Marie Phillips
@mariephillips.bsky.social
Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor. Free newsletter (dormant) at mariephillips.beehiiv.com
How To Be A Poet - a gorgeous poem on writing itself, by Wendell Berry www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
How to Be a Poet
Stay away from anything that obscures the place it is in. Of the little words that come out of the silence, like prayers prayed back to the one who prays,…
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This is why I was obsessed with music mags as a teen - in the days before you could immediately stream music, at a boarding school far from the nearest record shop, with only Mark Goodier's 7pm indie hour to hear new tracks, writing like this was the only way to find out what new music sounded like.
Tom Robinson@marsdenmouse.bsky.social · 11h agoI saw @andrewmale.bsky.social ‘s review for Primal Scream’s “Vanishing Point” from Select magazine posted online yesterday. It took me right back to reading it at 6th form college - how the words on the page enthralled, and made perfect sense when I first listened to the album.
Learning the piano in the mornings & about ADOLF HITLER in the afternoons. Probably should have gone to the Algarve because there is no topless here.
Ariana Grande: I am taking a step back from visibility because of constant media scrutiny. The media: Let's scrutinise that decision
The A.V. Club@avclub.com · yesterdayAt a tour stop in Chicago, the Wicked star denied that public "negativity" was ruining the tour. www.avclub.com/ariana-grand...
Have just been to see Simon Stone’s 3+ hour modern-day version of The Orestia and IT WAS NOT BORING! In fact, it was utterly brilliant. www.bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the...
The Oresteia
A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can't seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny. Writer and director Simon Stone is joined set designer Lizzie Clachan, lighting designer Nick ...
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Further to the Spider-Man sequel (Spider-Man 2) and the Spielberg alien film (War of the Worlds), I went to see that three-hour Greek myth epic: The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre. It was brilliant, totally twisted and utterly gripping. Plenty of seats left: www.bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the...
The Oresteia
A contemporary family wakes up in a Greek myth and can't seem to find a way out of their hellish destiny. Writer and director Simon Stone is joined set designer Lizzie Clachan, lighting designer Nick ...
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One of the genuinely lovely things that happens after you lose a parent is that people find and send you wonderful old pictures of them.
Random old photo from Oct 2014. Mesa Arch in Utah at sunrise. Quite a view. #Sunrise #Iconic #Landscape #MesaArch
What Ever Happened to Bette Davis ? Victor Skrebneski
Hot on the heels of the Spider-Man sequel (Spider-Man 2, 2004) I watched the Steven Spielberg alien invasion movie (War of the Worlds, 2005) letterboxd.com/marie_philli...
A ★★★★½ review of War of the Worlds (2005)
I remember that I very much did not want to see this film when it came out, but I can’t remember why. Maybe the reviews were bad, or maybe it was in the stretch of time when I disdained Tom Cruise. An...
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Ever up to the minute, I watched the Spider-Man sequel: Spider-Man 2 (2004) letterboxd.com/marie_philli...
A ★★★★ review of Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Watching this in the never-ending wake of all the MCU films, it’s just such a relief: a straightforward story in which Spidey has to take on a supervillain while sorting out his work life balance. No ...
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thinking about one of the hardest Economist headlines of all time
Louise on the set of Just Another Blonde (1926) with a copy of Anita Loos’ bestselling 1925 novel “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Photo by James Doolittle.
Black Widow (1987): The biggest crime in this serial killer movie is Debra Winger's third act haircut letterboxd.com/marie_philli...
A ★★ review of Black Widow (1987)
Eh. Nonesensical supposedly psychological thriller which has neither thrills nor psychology. It starts of promisingly enough. Debra Winger is magnificent early on as chaotic detective Alex Barnes, unt...
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Shocked to hear the news of the death of Glen Hansard. I met him when I was a teenager, my friends and I were the only people dancing at a Frames gig. He invited us to hang with the band after, singing songs on the guitar. After that he was always warm and friendly when I saw him. The loveliest man.
At a risk of starting a backlash to the backlash to the backlash, I think it is OK, even if a film is hugely entertaining, to be disappointed that the main character is nothing like he was in the book. But anyway, it's kind of cool that we're having fights about interpretations of Greek mythology.
I was going to say “Finally” but that might be misinterpreted as “Finally, women have come forward.” No, I mean, “Finally, this has broken through the numerous media barriers that allow men like Leto to get away with it”.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From Rebecca Ferguson's Wiki: "The modelling agency placed Ferguson in a portfolio titled "normal people" due to her not being tall nor slim enough for modelling." You work on commission, right? Big mistake. HUGE.
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · last wk.
