Brian Howell

Yes, he did the fourth one, Resurrection, but Fincher did the previous one. I liked the Jeunet.

You betcha!

Rewatched this thriller about a businessman whose ordered existence is invaded when he gets involved in an extreme immersive "game". The 90s had all the best edgy popcorn thrillers - prove me wrong. Second-tier Fincher, which is high praise considering he's directed some of my favourite movies.

Agreed, though I'd add Panic Room and Alien III.

Michael Dobson · Flash and Thunder: Marlowe’s Betrayals As Stephen Greenblatt’s Dark Renaissance shows despite itself, it is not Marlowe’s life story that we still need,...

‘There have in effect been only two periods when Christopher Marlowe’s plays have regularly been seen in large playhouses: the age of the original Tamburlaine, and the age of latter-day heroic actors – from the 1930s until the 1970s.’

Michael Dobson on a new study.

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Fincher rarely disappoints.

I loved this, but only saw it once, on release.

Someone's dog (café owner's, actually).

One's company.

Elegance.

Don't usually get a chance to photograph a butterfly like this. Ishigaki, Okinawa.

Mystery solved in Ishigaki, Okinawa. It's a way of regulating the water pressure for the surrounding residences, a collection of three-storey flats. I thought it might have something to do with water.

Marketa Lazarová (1967) Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor La...

An amazing achievement: boxd.it/1uSS

Marketa Lazarová (1967) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, History, Romance 2h 42m | Not Rated

An amazing achievement : www.imdb.com/title/tt0063...

A sardonic (possibly Borgesian?) tale, from AbeSea, a 'visual paper', issue j, 1996. Edited by Nicholas Royle. Complete story on one page.

Blast from the past, from The New Writer, No.14, Dec.1997/Jan 1998, when I had a short story shortlisted for the Ian St James short story competition.

A new hero.

A checkered history, with more on the way. :)

Resting Face by Brian Howell Dara was lying on her right side. She could never lie on her left, she always said, because it could bring on a migraine. That was a tried-and-tested, solid-gold fact of her life. As a...

My previous Malta story (still on Salt's site): www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

Thanks so much to Christopher Hamilton-Emery at Salt and all those who gave me very welcome feedback! www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-...

Issue 4 AT PRESS NOW 100 full colour pages of brand new fiction, with art by Richard Wagner noveletteHeavyness by Seán Padraic Birnie short storiesHearsten Lake by Kay VaindalStation to Station by Stephen Bac...

Issue 4 is at press and will mail out soon. @kayv.bsky.social, @seanbirnie.bsky.social, @stephenbacon.bsky.social, @annieneugebauer.bsky.social, Craig Bernardini, @stevetoase.bsky.social, John Possidente... and Jim Sallis. Art by Richard Wagner. remains.uk/products/iss...

Much obliged! www.zagava.de/shop/the-fra...

I've definitely noticed in Japan that way more women are wearing masks than men these days, even in male/female couples

Rewatch of Season 3 of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. Fabulous stuff.

Excellent. I'm in the middle of rewatching his œuvre (as he jokingly calls it in one of his shows).

Haha! 'Dumbfounded'.

What the hell does mumchance mean? If it’s real I’m going to start using it.

Topiary Stories Evergreen Short Fiction

Bill Tope has started his own brand new literary magazine called Topiary Stories, which has an open call for submissions of short stories up to 6,000 words: topiary.code.blog

Cool. If you like Martin Amis, Steven Pacey's audio readings are amazing. Have you seen Station Eleven? Might appeal to an actor!