This has been a very sparse year when it comes to good films, especially when it comes to drama, and now that we have one in The Conclave, it’s already being proclaimed by many as the best and most suspenseful drama of the year. And I agree with that judgment about this 2 hour film. First of all the acting is Oscar worthy in several cases, especially in the case of Ralph Fiennes, but also Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci, and... Read more
Mary sighed and said— ‘sometimes he just doesn’t listen’. “On the other hand, there’s that fisherman Peter who will try anything.’ Read more
Although this was written many years ago, it accurately describes the dangerous place we could be in soon….. Read more
Or is grey just a lighter British shade of gray? Do you have grey matter making up your brain, or gray matter? Inquiring minds want to know. Read more
On the recommendation by my CUP editor Beatrice Riehl, I took the A train from 42nd street, all the way to 190th street, and got off to see the famous Ft. Tryon Park heather garden and the view of the Palisades across the river in New Jersey. It’s also the locale of the Met’s Cloisters Museum, but alas it was closed on Wednesday. Here are some shots from the garden, and then the view of the Palisades, the rock cliffs... Read more
I’ve always wanted to go to Carnegie Hall. and when I discovered the Philadelphia Orchestra was going to be there the night I arrived in NY and they were going to play the longest symphony on record (1 hour and a half, with six movements) complete with three choirs and a mezzo soprano– Mahler’s Third, the symphony about creation and God…. well I had to go, even if I had to sit in the seventh deck, near heaven, which is... Read more
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