Tonight's movie at The English Language Film Club 🎬
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
#EnglishFilmClub #ESL #TESOL #ELT
Fajitas
Joyce identified the men as Paddy Kenny (left), Máirtín Maingí (middle), and Seán Joyce (right), his first cousin. Colm Tóibín revisits the image, along with Joyce’s book in his LRB review Seagulls as Playmates.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Another time and country: the film atop Croagh Patrick in the driving rain reminded me of Josef Koudelka’s photographs from the same era. A Wild Atlantic Way of another kind
Tonight's movie at The English Language Film Club 🎬
Two mismatched cousins reunite for a trip through Poland to honour their grandmother, as old tensions and family history surface along the way.
#EnglishFilmClub #ESL #TESOL #ELT
Apparently, the actual humans have all gone home and left Claude in charge
Apparently they’ve left Claude in charge.
Like this shape shifter
They look great! The exposure time was too long for anyone to hold a smile that long
Lots of places worth seeing: Grianán Ailigh, Sliabh Liag, Fanad Lighthouse, etc but,Fort Dunree might be of special interest to you. If you let me know I’ll make sure Brain had the kettle on for tea
www.fortdunree.com
Mobile art gallery with paintings and drawings on display
If you ever visit Donegal ( the most beautiful part of reland) check out Brian O Doherty Visual Artist. He did a fabulous series of woodprints on crows
For all its flaws, social media occasionally delivers some amazing gifts—today’s piece by Bilge Ebiri on Terrence Malick (shared by John Bleasdale) is one such. Also a reminder that I really need to order this book. Question is: Hardcover or paperback?
www.amazon.com/Magic-Hours-...
No. Corvids are crows, ravens, and magpies, while cormorants are aquatic birds primarily feeding on fish. Bernd Heinrich’s "Mind of the Raven" (1999) is a wonderful book that explores the behaviour of Corvids
Tonight's movie at The English Language Film Club 🎬
Two mismatched cousins reunite for a trip through Poland to honour their grandmother, as old tensions and family history surface along the way.
#EnglishFilmClub #ESL #TESOL #ELT
I find it so amazing that it came to the A&E department. Is it possible that it knew someone would help? Any ornithologists on here?
youtu.be/4HB7zqP9QNo
Whose Brian?
Opps! I misunderstood the prompt — I suggested those films because many of them critically examine capitalism, class, and power
Birth of a Nation
Modern Times
The Grapes of Wrath
Citizen Kane
The Manchurian Candidate
Glengarry Glen Ross
American Psycho
Wall- E
Parasite
Brilliant
The National Ombudsman called this a "national crisis" in 2021. In June 2023, the Dutch government announced that extraction from the field would cease by 1 October 2023. Approximately 450 billion cubic metres of gas are thought to remain in the field as of 2023
Map of earthquakes above the Groningen gas field in January 2016. Colour-coded circles indicate magnitude, with purple representing earthquakes above 3 on the Richter scale.
Groningen gas field, The Netherlands
A tipping point was the Huizinge Earthquake on 16 August 16 2012. With an estimated magnitude of 3.6, it was the largest earthquake measured above the gas field. The reinforcement operation and damage settlement as a result of the earthquakes are progressing
Great game in Madrid. Bayern playing Real off the park
And the colour contrast: life and vitality against desolation, greyness and absence
Eadweard Muybridge’s camera set up at Palo Alto racetrack in 1878
Trip wires! Classrooms! Insurance companies!
but fun, and possibly educational.
It’s gonna be messy
have 12,students stand 22 inches apart and click photo or burst of photos as another student runs past…
Three strands of Osterzopf dough braided together, resting on a surface after rising, with a damp cloth removed
Baked Osterzopf cooling on an outdoor terrace in full sun, showing its shiny golden glaze, with daffodils and other flowers in the background
Osterzopf is a traditional German braided sweet bread that is particularly popular during Easter.The dough is braided before baking, giving it a distinctive appearance, and is often glazed with an egg wash or a sugar mixture for added shine.
Frohe Ostern 🐣
….and getting handsomely paid by a morally corrupt lobby group
