JacquiWine
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Book lover, film lover, art lover, wine lover. I write about books at JacquiWine's Journal. https://linktr.ee/jacquiwine
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The Long Shadow by Celia Fremlin
Back in the 1960s and ‘70s, the British author Celia Fremlin carved out a niche with her wonderfully suspenseful domestic noirs, slowly building tension by leveraging her protagonists’ understandab…
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New on the blog today, I've written about THE LONG SHADOW by Celia Fremlin.
A Christmas-themed domestic drama in which peculiar things begin to happen, highlighting the tensions in this dysfunctional family. Another enjoyable novel by a favourite writer! 💙📚
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A Christmas-themed domestic drama in which peculiar things begin to happen, highlighting the tensions in this dysfunctional family. Another enjoyable novel by a favourite writer! 💙📚
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Sunset 15:56
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Sunset 15:56
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2026 reading 🧵
Second of the Parker novels and my god but it’s brutal. A money-van heist, double-crosses, murder and revenge. Parker the most amoral of anti-heroes. It wouldn’t be my thing but it’s done so very, very well. Westlake (Stark) always delivers.
Second of the Parker novels and my god but it’s brutal. A money-van heist, double-crosses, murder and revenge. Parker the most amoral of anti-heroes. It wouldn’t be my thing but it’s done so very, very well. Westlake (Stark) always delivers.
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
2026 reading 🧵
Second of the Parker novels and my god but it’s brutal. A money-van heist, double-crosses, murder and revenge. Parker the most amoral of anti-heroes. It wouldn’t be my thing but it’s done so very, very well. Westlake (Stark) always delivers.
Second of the Parker novels and my god but it’s brutal. A money-van heist, double-crosses, murder and revenge. Parker the most amoral of anti-heroes. It wouldn’t be my thing but it’s done so very, very well. Westlake (Stark) always delivers.
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What can I say about one of the greatest filmmakers ever to have worked in the medium? The films that I loved, like Damnation, The Turin Horse, Autumn Almanac, The Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse, Satantango, all spoke to a sardonic scepticism but also (in my view) a belief (1/2) #FilmSky
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
What can I say about one of the greatest filmmakers ever to have worked in the medium? The films that I loved, like Damnation, The Turin Horse, Autumn Almanac, The Werckmeister Harmonies, The Turin Horse, Satantango, all spoke to a sardonic scepticism but also (in my view) a belief (1/2) #FilmSky
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Aspiring editors! Fancy joining our team? jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28558...
Editor - Daunt Books Publishing - London
Editor - Daunt Books Publishing - Publisher - Editorial - £35,000 +
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January 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Aspiring editors! Fancy joining our team? jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28558...
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The intense gaze in 'Madame Canals,' (1905) is the most remarkable feature of Picasso’s markedly classical portrait - it is a composition inspired by traditional Spanish portraits and evokes the typology of figures in Picasso’s previous works, characterised by their slenderness.
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The intense gaze in 'Madame Canals,' (1905) is the most remarkable feature of Picasso’s markedly classical portrait - it is a composition inspired by traditional Spanish portraits and evokes the typology of figures in Picasso’s previous works, characterised by their slenderness.
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Bela Tarr, 1955-2026
I interviewed him once & he smoked so much that the bar staff intervened & swore so hard that the translator refused to translate. Which is to say that he was as tough, hazardous & uncompromising as his films. Gone in a puff of smoke, hopefully raising hell someplace else
I interviewed him once & he smoked so much that the bar staff intervened & swore so hard that the translator refused to translate. Which is to say that he was as tough, hazardous & uncompromising as his films. Gone in a puff of smoke, hopefully raising hell someplace else
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Bela Tarr, 1955-2026
I interviewed him once & he smoked so much that the bar staff intervened & swore so hard that the translator refused to translate. Which is to say that he was as tough, hazardous & uncompromising as his films. Gone in a puff of smoke, hopefully raising hell someplace else
I interviewed him once & he smoked so much that the bar staff intervened & swore so hard that the translator refused to translate. Which is to say that he was as tough, hazardous & uncompromising as his films. Gone in a puff of smoke, hopefully raising hell someplace else
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Vanessa Bell's painting from 1934 shows the artist Duncan Grant reading a book. They had moved into Charleston, Sussex in 1916 and made it the kind of English bohemian gathering place that inspires television dramas.
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Vanessa Bell's painting from 1934 shows the artist Duncan Grant reading a book. They had moved into Charleston, Sussex in 1916 and made it the kind of English bohemian gathering place that inspires television dramas.
‘This is Piggy,’ announced Robin, leading in out of the darkness a tall, heavily-built girl with a huge suitcase, and a heavy, loosely-braided plait of blonde hair [...]. ‘I’m not sleeping with her,’ he added, glancing round as if for applause. #BookSky 💙📚
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The Long Shadow by Celia Fremlin
Back in the 1960s and ‘70s, the British author Celia Fremlin carved out a niche with her wonderfully suspenseful domestic noirs, slowly building tension by leveraging her protagonists’ understandab…
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January 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
‘This is Piggy,’ announced Robin, leading in out of the darkness a tall, heavily-built girl with a huge suitcase, and a heavy, loosely-braided plait of blonde hair [...]. ‘I’m not sleeping with her,’ he added, glancing round as if for applause. #BookSky 💙📚
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From the archive for Maeve Brennan, born on this day in 1917, my thoughts on THE SPRINGS OF AFFECTION, one the best collections of short stories I've read.
One house, three families - quietly devastating stories, beautifully observed. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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One house, three families - quietly devastating stories, beautifully observed. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan
I am very much a latecomer to the Irish short-story writer and journalist, Maeve Brennan, having just read The Springs of Affection, a quietly devastating collection of her Dublin stories from the …
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January 6, 2026 at 9:43 AM
From the archive for Maeve Brennan, born on this day in 1917, my thoughts on THE SPRINGS OF AFFECTION, one the best collections of short stories I've read.
One house, three families - quietly devastating stories, beautifully observed. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2018/12/11/t...
One house, three families - quietly devastating stories, beautifully observed. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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First watch: Apache (1954). A Hecht-Lancaster Productions film directed by Robert Aldrich, and the first of two Westerns he did that year starring Burt Lacaster, the other being Vera Cruz. Burt plays one-man war-machine Massai, “the last Apache warrior”, who repeatedly escapes his white captors 1/3
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 AM
First watch: Apache (1954). A Hecht-Lancaster Productions film directed by Robert Aldrich, and the first of two Westerns he did that year starring Burt Lacaster, the other being Vera Cruz. Burt plays one-man war-machine Massai, “the last Apache warrior”, who repeatedly escapes his white captors 1/3
I’m fascinated by Soderbergh’s reading list, which includes Percival Everett, Georgette Heyer and Elizabeth Taylor (AT MRS. LIPPINCOTE’S - a tremendous debut). #BookSky 💙📚
In 2025, Steven Soderbergh released two movies, shot and premiered another, finished drafts for four new projects, watched almost every major new release along with numerous classics, and much more.
Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched and Read in 2025
It’s that time of year again. While some directors annually share their favorite films of the year, Steven Soderbergh lists everything he consumed, media-wise. For 2025––another prolific year in which...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
I’m fascinated by Soderbergh’s reading list, which includes Percival Everett, Georgette Heyer and Elizabeth Taylor (AT MRS. LIPPINCOTE’S - a tremendous debut). #BookSky 💙📚
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Maman (1999) by artist Louise Bourgeois #womensart #January
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Maman (1999) by artist Louise Bourgeois #womensart #January
‘And you’re bound to want to stay for weeks and weeks, coming all the way from Bermuda, £400 return, isn't it?
It isn’t that I hate you, dear, it’s just that I don't want to have to bother about you. Just like Ivor...’ #BookSky 💙📚
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It isn’t that I hate you, dear, it’s just that I don't want to have to bother about you. Just like Ivor...’ #BookSky 💙📚
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The Long Shadow by Celia Fremlin
Back in the 1960s and ‘70s, the British author Celia Fremlin carved out a niche with her wonderfully suspenseful domestic noirs, slowly building tension by leveraging her protagonists’ understandab…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
‘And you’re bound to want to stay for weeks and weeks, coming all the way from Bermuda, £400 return, isn't it?
It isn’t that I hate you, dear, it’s just that I don't want to have to bother about you. Just like Ivor...’ #BookSky 💙📚
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It isn’t that I hate you, dear, it’s just that I don't want to have to bother about you. Just like Ivor...’ #BookSky 💙📚
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The closeness of Édouard Vuillard's relationship to Lucy Hessel (his dealer's wife) is clear in this picture, from 1905, not least because her face appears in shadow - it's a glimpse into their lives, an intimate and informal moment immortalised for prosperity.
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The closeness of Édouard Vuillard's relationship to Lucy Hessel (his dealer's wife) is clear in this picture, from 1905, not least because her face appears in shadow - it's a glimpse into their lives, an intimate and informal moment immortalised for prosperity.
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Currently reading (and my heart is breaking to) Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’. #BookSky💙📚
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Currently reading (and my heart is breaking to) Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’. #BookSky💙📚
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Andrew Wyeth, "Christina's World", 1948
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Andrew Wyeth, "Christina's World", 1948
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'Snow effect, Damvillers.' (1882)
Since the earliest days of his career, Jules Bastien-Lepage had been fascinated with the way that snow transforms a familiar landscape, softening forms, reflecting light, and unifying the landscape in tone and texture. An exquisite picture.
Since the earliest days of his career, Jules Bastien-Lepage had been fascinated with the way that snow transforms a familiar landscape, softening forms, reflecting light, and unifying the landscape in tone and texture. An exquisite picture.
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
'Snow effect, Damvillers.' (1882)
Since the earliest days of his career, Jules Bastien-Lepage had been fascinated with the way that snow transforms a familiar landscape, softening forms, reflecting light, and unifying the landscape in tone and texture. An exquisite picture.
Since the earliest days of his career, Jules Bastien-Lepage had been fascinated with the way that snow transforms a familiar landscape, softening forms, reflecting light, and unifying the landscape in tone and texture. An exquisite picture.
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'The London Underground'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
'The London Underground'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
'The Granary at Charleston,' was painted by Vanessa Bell in 1940, one of the coldest and most severe winters in nearly 50 years.
January 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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'The Granary at Charleston,' was painted by Vanessa Bell in 1940, one of the coldest and most severe winters in nearly 50 years.
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
'The Granary at Charleston,' was painted by Vanessa Bell in 1940, one of the coldest and most severe winters in nearly 50 years.
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“I’m the one who’ll have to meet you at the airport, put clean sheets on your bed, ask you if you’d like hot-water-bottles…And then there you’ll still be, next day, & I’ll have to talk to you, pass you the marmalade, think what the hell to do with you." 💙📚
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The Long Shadow by Celia Fremlin
Back in the 1960s and ‘70s, the British author Celia Fremlin carved out a niche with her wonderfully suspenseful domestic noirs, slowly building tension by leveraging her protagonists’ understandab…
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January 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
“I’m the one who’ll have to meet you at the airport, put clean sheets on your bed, ask you if you’d like hot-water-bottles…And then there you’ll still be, next day, & I’ll have to talk to you, pass you the marmalade, think what the hell to do with you." 💙📚
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THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR (Ritwik Ghatak, 1960).
Loved this beautiful, heartbreaking film, in which a compassionate young woman sacrifices her own needs and desires to support her ungrateful family. The soundscape and cinematography are especially striking, (1/2) >> #FilmSky
Loved this beautiful, heartbreaking film, in which a compassionate young woman sacrifices her own needs and desires to support her ungrateful family. The soundscape and cinematography are especially striking, (1/2) >> #FilmSky
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR (Ritwik Ghatak, 1960).
Loved this beautiful, heartbreaking film, in which a compassionate young woman sacrifices her own needs and desires to support her ungrateful family. The soundscape and cinematography are especially striking, (1/2) >> #FilmSky
Loved this beautiful, heartbreaking film, in which a compassionate young woman sacrifices her own needs and desires to support her ungrateful family. The soundscape and cinematography are especially striking, (1/2) >> #FilmSky
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From the archive for Eleanor Perényi, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, my thoughts on MORE WAS LOST, a remarkable memoir on the author's life with a Hungarian baron in the run-up to #WW2
Thanks NYRB Classics for reissuing this thoroughly captivating gem! #BookSky 💙📚
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Thanks NYRB Classics for reissuing this thoroughly captivating gem! #BookSky 💙📚
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More Was Lost by Eleanor Perényi
First published in 1946 (and now back in print courtesy of NYRB Classics), More Was Lost is a remarkable memoir by the American-born writer, editor and keen gardener, Eleanor Perényi. In essence, t…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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I still enjoy a good needle drop but I’m less a fan of CONSTANT music beds in modern film and TV. One of the joys of watching old movies is how well they use silence for emphasis, punctuation, tension and dread.
Something must be done about the plague of needle drops. Marty Supreme and OBAA both nearly ruined by them, particularly in their endings
January 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I still enjoy a good needle drop but I’m less a fan of CONSTANT music beds in modern film and TV. One of the joys of watching old movies is how well they use silence for emphasis, punctuation, tension and dread.
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Tales of the Arabian Nights, artist Lotte Nicklass, 1918 x 3
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Tales of the Arabian Nights, artist Lotte Nicklass, 1918 x 3