Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 7hStrange enlightenments: Flann O’Brien, born OTD in 1911 1177
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 23hEnjoyed this frothy French crime caper by François Ozon, currently streaming on the BBC iPlayer 080
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“I always feel a certain nostalgia now in recalling the city centre as it was in those days; the streets were not so filled with the noise of traffic, and the factories had yet to take the fragrance of seasonal blossoms from the night air.” Finally reading this beautifully crafted early Ishiguro 2213
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.”—Graham Greene, born OTD in 1904 0100
Reposted by Seán CostelloBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026For me, the act of writing is how I learn what I’m writing about. I don’t know why people want to outsource that.* 627934
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Highly recommend if you haven’t heard and like the sound of a well-deployed guitar #NowPlaying 221
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Storytelling is . . . a human-to-human, highly advanced, nuanced code, a super-intelligence all our own . . . And it’s not a neutral decision, to give that up, but, like so many things these days, we seem to be doing it because it can be done.”—George Saunderson.substack.comModel Behavior: George Saunders“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.” 011
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An Atlantic Drive by Jack B. Yeats, seen at the excellent Hunt Museum, Limerick 0145
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 21/09/2026—You suppose he’s telling the truth? —I wouldn’t put anything past him. Rewatched this comedy classic: a treat to meet Whiplash Willie again 040
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Greatly enjoyed seeing @robcowen.bsky.social talking about The North Road at Helmsley Arts Centre tonight. Looking forward to embarking on the book itself. 021
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Some great-sounding suggestions here. And this is the original list: www.slowtravelberlin.com/city-lit-ten... 051
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: Anne Bancroft, born OTD in 1931 040
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“I can’t see you but I know you’re here.” Peter Falk, born OTD in 1927 1111
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Finnegans Wake-up calltheguardian.comAI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargonExperts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight 041
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Rewatched Altman’s extraordinary freewheeling American epic 281
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Recommended if you’re nostalgic for Call My Agent but also a fun film in its own right about the travails of film-making. Chapeau! 030
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A heads-up for those with access: this dazzling masterpiece is on the BBC iPlayer from today 48438
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“He said that I had a face like the girl on the Irish pound note. ‘I never had a pound note long enough to look at it,’ Baba said.” #CurrentlyReading 2355
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One for Kaurismäki completists perhaps, but I found this coffee and vodka-fuelled road movie an enjoyable ride 060
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“The acclaim of these youngsters felt to him like the belated fulfilment of many exhilarating things that he had fervently wished for many decades ago.” Hearing good things about the new film adaptation of this little gem. 020
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Without dreams I would not want to live.”—Werner Herzog, born OTD in 1942 0124
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I haven’t read Kevin Powers but am tempted to, given his evident good taste 000
Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 02/09/2026PSA for those with access: Farewell My Lovely (1944) is currently streaming on BBC iPlayer. Hard-boiled, wisecracking stuff, with some great visual touches. (And an interesting companion piece to the Chandler & Wilder-scripted Double Indemnnity, released the same year.) 1101
