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I really liked the naturalistic style of this one. It felt very atmospheric, IIRC?

I might have to splash out on this!

I think @wilsonjettone.bsky.social has been watching some of them…

Ugh, that’s a bummer. I do hope it passes quickly.

Oh my god, that sounds horrendous. Wishing you a very speedy recovery from both!

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I can also recommend GOOD TIME, if you’re ever in the market for more Safdie angst. A very propulsive film with an excellent performance by Pattinson in the lead role.

One great artist paints another: portrait of Berthe Morisot, 1872, by Edouard Manet. He was born on this day in 1832.

2/2 Spotlight on the cat. Not at all pleased by your presence, no matter what the humans think.

Completely agree I wouldn't want to live through the Blitz either, but it's fascinating to experience through the world of books!

That WICKED GAMES box set looks 🔥

Percival Everett’s novel ‘Suder’.

John Hersey’s book ‘Hiroshima’

Tim Robey’s book ‘Box Office Poison’.

Paul Beatty’s book ‘The Sellout’.

Grabbed some books from No Alibis too. It was LUSH being back in there… ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #BookSky💙📚

Great to see Tim Robey’s book here. Enjoy!

Oh my goodness, that’s exquisite!

One of my most favorite Manet paintings.

Maggie Cheung in 'In the mood for love'
Wong Kar Wai, 2000

2/2 Cold winters in 19th-century France: train station in Sceaux, 1870, painted by Edouard Manet. He was born OTD in 1832.

You know this already, Max, but I loved the Miller. It goes deep into character, and the sense of time / place is superb. Admittedly, it’s set in my favourite era (mid-20thC), but even so, it’s very good indeed.

2/2 Birthday boy Édouard Manet, by himself in 1879. A bit after my time but well worthy of a day in my calendar!

I'm a huge fan of LES BONNES FEMMES - the ending still haunts me, even after a second watch. LE BEAU SERGE is on Criterion, if you have access to that? Otherwise, I agree, it can be hard to track them down...

Will do. It might be this weekend!

Indeed. It's remarkably striking for a debut, very like a Simenon novel imagined for the screen. I'll definitely watch LE BOUCHER fairly soon...

Now that I've read the synopsis in more detail, I'm pretty sure I *haven't* seen BOUCHER before, so it's likely to be a first-time watch for me.

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

I liked all four of these, but GIRL WITH HYACINTHS was the undoubted star. #FilmSky

What this self-portrait from 1954 shows is, despite the uncertainty in his face, how confident David Hockney was from the start of his days as a student at the Bradford School of Art - here there is a direct, stylistic influence from Stanley Spencer.

Book cover. Consequences by Penelope Lively. Image shows a young man and young woman in 1940s dress, dancing and laughing.

Following my reread of Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym, I have started reading Consequences by Penelope Lively. Two writers who are always an excellent pick.💙📚

Bonjour
(Jeanne Moreau by Milton Greene)

So many great passages!

The Dud Avocado is the most gloriously quotable book I have ever read. Here’s one, out of so many other possibilities.
‘To find someone to giggle with I place just below finding someone to flirt with and just above the ability to knit’.
Truly words to live by. #BookSky

Happy 50th to one of my very favourite albums.

'Steelworkers.' (c1950) The theme of labour occurs often in Keith Vaughan's work post WW2. He admired physical prowess but as an intellectual and a successful, well-rewarded artist, he harboured a deep-rooted sense of guilt that his professional life was of the 'easy variety.'