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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Remembering Lauren Bacall on her birthday with stills from her failed but fascinating film THE FAN (1981). It had potential as a poignant psychological thriller, but ultimately leans too heavily on slasher-style shocks. Still worth watching for Betty, its opening titles, and the memorabilia. #BOTD

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Are you a Virgo? Well, then you know what it’s been like.” Lauren Bacall, effortlessly witty, on the peculiar burdens of Virgo life to interviewer Russell Harty. Wishing you all the best #Virgoseason!

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

After her marriage in 1945 with Bogart, Photoplay published a piece written supposedly by him in which he points out the difference in media treatment between Betty and Charles Boyer. Admittedly, she was an upcoming performer, but still. The complete article is available through @internetarchive.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It may feel like we’re living through the peak of media backlash, but in 1945, critics went ballistic against Lauren Bacall after the bombing of CONFIDENTIAL AGENT. Barely a year after her huge breakthrough in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944), the scrutiny and the misogyny was quite unforgiving.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In honor of the 80th anniversary of its release, here’s a video I made last year on why there are two versions of THE BIG SLEEP (1946) and how CONFIDENTIAL AGENT (1945) almost ruined Lauren Bacall’s career right after her meteoric rise to fame. Watch here: youtu.be/BfiuhiOO4GM?...

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep (1946).

Director Herman with Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart during the filming of Confidential Agent (1945).

Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in Confidential Agent (1945).

Promotional card for Confidential Agent (1945) featuring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day 🐈‍⬛ Celebrating my Shayla (Negri), our senior rescue. Still cautious of me, but already so treasured in my life. Tan bonica.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Me encantó Manolo Solo en Una quinta portuguesa (2025), la primera vez que lo veía como protagonista. Si a alguien se le pasó en su momento, la recomiendo de corazón. Especialmente a los que, como a mí, os atrapa todo lo noir.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Never quite sure how to feel about my birthday, so I kept it low key this year after some intense months. But I still wanted to celebrate over here with this bit about fellow Gemini Rosalind Russell. Her wit, energy, and comedic brilliance will always inspire me. 📽️ Clip via Doctor Macro.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Kicking off June and Marilyn Monroe’s centenary by dusting off one of my most treasured possessions, TASCHEN’s collector’s edition of SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959). A gift from my mum for my 18th birthday, and still one of my most sentimental pieces for an all-time favorite film. Happy 100th, Sugar.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Beyond a remarkable filmography, James Mason is associated with the rediscovery story of Buster Keaton film prints in his former Beverly Hills home and the lovely publication "The Cats in Our Lives" which he co-wrote and illustrated along with his wife Pamela. Such a lovely legacy. #BOTD

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Today our recently adopted senior cat Negri had to undergo major dental surgery to hopefully improve her quality of life. She’s now under observation and it’s been a tough day. Tough weeks, actually. Recovery might take time, but we’re wishing for the best possible outcome for her. 🖤

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Vintage 1955 Paris Match magazine featuring Audrey Hepburn. I bought it ages ago for my mum. Still a beautiful issue. #botd

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Accurate image of my friend and me trying to make sense of 2026. Photo: Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone in THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939).

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Feliç Sant Jordi! ¡Feliz Sant Jordi! Happy St George’s Day! 🌹📖🐉 El dia més bonic de l’any. Photo: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946)

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Virginie Efira and Benjamin Lavernhe in LE GÔUT DES MERVEILLES (2015).

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

“One must learn to forgive the times one lives in.” That's a line from FORTUNE IS A WOMAN (1957) that I kept returning to while writing my review of Indicator’s Columbia Noir: Made in Britain Blu-ray set, which I reviewed in January for The Arts Desk. Read here: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...

A frame of the British noir Fortune Is a Woman (1957) in which an old lady surrounded by a group of people says "One must learn to forgive the times one lives in." Quite a lapidary line that feels relevant nowadays.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Here’s a clip from a Barry Norman featurette with Kate Winslet who, thirty years ago, was nominated for her role as Marianne Dashwood in the wonderful Jane Austen adaptation SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995). She lost the Oscar to Mira Sorvino but you can already see that she was destined to go places.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"I know you think we have no rights but you're wrong. We have one and we'll keep one. The right to do with our bodies as we please." Olivia de Havilland in a clip of a screen test for Max Reinhardt's unrealized project DANTON (1936). #InternationalWomensDay

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Watching the 2026 Winter Olympics and remembering Robbie Williams’ She's the One cover from 1999. This video is still so brilliant! #MilanoCortina2026 If you haven’t seen it, go let him entertain you ⛸️ youtu.be/sVaRHJn_dgM?...

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Not entirely satisfied with my latest #LetterboxdWrapped. Technically, my most-watched actor and director were all ties: Jane Fonda and James Stewart; Ernst Lubitsch, William Wyler and Frank Borzage for most watched director. Honestly, a Fonda–Borzage card would’ve been more accurate this year.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Actually, my favorite Dick Van Dyke performance was in Columbo’s episode “Negative Reaction” as Paul Galesko. One of those great villains you don’t forget. Happy 100th!

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It’s that time of year when I gently remind people that FALLING IN LOVE (1984) makes a great holiday film. It starts and ends at Christmas, Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro are quietly wonderful in it, and their first meeting happens in the Rizzoli Bookstore. Plus, a beautiful Dave Grusin soundtrack.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

James Stewart explained in this 1973 Michael Parkinson's interview why IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) meant so much to him, and it all came down to moments, particularly the iconic prayer scene. Do you agree with his theory? Are movies truly made of performances… or moments? Or both? #Filmsky

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Every year, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) hits me in a new way. I’ve made several videos: on its noir elements, its trivia, and why the film became so meaningful to me. If it's on your holiday watchlist (as it should be), here’s the full updated playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Filmsky

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Por fin llegó “El universo de Rock Hudson” publicado por Notorious ediciones. Muy contenta de haber podido participar con dos reseñas de películas de Douglas Sirk, en este esfuerzo grupal de cuidado resultado. Si estáis buscando regalos cinéfilos para estas fiestas, aquí una recomendación!

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #Filmsky Having a balanced mix of beloved rewatches and some interesting discoveries for me.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

New first-time watch that became quite a discovery for me: NIGHT MUST FALL (1937). An adaptation from the play by Emlyn Williams, starring Rosalind Russell, Robert Montgomery and Dame May Whitty. The last two received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Gene Raymond in pre-Code prison drama LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE (1931).

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Avui al vespre a @beteve.cat⁩, NACIDA AYER (Born Yesterday, 1950)! Adaptació cinematogràfica de l'obra teatral del mateix nom i amb la mateixa protagonista que va guanyar l'Oscar a la Millor Actriu. Temàtica plenament rellevant. Recomano la versió original. #Filmsky

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

In honor of Ralph Meeker's birthday, here's one of my favorite overlooked film noir titles of his: JEOPARDY (1953). Starring alongside Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan, it is a tense and thrilling film, directed by John Sturges. #Noirvember #BOTD I talked about it here: youtu.be/fi_Rhf61Anw?...

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Sometimes I think about how great Gene Tierney would’ve been on Columbo. Her film WHIRLPOOL (1950) with Richard Conte and José Ferrer has such strong Columbo energy that it feels like a lost episode. Ferrer eventually made it onto the show, but Gene would’ve been unforgettable. #Norivember #FilmSky

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In honor of his centennial, this year I participated in a book in Spanish dedicated to Rock Hudson and published by Notorious Ediciones. I wrote about two Douglas Sirk films: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1954) and CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT (1955). #BOTD Enlace al libro: notoriousediciones.com/producto/el-...

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

My favorite #Noirvember discovery so far it's been the Spanish noir EL SALARIO DEL CRIMEN (The Salary of Crime, 1964) directed by Julio Buchs. Fatality, police corruption, a heist, a doomed protagonist... The best ingredients in an intriguing exciting film. Una cinta estupenda. #filmsky

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

La Rosalía in her LUX era. Already a classic. Quina meravella.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

¿Mejor película del 2025? Para mí, lo es. Vivir en otro país implica, de algún modo, adoptar otra identidad. Esta cinta lleva esa idea por derroteros inesperados. A mí me sorprendió, sobre todo al verla durante #Noirvember. Me ha maravillado su propuesta, su reparto y el cuidado con que está hecha.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A little compilation of some of my favorite film noir actors also born during the month of #Noirvember. It's no coincidence. To all fellow noiristas and classic film enthusiasts, this is truly the best season! Source: youtube.com/shorts/7y5Cx...

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

In 1945, critics went ballistic against Lauren Bacall for her misfire in CONFIDENTIAL AGENT. This was just a year after her big breakthrough role in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. June 1946, Photoplay published this article in an attempt to pave the way for a more favorable reception of THE BIG SLEEP.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

It’s Scorpio season, so you know I’m bringing this iconic Hitchcockian wink from ROPE (1948) back.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

My first review for The Arts Desk is live! LE QUAI DES BRUMES (Port of Shadows, 1938) in its new 4K restoration offered a fascinating dive into French poetic realism. It's a film I've long admired. So excited to share with fellow film enthusiasts. Read here: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

"We know that in the history of all arts, the arrival of absolute realism coincided with perfect decadence. I wonder if our technical advances don't simply herald complete decadence. Technical perfection can only create boredom, because it only reproduces nature." – Jean Renoir

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Another favorite of Diane Keaton’s more recent films is MORNING GLORY (2010). She’s not in it as much as I’d like her to be, but it gave us a wonderful old-style banter with Harrison Ford. Love it.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The primary source of my love for Diane Keaton comes from BABY BOOM (1987). As the daughter of a single mum, its final scene always gets me. She starred in more iconic films, but her J.C. Wiatt will always be my favorite. For her incredible work and presence, I'm so grateful, and heartbroken today.

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Miriam’s Vintage Classics @miriamclassics.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

In the mood for "un p’tit vin chaud avec des Spéculoos.” #LeFabuleuxDestind'AméliePoulain #autumn

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