Edirin Oputu
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I just watched a 1933 film on HBO Max and it showed me dozens more films like it, all pre-1950.
No other studio-owned streaming service platforms its library this effectively.
I worry about TCM, but Netflix better not ruin HBO Max, either. We need mainstream platforms for classic film. #FilmSky
No other studio-owned streaming service platforms its library this effectively.
I worry about TCM, but Netflix better not ruin HBO Max, either. We need mainstream platforms for classic film. #FilmSky
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I just watched a 1933 film on HBO Max and it showed me dozens more films like it, all pre-1950.
No other studio-owned streaming service platforms its library this effectively.
I worry about TCM, but Netflix better not ruin HBO Max, either. We need mainstream platforms for classic film. #FilmSky
No other studio-owned streaming service platforms its library this effectively.
I worry about TCM, but Netflix better not ruin HBO Max, either. We need mainstream platforms for classic film. #FilmSky
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Dave Brubeck, Jazz Pianist, Composer, Bandleader, #BornOnThisDay in 1920, in Concord, California
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dave Brubeck, Jazz Pianist, Composer, Bandleader, #BornOnThisDay in 1920, in Concord, California
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the issue here, especially with TCM, is more than half of its programming came from the Turner, and later WB, library. If you remove the network from the library, how is it going to afford to license 100% of its programming?
I just heard from someone at Netflix. TCM is apparently going with the other linear networks to Discovery Global.
Here is the official comment on what WBD assets will be acquired by Netflix:
"We are acquiring the film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max."
Here is the official comment on what WBD assets will be acquired by Netflix:
"We are acquiring the film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max."
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
the issue here, especially with TCM, is more than half of its programming came from the Turner, and later WB, library. If you remove the network from the library, how is it going to afford to license 100% of its programming?
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5. ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ (P&P, 1946)
“Where were you born?
“Boston.”
“Mass.?”
“Yes.”
“That’s a place to be born. History was made there. Are you in love with anybody? No. No, don’t answer that.”
“I could love a man like you, Peter.”
“I love you, June. You’re life, and I’m leaving you.”
“Where were you born?
“Boston.”
“Mass.?”
“Yes.”
“That’s a place to be born. History was made there. Are you in love with anybody? No. No, don’t answer that.”
“I could love a man like you, Peter.”
“I love you, June. You’re life, and I’m leaving you.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Gene Kelly, Dolores Gray, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, and Cyd Charisse in It's Always Fair Weather (1955) 🕺
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Gene Kelly, Dolores Gray, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, and Cyd Charisse in It's Always Fair Weather (1955) 🕺
This film is a thoroughly good time and I wouldn't object to further Fletch outings.
All of this Jon Hamm talk has me thinking it’s time for a rewatch.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This film is a thoroughly good time and I wouldn't object to further Fletch outings.
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If ever there was a time to use this meme, it's now:
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If ever there was a time to use this meme, it's now:
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Wilfrid Brambell, Ian Carmichael, Patrick Macnee, Fenella Fielding, Pamela Brown, Susannah York and Irene Handl in Armchair Theatre - The Importance Of Being Earnest (15th November 1964)
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wilfrid Brambell, Ian Carmichael, Patrick Macnee, Fenella Fielding, Pamela Brown, Susannah York and Irene Handl in Armchair Theatre - The Importance Of Being Earnest (15th November 1964)
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I Claudius - Hail Who? (15th November 1976). "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them".
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I Claudius - Hail Who? (15th November 1976). "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them".
This 👇🏿
mariska hargitay’s documentary on her mother, jayne mansfield, is phenomenal
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This 👇🏿
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Oh my god IT'S THE MEME!!!
Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner “MOGAMBO” (1953) dir. John Ford
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Oh my god IT'S THE MEME!!!
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Oskar Werner, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1922, in Vienna
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Oskar Werner, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1922, in Vienna
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. I interviewed and was star struck by him twice. Once was on stage at the Museum of the Moving Image after a screening of the paranoid spy comedy AGE OF ASSASSINS, and once was for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a...
A Living Legend: Tatsuya Nakadai on "Sword of Doom" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai about "Sword of Doom" and his extensive career in film.
www.rogerebert.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. I interviewed and was star struck by him twice. Once was on stage at the Museum of the Moving Image after a screening of the paranoid spy comedy AGE OF ASSASSINS, and once was for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a...
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai, one of the all-time great postwar actors. And, not for nothing, one of the most heart-stoppingly beautiful too.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai, one of the all-time great postwar actors. And, not for nothing, one of the most heart-stoppingly beautiful too.
The climactic sequence of 'The Sword of Doom' - with Nakadai as its whirling center - is one of the finest pieces of cinema I have ever seen. May he rest in peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Star Known for ‘Ran’ and Other Classics, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The climactic sequence of 'The Sword of Doom' - with Nakadai as its whirling center - is one of the finest pieces of cinema I have ever seen. May he rest in peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...
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. . . Gielgud on Rains (cc @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social):
John Gielgud on Claude Rains
"Whatever instrument we have or whatever our instrument becomes—we have constructed it. By what we have done and by what we have thought."
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November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
. . . Gielgud on Rains (cc @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social):
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"Napoleon" sells out Film Forum in screenings a century in the making. https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/who-waits-in-line-for-a-100-year-old-5-hour-silent-movie-new-yorkers-of-course
Who waits in line for a 100-year-old, 5-hour silent movie? New Yorkers, of course.
"Napoleon" sells out Film Forum in screenings a century in the making.
gothamist.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Napoleon" sells out Film Forum in screenings a century in the making. https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/who-waits-in-line-for-a-100-year-old-5-hour-silent-movie-new-yorkers-of-course
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Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, and Vincent Price at “Lux Radio Theatre” to reprise their roles in “Laura” in 1945 and reunited again nearly 40 years later, in 1983. ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, and Vincent Price at “Lux Radio Theatre” to reprise their roles in “Laura” in 1945 and reunited again nearly 40 years later, in 1983. ❤️
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if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck
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I adore THE UNINVITED. One of my favorite bits of trivia about it was that it received a lot of critical praise for not revealing the ghost. The reason was because they didn't have the budget to do any special effects to actually show the ghost.
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I adore THE UNINVITED. One of my favorite bits of trivia about it was that it received a lot of critical praise for not revealing the ghost. The reason was because they didn't have the budget to do any special effects to actually show the ghost.
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