VICTIM (Basil Dearden, 1961).

I don’t have a lot to add to @wilsonjettone.bsky.social’s excellent thread below, other than to say how interesting it would be to see this as a double bill with William Wyler’s THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, also released in 1961. (1/3) >> #FilmSky

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Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto (tr. Beth Cary) Born in Fukuoka in 1909, Seichō Matsumoto was one of Japan’s most acclaimed crime writers, publishing over thirty novels and several short stories during the course of his prolific career. His book…

'Neither Emiko nor Sekigawa was the object of his investigation. [...] Yet he could not figure out Emiko’s sudden move from his sister’s place. He connected this hurried move to the fact that she had found out he was a detective...' #BookSky 💙📚 #1961Club

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The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson As I have mentioned before, there is a long tradition of women writers depicting crushing mental health conditions in fiction, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s unforgettable short story The Yellow W…

‘..after..the party I see what’s wrong. It’s because I don’t belong anywhere else. I don’t know the rules of life and if I kept a phrase-book for 20 yrs I would not know the right answers. It’s a thing I shall never learn. I am odd, incorrect, illegitimate..’
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The Pork Descartes.
I pink
Therefore
I ham.

I can't tell it's far away.🙂

Moo-nscape?

😊

The music at Coachella supports ICE tearing families apart. Philip Anschutz is a MAGA Nazi. He owns The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. He funds The Federalist Society and The Heritage Foundation.
He’s nasty. But a ticket to Coachella, support his over $18 billion wallet. #pinks

The Very Dead of Winter by Mary Hocking Like many other bloggers and readers, I first discovered Mary Hocking through Ali’s sterling efforts in championing her work over the past couple of years. While she seems very much her own writer,…

From the archive for Mary Hocking, whose birthday I missed yesterday, my thoughts on THE VERY DEAD OF WINTER.

Hocking had a keen eye for social situations, especially those which highlight the tensions and mismatches that emerge in family life. #BookSky 💙📚

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Book cover shows a painting of woman wearing a green shirt.

‘It’s a kind of – a kind of allegory,’ continued Sally gravely. ‘Here’s this horrible little village, full of its own affairs & its own importance, all puffed up and smug and conventional and satisfied with itself, and then suddenly their eyes are opened...'

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In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

Are you Irish?

Madame de ___ by Louise de Vilmorin (tr. Duff Cooper) While looking through my shelves for suitable books for Women in Translation month, I found Louise de Vilmorin’s novella Madame de___. It’s a perfect one-sitting read, short enough to squeeze into …

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From the archive for Louise de Vilmorin, #BornOnThisDay in 1902, my thoughts on MADAME DE ___ (tr. Duff Cooper), the exquisite novella behind Max Ophüls' equally exquisite film! #BookSky #FilmSky

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Lucy Carmichael by Margaret Kennedy The English novelist and playwright Margaret Kennedy is probably best known for her second novel, The Constant Nymph, which swiftly became a bestseller on its publication in 1924. Nevertheless, I t…

'She had loved him from the first meeting, long before she knew that inner history, his disgust, his self-contempt, his degrading infatuation for Jane Lucas, his half-hearted schemes for escape, for another life.' #BookSky 💙📚

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Thank you.

What better way for my wife to celebrate her birthday than at 10.04pm tonight on BBC Radio Ulster with The Late Show with Mickey Bradley with records by Norma, The Saints, Wilson Pickett, Ramones, Bedroom Tax, House Of All @stephenhanley6.bsky.social. Join the chat at: @mickeyundertone.bsky.social

He's read the Bible though!

Sorry,I disagree. Loved it.

Some more of my favourite actresses who light up the screen:

Madhabi Mukherjee in CHARULATA (1964);
Rita Hayworth in GILDA (1946);
Ingrid Bergman in CASABLANCA (1942);
Claudette Colbert in MIDNIGHT (1939). #FilmSky

Thank you.

Turn on,tune in,drop everything!!

Turn on,tune in,drop whatya dooin.

Letterboxd screenshot showing the last 4 films I watched: DRY SUMMER, 4.5 stars, rewatch; IMPURE NUNS, 4 stars; STRONGROOM, 4 stars, rewatch; THE MIRROR, 4 stars.

My #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.

Torrid emotions in the blistering heat of a summer in Turkey; forbidden love affairs between Japanese nuns; a terrifically tense & sweaty crime drama; and Jafar Panahi in metatextual mode.

I loved all four, so it’s very hard to pick a fave! #FilmSky

The Family slways go to the Corner Shop.

Whata wanka!

Anne Phillips - Born To Be Blue (Roulette, 1959)

#NowPlaying

Brilliant.

Retired! Will go for a jog. Have a great day.

Greetings from Donegal.💚

Through a Glass, Darkly by Helen McCloy The American writer Helen McCloy is completely new to me, but on the strength of this intriguing mystery, I’d be open to reading her again. First published in 1950 and recently reissued by Penguin …

"I can’t go down the upper hall after ten, when the blue night-lamp is the only light, without looking back over my shoulder and expecting to see…I don’t quite know what, but something distinctly peculiar and unpleasant." #BookSky 💙📚

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