Ian O'Sullivan
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Stalwart Outreach Librarian @BFI Reuben Library. Books, Movies, Books about Movies. Spreading the word about the image. Opinions my own.
Joined August 2016
Tim Lindemann's book - New Rural Cinema: Landscape, Community and Poverty in Recent US Indie Films (De Gruyter) - is available now from all good retailers, with the paperback edition following later in the year.
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In the past decade, spanning from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, rural poverty in the United States has risen dramatically. The impact of the...
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Monday night gone in the @BFI #Bookhouse: Writer Dr Tim Lindemann gave us an in depth tour of new rural cinema and how landscape, community and poverty are portrayed and represented in recent US indie films. An excellent evening. #Library #newwriting #NewBook #literaryevent
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Iiiiiiiiiiiiit's #FestivalFriday at the BFI Reuben #Library! This week's additions to our extensive festival catalogue collection:.> 53ᵉ festival la rochelle cinéma 2025.> 32nd Sheffield DocFest '25.> 20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival.> London Indian Film Festival 2025
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Brilliant talk in the BFI Reuben #Library last night - Author Stephen Glynn guided us through Kate Bush in film, video and TV, the subject of his new book, Kate Bush and the Moving Image (@routledgebooks). A delight of a night. #librarytalk #newwritings #newbooks #literaryevent
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RT @ReelJoBotting: Lovely afternoon with Melvyn Hayes yesterday. So many great stories from his long career.
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Final drops:.> From Craft to Career: A Casting Director’s Guide for the Actor by Sugarman & Moss (@MethuenDrama).> The Vigilante Thriller by Cary Edwards (@BloomsburyAcad).> Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music through Jazz by Gretchen L. Carlson (@upmiss) [4/4]
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And more:.> American Women's History on Film by Welch & Lamphier (@BloomsburyAcad).> How Documentaries Went Mainstream: A History, 1960-2022 by Nora Stone (@OxUniPress).> Danish and German Silent Cinema: Towards a Common Film Culture by Srensen & Tybjerg (@EdinburghUP) [3/4]
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Books drop cont'd:.> Barbie: The Screenplay by Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig (@FaberBooks).> In the Mood for Love (BFI Film Classics) by Tony Rayns (@BloomsburyBooks).> Representing Religion in Film from Tenzan Eaghll & Rebekka King (@BloomsburyAcad) [2/4]
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New books drop at @BFI #Library:.> Dyeing for Entertainment by Erin Carignan (@routledgebooks).> The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic - Toby Hadoke (Miwk).> Films That Spill: Beyond the Cinema of Transgression - Marie Beckmann (@RutgersUPress ) [1/4]
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Stephen Glynn's new book, Kate Bush and the Moving Image is available now on @routledgebooks from all good retailers. #katebush #newwriting #newbooks.
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#FestivalFriday! Olé! Here's this week's additions to the @BFI Reuben #Library's extensive festival catalogue collection. Some brilliant cover designs amongst them:.> 2nd Polish Film Festival 2004.> 6th Kinoteca 2008.> 20th Kinoteca 2022.> 22nd Kinoteca 2024
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It Used to be Witches: Under the Spell of Queer Cinema by Ryan Gilbey for @FaberBooks is available now from all good retailers.
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About Monday Night. Film writer Ryan Gilbey was in discussion with the BFI's Simon McCallum offering his take on Queerness in cinema. His book, It Used to Be Witches (@FaberBooks) is available now. Another excellent evening in the @BFI Bookhouse. #library #newwriting #newbook
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Next Monday 14 July in the @BFI #Library. New Writings: It Used to Be Witches – Under the Spell of Queer Cinema (@FaberBooks) .Ryan Gilbey joins us to discuss his new book, which offers an original take on Queerness in cinema. Tickets + info:
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About last night. Some clicks from our @BFI #Library talk as author Jen Francis discussed the works of Steve McQueen with writer @courttianewland and the BFI's Chantelle Boyea. An excellent evening. In the Scene: Steve McQueen available now on @AuroraMetro. #newwriting
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