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Steven

Steven

@stevenm5.bsky.social

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Autistic, gay, deaf. Currently into translated fiction canon and film monographs. Here for (reading) political punditry, cinema and literature.

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David Asboth @davidasboth.com · 1d

I 100% recommend @pierrenovellie.bsky.social's book Why Can't I Enjoy Things? - hands down the best first person book on autism I've read. Obviously everyone's experience is different so I also echo others' advice to just talk to other ND folk about their experience and realise you're not alone!

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 3d

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 2d

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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
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Carole Williams @luckylil.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s a link beyond the paywall. And a donate button, if you wish to support the Tribune.

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 3d

Watched in Nov 25

Jesse Eisenberg in Kelly Reichardt's "Night Moves" (2013)

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Chris @staggerlee42.bsky.social · 3d

Delon’s finest hour imo and maybe even Losey’s finest film (against very stiff competition!)…

J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 3d

Alain Delon in "Mr. Klein" - BOTD

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 3d

Read in November 2025

Paperback covers of "The String of Pearls", "The Emperor's Tomb" and "The Spider's Web" by Joseph Roth

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 3d

Watched in Nov 2025

Anjelica Huston in John Huston's "The Dead" (1987)

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 9d

One little detail in A House of Dynamite completely took me out of the action: all of the letters in the WH briefing room were the correct way up. Complete fantasy. Might as well have been set in Narnia.

Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · Apr 24

The White House briefing room. Four Hs. Three of them are upside down. And it’s been that way since 2007.

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks for the tip re Melancholy and Werckmeister: I've bumped them up the list...

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 20d

I've added "War and War" and "The Melancholy of Resistance" to my list of books to read. Might take a beat before the next Tarr though. I may rewatch a Tsai Ming-Liang 'slow cinema' film again beforehand perhaps: sometimes mordant but a degree less bleak...

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 20d

Read in October 2025

Paperbackc over of "Dayswork" by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 20d

Read in October 2025

Penguin paperback editions of "Our Man in Havana" by Graham Greene and "Of Love and Hunger" by Julian Maclaren-Ross

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · 20d

Watched in October 2025

Satantango (1994), directed by Béla Tarr

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · Oct 11

I wasn’t sure about I Know Where I’m Going the first time I watched it. Now I am. It is perfect. boxd.it/bkJTol

A ★★★★★ review of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

I remember watching this the first time and being a bit baffled by it. It seemed weirdly theatrical, the Scotland unconvincing and clichéd, and I didn’t pick up on any chemistry between Wendy Hillier ...

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · Sep 16

Watched in Sept 2025

Robert Redford in J C Chandor's "All Is Lost" (2013)

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · Sep 4

I was seeing this for a second time (after almost 50 years...) and, from my memory of it, had modest expectations but - with the benefit of subtitles now, and time - enjoyed it very much. I think I have to give the palm to 'Chinatown' but this was fun.

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · Sep 4

Watched in Sept 2025

Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in Bob Rafelson's "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972)

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · Aug 27

Read in August 2025

Book covers for "The Proof of My Innocence" by Jonathan Coe and "The Director" by Daniel Kehlmann

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Aug 19

I have advised the friendly police officer that OCDA's initial decision to impede the policing does not seem in line with its own guidelines
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · Aug 17

Read in August 2025

Paperback cover of "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Steven @stevenm5.bsky.social · Aug 17

Read in August 2025

Paperback cover of "War with the Newts" by Karel Čapek, translated by Ewald Osers

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Adam Corlett @adamcorlett.bsky.social · Aug 10

Crazy that emails from HMRC, for example, come with a massive link to X

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is such a clear and useful article. Why does the phrase ‘the really important step was taken by David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s coalition government’ not surprise me?

Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · Aug 9

I wrote this to explain how we reached this point, in the hope it would be a resource for people arguing with friends and family, people with questions, perhaps even people thinking of joining a protest. Do share with anyone who might find it useful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Targeted by the right, Britain’s asylum hotels are places of fear and disorder. Bad political decisions made it so | Daniel Trilling

In the frenzy of racism and culture warring, the issue of why hotels are used gets overlooked, says author Daniel Trilling

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