Seán Costello
@seanjcostello.bsky.social
Editor at large https://bookeditor.co.uk
Talking about the book in Scotland twice this month... At Edinburgh festival on Sat 22 www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/victo... In Glasgow on Thurs 27 www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
BOOK LAUNCH: If We Tolerate This w/ Daniel Trilling
Join Daniel Trilling, author of 'If We Tolerate This', to launch his new book in Glasgow.
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Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 4mo agoIF WE TOLERATE THIS is out today! These are worrying times politically but if there's one thing I want to get across, it's that the slide into far-right nationalism is not inevitable. Please help me spread the word. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...
“The work . . . consisted in getting rid of every superfluity, more and more, until we really got it down to the bare bones.”—A rare glimpse of Samuel Beckett talking about his craft (thanks @davidcollard.bsky.social)
Samuel Beckett, Paris, 1987.
YouTube video by Michael Ross
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A five-part series on Samuel Beckett just uploaded on the Radio France website (in French, obvs): www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Avoir raison avec... Samuel Beckett : un podcast à écouter en ligne
Écrivain majeur du 20ᵉ siècle, Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) est l'auteur d'une œuvre dramaturgique et romanesque révolutionnaire. Souvent qualifiée de pessimiste et d'absurde, son œuvre abrite une langu...
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Enjoyed De Palma’s operatic neo-noir, held together by a great performance from Travolta
LOOK AT ME (Agnès Jaoui, 2004, rewatch). Thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this poignant, witty, sharply observed drama about a talented singer and her insufferable, narcissistic father. It’s a great ensemble piece, very French & eminently watchable. A little Woody Allen-ish in style, >> (1/2) #FilmSky
“Soon I’ll really start to puke. Or I’ll go home.”—Samuel Beckett on witnessing the rise of fascism in Germany in 1937. (Instead of going home he went to France and joined the resistance.)
‘Their Strength Through Joy conversation is killing me’: Samuel Beckett’s German diaries
Published for the first time this month, the Irish writer’s record of his months in pre-war Germany is a fascinating insight into his understanding of, and unease with, Nazism
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“That’s life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.”
Noir Beach Shack ♬@noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 5d ago#FilmNoir Road Trip... *Ann Savage and Tom Neal in 🎬 Detour (1945) 🎞 Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
A heads-up to all with access: this compelling Edinburgh-set film about a woman struggling to survive in a dehumanised workplace will be on BBC iPlayer from tonight. Strongly recommended.
PSA for those with access: this extraordinary film will be available on BBC iPlayer from tonight
“Film was a new and disorderly medium, but that didn’t bother anyone—after all, the whole world lay in pieces.” Enjoying this portrait of G.W. Pabst, assembled in a suitably fragmented style
Early twentieth-century party people: Stanley Cursiter's Futurist-inspired depiction of the Edinburgh artistic set, on show at the National Gallery of Scotland
A treat to see Elizabeth Blackadder's unruly tulips in the excellent little exhibition at Dovecote Studios #Edinburgh
“The important thing, in the end, is what’s on the screen. That’s all that matters.”
Mike Leigh Says ‘Tender Loving Care’ Is Most Likely His Final Film Due to Illness
Mike Leigh tells IndieWire that his upcoming film 'Tender Loving Care' is most likely his last movie.
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As both an author and a copy-editor, this:
Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 3w agoI've written a few books and checked all the quotes (deleting some bangers because I doubted their authenticity) and if you're letting fabricated ones slip through then you're cutting corners in an egregious way. It is not the copy-editor's job to check every source, it's yours. Do the damn work
Party / disco / fooling around . . . was blown away last night by Jonathan Demme’s joyous film of Talking Heads at peak performance
