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My wife gets the credit for the A+ execution of this “Crying in Ham Tart” from last year’s Edible Books Party at the Kelly Writers House, but the credit/blame for the idea is mine.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 01/10/2026

5. RESERVOIR DOGS (Tarantino) 4. HARD BOILED (Woo) 3. MALCOLM X (Lee) 2. UNFORGIVEN (Eastwood) 1. THE PLAYER (Altman)

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 01/10/2026

10. LIGHT SLEEPER (Schrader) 9. HUSBANDS AND WIVES (Allen) 8. LA VIE DE BOHÈME (Kaurismäki) 7. LIFE, AND NOTHING MORE… (Kiarostami) 6. EL MARIACHI (Rodriguez)

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 01/10/2026

15. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Foley) 14. HOWARDS END (Ivory) 13. POLICE STORY 3: SUPER COP (Tong) 12. BAD LIEUTENANT (Ferrara) 11. BARAKA (Fricke)

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 01/10/2026

20. BOB ROBERTS (Robbins) 19. ALADDIN (Musker & Clements) 18. LORENZO’S OIL (Miller) 17. A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (Gordon) 16. HYENAS (Mambéty)

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 30/09/2026

Many months ago I asked you to choose from a list of 1992 movies for me to watch. I watched 18 of them, and basically liked all of them to to varying degrees.

Another Girl Another Planet Almereyda
2/-4 Beethoven Levant
1/-1 Benny’s Video Haneke
The Best Intentions August
1 Betty Chabrol
6 Bitter Moon Polanski ★★★
Blue Black Permanent Tait
The Bodyguard Jackson
2 Brother’s Keeper Sinofsky, Berlinger
13 Candyman Rose ★★★½
4 The Cat Lam
3 Céline Brisseau ★★★½
3/-4 Chaplin Attenborough
-1 City of Joy Joffé
2 Color Adjustment Riggs
-3 Consenting Adults Pakula
3/-3 Cool World Bakshi
2 The Cutting Edge Glaser
Dark at Noon Ruiz
Deep Blues Mugge
15 Deep Cover Duke ★★★½
3 Dream of Light Erice
2/-3 Far and Away Howard
4 Gas Food Lodging Anders ★★★
10 Ghostwatch Manning ★★★½
1 Godzilla vs. Mothra Okawara
The Guard from Underground Kurosawa
Guelwaar Sembène
2 A Heart in Winter Sautet
-1 Hero Frears
1 Hoffa DeVito
2/-3 Husbands and Wives Allen ★★★★
5 Hyenas Mambéty ★★★★
2 In the Soup Rockwell
3 Incident at Oglala Apted
Infinity Khutsiyev
6 Juice Dickerson ★★★½
3 Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Harris
9 Light Sleeper Schrader ★★★★
1 The Living End Araki
5 Lorenzo’s Oil Miller ★★★★
-7 Memoirs of an Invisible Man Carpenter
Midori Harada
3 Nemesis Pyun
8/-2 Noises Off… Bogdanovich ★★★
4 Of Mice and Men Sinise ★★★
Olivier, Olivier Holland
3 Passenger 57 Hooks
6 Passion Fish Sayles ★★★
3/-2 Poison Ivy Shea
-1 The Public Eye Franklin
-1 Radio Flyer Donner
5/-1 Raising Cain De Palma
Rapado Rejtman
6 Rebels of the Neon God Tsai ★★★½
2 Romper Stomper Wright
The Sentinel Desplechin
7 Simple Men Hartley ★★★½
Sleepwalkers Garris
The Stolen Children Amelio
-1 The Story of Qiu Ju Zhang
2 Surviving Desire Hartley
Swoon Kalin
4 A Tale of Winter Rohmer ★★★
3/-2 Tetsuo II: Body Hammer Tsukamoto
3 Trespass Hill
1 Twist Mann
2 Under Siege Davis ★★½
4 Videograms of a Revolution Farocki, Ujică
Where Are We? Epstein, Friedman
Wild Wheels Blank
1 Wuthering Heights Kosminsky

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 30/09/2026

Republican politicians don’t really apologize in the modern era. It’s part of the brand.

No Apology
The Case for American Greatness

Mitt Romney

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 29/09/2026

@ PhilaMOCA for Obayashi’s SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 28/09/2026

4:13. We lost Jaime, it seems.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 27/09/2026

Potatoes, confirmed Zack Wheeler fan

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 26/09/2026

Most normal West Philly flyer

ARE YOU GAY?

I know your ass can’t drive

DRIVING LESSONS FOR GAY ADULTS

GAY SPECIAL
$50 off first lesson if you’re gay
(Bi is fine I will not check)

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 25/09/2026

Good show! Maybe my first arena show with a cello in the band. There was a two-song boygenius reunion toward the end.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS
THE LOST TOUR 2026
FOUND IN BROOKLYN
BARCLAYS CENTER
3 SOLD OUT SHOWS

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 25/09/2026

In line @ Barclays Center for Phoebe Bridgers. Hope she plays the pensive one!

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 24/09/2026

This is what I get (Sunday) on a Mac with Chrome. The alignment does seem to be a bit off.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 24/09/2026

In the case of Letterboxd, one of the main draws of buying a subscription is advertisers *cannot* reach you.

“That is the gold standard of the internet,” Mr. Doctor said of an engaged audience willing to buy subscriptions that advertisers will pay to reach. “If you can find that, you can build a big business around it.”

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 23/09/2026

For the first time in cinematic history, ROMEO & JULIET will be set and performed inside a bottle of malt liquor.

40 ounces of OLD ENGLISH "800" malt liquor.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 23/09/2026

With 5 games left, Phillies magic number is 2 to make the playoffs. They can clinch a spot today with a win and a Dbacks loss. Magic number is 5 (currently vs. the Padres) for the fifth spot, which feels preferable to the sixth spot (in theory and in practice).

MLB Postseason Picture

If playoffs started today, #5 Phillies would play at #4 Cubs. Winner would play at #1 Brewers. Winner of that would play against winner of Dodgers/Braves/Padres for NL pennant.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 21/09/2026

In Philadelphia you can request, receive and return a ballot every day of the week at City Hall, Room 140, and at any one of 10 satellite offices. They will be open through October 27 for this purpose.

• Satellite Election Office - 1st Council District: 1835 S Broad St, PA 19148

• Satellite Election Office - 2nd Council District: 6100 Woodland Ave, 19142

• Satellite Election Office - 3rd Council District: 4029 Market St, 19104

• Satellite Election Office - 4th Council District: 5610 Lancaster Ave, Unit 400, PA 19131

• Satellite Election Office - 5th Council District: 2301 N Broad St, 19132

• Satellite Election Office - 6th Council District: 6420 Frankford Ave, 19135

• Satellite Election Office - 7th Council District: 2739 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133

• Satellite Election Office - 8th Council District: 5301 Chew Ave, PA 19138

• Satellite Election Office - 9th Council District: 6233 N Broad St,PA 19141

• Satellite Election Office - 10th Council District: 1619-1681 Grant Ave, Ste. 15-16, PA 19115

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 21/09/2026

TV is the last refuge of the scoundrel, etc.

My Top Shows of the 21st Century

Community
The Leftovers
Lost
The Wire
Borgen
Breaking Bad
Lodge 49
The Good Place
Arrested Development
Atlanta

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 21/09/2026

I'm not sure how many levels deep they're trolling, but they seem to be referring to the 2016 Nat Turner slave rebellion movie.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 20/09/2026

Can't find one where I'm quite that young, but basically.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 20/09/2026

This kid got into her first college this week.

A one-year-old girl with her face and hands covered in juice from blueberries and peas.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 20/09/2026

If you type today's date, 9202026, into a calculator—like you normally do—you can turn the calculator upside-down and the number is the same.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 20/09/2026

Judging by my friends’ Letterboxd reviews it’s not for everyone, but I enjoyed the heck out of GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE.

Sam Rockwell from the future with a bunch of people from the present that he thinks can help him save the world in GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 19/09/2026

Haas actually did this other great one two blocks from there, but the others were by Michael Webb and Susan Maxman.

A mural by Richard Haas at 2300 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, depicting the William Penn statue in an airy arched space.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 19/09/2026

Philadelphia has an embarrassment of mural riches but my longtime favorite is the two-part trompe-l’œil mural “Shadow of a Church,” wherein false windows reflect and are shaded by a 19th-century church that was torn down 80 years ago. The lot where the church stood is now a gas station.

“Shadow of a Church” looking west, 22nd & Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. Mural by Michael Webb and Susan Maxman Architects.

“Shadow of a Church” looking north, 22nd & Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. Mural by Michael Webb and Susan Maxman Architects.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 18/09/2026

In case you needed another reminder about the swift passage of time and our own cosmic impermanence, STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP premiered 20 years ago today.

The cast of STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 18/09/2026

I don’t think I have seen Eric Karros since he was a player. Had no idea he was working a televangelist vibe these days.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 17/09/2026

Society once Republicans finally control all branches of government

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 17/09/2026

Looking at various Paris hotel/apartment options for a trip and this one comes with a nice activity at no additional cost.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 15/09/2026

You can't spell "Jökulsárgljúfur" without "ú"

A powerful and majestic Icelandic waterfall

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 15/09/2026

Caught Mo drinking a beer this morning

a black cat named Mo next to the beer bottle evidence

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 15/09/2026

There is sort of a resemblance.

The preserved skeleton and clothes of the founder of utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham, encased in glass and cedar. His head is a wax replica because his actual mummified head is horrific. This might be Mitch McConnell’s whole deal now too; no one can be sure.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 15/09/2026

The visitphilly instagram account apparently doesn’t think much of the actual Philly skyline, so slop it is.

An AI rendering of the Philadelphia skyline, taken from an account called golden.images, from across the Delaware in Camden, New Jersey. Several buildings are added, many buildings are missing, and there is a second Ben Franklin bridge on the other side of the the first one.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 14/09/2026

Mustache Trebek = Best Trebek

A B&W photo of me with Alex Trebek, inscribed "For Ryan, with my best wishes. Alex Trebek"

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 14/09/2026

Spoiler alert: Basically everyone dies and this ROME banner drops and that’s the end and the singers get a standing ovation. Doesn’t take place in Rome, so not sure what that’s about. Great music, great voices. A little on the long side.

The curtain call for Opera Philadelphia’s MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 13/09/2026

Here for the big season opener!

The proscenium at the Acedmy of Music for the Opera Philadelphia matinee performance of Mozart’s MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO, composed when he was 14.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 12/09/2026

That 9/12 feeling, in raja, pollo verde, cerdo mole and cerdo rojo

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 11/09/2026

Violating all best practices of Chinese restaurant opsec but what the hell

Chili Szechuan: Code 5718. Do
not share.

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Ryan Godfrey @ryangodfrey.com · 11/09/2026

I had preordered the instrumental album JETLAG DREAMS by Departure Lounge, and this track listing showed up in my iTunes on September 11, 2001.

Jetlag Dreams
Departure Lounge
Alternative • 2001

1 Equestrian Skydiving
2 Runway Doubts
3 Too Late to Die Young
4 A Strange Descent
5 Purple Fluffy Haze
6 Beyond the Beltway
7 Charles De Gaulle to Belleville

September 11, 2001
7 songs, 40 minutes
©️2001 Meek Giant

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