Punkyfins
@punkyfins.bsky.social
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Writes about film
https://adamnfinecup.com/author/punkyfins/
Classic film, art, history.
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Tomás Murray
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Bette Davis, Actress,
#BornOnThisDay
in 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts
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Forever Louise Brooks
1 day ago
Barbara Stanwyck by Ernest Bachrach, 1936.
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture
1 day ago
"In this month’s podcast, Sam and Alan get together to revisit two historical pieces, though they couldn’t be much more different – one has decadence, deviance and Nazism, the other offers Hollywood mystery, Communists and dancing sailors."
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #103: Second Chances – Hail the Damned!
Another year, another Second Chances episode: in this month’s podcast, Sam and Alan get together to revisit two historical pieces, though they couldn’t be much more different – on…
https://adamnfinecup.com/2026/04/04/a-damn-fine-cup-of-culture-podcast-103-second-chances-hail-the-damned/
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Tomás Murray
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Anthony Perkins, Actor,
#BornOnThisDay
in 1932, in New York City
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The Film ‘89 Podcast™️
4 days ago
#Film89PosterOfTheDay
No.3065 Hard Boiled (1992) (Artist: Tony Stella) Director: John Woo
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The Tinseltown Twins
4 days ago
Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery on the set of Untamed (1929) ✍️
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture
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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a str…
https://adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/29/ill-be-in-my-trailer-watching-trailers-oh-the-shark-has-pretty-teeth-dear/
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Tom & Lorenzo
9 days ago
The picture of her standing in the ruins of the Roxy Theater in New York by Eliot Elisofon is the greatest celebrity portrait of all time
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️
8 days ago
☀️Sunday Serenity Have a wonderful week ahead!
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@spannersready.bsky.social
Not the entirety of the Dutch audience. Maybe the Dutch audience minus one: but not the entirety. ;) (I know it's a shocker, but some of us will stick with the sport regardless). Also
@mattpt55.bsky.social
is right, because of course he is.
#F1
#MissedApexF1
#VocalDutch
;)
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture
9 days ago
"I was utterly taken in by that deep-seated mixture of cultures and influences all over the city and how a walk along the city’s river Miljacka is a literal walk down its historical timeline."
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Six Damn Fine Degrees #279: Sarajevo, my love
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…
https://adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/27/six-damn-fine-degrees-279-sarajevo-my-love/
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10 days ago
From 1924, Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen. Both were born on 27 March.
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish"
12 days ago
Missed his birthday yesterday. Photographer Edward Weston. James Cagney, 1933. ⬇️
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Benjamin Dreyer
13 days ago
Today is also Roscoe Arbuckle's birthday.
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Forever Louise Brooks
14 days ago
Marion Davies by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1932.
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Tomás Murray
13 days ago
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🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩
15 days ago
I’ve got a long one for you today! I had so much fun talking with author, critic and film historian
@pamhutch.bsky.social
about QUEEN KELLY, Louise Brooks, C. A. Lejeune, HÄXAN, and so much more! Read:
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Benjamin Dreyer
14 days ago
today's not quite random theater photo: Tallulah Bankhead photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 🐝
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Al
15 days ago
It’s all Wuthering Brides! in the latest Damn Fine Espresso podcast.
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P.M.Bryant
16 days ago
Ginger Rogers and William Powell in “Star of Midnight” (1935), a fun comedy-mystery that is perhaps the best of the many films inspired by the success of the “The Thin Man.”
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Old Hollywood
16 days ago
Rock Hudson in a publicity still for Pillow Talk (1959)
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Your friday read, at
@damnfinecupculture.bsky.social
by yours truly.
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Forever Louise Brooks
23 days ago
Louise for The Canary Murder Mystery (1929). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.
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Steve Lombardi
17 days ago
Deborah Kerr / on location in Hawaii during production of Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity (1953)
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The New York Times
17 days ago
Breaking News: Chuck Norris, who channeled his martial arts skills into an acting career that delighted millions of fans, died at 86.
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Chuck Norris, Black-Belt Action Movie Star, Dies at 86
He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles onscreen in “Walker, Texas Ranger,” “The Delta Force,” the “Missing in Action” series and more.
https://nyti.ms/4rLo2ib
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A short video about Sean Penn's visit to Ukraine, where he got an "Oscar", a statuette made from a railroad car damaged by the Russians, for his support. Sean Penn krijgt 'Oscar' voor steun aan Oekraïne: 'Niet goud, maar wel echt'
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Video | Sean Penn krijgt 'Oscar' voor steun aan Oekraïne: 'Niet goud, maar wel echt'
Acteur Sean Penn sloeg de Oscar-uitreiking van zondag over om Oekraïne te bezoeken. De president van de Oekraïense spoorwegen bedankte Penn voor zijn steun aan het land met een toepasselijk cadeau.
https://www.nu.nl/324907/video/sean-penn-krijgt-oscar-voor-steun-aan-oekraine-niet-goud-maar-wel-echt.html
19 days ago
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Catalin Cimpanu
21 days ago
Office EU, an European company, has launched Office[.]eu, an EU-based alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, built on open-source technology and running on European server infrastructure.
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Office.eu officially launches in The Hague as Europe's fully sovereign office platform
Office.eu, a 100% European owned alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, has officially launched in The Hague.
https://office.eu/media/pressrelease-20260304
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Reposting this again, because I can't wait to read it. :)
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Pamela Hutchinson
20 days ago
Exciting to hold a sample of my new book, published on 27 March. “I drank down this intoxicating account of Swanson, Stroheim and Kennedy in avid gulps, my eyes bulging with revelation at every turn of the page. Long live Queen Kelly!” - Guy Maddin
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Dominique Revue
23 days ago
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES 1953
#Costumes
by
#WilliamTravilla
(amongst some of my fave garments in film!) As for "the pink dress": “Apart from the two side seams the dress was folded into shape rather like cardboard. Any other girl would have looked like she was... (see next post)
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Silent Beauties
23 days ago
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (USA, 1927). Director: F. W. Murnau. Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston.
#silentfilm
#1920s
#cinema
#film
#movie
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Jonathan L. Howard
24 days ago
This is rather amazing. A tiny ray of sunshine in a very unhappy world and, by gum, I will take it.
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection
The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o
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Todd
26 days ago
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger Astor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992)
#BOTD
#Musicsky
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Movies Silently
26 days ago
Charley Chase vamps blackmailer Oliver Hardy in FLUTTERING HEARTS. (On a side note, I love how restaurant booths were really booths at this time.)
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️
27 days ago
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Directed by Sidney Lumet starring Al Pacino and John Cazale. Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile.
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Forever Louise Brooks
27 days ago
Joan Crawford leads the Charleston extravaganza in a scene from Sally, Irene and Mary (1925). Remember: decaf after dinner.
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Forever Louise Brooks
27 days ago
Kay Francis by Eugene Robert Richee, 1930. (Thread)
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Old Hollywood
27 days ago
Greta Garbo and John Barrymore during a break from filming Grand Hotel (1932)
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️
28 days ago
Audrey Hepburn in, Funny Face (1957).
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Movies Silently
28 days ago
Happy International Women's Day
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Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁
29 days ago
Since today is
#InternationalWomensDay
, I thought I’d share the
#AndColossallyThatsHistory
podcast that Richard Williams & I recorded last year on the fascinating subject of the history of female racing drivers. It’s quite a tale. Click below to listen.
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Paying tribute to motor sport’s pioneering female drivers
Podcast Episode · And Colossally That's History! · 15 May 2024 · 1h 13m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/and-colossally-thats-history/id1737823563?i=1000655690909
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture
29 days ago
“Why do these stories have lasting appeal? How do Christie’s plots survive the adaptation into a different medium? And why exactly do they let Kenneth Branagh do those ghastly modern adaptations?”
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #102: Three Christies
It’s been hinted at once or twice on A Damn Fine Cup of Culture: we do like a good whodunnit, and we especially like a good cosy – or sometimes less cosy – crime. So it’s hi…
https://adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/07/a-damn-fine-cup-of-culture-podcast-102-three-christies/
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Farran Smith Nehme
29 days ago
Your
#Caturday
timeline beautifier: handsome Eric Linden, who had a string of good roles in such pre-code gems as The Crowd Roars, Afraid to Talk, and The Silver Cord, relaxes on a deck with a happy tabby.
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A Damn Fine Cup of Culture
about 1 month ago
"I thought of the world as a puzzle back then, something to be cracked and conquered, and I was going hard at it."
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Six Damn Fine Degrees #276: I read, therefore I am
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…
https://adamnfinecup.com/2026/03/06/six-damn-fine-degrees-276-i-read-therefore-i-am/
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LithiumChaser
about 1 month ago
William Powell and Myrna Loy in The Thin Man by W. S. Van Dyke (1934)
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish"
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Anna May Wong for the Broadway play, On The Spot. Portrait by Joseph Grant, 1932.
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Forever Louise Brooks
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Sylvia Sidney by Robert Coburn, 1937.
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