Anne Billson
@annebillson.bsky.social
Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
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The Penguin Maigret reissues used his photos brilliantly
February 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The Penguin Maigret reissues used his photos brilliantly
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Polish & Hungarian posters for 101 Dalmatians
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Polish & Hungarian posters for 101 Dalmatians
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I know all names are made up but some are more made up than others
February 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I know all names are made up but some are more made up than others
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I haven't seen the new Wuthering Heights so I can't give an opinion on it. What I've seen doesn't make me optimistic, but it does make me think how much I would have liked Ken Russell to have done a version, ideally in his hey-day, around the time of The Music Lovers and The Devils maybe...
February 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I haven't seen the new Wuthering Heights so I can't give an opinion on it. What I've seen doesn't make me optimistic, but it does make me think how much I would have liked Ken Russell to have done a version, ideally in his hey-day, around the time of The Music Lovers and The Devils maybe...
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Remember this from Edinburgh.
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Remember this from Edinburgh.
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
VERY much a painting where the bottom follows you around the room (qv Pete & Dud)
also infant Christ looked like a middle-aged account executive scrutinising whether the three gifts would exceed his tax allowance
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Happy Birthday, THELMA RITTER 🎂 Six Oscar nominations. She should have won all of them! Here she is in the performance she deserved a seventh for: REAR WINDOW. Alfred Hitchcock adored her. Who didn’t? My Ritter #MovieReview Playlist 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MovieSky
#MovieSky
February 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Happy Birthday, THELMA RITTER 🎂 Six Oscar nominations. She should have won all of them! Here she is in the performance she deserved a seventh for: REAR WINDOW. Alfred Hitchcock adored her. Who didn’t? My Ritter #MovieReview Playlist 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MovieSky
#MovieSky
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Animals lining up to get into Noah's ark, 1565. With extra sheep, as allowed or possibly commanded by God. Also appreciate attention to Noah family pets by Jacopo Bassano, whose day is today.
February 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Animals lining up to get into Noah's ark, 1565. With extra sheep, as allowed or possibly commanded by God. Also appreciate attention to Noah family pets by Jacopo Bassano, whose day is today.
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Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of HIS BEAUTIFUL HANDS being published. This was by far the most difficult project I've ever worked on and it's sunk straight into relative obscurity (only eleven ratings and one review on Goodreads) - but it's the book I'm most proud to have worked on.
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of HIS BEAUTIFUL HANDS being published. This was by far the most difficult project I've ever worked on and it's sunk straight into relative obscurity (only eleven ratings and one review on Goodreads) - but it's the book I'm most proud to have worked on.
Quite a distracting bottom there. Who IS that guy and what is he doing with those dogs?
Beautiful Adoration of the Kings, painted in the 1540s by Jacopo Bassano. He died (alas!) on this day in 1592, when very old.
February 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Quite a distracting bottom there. Who IS that guy and what is he doing with those dogs?
For the first time, I went into the neo-gothic Sint-Norbertus (circa 1904), oasis of calm amid all the cafés, bars and restos of Dageraadplaats. Heavenly choir practice going on, quite beautiful.
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
For the first time, I went into the neo-gothic Sint-Norbertus (circa 1904), oasis of calm amid all the cafés, bars and restos of Dageraadplaats. Heavenly choir practice going on, quite beautiful.
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Dropped ice cream cone retrieved from the waves on a winter’s day
February 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Dropped ice cream cone retrieved from the waves on a winter’s day
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Happy Valentine's Day 💘
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Happy Valentine's Day 💘
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Nico in pensive mood. I love this girl.
February 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Nico in pensive mood. I love this girl.
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Ears like the gull-wing doors on a DeLorean.
February 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Ears like the gull-wing doors on a DeLorean.
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Fresh from smoking cigarettes and committing adultery, it's the FRENCH DEMON TWINK and his partner, dancing to, and I am not making this up, the soundtrack from the Darren Aronofsky movie The Whale where Brendan Frasier plays a man who eats himself to death
February 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Fresh from smoking cigarettes and committing adultery, it's the FRENCH DEMON TWINK and his partner, dancing to, and I am not making this up, the soundtrack from the Darren Aronofsky movie The Whale where Brendan Frasier plays a man who eats himself to death
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God: I told you not to! Adam: But all the animals were doing it! It looked like fun! Very strange way of envisioning Fall of Man from Jacopo Bassano, whose day is today.
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
God: I told you not to! Adam: But all the animals were doing it! It looked like fun! Very strange way of envisioning Fall of Man from Jacopo Bassano, whose day is today.
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POP FACT: Everyone who watched The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show died one week later, due to CBS accidentally booking John, Paul, George and Ringu
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
POP FACT: Everyone who watched The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show died one week later, due to CBS accidentally booking John, Paul, George and Ringu
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Feb 14th 2012 - An entry in Amy Dunne's diary, in which she writes she's thinking about buying a gun.
📽️📅 Gone Girl (2014)
📽️📅 Gone Girl (2014)
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Feb 14th 2012 - An entry in Amy Dunne's diary, in which she writes she's thinking about buying a gun.
📽️📅 Gone Girl (2014)
📽️📅 Gone Girl (2014)
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Feb 14th 2016 - The basic pleasure model replicant, Pris Stratton, was incepted.
📽️📅 Blade Runner (1982)
📽️📅 Blade Runner (1982)
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Feb 14th 2016 - The basic pleasure model replicant, Pris Stratton, was incepted.
📽️📅 Blade Runner (1982)
📽️📅 Blade Runner (1982)
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Good morning please enjoy these French porcelain sphynxes, they can’t believe you would actually post that, they are both repelled and intrigued
February 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Good morning please enjoy these French porcelain sphynxes, they can’t believe you would actually post that, they are both repelled and intrigued
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Happy birthday to the wondrous Harriet Andersson, 94 years old today. Star of several great Ingmar Bergman films, including SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT, which would be a lovely watch for Valentine's Day; and SUMMER WITH MONIKA, which would not.
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Happy birthday to the wondrous Harriet Andersson, 94 years old today. Star of several great Ingmar Bergman films, including SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT, which would be a lovely watch for Valentine's Day; and SUMMER WITH MONIKA, which would not.
In fact, this was mid-1980s, not mid-1970s. Duh.
Mid-1970s selfie with false eyelashes and rubber snakes. Photograph by Anne Billson.
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
In fact, this was mid-1980s, not mid-1970s. Duh.
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To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.