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Joan Hickson as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - TV Series (1984-1992)
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Joan Hickson as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - TV Series (1984-1992)
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Irene Rich winning the whole movie in Lubitsch's adaptation of LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925).
Lubitsch and Oscar Wilde were a match made in heaven. Too many directors take a WITTY NUDGE NUDGE YA GET IT??? approach to Wilde and overdirect their performers. Lubitsch keeps it perfectly light.
Lubitsch and Oscar Wilde were a match made in heaven. Too many directors take a WITTY NUDGE NUDGE YA GET IT??? approach to Wilde and overdirect their performers. Lubitsch keeps it perfectly light.
February 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Irene Rich winning the whole movie in Lubitsch's adaptation of LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925).
Lubitsch and Oscar Wilde were a match made in heaven. Too many directors take a WITTY NUDGE NUDGE YA GET IT??? approach to Wilde and overdirect their performers. Lubitsch keeps it perfectly light.
Lubitsch and Oscar Wilde were a match made in heaven. Too many directors take a WITTY NUDGE NUDGE YA GET IT??? approach to Wilde and overdirect their performers. Lubitsch keeps it perfectly light.
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"What she does is not only lunatic but eruditely so."
Some thoughts on one of the greatest to ever do it: decider.com/2026/01/31/r...
Remembering Catherine O’Hara: On 'SCTV' and elsewhere, when she was on screen no one was funnier
We were lucky to be able to experience her talent.
decider.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"What she does is not only lunatic but eruditely so."
❤️❤️❤️
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
❤️❤️❤️
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"Something about the idea of getting a do-over again and again and again, and adjusting your responses until you get the result you want, completely tickled my brain."
Six Damn Fine Degrees #271: Boom ⇒ Snooze ⇒ Boom
Welcome to Six Damn Fine Degrees. These instalments will be inspired by the idea of six degrees of separation in the loosest sense. The only rule: it connects – in some way – to the previous instal…
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January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"Something about the idea of getting a do-over again and again and again, and adjusting your responses until you get the result you want, completely tickled my brain."
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Noooooo. Not Catherine O'Hara.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Noooooo. Not Catherine O'Hara.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
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damn no
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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And we all recognize the young lady all the way to the left in the middle.
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 PM
And we all recognize the young lady all the way to the left in the middle.
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Happy Birthday to Vanessa Redgrave.
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Happy Birthday to Vanessa Redgrave.
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Remembering Polly Platt on her birthday. Listen to our 2020 series all about Platt's remarkable life and decades-long career in Hollywood: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
Polly Platt: The Invisible Woman Archive — You Must Remember This
As an Oscar-nominated production designer, screenwriter, producer and executive who put her stamp on some of the greatest and most loved films of the 1970s and 80s – including Paper Moon , Bad News ...
www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Remembering Polly Platt on her birthday. Listen to our 2020 series all about Platt's remarkable life and decades-long career in Hollywood: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/202...
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Ernst Lubitsch, Director, Producer, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1892, in Berlin
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Ernst Lubitsch, Director, Producer, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1892, in Berlin
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Gena Rowlands by Leo Fuchs on the set of The Spiral Road (1961)
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Gena Rowlands by Leo Fuchs on the set of The Spiral Road (1961)
New feature! 👇
We’re trying a new monthly format: on the last Wednesday of each month, we will release a few shortcuts: quick impressions of films, series, books, albums, games, or any other damn fine cups of culture that we’ve enjoyed this month, whether they are new or we only just got around to them now.
Shortcuts: January 2026
Considering how much we watch, read, listen to and play in any given month, it’s almost a bit sad that we only write about a fraction of these. So, starting this month, we’re trying a n…
adamnfinecup.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
New feature! 👇
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Louise as Lulu grows increasingly upset when she spots her lover and keeper Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) with his new fiancée (Daisy D’Ora) backstage at the musical revue in Pandora’s Box (1929).
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Louise as Lulu grows increasingly upset when she spots her lover and keeper Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) with his new fiancée (Daisy D’Ora) backstage at the musical revue in Pandora’s Box (1929).
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District 9 (2009)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
January 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
District 9 (2009)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
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It’s Mary’s birthday tomorrow.
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It’s Mary’s birthday tomorrow.
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
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Essential reading for anyone who cares about the presentation of classic film (or, indeed, get irked when subjects better filmed in landscape format are shot in portrait). Great article by @pamhutch.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
Hitchcock’s The Lodger has been turned into a vertical microdrama. What’s next – Psycho on Snapchat?
A silent-era classic has been reframed for the vertical scroll of phone screens. Is this innovation, sacrilege, or just another way to repackage cinema history?
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Essential reading for anyone who cares about the presentation of classic film (or, indeed, get irked when subjects better filmed in landscape format are shot in portrait). Great article by @pamhutch.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
For anyone who could do with kittens... 🐾🐾 and incidentally Gable & Lombard. (Credit: 1940, John Kobal Foundation)
January 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
For anyone who could do with kittens... 🐾🐾 and incidentally Gable & Lombard. (Credit: 1940, John Kobal Foundation)
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Ann Dvorak, 1935.
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Ann Dvorak, 1935.
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Hedy Kiesler in a publicity portrait for Ecstacy (1933). Just eighteen, she would change her last name to Lamarr upon her arrival in Hollywood in 1938.
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Hedy Kiesler in a publicity portrait for Ecstacy (1933). Just eighteen, she would change her last name to Lamarr upon her arrival in Hollywood in 1938.
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Good morning! My essay "Captain Blood: A Pirate Is Born," from the booklet for the CAPTAIN BLOOD 4K, is up at the
@criterion.bsky.social website. Feast your eyes on young Errol (c. 1938) and have a read. www.criterion.com/current/post...
@criterion.bsky.social website. Feast your eyes on young Errol (c. 1938) and have a read. www.criterion.com/current/post...
January 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Good morning! My essay "Captain Blood: A Pirate Is Born," from the booklet for the CAPTAIN BLOOD 4K, is up at the
@criterion.bsky.social website. Feast your eyes on young Errol (c. 1938) and have a read. www.criterion.com/current/post...
@criterion.bsky.social website. Feast your eyes on young Errol (c. 1938) and have a read. www.criterion.com/current/post...
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Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951) 🩰
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris (1951) 🩰