Jules Maenhaut
@julesmaenhaut.bsky.social
These were there last year!
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
These were there last year!
I also spent a day at Rock en Seine, which must be the only festival banning beef from its food stands whilst also having a stand where you can buy vapes. Aaah, the French.
August 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I also spent a day at Rock en Seine, which must be the only festival banning beef from its food stands whilst also having a stand where you can buy vapes. Aaah, the French.
Some random thoughts after another three days in #Paris:
- The renovated interior of Notre Dame is better than I expected (the lighting is great)
- Montmartre still blows
- Keeping up a diet in Paris is intensely difficult
- Cinema culture is the best, so much respect for new films and revivals
- The renovated interior of Notre Dame is better than I expected (the lighting is great)
- Montmartre still blows
- Keeping up a diet in Paris is intensely difficult
- Cinema culture is the best, so much respect for new films and revivals
August 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Some random thoughts after another three days in #Paris:
- The renovated interior of Notre Dame is better than I expected (the lighting is great)
- Montmartre still blows
- Keeping up a diet in Paris is intensely difficult
- Cinema culture is the best, so much respect for new films and revivals
- The renovated interior of Notre Dame is better than I expected (the lighting is great)
- Montmartre still blows
- Keeping up a diet in Paris is intensely difficult
- Cinema culture is the best, so much respect for new films and revivals
Well, Four Travelers is completely free on Steam so you can dive right in! It's the only game of the four that's isometric (and gorgeously styled).
But An English Haunting is great also, it has fun puzzles that never overstepped my own logical reasoning and had a nice falling-dominoes structure.
But An English Haunting is great also, it has fun puzzles that never overstepped my own logical reasoning and had a nice falling-dominoes structure.
August 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Well, Four Travelers is completely free on Steam so you can dive right in! It's the only game of the four that's isometric (and gorgeously styled).
But An English Haunting is great also, it has fun puzzles that never overstepped my own logical reasoning and had a nice falling-dominoes structure.
But An English Haunting is great also, it has fun puzzles that never overstepped my own logical reasoning and had a nice falling-dominoes structure.
(Re)visited this pixel-horror quartet. They're similar but different and I love them. All great examples of how to capture time/place/mood without photorealistic graphics, treat mature subjects without feeling exploitative and provoke a sense of dread through expressive writing, music and visuals.
August 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
(Re)visited this pixel-horror quartet. They're similar but different and I love them. All great examples of how to capture time/place/mood without photorealistic graphics, treat mature subjects without feeling exploitative and provoke a sense of dread through expressive writing, music and visuals.
Not the biggest fan of the new #Superman movie BUT the casting and characterization were excellent, which hopefully bodes well for future installments.
Also, VERY pleased with this:
Also, VERY pleased with this:
July 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not the biggest fan of the new #Superman movie BUT the casting and characterization were excellent, which hopefully bodes well for future installments.
Also, VERY pleased with this:
Also, VERY pleased with this:
And another quartet with movies from this century.
June 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
And another quartet with movies from this century.
I thought this one would be kind of hard with how popular Letterboxd has become, but it turns out there's a bunch of great movies needing some more love.
June 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I thought this one would be kind of hard with how popular Letterboxd has become, but it turns out there's a bunch of great movies needing some more love.
📽 My 21st century top 10 (in no particular order).
June 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
📽 My 21st century top 10 (in no particular order).
The artwork was featured in the recent exhibition chronicling the Nazi treatment of modern art at the Picasso museum in Paris. A very poignant experience, sadly with more than a few current day echoes.
May 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The artwork was featured in the recent exhibition chronicling the Nazi treatment of modern art at the Picasso museum in Paris. A very poignant experience, sadly with more than a few current day echoes.
Otto Freundlich's painting 'Homage to the people of colour'. Freundlich's work was featured in the infamous 1937 'Degenerate Art' exhibition in Munich.
In 1943, Freundlich was deported to Sobibor concentration camp, where he was murdered.
In 1943, Freundlich was deported to Sobibor concentration camp, where he was murdered.
May 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Otto Freundlich's painting 'Homage to the people of colour'. Freundlich's work was featured in the infamous 1937 'Degenerate Art' exhibition in Munich.
In 1943, Freundlich was deported to Sobibor concentration camp, where he was murdered.
In 1943, Freundlich was deported to Sobibor concentration camp, where he was murdered.
"Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?"
May 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't?"
Also, respect to the Kunstmuseum for pairing a Mondriaan-inspired marzipan cake with an actual Mondriaan painting. Madness in the best possible way.
April 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Also, respect to the Kunstmuseum for pairing a Mondriaan-inspired marzipan cake with an actual Mondriaan painting. Madness in the best possible way.
A visit to the Kunstmuseum has the added benefit of seeing Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie again, which is one of those paintings that really benefits from being seen in real life.
(Obviously, this tracks for a lot of paintings, but this one especially. Its textures are so rich!)
(Obviously, this tracks for a lot of paintings, but this one especially. Its textures are so rich!)
April 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A visit to the Kunstmuseum has the added benefit of seeing Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie again, which is one of those paintings that really benefits from being seen in real life.
(Obviously, this tracks for a lot of paintings, but this one especially. Its textures are so rich!)
(Obviously, this tracks for a lot of paintings, but this one especially. Its textures are so rich!)
All these events are also covered in Sebastian Smee's Paris in Ruins, which I can highly recommend.
April 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
All these events are also covered in Sebastian Smee's Paris in Ruins, which I can highly recommend.
The idea he formulated in 1867 - to host a separate, democratic exhibition for Salon rejects - would come to fruition in 1874 and would be known as the first Impressionist Exhibition. Renoir, Monet, Pissaro, Morisot et al. exhibit, but not Bazille: he was killed during the Franco-Prussian war.
April 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The idea he formulated in 1867 - to host a separate, democratic exhibition for Salon rejects - would come to fruition in 1874 and would be known as the first Impressionist Exhibition. Renoir, Monet, Pissaro, Morisot et al. exhibit, but not Bazille: he was killed during the Franco-Prussian war.
In the meantime, the Impressionists were starting to come into their own, bonding over collective rejections at the traditional Salons. A nice inclusion in the exhibition is Bazille's letter to his mother, which has strong "fuck the haters"-energy.
April 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In the meantime, the Impressionists were starting to come into their own, bonding over collective rejections at the traditional Salons. A nice inclusion in the exhibition is Bazille's letter to his mother, which has strong "fuck the haters"-energy.
The decade saw the wrapping up of Haussmann's transformation (gentrification) of Paris, France's declaration of war on Prussia spectacularly backfiring, the French army working out some issues by massacring Parisians, and everything being half-assedly swept under the rug of nationalism.
April 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The decade saw the wrapping up of Haussmann's transformation (gentrification) of Paris, France's declaration of war on Prussia spectacularly backfiring, the French army working out some issues by massacring Parisians, and everything being half-assedly swept under the rug of nationalism.
The "Nieuw Parijs" exhibition at The Hague's Kunstmuseum features a delightfully impressive selection of (proto-)Impressionist works from Orsay, Marmottan, the Met, and elsewhere. Also chronicles perhaps the most interesting decade in Parisian history (excluding the French Revolution), 1865-1875.
April 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The "Nieuw Parijs" exhibition at The Hague's Kunstmuseum features a delightfully impressive selection of (proto-)Impressionist works from Orsay, Marmottan, the Met, and elsewhere. Also chronicles perhaps the most interesting decade in Parisian history (excluding the French Revolution), 1865-1875.
Two years ago: my then-boss, visiting @gamesbrussels.bsky.social , playing an in-development build of Koira and having a chat with Ben from @studiotolima.bsky.social
This morning: my daughter having a go at the finished game.
Great little gem, echoes of Journey, A Highland Song, and The Wanderer.
This morning: my daughter having a go at the finished game.
Great little gem, echoes of Journey, A Highland Song, and The Wanderer.
April 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Two years ago: my then-boss, visiting @gamesbrussels.bsky.social , playing an in-development build of Koira and having a chat with Ben from @studiotolima.bsky.social
This morning: my daughter having a go at the finished game.
Great little gem, echoes of Journey, A Highland Song, and The Wanderer.
This morning: my daughter having a go at the finished game.
Great little gem, echoes of Journey, A Highland Song, and The Wanderer.
An interesting calenderial coincidence between The Devil Rides Out (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973), both screened @offscreenff.bsky.social. Also, and slightly concerning: my daughter's birthday.
March 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
An interesting calenderial coincidence between The Devil Rides Out (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973), both screened @offscreenff.bsky.social. Also, and slightly concerning: my daughter's birthday.
Sturgill Simpson, man. What a guy, what a band, bringing the house down for 3 hours straight.
March 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Sturgill Simpson, man. What a guy, what a band, bringing the house down for 3 hours straight.
With appearances by @annebillson.bsky.social, @dianearodgers.bsky.social, @bobfischer.bsky.social, @drdjohnston.bsky.social, Rupert Russell and Robert Wynne-Simmons, hosting this shindig in Brussels has the additional bonus of feeling like a massive middle finger to Brexit.
March 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
With appearances by @annebillson.bsky.social, @dianearodgers.bsky.social, @bobfischer.bsky.social, @drdjohnston.bsky.social, Rupert Russell and Robert Wynne-Simmons, hosting this shindig in Brussels has the additional bonus of feeling like a massive middle finger to Brexit.
Wrapping up first days at @offscreenff.bsky.social immersed in Wyrd Britain.
Key takeaways:
- showing the big demon is a good idea
- only ask a question if it's actually a question
- don't play on farms
- ask the folklore and/or horror experts in your life if they're alright from time to time
Key takeaways:
- showing the big demon is a good idea
- only ask a question if it's actually a question
- don't play on farms
- ask the folklore and/or horror experts in your life if they're alright from time to time
March 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Wrapping up first days at @offscreenff.bsky.social immersed in Wyrd Britain.
Key takeaways:
- showing the big demon is a good idea
- only ask a question if it's actually a question
- don't play on farms
- ask the folklore and/or horror experts in your life if they're alright from time to time
Key takeaways:
- showing the big demon is a good idea
- only ask a question if it's actually a question
- don't play on farms
- ask the folklore and/or horror experts in your life if they're alright from time to time