Tim Pieraccini
@timpieraccini.bsky.social
Writer, occasional filmmaker, even more occasional artist.
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New #ClassicFilm essay today devoted to BRIAN AHERNE, whose good looks and formidable talent should have assured him of celebrity – had he not fallen prey to self-sabotage and indecision. It’s a great cautionary tale; I hope you’ll take a look. thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/bria... #FilmSky 🎥
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New #ClassicFilm essay today devoted to BRIAN AHERNE, whose good looks and formidable talent should have assured him of celebrity – had he not fallen prey to self-sabotage and indecision. It’s a great cautionary tale; I hope you’ll take a look. thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/bria... #FilmSky 🎥
Virginia Mayo #BOTD, 105 years ago. Here's an old collection of clips:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4L...
VIRGINIA MAYO - a Centenary Celebration
YouTube video by Tim Pieraccini
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November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Virginia Mayo #BOTD, 105 years ago. Here's an old collection of clips:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4L...
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Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
Lesser-Known #FilmNoir Everyone Should See
THE ACCUSED (1949), a feminist response to the misogyny that overran the film industry in the 1940s. Dazzling performance by Loretta Young as a psychology professor who kills the student who rapes her, then covers up her crime.
@unamccormack.bsky.social
Just back from Felixstowe, visiting family. Went into the bookshop, The Treasure Chest, wondering without much hope if they had any Bujold.
They had some Bujold (these, plus three I already had, £2-£2.50 each). I think that's the most I've ever seen in one place!
Just back from Felixstowe, visiting family. Went into the bookshop, The Treasure Chest, wondering without much hope if they had any Bujold.
They had some Bujold (these, plus three I already had, £2-£2.50 each). I think that's the most I've ever seen in one place!
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@unamccormack.bsky.social
Just back from Felixstowe, visiting family. Went into the bookshop, The Treasure Chest, wondering without much hope if they had any Bujold.
They had some Bujold (these, plus three I already had, £2-£2.50 each). I think that's the most I've ever seen in one place!
Just back from Felixstowe, visiting family. Went into the bookshop, The Treasure Chest, wondering without much hope if they had any Bujold.
They had some Bujold (these, plus three I already had, £2-£2.50 each). I think that's the most I've ever seen in one place!
So I just published my first book. Well, an e-book. My essay about film director William Dieterle – one of the directors who revolutionized #OldHollywood – was so kindly received, I expanded it into a full book. If you love classic film, I hope you’ll take a look. 😊🎥 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK127P37/
William Dieterle: A Forgotten Giant (The Hollywood Films: 1931–57)
William Dieterle: A Forgotten Giant (The Hollywood Films: 1931–57) - Kindle edition by Krasker, Tommy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading William Dieterle: A Forgotten Giant (The Hollywood Films: 1931–57).
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August 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
So I just published my first book. Well, an e-book. My essay about film director William Dieterle – one of the directors who revolutionized #OldHollywood – was so kindly received, I expanded it into a full book. If you love classic film, I hope you’ll take a look. 😊🎥 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK127P37/
William Dieterle: A Forgotten Giant (The Hollywood Films: 1931–57)
William Dieterle: A Forgotten Giant (The Hollywood Films: 1931–57) - Kindle edition by Krasker, Tommy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading William Dieterle: A Forgotten Giant (The Hollywood Films: 1931–57).
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August 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@unamccormack.bsky.social I don't know if someone's already pointed you towards this, but in case they haven't - talking about Star Trek United (should start in the right place):
youtu.be/Nf-d6YGRmtM?...
youtu.be/Nf-d6YGRmtM?...
Is Star Trek's Future Under Skydance Still Optimistic?
YouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark
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August 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
@unamccormack.bsky.social I don't know if someone's already pointed you towards this, but in case they haven't - talking about Star Trek United (should start in the right place):
youtu.be/Nf-d6YGRmtM?...
youtu.be/Nf-d6YGRmtM?...
Movie you’ve watched more than 6x using a gif (no Disney, no Star Wars, no LOTR, no Star Trek)
June 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than 6x using a gif (no Disney, no Star Wars, no LOTR, no Star Trek)
Quote of the week! #booksky #diaryofacoastalbookseller
June 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Sign the petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
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June 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Sign the petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
"N*zi barbarism evokes the same kind of barbarism in ourselves...We have to reject that barbarism...we must not fan the hatred within us, because if we do, the world will not be able to pull itself one inch further out of the mire."
Etty Hillesum, writing in 1941. #booksky #quotes
Etty Hillesum, writing in 1941. #booksky #quotes
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@unamccormack.bsky.social I'm sure you've come across this channel before,but in case you missed it, I thought you might enjoy this discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdJ...
The Left Hand of Darkness is still a masterpiece
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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May 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@unamccormack.bsky.social I'm sure you've come across this channel before,but in case you missed it, I thought you might enjoy this discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtdJ...
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"I had never been to Bree."
In case you're worried that you don't know where your story is leading you...
April 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"I had never been to Bree."
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Genius.
Ooo, I've been to Gondor
And Moria
And anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a ranger man
And we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free
I've been to paradise
But I've never been to Bree
And Moria
And anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a ranger man
And we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free
I've been to paradise
But I've never been to Bree
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Genius.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. ("Hard mode" is not hard, as although I've seen most, I haven't watched any Star Trek, Star Wars or LOTR film more than six times)
a man in a suit says " o captain my captain " in white letters
ALT: a man in a suit says " o captain my captain " in white letters
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April 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. ("Hard mode" is not hard, as although I've seen most, I haven't watched any Star Trek, Star Wars or LOTR film more than six times)
@simonguy.bsky.social
Hi,
Have you encountered this booktuber? He seems to me the kind of reader you'd like (and his top book was fantasy, which I didn't expect!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMc...
Hi,
Have you encountered this booktuber? He seems to me the kind of reader you'd like (and his top book was fantasy, which I didn't expect!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMc...
The Best Books I Read This Year | 2024
YouTube video by SherdsTube
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April 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
@simonguy.bsky.social
Hi,
Have you encountered this booktuber? He seems to me the kind of reader you'd like (and his top book was fantasy, which I didn't expect!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMc...
Hi,
Have you encountered this booktuber? He seems to me the kind of reader you'd like (and his top book was fantasy, which I didn't expect!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMc...
Another rather mixed bag this week... #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
April 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Another rather mixed bag this week... #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxedFriday I haven't actually watched four films this week (too many old TV episodes...), so no #LastFourWatched but I wanted to shout out Stick It, in particular, as a wonderfully entertaining and uplifting story. (Funny how Bridges' name, but not his face, is so often on the posters.)
April 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#LetterboxedFriday I haven't actually watched four films this week (too many old TV episodes...), so no #LastFourWatched but I wanted to shout out Stick It, in particular, as a wonderfully entertaining and uplifting story. (Funny how Bridges' name, but not his face, is so often on the posters.)
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Simone Weil – one of the vastest, most underappreciated minds of the past century – on how to make use of your suffering www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/12/s...
April 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Simone Weil – one of the vastest, most underappreciated minds of the past century – on how to make use of your suffering www.themarginalian.org/2015/05/12/s...
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Paul McCartney, London, 1978. by photographer Linda McCartney #womensart
April 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Paul McCartney, London, 1978. by photographer Linda McCartney #womensart
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Absolutely wonderful (and timely) episode of Backlisted on Hannah Arendt, with guests Elif Shafak and Lyndsey Stonebridge. @backlisted.bsky.social
📚
www.backlisted.fm
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www.backlisted.fm
Backlisted
Backlisted.fm is the official website of Backlisted - the books podcast presented by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller.
www.backlisted.fm
March 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Absolutely wonderful (and timely) episode of Backlisted on Hannah Arendt, with guests Elif Shafak and Lyndsey Stonebridge. @backlisted.bsky.social
📚
www.backlisted.fm
📚
www.backlisted.fm
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Just draw the fuckin thing yourself. The imperfection is part of the charm. The fact that you drew it is the whole fuckin point. Don't embarrass yourself engineering a prompt, just pick up whatever you have at hand and give it a go. Be a human being.
March 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just draw the fuckin thing yourself. The imperfection is part of the charm. The fact that you drew it is the whole fuckin point. Don't embarrass yourself engineering a prompt, just pick up whatever you have at hand and give it a go. Be a human being.