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Chris Ryan's Top Five Fave Movies for 2025
TOP FIVE Sinners Weapons La Grazia Sentimental Value The Secret Agent Honorable Mention: Blue Moon, The History of Sound, Bugonia SINNERS This is the fifth film directed by Ryan Coogler and the fifth to star Michael B. Jordan. Jordan plays identical twins in this movie, and with him being one of the handsomest men on earth and all, what a treat to have twice as much screen time looking at him. But in addition to that he gives an impressive couple of performances. He different
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Mar 1924 min read
Chamber Music Society of Linc Ctr, Feb 1 2026
Barbara and I heard the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center an all-Shostakovich program on Feb 1, 2026. I’ve always loved Shostakovich and clearly need to do a deeper exploration of his music. This was all new music to me and it knocked me out. The first piece was the one I thought I knew - - a Shostakovich piano trio. It turns out it wasn’t the famous trio but an early trio, written when he was sixteen! It had many of the distinguishing characteristics of a Shostakovich
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Feb 54 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Oct 21, 2026
The Best Play winner for 1993 was Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner. That play is both a diva and a mensch. Diva: the ambition, the wisecracks, the outsize characters Mensch: the depth, the sense of purpose and gravity Oh what a treasure - - this is a "press reel," a collection of clips from the original Broadway production.
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2 days ago1 min read
Chamber Music Soc of Linc Ctr, Oct 13 2026
Jane and I went to the opening concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center season. It was a program of music by four American composers, all pieces written in the 20th century. I've been to many concerts of theirs and every single one has been outstanding in terms of programming and performance. I'm a subscriber and wish I had started that many years ago. William Bolcom, *Three Rags for String Quartet* (1989) Lun Li and Kristin Lee, violin Daniel Phillips, viola Ni
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6 days ago3 min read
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