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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: The rooms where it happens

Apr 5, 2026Apr 5, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

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 strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.

It’s International Bunny Weekend, so grab your Easter nest and check out what we have for you in terms of trailers! To begin with: Matt once again revisited family memories and the impact these have had on his movie watching, in this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees. Getting a shoutout in the post is the 1960 war film Sink the Bismarck! – for which, surprisingly, there is an actual, original trailer on YouTube!

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear

Mar 29, 2026Mar 29, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Another month is close to passing, which means: another Shortcuts. Including, among other things, a few thoughts on the strange, delirious The Testament of Ann Lee, Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, and last year’s Dust Bunny, which may deserve more attention than it got at its release.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: The History Boys

Mar 22, 2026Mar 22, 2026MattLeave a comment

In this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Julie wrote about the kind of narratives that history lends itself to, for better and for worse. One of the books that gets a mention is Dan Jones’ The Hollow Crown – so here’s a trailer for BBC’s The Hollow Crown from a while back.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Shock and awe

Mar 15, 2026Mar 15, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Origin stories are all over cinema – but what about the origin stories of nations? That is the topic that Alan wrote about in this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees. Which does make it a challenge to find a trailer to post, especially if we want to avoid the overly obvious D.W. Griffith reference for, oh, lots of reasons. So here’s a trailer about the origin story of modern Italy instead – and it has Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster and Claudia Cardinale too.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Murder Death Kill

Mar 8, 2026MattLeave a comment

What does our reading, and especially the way what we read changes over time, say about us? In this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, that’s exactly what Melanie writes about. And (thankfully (ed.)) she brings up Murderbot in the process, so here’s a nice little trailer for the Apple TV adaptation.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Every time a bell rings…

Feb 22, 2026Feb 22, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

There are cities that were practically created to be on film: think London, think Paris, think New York. And definitely think Berlin, as Sam convincingly argues in this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: Running in circles

Feb 15, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Remember the film that Tom Tykwer, who’d later go on to direct Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, co-direct Cloud Atlas and co-create the hit TV show Babylon Berlin, became famous with? Julie certainly does. Make sure to check out her Six Damn Fine Degrees on Lola Rennt.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: The smaller they come

Feb 8, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

In this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Matt revisited some of the time loop stories he’s enjoyed most.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: V for Vigilante

Feb 1, 2026Feb 1, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

This week, we launched our new monthly feature: Shortcuts. Once a month, we will post quick write-ups about what the gang at A Damn Fine Cup has been watching, reading, listening to or playing. Our first Shortcuts took us from the poetic Silent Friend to the “chemistry and crass jokes up the wazoo” of goofball superhero game Dispatch.

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: By the power of nostalgia!

Jan 25, 2026The Barista CollectiveLeave a comment

Even a couple of years after its release, not everyone has seen Oppenheimer – and some who are now remedying this aren’t necessarily enjoying it as much as most have. Check out Mege’s Six Damn Fine Degrees for an instance of this.