Current read: Graham Greene's The Power And The Glory. About half way through. Wow! The prose is sublime. I need to read more Greene. #booksky #vintagepaperback #grahamgreene #read

Felt like reading a book from my childhood that I still owned. This one is completely forgotten. From 1950, Let 'em Roll by Charles Michael Daugherty. I picked it up as a kid because I wanted to make movies. The illustrations, by the author, are wonderful. #booksky #vintagebooks #movies

I watched Le Petit Soldat and decided to read Godard's interview on the making of it. But What I Discovered Was ... The Cahiers De Cinema crowd loved Italian exploitation director Riccardo Freda. I had no idea. I LOVE the Horrible Dr Hitchcock. LOVE the Ghost. #booksky #godard #freda

Reading (again) what I believe is the best book about the world of european philosophy in the first half of the 20th century. Sarah Bakewell's writing is clear and engaging. She explains ideas wonderfully. If you want to know the human history of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, read this! #booksky

Currently reading: Wild Palms (If I Forget Thee Jerusalem I love William Faulkner. I love that Godard loves Wild Palms. I love that Camus and Sartre love Faulkner. I'm also reading Sartre on Faulkner. #booksky #read #faulkner Library of America

Finished The Myth of Sisyphus. Now reading Sartre's essay on The Stranger and Myth. His thoughts on Camus. I love this stuff. #booksky #sartre #philosophy #absurdism #existentialism Mass Market Paperback Club

Currently reading The Myth Of Sisyphus. By Albert Camus. My Revolt, my Freedom, and my Passion. #camus #booksky #existentialism #philosophy

Currently reading The People Of The Abyss by Jack London. Library of America: Novels And Social Writings. Damn. This hits hard. Brutal living conditions, brutal way for any human to have to live a life. A powerful call for reform and revolution. The writing is superb. #booksky #jacklondon

I felt the need to celebrate mass market paperbacks this evening. I love Laser Books. Wish I owned more of them. Enjoy: Kane's Odyssey. By Jeff Clinton. #massmarketpaperback #sciencefiction #pulpfiction #vintagepaperback #booksky

Current Read: Mourning Becomes Electra. By Eugene O'Neill. O'Neill is my favorite playwright. Love him. I got to see Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards in 80s. Incredible. #booksky #americanplays #americanplaywrights #eugeneoneill

Currently reading some Christian philosophy. Saint Augustine. Confessions. #booksky #penguinclassics #philosophy #saintaugustine

Saigon Commandos. #7. by Jonathon Cain. What a pulp paperback! What a read! Feel free to comment. #booksky #pulpfiction #read #vintagepaperback #vietnam

Finished Count Of Monte Cristo. Loved it. Now reading, for the first time since childhood, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's my original Scholastic Book Club copy (thanks mom!). #booksky #robertlouisstevenson #treasureisland #vintagepaperback

I've been reading prose translations of The Odyssey this week (after reading Fagles). I'm more emotionally engaged by these prose translations than the verse (to my surprise). EV Rieu. Butcher and Lang. #booksky #odyssey #theodyssey #homer #harvardclassics #penguinclassics

I read The Odyssey in May but didn't post it. I wanted to rewatch Godard's Contempt with The Odyssey fresh in my mind. I want people to reimagine The Odyssey! I want Alberto Moravia and Godard to examine a marriage falling apart by retelling the story of Odysseus and Penelope. Can't wait for Nolan

I read J.A. Ukawsaw Gronniosaw yesterday. From Library of America Slave Narratives. I've also read Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Jacobs. These are powerful. More visceral and gut punching than any fictionalized account of slavery. #booksky #africanamericanliterature #read

I like sci fi July. So I always read sci fi in July. The Space Merchants by Frederik Poul and C.M. Kornbluth Library of America American Science Fiction 1953-1956. #booksky #read #sciencefiction *I've got 200 pgs to go Count of Monte Cristo!

Don't make me read you (again!) After watching Straight Time I ended up re-reading all of No Beast So Fierce. Just re-watched Some Came Running for first time in years. Wow. Incredible movie. I want to "sample" the book. But ugghh. So many books on my TBR. I must stay away. #booksky #read

Do you ever wish you could message people who follow you, and you follow back, on Letterboxd? I wish I could tell Gav: Gav. I'm at the end of my William Beaudine Bowery Boys run. I promise. Thank you for liking all my posts.

I watched Straight Time on Criterion Channel last night. Love the movie. The book is terrific. My beat up copy of No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker. #booksky #paperback #vintagepaperback #read #crimefiction

If you have the Criterion Channel don't sleep on No Down Payment. Maybe the first Hollywood movie to explore suburbia. *Girl In Red Velvet Swing is also worth watching. For beautiful production design and wide screen color design. #filmsky #criterion #film

Reading Jean Paul Sartre. The Age of Reason. Fantastic intro in this edition. Mass market paperback covers are awesome! #booksky #paperback #vintagepaperback #philosophy #sartre

I am subpar when it comes to using BlueSky. I am an Eddie Cahn superfan and just randomly searched his name on BlueSky. If I didn't do the work I would have never known there was a new Edward L Cahn book coming out! bsky.app/profile/robe...

R. Emmet Sweeney@robert-emmet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Old New does not have Cannes coverage, instead focusing on Cahn content. I interviewed Henry Nicolella about his new book on the films of Edward L. Cahn: oldnew.substack.com/p/you-have-t...

Im almost at the half way mark! Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas. What an awesome book! #read #booksky #frenchliterature #penguinclassics

bsky.app/profile/self...

Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Last night I saw Edgar G. Ulmer's THE NAKED DAWN (1955) at MoMA in an almost pristine Technicolor print; unbelievably gorgeous. You'll never see it looking better and you have one more chance, Sunday June 28 at 4 pm. www.moma.org/calendar/eve...

Read Everything! Read Just To Read! Read For Fun! Frankenstein Jr. The Menace Of The Heartless Monster. A Whitman Big Little Book. I have a small stack of these from my childhood cuz my mom kept everything! Inspired by a BlueSky post this morning of Franky Jr. #booksky #read

Can't believe this happened. Paul Giamatti ends up on one of my favorite pulp paperback YouTube shows. Giamatti's knowledge of the history of mass market genre/pulp paperbacks is insane! The interview is a window into an age when men were voracious readers. youtube.com/watch?v=NAcF...

Talking Vintage Books with Paul Giamatti

YouTube video by The Book Graveyard

youtube.com

Reading: Cotton Comes To Harlem in my awesome Everyman's Library edition. (My 3rd Chester Himes after Rage In Harlem and Real Cool Killers) #chesterhimes #booksky #read

Something about me: This year I put my owned/unread books on a spin app. I let it choose my next read. Taking a break from Monte Cristo. Gonna spin the wheel this morning for my next read. #booksky #read #imridiculous

I will probably get yelled at for not following the #junesploitation schedule but I can barely manage my own life. Watched Demons directed by Lamberto Bava today. I dug it! Watched a beautiful print on Arrow Player. Watched it because it showed up a lot on my time line