Seán Costello

A man flying head first through the end title card (“FIN”) of René Clair’s Entr’acte

How to end a movie

Still from René Clair’s 1924 film Entr’acte, in which a bowler-hatted Satie is cavorting with Francis Picabia next to a cannon on a Paris rooftop

“Satie and Picabia . . . leap up and down in what might be some kind of ritual exorcism to dispel the spirit of gravity.” Enjoying Ian Penman’s playful Erik Satie: Three Piece Suite @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

Will do!

Close-up of a wire-haired dachshund puppy on the arm of a man wearing a chunky green jumper

Hold me closer tiny dachshund

Rob Reiner as director Marty Di Bergi viewing the guitar amp of Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) in This Is Spinal Tap (1984).

“Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top?” The much-missed Rob Reiner, born OTD in 1947

On the radio in the corner shop just now: Edwin Starr singing “War (What Is It Good For?)” #GoodGod

I will!

Promotional image for the BBC drama Waiting for the Out, written by Dennis Kelly

Thanks to those on here who recommended this. I was expecting philosophy, but not laugh-out-loud human comedy. A brilliant opening episode.

Wire-haired dachshund puppy sitting in a sun-dappled garden

Garden ornament

Love a U-Bahn station.

A wire-haired dachshund eyeing up a pint of Guinness

Pub dog

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Cover of Johnny Cash’s 1971 album, Man in Black

“‘Til things are brighter, I’m the man in black.” Johnny Cash, born OTD in 1932

Two wire-haired dachshund pups sleeping on a sofa

Bedfellows

Or an album of sad and soulful country songs

Two black-and-tan wire-haired dachshunds sharing a bed

Brothers

Thank you, and yes, this city would look great on screen.

A cobbled street with red-brick Georgian houses and an elegant street lamp

Street corner, Chester, viewed from the city walls

Beautiful shot.

Chelsea Hotel, if I’m not mistaken…

Schön.

I was in King’s Cross station. Mainly, I just looked at people. And people are, I mean, you stand in the station for an hour, which is what I’ve just been doing. All human life is there. There are endless numbers of movies there ready to be made … You see walking tragedies and you see things that are a laugh basically. So for me, the treats are looking at humanity, really, at people.

Looking at humanity: Mike Leigh, born OTD in 1943

“It puts me in mind of Bezos’s other marquee product, another service that dealt a disastrous blow to books.”

Brassaï looking through the viewfinder of his camera on the Boulevard Saint Jacques at night, c.1930

“The eye of Paris.”—Henry Miller on #Brassaï

God yes.

It’s what kills you.

Thanks for the tip! Have added these to the watchlist.

Haven't seen but will investigate!

The family relationships and dynamics are so believable. Wonderful writing and performances.

I’ll definitely be watching it again. In its depiction of the way life can bleed into filmmaking it reminded me quite a lot of The Souvenir, and packs a similar emotional punch.