# full details (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover full details. Page: Feed: --- ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 259: Thu Sep 17](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-259-thu-sep.html) _2026-08-22 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ The Beast Must Die (Chabrol, 1969): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm This is part of the Claude Chabrol season at BFI Southbank with the film being introduced by critic Geoff Andrew. Other screenings of the film (September 5th and October 4th) during the season are detailed here . Chicago Reader review: Claude Chabrol’s 1969 adaptation of Nicholas Blake’s thriller The Beast Must Die. Michel Duchaussoy… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 258: Wed Sep 16](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-258-wed-sep.html) _2026-08-22 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ The Missouri Breaks (Penn, 1976): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 12.10pm This 35mm screening of a superb and rarely seen western is part of the Harry Dean Stanton season and is also being shown on September 16th (details here ). Time Out review: A wonderfully quirky Western, brilliantly scripted by Thomas McGuane, which strips all the cute whimsy away from the Butch Cassidy theme (outlaws on the run from a… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 257: Tue Sep 15](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-257-tue-sep.html) _2026-08-22 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Wedding in Blood (Chabrol, 1973): BFI Southbank, NFT1 9pm This is part of the Claude Chabrol season at BFI Southbank . Other screenings of the film (September 10th and 29th) during the season are detailed here . Chicago Reader review: Yet another facet of Claude Chabrol’s view of the bourgeois life as a facade behind which lurk extravagant, destructive, and often totally ridiculous passions… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 256: Mon Sep 14](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-256-mon-sep.html) _2026-08-22 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Ganja and Hess (Gunn, 1973): Rio Cinema, 6.30pm Described by Spike Lee as "one of the most underappreciated filmmakers of his time", African-American playwright turned actor-writer-director Bill Gunn’s radical 1973 vampire movie Ganja & Hess returns as part of the Rio Forever celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the cinema in its current form. Ashley Clark, the curatorial director at… ## [#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Thomas Messel #author The Nightingale of Bath](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/22/threetwoone-quickfire-questions-with-thomas-messel-author-the-nightingale-of-bath/) _2026-08-22 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I’m delighted to be joined by Thomas Messel today, author of The Nightingale of Bath. The Nightingale of Bath was published in October last year and available in all formats: full details below. Over to Thomas to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your book This is a true-life historical novel set in … More #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Thomas Messel #author The Nightingale of Bath ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 255: Sun Sep 13](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-255-sun-sep.html) _2026-08-21 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Lost Reels All Day Film Event: Women on the Edge, Cinema Museum, 12.30pm-10.30pm 12:30pm: Butterfly Kiss (1995) dir. Michael Winterbottom + Q&A with producer Julie Baines A one-of-a-kind serial killer lesbian love story set in the anonymous motorways and service stations cafés of Northern England. A heady cocktail of road movie, psychodrama, black comedy, and religious allegory as we follow… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 254: Sat Sep 12](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-254-sat-sep.html) _2026-08-21 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006): Olympic Studios, Barnes, SW3, 12midday-11.20pm A one-off even this one for the James Bond fan. Event introduction: Following the recent celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of GoldenEye , and as Casino Royale celebrates its landmark 20th anniversary, there has never been a more fitting moment to celebrate the extraordinary filmmaker responsible for introducing… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 253: Fri Sep 11](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-253-fri-sep.html) _2026-08-21 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ La Femme infidèle (Chabrol, 1969): BFI Southbank, NFT2 2.30pm & 8.30pm; NFT1 6.10pm This digital restoration is the centrepiece of the Claude Chabrol season Other screenings of the film, which is on an extended run during the season, are detailed here . Chicago Reader review: Claude Chabrol’s richly ironic 1969 melodrama, in which it is shown that nothing revitalizes a dried-up marriage quite like… ## [Edinburgh Book Festival events 2026](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/21/edinburgh-book-festival-events-2026/) _2026-08-21 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ Yes it’s that time of year again when the literary world descends on Edinburgh and around 600 events take place in the Edinburgh Futures Institute, formerly the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. As well as events for adults, there is an extensive schools programme too. I am very grateful to the press team for my media … More Edinburgh Book Festival events 2026 ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 252: Thu Sep 10](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-252-thu-sep.html) _2026-08-20 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Ten Days' Wonder (Chabrol, 1971): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.30pm This is part of the Claude Chabrol season and features an introduction by season curator Catherine Wheatley. Another screenings of the film (on September 19th) during the season is detailed here . Time Out review: Here Claude Chabrol inaugurates a new genre, the theological thriller. Charles (Anthony Perkins at his most charismatically… ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GxOuDKsGEZzI) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [The Trouble With Sister Francis by Matt Coyne | #bookreview #feelgoodfiction](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/20/the-trouble-with-sister-francis-by-matt-coyne-bookreview-feelgoodfiction/) _2026-08-20 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ Matt Coyne has done it again! I adored his debut novel Frank and Red (find out why here) and I adored The Trouble With Sister Francis too. I’m very grateful to publishers Wildfire for my digital review copy from Netgalley. The book will be published a week today on 27th August in hardback, digital and … More The Trouble With Sister Francis by Matt Coyne | #bookreview #feelgoodfiction ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 251: Wed Sep 9](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-251-wed-sep-9.html) _2026-08-19 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Le Boucher (Chabrol, 1970): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm This is part of the Claude Chabrol season and features an introduction by season curator Catherine Wheatley. Other screenings of the film (September 21st and 25th and October 4th and 6th) during the season are detailed here . Time Out review: Classically simple but relentlessly probing thriller, set in a French village shadowed by the… ## [WWW Wednesday 19th August 2026: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/19/www-wednesday-19th-august-2026-what-am-i-reading-wwwwednesday-amreading-bookrecommendations-booksky-%f0%9f%92%99%f0%9f%93%9a/) _2026-08-19 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ What am I currently reading? I’m reading the newest Cecelia Ahern book, Love Unlocked, which I’m enjoying. I wanted to reread Sense and Sensibility this year but have actually decided to listen to it so that’s my audiobook for this week. I’ve read another quite long chapter from Paul Auster’s 4321 and there was quite … More WWW Wednesday 19th August 2026: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday… ## [Top Ten Tuesday 18th August: Books with extraordinary titles | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/18/top-ten-tuesday-18th-august-books-with-extraordinary-titles-toptentuesday-amreading-bookrecommendations-tuesdaybookblog-booksky-%f0%9f%92%99%f0%9f%93%9a/) _2026-08-18 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ This week’s topic: Books with extraordinary titles This week’s topic should really be ten book series I want to catch up on but I’m not someone who is an avid reader of series so I’m skipping that one! Instead, I’ve gone for an old topic books with extraordinary titles. A lot of book titles just … More Top Ten Tuesday 18th August: Books with extraordinary titles | #TopTenTuesday #amreading… ## [#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Kaitlyn Bankson #author of Nest | @kaitlynbankson](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/17/threetwoone-quickfire-questions-with-kaitlyn-bankson-author-of-nest/) _2026-08-17 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I’m delighted to be joined by Kaitlyn Bankson today, author of Nest. Nest was published in July and available now in paperback, digital and audiobook editions: full details below. Over to Kaitlyn to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your latest book 1. Nest explores the hidden psychology of pregnancy.Most stories about pregnancy … More #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Kaitlyn Bankson… ## [There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by David M Barnett | #feelgoodfiction #bookreview #audiobook](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/16/there-is-a-light-the-never-goes-out-by-david-m-barnett-feelgoodfiction-bookreview-audiobook/) _2026-08-16 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ It s not very often that I review a book which isn t a recent release but I enjoyed this book so much that I just had to recommend it! I absolutely loved There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. You could maybe say it s a slow burn romance given that the two main characters only More There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by David M Barnett #feelgoodfiction #bookreview #audiobook ## [#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Katy Varley #author of The Thin Green Wedge](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/15/threetwoone-quickfire-questions-with-katy-varley-author-of-the-thin-green-wedge/) _2026-08-15 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I m delighted to be joined by Katy Varley today, author of The Thin Green Wedge. The Thin Green Wedge was published by Shieldmaiden Press in May and available now in paperback and digital editions: full details below. Over to Katy to tell us more. Tell me three things about your book It’s a story about More #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Katy Varley #author of The Thin Green Wedge ## [The Edge of Always by Rebecca Ryan | #bookreview #20BOS26](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/14/the-edge-of-always-by-rebecca-ryan-bookreview/) _2026-08-14 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I have read all of Rebecca Ryan s previous novels and think that The Edge of Always may be her most moving book yet. I m pleased to share my review as part of the Random Things tour today. Thanks to Anne for the invitation to take part in the virtual tour and to publisher Simon More The Edge of Always by Rebecca Ryan #bookreview #20BOS26 ## [What the Ocean Keeps by Laura Wilkinson | #historicalfiction #WW1 #bookreview #20BOS26](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/13/what-the-ocean-keeps-by-laura-wilkinson-historicalfiction-ww1-bookreview/) _2026-08-13 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ What the Ocean Keeps is Laura Wilkinson s first foray into historical fiction, having previously written several contemporary fiction novels. I have read a few of those and particularly enjoyed her last novel, That Night in New York. I m very grateful to the author for sending me an early copy of her book for review and More What the Ocean Keeps by Laura Wilkinson #historicalfiction #WW1… ## [WWW Wednesday 12th August 2026: what am I reading? | #WWWWednesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #BookSky 💙📚](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/12/www-wednesday-12th-august-2026-what-am-i-reading-wwwwednesday-amreading-bookrecommendations-booksky-%f0%9f%92%99%f0%9f%93%9a/) _2026-08-12 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ What am I currently reading? I m almost finished the last book from my #20BooksOfSummer reading challenge woohoo! I m really enjoying The Hidden Library by Sharon Gosling especially the remote Farne island setting. I ve started listening to If You Could Go Anywhere by Paige Toon. I ve had that on my Kindle for ages and been More WWW Wednesday 12th August 2026: what am I reading? #WWWWednesday… ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/icCGs9qQ2XZG) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [Top Ten Tuesday 11th August 2026: Books I Was Reading in August Over the Last Ten Years | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #BookSky 💙📚](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/11/top-ten-tuesday-11th-august-2026-books-i-was-reading-in-august-over-the-last-ten-years-toptentuesday-amreading-bookrecommendations-tuesdaybookblog-booksky-%f0%9f%92%99%f0%9f%93%9a/) _2026-08-11 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ This week s topic: Books I Was Reading in August Over the Last Ten Years This week s topic is Books I Was Reading On This Day Over the Last Ten Years which Jana tells us she has stolen from Anne @ HeadFullofBooks! I couldn t quite figure out how to find out what I was reading on this More Top Ten Tuesday 11th August 2026: Books I Was Reading in August Over the Last Ten Years #TopTenTuesday… ## [#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Rachael Lucas #author of A Farmhouse in France |](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/10/threetwoone-quickfire-questions-with-rachael-lucas-author-of-a-farmhouse-in-france/) _2026-08-10 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I m delighted to be joined by Rachael Lucas today, author of A Farmhouse in France. A Farmhouse in France was published on 3rd August and is available now in a digital edition: full details below. I m really annoyed I can t fit this is as it looks fabulous! Thanks to Anne at Random Things Tours for More #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Rachael Lucas #author of A Farmhouse in France ## [#EdinburghFringe special: #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions about 3 Times I Killed | #MixItUp](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/09/edinburghfringe-special-threetwoone-quickfire-questions-about-3-times-i-killed-mixitup/) _2026-08-09 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ With the Edinburgh Fringe Festival having just kicked off, over the course of the past few days, I have been featuring various shows through my specially adapted #ThreeTwoOne quick-fire questions. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is one of the biggest arts festivals in the world with over 2000 shows being staged this year. There are shows More #EdinburghFringe special: #ThreeTwoOne quickfire… ## [#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with #author of The Scandalous Lady Mina | #giveaway](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/08/threetwoone-quickfire-questions-with-author-of-the-scandalous-lady-mina-giveaway-rararesources-bsky-social/) _2026-08-08 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I have a bonus #321 for you today and I m delighted to be welcoming Lara Temple to the blog. Her latest novel, The Scandalous Lady Mina, was published in April by Mills Boon and is available now in digital and paperback editions: full details below. Thanks to Rachel at Rachel s Random Resources for the More #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with #author of The Scandalous Lady Mina #giveaway ## [#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Michael Saxton #author of Suzanne](https://portobellobookblog.com/2026/08/08/threetwoone-quickfire-questions-with-michael-saxton-author-of-suzanne/) _2026-08-08 · Joanne · Portobello Book Blog_ I m delighted to be joined by Michael Saxton today, author of Suzanne. Suzanne was published in July and available now in digital format: full details below. Over to Michael to tell us more. Tell me THREE things about your latest book Suzanne takes you from the studios, cafés and cabarets of bohemian Montmartre into bourgeois More #ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Michael Saxton #author of… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 250: Tue Sep 8](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-250-tue-sep-8.html) _2026-08-07 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ The English Patient (Minghella, 1996): Cine Lumiere, 6.30pm Marking the reopening of the refurbished Ciné Lumière under the auspices of its figurehead, Kristin Scott Thomas, and the 30th anniversary of the release of The English Patient , the screening on 8 Sept at 18.30 will be preceded by an extended introduction by lead actors Kristin Scott Thomas and Ralph Fiennes. Time Out review: Tuscany, as… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 249: Mon Sep 7](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-249-mon-sep-7.html) _2026-08-06 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Wise Blood (Huston, 1979): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.55pm This 35mm presentation, also being screened on September 19th , is part of the Harry Dean Stanton season at BFI Southbank. Details here . Chicago Reader review: Along with The Man Who Would Be King and The Dead, this is arguably John Huston's best literary adaptation, and conceivably his very best film—a very close rendering of Flannery… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 248: Sun Sep 6](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-248-sun-sep-6.html) _2026-08-05 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Sans Soleil (Marker, 1983): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm This 35mm presentation, also screening on September 29th , is part of the Sarah Maldoror season at BFI Southbank. Full details here . Chicago Reader review: Chris Marker’s 1982 masterpiece is one of the key nonfiction films of our time—a personal philosophical essay that concentrates mainly on contemporary Tokyo but also includes footage shot… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 247: Sat Sep 5](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-247-sat-sep-5.html) _2026-08-04 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ The Dresser (Yates, 1983): David Lean Cinema, 2pm This screening is a 35mm presentation. Time Out review: An accomplished film of Ronald Harwood's theatrical two-hander, animated by two gigantic performances. Albert Finney, grossly Shakespearean as Sir, the imperious, declamatory actor-manager with a Moses-like command of his company and inanimate objects ('St-o-o-p th-a-a-a-t tr-ai-ai-n!' he… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 246: Fri Sep 4](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capital-celluloid-2026-day-246-fri-sep-4.html) _2026-08-03 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Whistle Down the Wind (Forbes, 1961): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6.15pm This 35mm screening in the 'Projecting the Archive' strand features a Q&A with actors Hayley Mills, Diane Poole and Alan Barnes. BFI introduction: When a stranger appears in their barn, three siblings care for him in the belief that he’s Jesus returned to Earth. Forbes shot his directorial debut on location in rural Lancashire with… ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ri3OVDPBBoZ3) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 245: Thu Sep 3](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/07/capital-celluloid-2026-day-245-thu-sep-3.html) _2026-07-31 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Bleak Moments (Leigh, 1971): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6pm 'I've tried to vary my films considerably, but I would have to admit that Bleak Moments remains, in some ways, the mother of all Mike Leigh films. And I'm very proud of it.' Mike Leigh The film screened by Contemporary 75, a London festival screening films that inspired generations of British audiences and filmmakers, will be followed by a Q&A… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 244: Wed Sep 2](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/07/capital-celluloid-2026-day-244-wed-sep-2.html) _2026-07-29 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ Sambizanga (Maldoror, 1972): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 8.40pm This film, which also screens on September 19th , is part of the Sarah Maldoror season at BFI Southbank. You can find all the details here . Sight & Sound review: This is the first feature in Africa to be directed by a woman. Set in 1961, at the start of the Angolan War of Independence, and shot in Congo, the film tracks the resistance… ## [Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 243: Tue Sep 1](https://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/07/capital-celluloid-2026-day-243-tue-sep-1.html) _2026-07-28 · Capital Celluloid · Capital Celluloid_ That Most Important Thing: Love (Zulawski, 1975): Garden Cinema, 6pm This is part of the Andrzej Zulawski season at the Garden Cinema . This film is also being shown on September 16th and October 13th . The screening on the September 1st will be introduced by Garden Cinema team member, writer, and filmmaker Sarah Grice. Chicago Reader review: Polish-born director Andrzej Żuławski was a master at…