Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Immanquable exposition Perec à @labnf.bsky.social à partir de demain. 011
Reposted by Brian ValèsTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 12/10/2026New Pynchon character name just dropped 09719
Reposted by Brian ValèsLe Monde @lemonde.fr · 10/10/2026Avec « Spirales », Dominique A fait remonter sa mémoire rock et nantaiselemonde.frAvec « Spirales », Dominique A fait remonter sa mémoire rock et nantaiseRencontre avec le chanteur au studio Le Garage hermétique, près de Nantes, où il a enregistré son quinzième album, très réussi, qui convoque ses souvenirs dérobés et son goût de l’isolement. 262
Reposted by Brian ValèsRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 08/10/2026Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the award-giving body said todayrte.ieCanadian writer Carson wins Nobel Prize in LiteratureCanadian poet and writer Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for co... 0136
Reposted by Brian ValèsPhilippe Prudent @phprudent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ma chronique de la splendide exposition Zurbaran qui a ouvert ce matin au @museelouvre.bsky.social. C'est plus qu'une réussite : un éblouissement. #HDA 061
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 07/10/2026Our TV critic on how the original compares to the adaptation. www.newyorker.com/books/what-w...newyorker.comWhat to Read if You Loved “East of Eden”Our TV critic on how the original compares to the adaptation. 1173
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Comment un footballeur brésilien a remis Tolstoï en tête des ventes. www.lequipe.fr/Respire/Tend...lequipe.fr 000
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Romantic delusion. Social alienation. Body horror. Just a few of the elements celebrated online — if not always by the writers who earn the label. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...nytimes.comWhat Is ‘Weird Girl Lit,’ Anyway?Romantic delusion. Social alienation. Body horror. Just a few of the elements celebrated online — if not always by the writers who earn the label. 000
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Très réussi Mariage de Figaro au Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, avec notamment un Micha Lescot grandiose dans le rôle du comte Almaviva. 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/09/2026“The photos don’t seem self-conscious or posed,” Sofia Coppola said of Joseph Szabo’s portraits of American teens. “The kids don’t have their guards up. You don’t feel he’s peering at them.” www.newyorker.com/culture/phot... 55610
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pour L'Equipe, Frédéric Bernès revient sur le procès Aramburu. www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actual...lequipe.fr 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “‘The Sopranos,’ ‘The Wire,’ ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Breaking Bad,’ besides being among the best shows the medium has ever produced, together served as a televisual Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” Stephen Marche writes in a guest essay.nyti.msOpinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s FallFour TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart. 137615
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My top 10 shows of the 21st century, in no particular order. 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsOlivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Le Figaro nous apprend que le mystérieux créateur du compte Balance ton Claude est en réalité Samuel Fitoussi, investisseur dans l’IA et… chroniqueur au Figaro. L’un des premiers a avoir relayé la polémique autour de Thélyson Orélien. www.lefigaro.fr/culture/qui-...lefigaro.frThélyson Orélien accusé d’avoir écrit son roman avec l’IA : Le Figaro révèle qui se cache derrière «Balance ton Claude»INFO LE FIGARO - Les spéculations allaient bon train. Le véritable créateur de ce compte X entend dénoncer le «slop» de l’IA et restaurer la confiance envers l’écriture humaine. 31633418
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 22/09/2026Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's list. thebookerprizes.com/bp2026 411870
Reposted by Brian ValèsBrian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Parmi les grands rendez-vous culturels de la rentrée, ne pas manquer le Festival America du 24 au 27 septembre à Vincennes. Avec comme d'habitude de grands noms du roman US (Joyce Carol Oates, John Grisham, Jay McInerney, etc.) et un large éventail d'événements prometteurs. www.festival-america.comfestival-america.comFestival AmericaFestival America : festival des littératures d'Amérique du Nord, Vincennes, Canada, Etats-Unis, Mexique, Cuba, Haïti, salon du livre, café littéraire, lectures, débats, rencontres, expositions, films,... 002
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21/09/2026In the novel “Ply,” Hernan Diaz imagines a ruined New York, a fractured society, and the ultimate structure of existence. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comHernan Diaz’s Grand ExperimentIn the novel “Ply,” Hernan Diaz imagines a ruined New York, a fractured society, and the ultimate structure of existence. 0162
Reposted by Brian Valèsfranceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 22/09/2026Selon France Inter, les extraits de l'ouvrage analysés par un détecteur d'intelligence artificielle seraient composés entre 95% et 100% d'IA.l.franceinfo.frL'écrivain canado-haïtien Thélyson Orélien accusé d'avoir utilisé l'intelligence artificielle pour son dernier roman, sa maison d'édition évoque "une campagne de haine" 134
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026Jonathan Franzen: ‘It’s still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long’theguardian.comJonathan Franzen: ‘It’s still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long’The author of The Corrections talks about a new TV adaptation, the future of reading and why creating new work is ‘horrible’ 1193
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBQ...youtube.comEthan Hawke, la légende du cinéma américain, en roue libre dans notre Vidéo Club 🔥YouTube video by Konbini 001
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Informations et réservations via ce lien: www.theatrepalaisroyal.com/Spectacles/l...theatrepalaisroyal.comLe Guide du parfait gentleman assassinCréation 2026 ! Bienvenue dans la comédie musicale Le Guide du parfait gentleman assassin, où ambition rime avec... élimination. 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 19/09/2026We discuss the career of New Jersey legend James Gandolfini on a new episode of @tfsbside.bsky.social with special guest @jasondashbailey.com, author of a biography on the late, legendary actor!thefilmstage.comThe B-Sides of James Gandolfini with Jason BaileyWelcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we discuss New Jersey legend James Gandol... 0198
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Au Théâtre du Palais Royal pour assister à la délicieuse comédie musicale "Le Guide du Parfait Gentleman Assassin", avec, dans le rôle titre, l'excellent Gaétan Borg, ainsi que le caméléon Benoît Cauden. 100
Reposted by Brian ValèsRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11/09/2026One month after 9/11, Rolling Stone published a special issue with stories from David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Lethem, Kurt Loder, and more. Many are online for the first time today to mark the 25th anniversary of the attack. Read: www.rollingstone.com/p/9-11-remem... 115457
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Belle soirée - rencontre avec le romancier irlandais Paul Murray et son traducteur français Pierre Demarty au @ccirlandais.bsky.social, à l'occasion de la parution du magnifique The Bee Sting / La piqûre d'abeille en France, chez Albin Michel. 🐝 000
Reposted by Brian Valèsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you haven’t heard, @trufelman.bsky.social and I started a new podcast about fashion and philosophy. Each month, we read canonical text — Voltaire, Rousseau, Hegel — and talk about how the author's ideas help us understand why we dress the way we do. 372250315
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/09/2026The TV adaptation of “The Shards” is “little more than a collection of unsettling murders, great outfits, and hot people being mean to one another”—but the Bret Easton Ellis novel it’s based on is about so much more than that, @jeremygordon.bsky.social argues:bit.lyDon’t Watch 'The Shards.' Read It.Ryan Murphy’s adaptation has transformed a great book into a bad show. 282
Reposted by Brian ValèsLe Monde @lemonde.fr · 08/09/2026PISA 2025 : le décrochage inédit des résultats des élèves en France, comme dans l’ensemble de l’OCDElemonde.frPISA 2025 : le décrochage inédit des résultats des élèves en France, comme dans l’ensemble de l’OCDELes scores en compréhension de l’écrit et en mathématique des élèves de 15 ans n’ont jamais été aussi bas en France depuis 2000, comme dans les pays comparables. Parmi les raisons invoquées pour expliquer ce phénomène mondial, le rapport aux apprentissages, la place du numérique, les effets durables de la crise du Covid-19 et le désinvestissement des parents. En France, les fortes inégalités sociales et de genre persistent. 3139
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 07/09/2026LATIN MAFIA, Fred again.. - Te Estoy Correteando. youtu.be/PIVr5H9EShI?...youtu.beLATIN MAFIA, Fred again.. - Te Estoy CorreteandoYouTube video by Fred again . . 001
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 31/08/2026What makes a movie so bad that it’s good? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comCinema Lessons from a Trash-Movie AuteurWhy do we love trash and hate slop? Neil Breen’s so-bad-they’re-great movies elucidate the difference. 3214
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Fontaines D.C. new single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V68K...youtube.comFontaines D.C. - Marianne (Official Audio)YouTube video by Fontaines DC 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsDIY @diymag.com · 18/08/2026Fontaines DC raise the curtain on fifth album 'Dopamine Chamber': The Dublin titans have introduced their new record with its atmospheric lead single, ‘Marianne’.diymag.comFontaines DC raise the curtain on fifth album ‘Dopamine Chamber’The Dublin titans have introduced their new record with its atmospheric lead single, ‘Marianne’. 021
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 17/08/2026‘The Evil Dead’ Made the Camera the Monster and Changed Horror Forever www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.com‘The Evil Dead’ Made the Camera the Monster and Changed Horror ForeverThe racing point-of-view shot is a signature of this franchise. But once you know to look for it, you’ll see it everywhere. 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/07/2026Danish musician Carl Martin discovered a recurring four-note melody in global pop music, dubbing it the "Gen Alpha melody." His YouTube video, showcasing this melody's prevalence, has over 3.3 million views.washingtonpost.comOnce you hear it, the ‘Gen Alpha melody’ is everywhereA graduate student went viral showing all the songs that use one circular tune. The resemblance is “pretty stunning,” a musicologist said. 22710
Reposted by Brian ValèsHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 15/07/2026The activism group Everyone Hates Elon mocked Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign with bus ads that flip between a branded marketing photo of Jenner wearing a pair of Meta glasses and a black-and-white image showing a skeletal, X-ray version of her with the tagline “We’re always watching.”hyperallergic.comGuerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Campaign“Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" asked the protest group Everyone Hates Elon. 731992
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/08/2026A.I. is now firmly embedded in how students produce text. Because of this, educators, who are returning to handwriting, are worried that many students can no longer write essays without the tech — and it's costing students more than just grammar skills. nyti.ms/4bSZ1fZ 148529
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2026Beatles film recreates iconic Abbey Road album covertheguardian.comBeatles film recreates iconic Abbey Road album coverSocial media footage this weekend revealed the cast of Sam Mendes’ four-film band biopic on the zebra crossing near the studio, posing for the famous image The production team behind the forthcoming four-film Beatles biopic, directed by Sam Mendes, has been spotted filming outside Abbey Road studios in London. Inevitably, this includes a recreation of the celebrated Abbey Road album cover, for which the band was photographed on the nearby pedestrian crossing – now a popular tourist landmark. Footage posted on social media on Sunday shows the actors playing the Beatles lining up on the kerb and walking across the road. Harris Dickinson, as John Lennon, is leading the walk, with Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison following in sequence. Continue reading... 72510
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Parmi les grands rendez-vous culturels de la rentrée, ne pas manquer le Festival America du 24 au 27 septembre à Vincennes. Avec comme d'habitude de grands noms du roman US (Joyce Carol Oates, John Grisham, Jay McInerney, etc.) et un large éventail d'événements prometteurs. www.festival-america.comfestival-america.comFestival AmericaFestival America : festival des littératures d'Amérique du Nord, Vincennes, Canada, Etats-Unis, Mexique, Cuba, Haïti, salon du livre, café littéraire, lectures, débats, rencontres, expositions, films,... 002
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/08/2026“Yesteryear” “is about trad wives the way that ‘Moby-Dick’ is about a whale,” Caro Claire Burke, the novel’s author, tells Rachel Syme. Read about Burke’s inspiration for the book. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comHow Caro Claire Burke Wrote the Biggest Book of the YearCaro Claire Burke, the début novelist behind “Yesteryear,” on researching trad wives, wading into the discourse, and Anne Hathaway’s plans to adapt her best-seller for the screen. 2195
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Exposition Marylin à la @cinemathequefr.bsky.social. Quelques images mythiques, mais aussi de belles photos du passage de l'actrice par l'Actor's Studio en 1955. 010
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 08/08/2026youtu.be/eO3zsYsDnbI?...youtu.beCharli xcx - Camera (Official Video)YouTube video by Charli xcx 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/08/2026Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s metafictional thriller-slash-gay-awakening story is a “Glee”-ified version of its source material. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...newyorker.comRyan Murphy “Glee”-ifies Bret Easton Ellis’s Thriller “The Shards”Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s metafictional thriller-slash-gay-awakening story is a “Glee”-ified version of its source material. 072
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/08/2026The entire history of cinema can be seen mostly as one of adaptation, Richard Brody writes. But what makes for a successful retelling of a familiar story? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comWhat Makes an Adaptation Good?The kerfuffle over Christopher Nolan’s fidelity to Homer’s Odyssey reflects major questions in the history of cinema. 0111
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026What are the best thrillers published since 2000? We sent ballots to hundreds of writers of every kind of crime fiction, as well as librarians, editors, critics and more to decide. Explore the full list. nyti.ms/3TBby1f 4606
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe Independent @the-independent.com · 06/08/2026The Oregon hotel made famous by The Shining may be at risk of burning down as one of dozens of wildfires in the state pushes toward the iconic lodge. trib.al/8DqONw8 12412
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 05/08/2026American Dirt, de Jeanine Cummins. Menacés de mort par un cartel local, une femme mexicaine et son enfant doivent fuir le pays et franchir clandestinement la frontière avec les USA. Un thriller haletant doublé d'une restitution poignante de l'expérience de l'exil des migrants d'Amérique latine. 000
Reposted by Brian ValèsThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/07/2026Philosophers such as Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida have garnered a reputation for being impenetrable. A new book aims “to recover the hidden human element beneath their often stringent antihumanism.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/PQ6wxenewyorkermag.visitlink.meThe Men Who Made Theory FrenchFrench theory, as taught in American classrooms, has acquired a reputation of forbidding difficulty and hauteur. A new history seeks to surface its human side. 0173
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Yesteryear, de Caro Claire Burke. Via l'ascension et la chute d'une influenceuse tradwife, une fable brillante et corrosive sur la condition féminine et le nationalisme chrétien aux USA. Un premier roman d'une habileté impressionnante. 010
Brian Valès @brian-vales.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Beautiful testimony about cycling and Irishness, by my friend François Sablayrolles. www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/...irishtimes.comI came to Dublin to learn English in 1996, and Ireland has never really left me sinceFrançois Sablayrolles has moved back to Paris with Irish wife and children 010
