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The Thin Blue Line written and directed by Errol Morris is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – it is on their list, you can take the challenge at their site and see how many of those films you have seen, my number is at 778, but I am going through almost one every day, unless I take up some of the most recent – Blue Moon https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/blue-moon-written-by-lorenz-hart-robert.html is number one in my book, for 2025, just as Ethan Hawke would get the Oscar, if my vote would be decisive, and evidently, if I were a voting member of the Academy, here I give the trophies, so there it is

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  The Thin Blue Line written and directed by Errol Morris is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – it is on their list, you can take the challenge at their site and see how many of those films you have seen, my number is at 778, but I am going through almost one every day, unless I take up some of the most recent – Blue Moon https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/blue-moon-written-by-lorenz-hart-robert.html is number one in my book, for 2025, just as Ethan Hawke would get the Oscar, if my vote would be decisive, and evidently, if I were a voting member of the Academy, here I give the trophies, so there it is     9 out of 10   I have been rather put off by some of the films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made that I have seen lately, for instance Women in Love https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/02/women-in-love-written-by-larry-kramer.html which is not bad, but coming with (too) high expectations it does not o...
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Jake’s Thing by Kingsley Amis – the author is my favorite, along with Marcel Proust https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/albertine-disparue-by-marcel-proust.html ergo I loved this chef d’oeuvre, magnum opus for me that is

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  Jake’s Thing by Kingsley Amis – the author is my favorite, along with Marcel Proust https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/albertine-disparue-by-marcel-proust.html ergo I loved this chef d’oeuvre, magnum opus for me that is   10 out of 10   I am in the process of reading the Kingsley Amis magnum opera for the second time, I just realized that Jake’s Thing will come on ‘my desk again, because there should be a third time…here is my previous review https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/jakes-thing-by-kingsley-amis-10-out-of.html of the novel   It is said to be ‘a fictionalized account of Amis’s affair with the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard’, but I must say that I identify with the main character, just like I do in the other novels by this Magister Ludi, Master of The Game, even if there are differences, in some ways I may be better, while Jacques 'Jake' Richardson is clearly ahead in some areas He is a 59-year-old Oxford don who is going t...
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Note on Stalag 17

  Note on Stalag 17, writer, director Billy Wilder, with William Holden, D... | realini
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Syriana, based on the book by Robert Baer 9.4 out of 10

  Syriana, based on the book by Robert Baer 9.4 out of 10 Syriana is an outstanding political drama, winner of the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe for the same category, for the brilliant George Clooney…the film was also nominated for the Oscar and other trophies, for Best Writing. This is an intricate, complex thriller, that exposes corruption in high stake games, unfair treatment of various international players, the abuses of some of the Arab regimes, the dirty manner in which the oil industry used to operate – perhaps they do not do this anymore – how CIA tries to work with multiple sides in middle Eastern conflicts, the way in which they abandon their own agents when they feel exposed and much more. It is a fascinating, mesmerizing narrative that errs by being somewhat to the left and giving perhaps too much credit to conspiracy theories that would have all the tyrants of the Middle East in bed with the American administra...
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Sunday Bloody Sunday written by Penelope Gilliatt, John Schlesinger, and directed by the latter had four major Academy Nominations in 1972, for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Peter Finch, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Glenda Jackson, Best Director for John Schlesinger and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced for Penelope Gilliatt, this is also one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made…you find a multitude of notes on films from the NYT 1,000 and other pages, plus reviews on books from the GOAT and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html see there soon, I hope

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  Sunday Bloody Sunday written by Penelope Gilliatt, John Schlesinger, and directed by the latter had four major Academy Nominations in 1972, for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Peter Finch, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Glenda Jackson, Best Director for John Schlesinger and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced for Penelope Gilliatt, this is also one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made…you find a multitude of notes on films from the NYT 1,000 and other pages, plus reviews on books from the GOAT and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html see there soon, I hope   8 out of 10   John Schlesinger is the ‘auteur’ of one of the best films ever made – if we take the notion of director as auteur seriously, and apart from Sunday Bloody Sunday – Midnight Cowboy https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/midnight-cowboy.html...
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State Fair by Oscar Hammerstein II, Philip Stong, Sonya Levien, Paul Green is The 1946 Winner of The Oscar for Best Music, Original Song, and one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, although I do not see why, I did not like it…nonetheless, there are thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other lists, plus reviews of magnum opera from The GOAT and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html here is the link, albeit few click on it

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  State Fair by Oscar Hammerstein II, Philip Stong, Sonya Levien, Paul Green   is The 1946 Winner of The Oscar for Best Music, Original Song, and one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, although I do not see why, I did not like it…nonetheless, there are thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other lists, plus reviews of magnum opera from The GOAT and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html here is the link, albeit few click on it   7 out of 10   State Fair is one of those motion pictures that may have (it clearly does) have merit, but they are not ‘my cup of tea.   -           Sure, there is this pig, taking part in the competition   The animal is supposed to be one of the best – nay, number one – in the state, but somehow, when he reaches the State Fair, he is aloof, sits on the side, and there is speculation t...
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Swept Away written and directed by Lina Wetmuller is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have notes on films from The NYT 1,000 list and reviews of books from The GOAT site on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html

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  Swept Away written and directed by Lina Wetmuller is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have notes on films from The NYT 1,000 list and reviews of books from The GOAT site on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   8 out of 10   Swept Away reminds me of Robinson Crusoe, Vendredi ou La Vie Sauvage https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/vendredi-ou-la-vie-sauvage-by-michel.html and other stories, or motion pictures where the character, or personages are isolated on an island…Cast Away is another   Indeed, the idea of an island has been very appealing, many, perhaps most imagine that they would be so happy, if only they were to move on a place in the Caribbean, Pacific, with the palm trees, white sands…the problem is Hedonic Adaptation, once settled in such paradises, people adapt to the good and see the high prices, and other challenges Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert has stud...
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