JacquiWine
@jacquiwine.bsky.social
Book lover, film lover, art lover, wine lover. I write about books at JacquiWine's Journal. https://linktr.ee/jacquiwine
The number of self-portraits by Victor Pasmore in which he depicts himself painting his reflection in a mirror is vanishingly small. If you’re interested in acquiring an example of this exceptionally rare subject, drop me a line: richard@richardmorris.org
For #BOTD John Le Carré, my Letterboxd notes on the dramatisations of two of his novels - first Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY... #FilmSky boxd.it/9l8Szr
A ★★★★ review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Control: "I want you to go to Budapest. This is not above board. Nobody else knows. They're after my head, Jim-boy. You understand? I have had an offer of service. A Hungarian general wants to come ov...
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'Twilight.' (1902) Carl Moll was a great admirer of the beauty of nature, and throughout his artistic career explored the effects of light and reflections on water. This scene, painted just as day is fading into evening, invites us to lose ourselves in reverie.
Yue Konno (1927-1996). Cherry blossom"After bath” A woman wearing a headband so that the steam does not loosen her hairstyle and her hairstyle does not collapse.Returning from the public bath with a maple bag
Brilliant use of music in this film, and, as @jacquiwine.bsky.social says, much more besides.
JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 4d agoFATHERLAND (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2026). Elegantly acted, impeccably directed, beautifully shot & framed, this melancholic, deeply affecting portrayal of Thomas & Erika Mann’s journey to both sides of a divided Germany in 1949 is an exquisite gem. Very much in the tradition of COLD WAR & IDA, >> #LFF
For Renata Adler, #BornOnThisDay in 1938, a few thoughts on her luminous book SPEEDBOAT. Broad in scope yet intimate in detail, this vignette-style novel reflects the unease & disaffection in 1970s America. A truly wonderful book; the prose is sublime! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/s...
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The American author, journalist and critic Renata Adler is perhaps most strongly associated with The New Yorker, the journal she worked with for many years. Her first novel, Speedboat, won the Erne…
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A little late but here are a few thoughts on A Wreath of Roses by Elizabeth Taylor for the #1949Club which is an excellently observed novel with a dark edge 💙📚 #BookSky https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8b719540-34ab-4735-8031-283ff69d85e6
Review by sarahmatthews - A Wreath of Roses
A Wreath of Roses by Elizabeth Taylor Read on audio Virago Pub. 1949, 224pp___This is my fift...
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I cannot tell you how good that NIGHT OF THE DEMON set is. No, hang on a minute, *yes* I can... #FilmSky #PhysicalMedia boxd.it/bvF4jb
A ★★★★½ review of Night of the Demon (1957)
"... but where does imagination end and reality begin? What is this twilight, this half-world of the mind that you profess to know so much about? How can we differentiate between the powers of darknes...
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INDICATOR@indicator.bsky.social · 14h agoWe are 10! And we are having a big 10th Anniversary Sale! NOW! - Spectacular storewide savings! - +20 titles never on sale before! - The resurrected NIGHT OF THE DEMON Limited Edition! 🛒 powerhousefilms.co.uk
I've seen the Animé of this and read the Manga. It's a moving story about friendship and creativity and yes depending on the classification probably best to see it without too much prior knowledge. The Animé was on Prime btw #filmsky
JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 2d agoLOOK BACK (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2026). Delicate, bittersweet film about two very different girls who bond over a shared talent for drawing manga stories, only for their creative paths to diverge once they leave high school. Hard to talk about this one without giving the game away, >> #FilmSky #LFF
In PEEPING TOM, director Michael Powell cast himself as the killer's cruel father in home-movie flashbacks, using his own son to play the boy, making the film disturbingly personal. Follow us for more from cinema history.
First watch: L'aveu (The Confession, 1970). Not as much a thriller as Costa-Gavras' Z (1969), but similarly intense, it turns its gaze from right wing juntas to totalitarian USSR, and is based on the true story of Artur London and the Slánský trial in Czechoslovakia.
'Still Life with Apples,' is an understated picture by William Merritt Chase, and a departure from his more elaborate still life works of the 1870s and 1880s. It is likely one of several paintings he bartered for goods and services after moving from New York to St. Louis
Also: I’m late to this, but it’s some quality anniversary-marking, so in it goes
Bear breaks into Mammoth Lakes library, raids honey on Winnie-the-Pooh centennial
On Wednesday, the same day the world marked 100 years since A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh was first published, a black bear wandered into the Mammoth Lakes Libra
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Brigid Brophy's prizewinning novel, Hackenfeller's Ape, reissued in USA by @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social Yay!
ALL OF A SUDDEN (Ryusuke Hamaguchi 2026). Female friendship has been a big theme in this year’s #LFF, but this gentle Japanese film might be the most loving & moving expression of that sentiment. Every scene between Virginie Efira’s Marie-Lou & Tao Okamoto’s Mari is charged with emotion. >> #FilmSky
‘almost any excuse will do not to write, and reading is one of the best. I used to think that going for a walk was an excuse not to write, but I see now that I really need to go for a walk. That I can actually write on a walk.’ Renata Adler centerforfiction.org/interviews/r...
Renata Adler, interviewed by Dawn Raffel | The Center for Fiction
Dawn Raffel talks with the author of Speedboat and Pitch Dark about transcendant reading, writing a fine sentence, picking a fight, Isaac Babel–and Oprah.
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JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 18h agoFor Renata Adler, #BornOnThisDay in 1938, a few thoughts on her luminous book SPEEDBOAT. Broad in scope yet intimate in detail, this vignette-style novel reflects the unease & disaffection in 1970s America. A truly wonderful book; the prose is sublime! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/s...
'...he loathed me; furthermore he also hated new people, hated men who married his female relations, hated & despised those who did not practice blood sports. I felt there was but little hope for Alfred, esp as, culmination of horror, the fella reads books.’ jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/10/11/l...
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
If you follow Karen (Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings) and Simon (Stuck in a Book), you’ll know that another of their hugely enjoyable ‘Club’ weeks is about to begin. Starting on Monday 12th October, the…
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First-time watch of ADUA AND HER FRIENDS (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960), a film that should be better known. The story of 4 sex workers who set up a restaurant… its portrait of female friendships and social hypocrisy is strongest in the richness of its unexpected details. Some favourite moments:
For Renata Adler, #BornOnThisDay in 1938, a few thoughts on her luminous book SPEEDBOAT. Broad in scope yet intimate in detail, this vignette-style novel reflects the unease & disaffection in 1970s America. A truly wonderful book; the prose is sublime! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/s...
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The American author, journalist and critic Renata Adler is perhaps most strongly associated with The New Yorker, the journal she worked with for many years. Her first novel, Speedboat, won the Erne…
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Another #LFF over, didn’t get to as many screenings as usual this year #letterboxd #filmsky boxd.it/Y2E1e
Kono Bairei, "Picture of a Courtesan," 1873 (Meiji 6). Japan
This book was an experience. It was as sinister as the movie, but hit me on a gut level; it reminded me so much of being a child and knowing something you’re not supposed to, or the frustration when parents don’t believe you. But it also reminded me, oddly, of both Dickens and … The Sheltering Sky.
In the 1920s, automat cafeterias were among the first public places where women could dine alone. Automat (1927) captures that new urban freedom—and the reflective loneliness that came with it. Is this what it feels like to be free?
The films, the documentaries, for BBC iPlayer & BBC4's new Saturday night season, neatly packaged; BBC World Cinema Classics share.google/ziymC26saJ1p... #FilmSky
BBC - World Cinema Classics
Celebrate international cinema's great auteurs with classic films and captivating profiles
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The closeness of Édouard Vuillard's relationship to Lucy Hessel (his dealer's wife) is clear in this picture, from 1905, not least because her face appears in shadow - it's a glimpse into their lives, an intimate and informal moment immortalised for prosperity.
From the archive for the #1949Club, my thoughts on THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA by the author & screenwriter Alfred Hayes. Set in Rome in 1944, it's a beautifully written novella, shot through with an aching sense of sadness. A favourite book from 1949. 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/t...
The Girl on the Via Flaminia by Alfred Hayes
After serving in the US army in the Second World War, the British-born writer Alfred Hayes stayed on in Rome at the end of the conflict where he worked with some of the leading lights in the Italia…
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