Peter Toohey's "A History of Boredom" will soon be available in Turkish with a new translation.

*I meant features praise and take down

I love how this is simultaneously praise and sort of a take down also, lol. I was wondering if this was being overhyped, but now i’ll read it.

I love this good enough category!

looking for examples of careerist characters in literature (ideally 19th and 20th century)

Is it good (as in enjoyable in the same that F1 is)?

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Watched it twice and cried at the end each time. Joachim Trier has been my favorite for years & I oddly want everyone to see it (along w/ Sirat). I also started learning Norwegian on DuoLingo recently bc of this film, lol. This awards season features exceptional films categorized as international.

The entire diary, imo, is about the inability of a family to share their loneliness w/each other. a study in the melancholia of (intergenerational and interpersonal) loneliness

Joan Didion uses Times New Roman for her notes. (From Notes to John)

I watched Sentimental Value twice. The final moment between Skarsgard & Nora makes me cry everytime. I liked One Battle After Another, lol, esp. the way it uses music & how it shows excess of our times. The Secret Agent is hyped a lot, imo. I liked it but… I like Pictures of Ghosts better

looking for essays on being present or fictional works that speak to this phenomenon/issue etc.

And I teach on Tuesday mornings, which means I start making my slides in a panic mode on Monday evenings. Another time, hopefully

I wish I could come!!! (I live in London, ON, 2,5 - 3 hrs away by bus)

just watched it was just an accident - a film in which hearing becomes a way of seeing. the way it ends is very smart - the last 10-15 seconds. it was even tense when the credits started rolling.

This film made me want to watch more films & should be mandatory viewing in film history classes. So many good references. Btw, the actors (besides the dad&the kid) are all non professional&were found in real raves, across Europe (fun fact: his ex wife did the casting—who is a raver— & costumes)

Apparently, he & Kanding Ray worked on the music before they began shooting, for almost a year, so Kanding Ray composed the music based on the script. &the sound design team worked on the sound for 9 months (they gave an interview, it’s somewhere on YouTube). behind the scenes craft is v impressive

He mentions these in his interviews. I got the Mad Max reference but didn’t know about the others. He also mentions Sorcerer, The Wages of Fear (watched those after he mentioned them), & Tarkovsky — he was on a podcast talking about his fave films&images in Tarkovsky 1/

I really like Laxe’s aesthetic sensibilities and his storytelling— i like stories that evoke a feel, and is emotive, i don’t like it when films poke me in the eye with a message. I’ve listened to his interviews, too he is v charismatic & philosophical & revels in being ambiguous 3/3

In the way it depicts shocking events. Harsh but true. The film has very non-western sensibilities in its approach to existential questions too. If it comes to the theatres again here i’ll watch it again just for the images and sound and to go through the cinematic experience. 2/

I have been waiting for your review! I watched this in october & still think about it. it does a great job of evoking a certain feel about life, being nothing, & acceptance. I love how ambiguous, yet powerful & meaningful the ending is. I think it’s actually v realistic 1/

Noooo not in Canada (I’ll check again but it wasn’t when I looked it up last month) 😭

I wish streaming platforms or theatres would show Laxe’s Fire Will Come bc even the synopsis and trailer did something to me and I’m dying to see it. I’m also curious about his You Are All Captains — the premise is very intriguing.

I missed The Secret Agent when screened in my small town for a limited time. I loved Sentimental Value. I also wanted to see It Was Just an Accident, but missed it. Sirat has been getting mixed reactions but i think it does a good job of evoking, rather than poking you in the eye w/ a message. 1/2

Lol, love the category of trash. Idk why Brad Pitt is still acting and why ppl pay him to act. Although he is handsome (which is why I watched most of his films), I stopped wasting my time watching anything he is in as the lead (so still haven’t seen Sirat then?)

there is an essay for and about everything @atpost45.bsky.social and @post45.bsky.social. Today, as I was looking for sources on blurb economy, I found this: post45.org/2018/11/the-...

revisiting this post as i do research for a bday gift for me. i want to spend my modest income to give myself the gift of watching a good film for pleasure & do nothing. is this worth spending money on to see in theaters or is it OK to wait for it to become available for streaming in a few months?

The cute little square-ish style reminded me of the English edition of one of my favorite author Robert Walser’s The Assistant 💛

Got your book through interlibrary loans today! The size is so cute!!! @seeshespeak.bsky.social