#Zoë Heller

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Zoë Heller, What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal

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People always seemed to think that you stopped believing things in a single, lightning-bolt moment, an instantaneous revelation of loss. For her, at least, the process of disenchantment had been achingly slow.

Zoë Heller, The Believers

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From Zoë Heller’s Notes on a Scandal

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[myrain]

“Being alone is not the most awful thing in the world. You visit your museums and cultivate your interests and remind yourself how lucky you are not to be one of those spindly Sudanese children with flies beading their mouths. You make out To Do lists - reorganise linen cupboard, learn two sonnets. You dole out little treats to yourself - slices of ice-cream cake, concerts at Wigmore Hall. And then, every once in a while, you wake up and gaze out of the window at another bloody daybreak, and think, I cannot do this anymore. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺. People like Sheba think that they know what it's like to be lonely. They cast their minds back to the time they broke up with a boyfriend in 1975 and endured a whole month before meeting someone new. Or the week they spent in a Bavarian steel town when they were fifteen years old, visiting their greasy-haired German pen pal and discovering that her hand-writing was the best thing about her. But about the drip drip of long-haul, no-end-in-sight solitude, they know nothing. They don't know what it is to construct an entire weekend around a visit to the laundrette. Or to sit in a darkened flat on Halloween night, because you can't bear to expose your bleak evening to a crowd of jeering trick-or-treaters. Or to have the librarian smile pityingly and say, ‘Goodness, you're a quick reader!’ when you bring back seven books, read from cover to cover, a week after taking them out. They don't know what it is to be so chronically untouched that the accidental brush of a bus conductor's hand on your shoulder sends a jolt of longing straight to your groin. I have sat on park benches and trains and schoolroom chairs, feeling the great store of unused, objectless love sitting in my belly like a stone until I was sure I would cry out and fall, flailing, to the ground. About all of this, Sheba and her like have no clue.” ― Zoë Heller, What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

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Alain Pilon’s illustration for Zoë Heller’s review of Katherine Angel’s Daddy Issues in this week’s New Yorker magazine.

#Alain Pilon #Great Illustration #Zoë Heller #Katherine Angel #Daddy Issues #The New Yorker Magazine

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Stolas "am i too much or not enough?" Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless / Mary Oliver, “The First Day” Felicity / fatimaamerbilal, even flesh eaters don't want me / Zoë Heller, What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal / keith haring journals

#stolas #stolas goetia #stolitz #helluva boss

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Only when you die do you run out of chances to be good. Until then, there is always the possibility of turning yourself around.

- Zoë Heller

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tagged by @asalesbian for books im planning to read soon 🥰💞☺️💗🤗

im hoping to get thru most of these in august bc it's my birthday in a month so I'll likely get MORE BOOKS also some of them r uni library books that im reading for fun but i need my uni library book slots for yknow my research degree so need to get those bad boys back on the shelf. so we got:

fen by daisy johnson - literally JUST bought this at a charity shop while i was looking for smth for my mum and it looked so interesting so it's my next read oops

kill joy by holly jackson - ngl i love a world book day book and this is a prequel to like my fav teen series ever. so.

the nicest girl in school by angela brazil - ive run out of chalet school books til my birthday 🙄 gotta get my boarding school fix

notes on a scandal by zoë heller

treasure island by r. l. stevenson (idk why it's funny to me that they wrote his name like that but. it is.)

finding henry applebee by celia reynolds - this one and notes on a scandal are ones my parents were getting rid of and im not that hype about them but I'll not turn down a decent free book

here the whole time by vitor martins - 😭😭😭 this is not my kind of deal AT ALL but someone gave to me as a gift for my LAST birthday and it'll be quick to get through so i kind of have to.

transnational television drama by elke weissman

sitcoms: selling the american dream by gerard jones - can YOU locate the uni library books?? 🤪

not tagging anyone in particular but if u are inspired to do it PLEASE!!!!! tag me i love seeing people's books

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Alles Möhre!

Zoë Ritterstern

Original: Feb. 2020

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Munter baumelt Möhre Herab vom Stocke, Zischelt leis': "Du faule Socke." Riecht's auch voll Nach Falle: Ignorier. Denn den Lohn Einmal in der Kralle, Umso heller strahlt Die Sonne. Wohlige Schauer jagen Über meinen Rücken. Langsam schließen Sich die Lücken. Tempo! Grinsend laufe ich In meinem Hamsterrad Dem Tag entgegen, An dem beginnt Mein neues Leben. Schnaufen. Nebel? Dampf! Am Ziel: Der Krampf. Vorsichtig! Trophä'! Atempause. Weiterrennen. Weil ich schon Die nächste Möhr' erspäh'.

#zoe ritterstern #alles möhre #schreiblr #deutsch #gedicht

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“There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness.”

What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal].

- Zoë Heller -

Notes on a Scandal (2006).

Directed by Richard Eyre.

Cate Blanchett

#What Was She Thinking #Notes on a Scandal #cigarettebullet3498mm

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Lucky McKee's 'May' & Xavier Gens' Frontier(s) arrive on Limited Edition Blu-ray 7/24 from Second Sights Films

MAY Make a date with May – for an unforgettable, uncomfortable, weird and wild experience. Lucky McKee’s wickedly wry body horror featuring outstanding performances, stunning cinematography and a stellar soundtrack, is back for a new release this July. Second Sight Films has it all sewn up with a brand-new Limited Edition and Standard Edition Blu-ray version, both complete with a fantastic slew of special features. Meet May Dove Candy, the socially awkward veterinary assistant, who was bullied as a child for her lazy eye, and has developed an obsession with perfection. Desperate for connection, May struggles to make friends and is desperately searching for a perfect boyfriend. Then she meets Adam, the boy with the flawless hands… could he be the one? But the path of love never runs smoothly, especially with May’s inability to connect with people. As her dream of perfection unravels, she becomes increasingly detached from reality and descends into the depths of depravity. The brand-new Limited Edition is set for release on July 24 and is presented in a stunning box with new artwork by Bella Grace, alongside a 70 page book, with new essays. Both editions come complete with a host of brilliant extras including new audio commentaries and new interviews with the stars, director, composer and editors and much more, see full details below. Don’t miss May Limited Edition, a devilish delight that’s a cut above the rest.

Special Features:  - New audio commentary with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas - Audio commentary with director Lucky McKee, cinematographer Steve Yedlin, editor Chris Sivertson and actors Angela Bettis, Nichole Hiltz, and Bret Roberts - Audio commentary with director Lucky McKee, Editor Rian Johnson, Composer Jammes Luckett (formerly credited as Jaye Barnes Luckett), production designer Leslie Keel, and Craft Services guy Benji - The Toymaker: a new interview with director Lucky McKee  -Perfect Hands: a new interview with actor Jeremy Sisto - Blankety Blank: a new interview with actor James Duval - How to Execute a Murder: a new interview with cinematographer Steve Yedlin • Peeling Back the Layers: a new interview with editor Rian Johnson - Jack and Jill: a new interview with editor Chris Sivertson - In the Cut: a new interview with editor Kevin Ford - Blood, Gore and Rock ‘n’ Roll: a new interview with composer Jammes Luckett • From Frankenstein to May: Miranda Corcoran on May - Bits and Pieces: on the set of May Limited Edition Contents:   -Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Bella Grace - 70 page book with new essays by Joseph Dwyer, Rachel Knightley, Mary Beth McAndrews and Heather Wixson - Six collectors' art cards

FRONTIER(S) 

Dare you cross Frontier(s)? The shockingly violent and darkly disturbing horror from Xavier Gens(Hitman, Gangs of London)  in his 2007 directorial debut, is set for a brand-new Limited Edition Blu-ray Box set release alongside a Standard Edition version from experts in the field Second Sight Films on July 24 2023. 

Shocking and thrilling audiences and offending (some) critics on its original release, French helmer Gens’ blood-fueled,  brutal feature is set for a stunning new Limited Edition outing. The box set is presented in a rigid slipcase with new artwork  by James Neal and a 70 page book featuring new essays and comes complete with a bucket load of special features. These  will be available on both versions and include: an audio commentary with Zoë Rose Smith and Kelly Gredner, new interviews  with cast and crew, the 'Making of’, a short film and more! Please see full list below. 

It’s a time of severe political unrest in Paris, an extreme right-wing party has come to power and violent protests soon turn  into full scale riots. As the streets burn, a group of young reprobates use the chaos to their advantage, robbing anything  and everything they can. But as they get in too deep, tragedy strikes and with the police on their tail, they’re forced to split  up and flee the city. 

Their situation goes from bad to worse as they end up holed up in a remote countryside guesthouse, where they come face  to face with a strange clan, the Von Geislers – a ruthlessly and violently oppressive father, his fiercely sexual daughters,  and brutish sons – who soon reveal themselves as neo-Nazis. The debauched family’s fantasy of starting a new Aryan race  could soon be realized as Yasmine (Karina Testa, Budapest), could be the key to the fresh bloodline they’ve been waiting  for. Can she and her friends survive the human abattoir, or will she become 'one of the family'? 

Enter the depraved and debauched Frontier(s) for a twisted, stomach-churning, thrilling horror experience. 

Special Features: 

- Audio Commentary with Zoë Rose Smith and Kelly Gredner 

- Reinventing the Extreme: a new interview with director Xavier Gens • Going Method: a new interview with actor Karina Testa 

- A Light in the Dark: a new interview with actor Maud Forget - Lights, Camera... Fear: a new interview with cinematographer Laurent Barès • Sounds of Violence: a new interview with composer Jean-Piere Taïeb • The Making of Frontier(s) 

- Fotografik Short Film 

- Xavier Gens Highschool Trailers 

- Frontier(s) Trailers 

- Storyboard Comparisons 

- Behind-the-Scenes Photos with commentary by Xavier Gens and Karina Testa 

- Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by Xavier Gens and Karina Testa 

Limited Edition Contents: 

- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal 

 -70 page book with new essays by Dr Sarah Cleary, Mark H Harris, Carolyn Mauricette and  Alexandra West 

- Six collectors' art cards 

[filmniller]

The Batman

2½ ud af 5 håbløse superskurke

Det er over en måned siden, jeg så filmen, og jeg havde besluttet mig til at se den en gang til, fordi jeg ikke rigtig kunne finde ud af, hvad jeg syntes om den, men jeg kan mærke, at jeg ikke gider ofre mere tid på den, og det fortæller vel alt. Den havner på 2½ (med pil nedad), fordi den er alt, alt for lang, fordi manuskriptet halter gevaldigt, og fordi man (igen) på tåbelig vis har prøvet at produktudvikle kendte og elskede tegneserieskurke. Pingvinen, som Danny de Vito udødeliggjorde på film i "Batman Returns" er nu (som i tv-serien "Gotham") skildret som klichégangster uden paraply, monokel, cigaretrør og høj hat. Colin Farrell, som spiller rollen, tiggede og bad instruktøren (Matt Reeves) om at ændre den beslutning, men lige meget hjalp det. Og hovedskurken, Gækkeren, spillet af Paul Dano, har heller ikke fået lov til at bære maske og grøn trikot, men er bare en sadistisk og humorforladt seriemorder, som Batman skal jagte i et stemningsfuldt production design, der er tyvstjålet fra "Se7en". Den eneste slyngel, der fungerer, er Catwoman, som Zoë Kravitz giver en tiltrængt genfødelse. At sammenligne hende med Pfeiffer vil jeg dog ikke, da det er to vidt forskellige fortolkninger, men filmens romance mellem Batman og Catwoman er interessant, om end langtrukken. Hovedrollen som Batman kan jeg næsten ikke tage stilling til, fordi Robert Pattinson bare går rundt og ser sur og bister ud og heller ikke får lov til at rulle sig ud som Bruce Wayne, men jeg ved jo, at han (ligesom de andre) er en glimrende skuespiller. Alt i alt må skylden for denne fis i en hornlygte skydes på et dårligt manus og en dårlig instruktør, der har prioriteret stemningen på bekostning af handling, tempo og kontinuitet. Jeg har ikke været synderlig begejstret for Matt Reeves' tidligere film, og det bekymrer mig, at det er ham, der skal producere filmatiseringen af Clifford D. Simaks mesterværk, "Way Station" for Netflix. Jeg håber virkelig, han sætter en anden til at instruere den.

#The Batman

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It is always difficult, the transition from noisy refusal to humble acceptance.

Zoë Heller, Notes on a Scandal

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From Zoë Heller’s Everything You Know

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