some of the Best Films of All Time, such as On The Waterfront https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-waterfront-screenplay-by-budd.html A S...

  Notes on Films: Note on Scenes From a Marriage directed by Ingmar Bergman

  Mr. & Mrs. Bridge by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is one of New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movie Ever Made – thank God I have seen it the other day, I was beginning to wonder if the list is flawed, or, worse, I am losing the ability to be enthused…if you wish, you could visit the blog and/or YouTube channel where I have thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other pages, and reviews of books from The GOAT and other sites, here is the link https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   10 out of 10   Fantastic motion picture!   Furthermore, it came on the screen at the right time, after The Wrath of Khan https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/01/star-trek-ii-wrath-of-khan-written-by.html and especially The Weekend by Jean Luc Godard, the latter was not really excruciating, but at times there were scenes that inflicted pain They kill a pig with a blow on the head, then cut the throat of a bird, perhaps a goose, all on...

  Miracle on 34 th Street by Valentine Davies is a great story, adapted for the big screen twice, the 1947 version is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies of All Time – if you are interested, you find notes on films from this NYT 1,000 and other sites, reviews on books from The GOAT and other lists on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   Santa Claus vs The Orange Grinch   9 out of 10   I see this as the clash between Santa Claus and The Orange Grinch, only the original Grinch changes and becomes generous, magnanimous, the one we see at work (as in destroying part of the White House, NATO and more) will not get better, we can only try to be optimistic - a rule of happiness from the magnificent:   The How of Happiness https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-how-of-happiness-by-sonja.html by Sonja Lyubomirsky - ‘Happiness Activity No 2: Cultivating Optimism - you ca...

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  Two English Girls by Francois Truffaut is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have a few thousand notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other sites, along with other thousands of reviews of magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other lists on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html you are welcome to subscribe     8 out of 10   This is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made that has delivered somewhat, there have been a few recently that annoyed, instead of enthuse, that was the case for Weekend by Jean Luc Godard, and https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/01/les-dimanches-de-ville-davray-aka.html Dimanches de Ville d’Avray, although the latter was not irritating, just not good enough for this fussy cinephile   I have listened to an audiobook Truffaut/Hitchcock in which the former interviews the latter, revealing what both th...