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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Stephen Root could've won an Emmy for anything he's ever done... always creative & surprising & really, really, really specific

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Like The Straight Story, a seemingly straightforward film that is made beautiful and wondrous bybLtnch’s inherent weirdness.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you have a hankering to see some of the greatest weird European noses.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Marvellous photo of Tim Curry as Mozart, McKellen as Salieri

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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.

Patrick MacGoohan in an episode of Columbo; he’s seated at a glass desk in a wood paneled office with plants and wearing a black turtleneck with a tweed jacket.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Penelope Keith had the extraordinary ability to poke fun at the cruellest qualities of Englishness, without ever making the material cruel. She created characters who were ludicrous, superior, bigoted, without ever being unlikeable or cold. It is one of the greatest magic tricks an actor can pull.

Penelope Keith as Roxanne in a Morecambe and Wise skit in which both were Cyrano.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

happy father’s day

father jud (josh o’connell) from wake up dead man

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"What got broken here doesn't go back together."

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Anyone else remember the big NBC Odyssey miniseries in 1997 that cast Vanessa Williams, a Black woman, as Calypso?

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts. He gets it all from the inside, from his own clear way of looking at life." —Charles Laughton talks about Gary Cooper. Coop was #BornThisDay in Helena, Montana, in 1901.

A particularly beautiful portrait of Gary Cooper from 1930, taken by the great Edward Steichen. He's wearing a suit and tie and has his hands in his pockets. Cooper is looking straight into the camera lens from slightly under his brows, and he has what I'd call a slight smirk. The whole pose seems to say "Yes, you're right, this is as beautiful as men ever get."

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tony illustrated my very first piece for BW/DR and it was an indescribable thrill. His Columbo print has a treasured spot in my wall. RIP.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the 4th be with you 🌌

Screenshot from Arrested Development with the text "Here's some money. Go see a Star War"

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 02/05/2026

Thinking about Julia Ward Howe & how she heard union soldiers singing “John Brown’s Body” (mentioning hanging Jeff Davis) and was inspired to write “more fitting” lyrics for the tune so she basically decided on “let us wash ourselves clean with the blood of this treasonous, demonic army”

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

For true crime reasons, I've fallen down a 60 Minutes Australia rabbit hole a few times on YouTube, and these people do not mess around.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12/04/2026

RIP Asha Bhonsle. impossible to sum up her legacy, her impact, her rich and vast discography in any form. she and her sister (Lata) were probably the last real royal dynasty in India. and they kept singing for so long! Asha was on a gd Gorillaz album just this year!

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Libra (DeLillo, 1988)

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In which we play a fun game called “where did this $80 million budget go?”

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Crooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

‘Primal Fear,’ a polished legal thriller with noirish undertones, hit theaters 30 years ago. The courtroom drama crackles, the grime sticks, and "justice can go wrong in unexpected ways," writes @juliasirmons.bsky.social.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Everyone remembers Norton, but this is one of Gere’s very best performances.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Is this not Poker Face? The ways Lyonne plays with Columbo tics are incredible.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

“Spiritually ugly” is just right. I did think Penn was great, but something doesn’t quite sit right about the Academy’s eagerness to reward thorny portrayals of fascists. Del Toro was doing something seemingly lighter, but really defter, sketching lines that let you see and imagine between them.

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Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The Secret Agent and It Was Just an Accident Were Right There

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Barbara Hall shout-out at the Oscars! Very cool -- and well-deserved!!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Who would’ve thought Kimmel would turn out to be the best of that bunch?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Pictured: Every single person walking away from an @ichotiner.bsky.social interview.

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Rebecca Bratspies, Author @rbratspies.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

That scene where they sing La Marseillaise hits differently when you realize most of the actors were refugees who fled the Nazis, and they did not know how the war would turn out

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A girl's best friend is her mother.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Everyone remembers the deli scene, but Billy Crystal singing “Surrey With The Fringe on Top” is delightful.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 11/02/2026

horrid horrid horrid, adored him in Don't Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23, just so grim

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

any opening ceremony featuring Prisencolinensinainciusol is an immediate 10/10 no questions asked m.youtube.com/watch?v=KvEW...

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Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol (1973)

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Steel yourself for some intense Flynn stannery.

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

From Isaac Butler's piece The Problem With Hamnet and I haven't seen Hamnet (yet?) but yes, the thing about Shakespeare in Love is that it's actually extremely good, rich and multifaceted and bawdy and alive. slate.com/culture/2026...

There are many similarities to be found between the events of 1999 and today. Both competitions set a thrilling epic by one of America’s most beloved auteurs against a small movie telling a fictionalized story about an incident in the life of William Shakespeare. Saving Private Ryan and One Battle After Another both combine breathtaking technical mastery with small human moments, run a little over 2 hours 40 minutes, and begin with a bravura management of chaos only to place its characters on a shaggy-dog chase in search of a living symbol of the American character. Shakespeare in Love and Hamnet, meanwhile, are independent films released abroad by major studios. They are lower budget, far more intimate, and, in just over two hours, tell moving love stories that dramatize the impact of Shakespeare’s personal life on his work. One important difference remains, however: Shakespeare in Love, despite routinely making lists of the worst Best Picture winners, deserved the top prize in 1999. It belongs firmly to the Wellesian tradition, using the tools of popular entertainment to sneak in profundity and beauty. Hamnet, on the other hand, is Olivier through and through: beautiful, respectable, and terminally dull.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Not the main point here, but I've been wondering since Stoppard's death if someone would stand up for Shakespeare in Love. I love Shakespeare continually asking how things are going to work out and people responding: "I don't know, it's a mystery"--a man of the theater describing the theater.

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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A pretty fair case can be made for the idea that a little corruption is good for the soul: it humanizes you. (1975)

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

A bit weird to honor a man by talking about one of his worst films, but I think we still captured his gifts. Shout out to Nitish’s parents, who nobly endeavored to sit through this one.

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1999: The Podcast @1999thepodcast.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Happy Almost New Year! Join us TOMORROW as we welcome @nitishpahwa.com to discuss marriage, casting, bad writing, unnecessary monologues, and the greatness of Rob Reiner in Rob Reiner's THE STORY OF US Subscribe to 1999: The Podcast wherever you get podcasts!

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Linus reciting the annunciation to the shepherds is such a beautiful thing.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Fun opportunity to give some love to The Ref. Merry Merry, everyone!

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Also, in The Insider, Lowell Bergman leaves 60 Minutes to work on Frontline.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It’s one of the greatest Girl Power movies of the 90s because it has this moral dimension but keeps the tone nice and light.

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Julia Sirmons @juliasirmons.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

@1999thepodcast.bsky.social listeners will remember him as the compelling warrior-philosopher from Beyond the Mat.

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