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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture @damnfinecupculture.bsky.social · 1h

“To be honest, the more I think about Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the award-winning Drive My Car (2021), the less I can shake the impression that it is a horror film.”

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(This is not a) Criterion Corner: Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

It would be futile to assign a genre to Evil Does Not Exist, beyond the most generic catch-all there is. Yes, the film is a drama, but what does that mean? To be honest, the more I think about Ryus…

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Donald Clarke @donaldclarke.bsky.social · 1h

Me in conversation with the incomparable Diane Keaton from 2017. It really does feel as if the evening is drawing in.

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Diane Keaton: ‘Where would I be without Woody? I wouldn’t be here’

An Oscar-winning performance in Woody Allen’s ‘Annie Hall’ changed everything for Diane Keaton

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Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 1h

So so sad

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Punkyfins @punkyfins.bsky.social · 3h

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3h

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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Jo Coyne @jopolkadot.bsky.social · 3h

Diane Keaton 🖤

📷©️ Norman Seeff
1975

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Punkyfins @punkyfins.bsky.social · 6h

Fa-bu-lous. 🖤🩶

LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 1d

Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly by Allan Grant - backstage at the 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956)

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Oct 5

I haven’t done anything for Hispanic Heritage Month yet, so let’s talk about Lupe Velez, glamorous star from Mexico and the woman who broke DW Griffith.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 1d

Louise on the cover of VU magazine, June 1929. Original photo by Studio Lorelle, Paris.

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Punkyfins @punkyfins.bsky.social · 10h

En dit is nota bene nadàt ze Jetten, met haar inmiddels gepatenteerde verongelijktheid, verweet hele groepen varkens, en woningzoekenden pàl tegenover elkaar te zetten. En nee, ik verzin dit niet. Helaas.

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 1d

Cary Grant in, Bringing Up Baby (1938) Directed by Howard Hawks

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 1d

Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture @damnfinecupculture.bsky.social · 1d

"Visually it is an absolutely stunning film, made moreso by the realisation that all of what you see on screen is quite real. No CGI, no greenscreens, and as much natural light as they could capture"

Six Damn Fine Degrees #255: Excalibur (1981)

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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Punkyfins @punkyfins.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely. 🩷

Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.social · 1d

Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

By Adam Stothard

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 1d

Clara Bow photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, 1926

Actress Clara Bow — dressed in a strapless shining metallic gown — captured facing the camera while looking straight ahead, hands on her hips, posed in front of a shimmering fabric background, in a medium-length black-and-white studio portrait taken by taken by photographer Eugene Robert Richee

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 1d

feels like Lotte Reiniger gif time

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Out of the Past @filmclassics.bsky.social · 2d

➡️ Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Erich von Stroheim (de visita) y Paul Leni en el set de The Man Who Laughts (1928).

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 2d

Toshiro Mifune in Italy for the Venice Film Festival (1961).

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LithiumChaser @lithiumchaser.bsky.social · 3d

Director James Whale and Boris Karloff on the set of Frankenstein (1931)

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 3d

Marlene Dietrich by Eugene Robert Richee, 1936.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 3d

Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944)

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 3d

Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant in, His Girl Friday (1940) Directed by Howard Hawks

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Punkyfins @punkyfins.bsky.social · 3d

Wel eentje, dat zult u mij vast vergeven, PG, voor de fijnproever deze podcast. Maar. Ook een bezielend en, welja, bijna overtùigend pleidooi -zelfs voor mij als toch doorvoeld seculiertje- voor de christendemocratie als politieke beweging. Heel mooi, heren. Chapeau.

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Punkyfins @punkyfins.bsky.social · 3d

Eus zijn gezichtsuitdrukking ook. En Eva haar "buikpijn" over al die "constructies". Nee, hij kwam daar niet lekker uit.

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Megan McGurk @meganmcgurk.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Carole Lombard Day!

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 6d

Donald Pleasence plays the murderous wine connoisseur Adrian Carsini in the third season COLUMBO episode “Any Old Port in a Storm” (1973) directed by Leo Penn and starring Peter Falk, Julie Harris, Joyce Jillson, Robert Walden and Gary Conway

📺 Universal Television

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