A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast Christmas Special 2025

It’s that time of the year again: when film geeks around the world argue about whether Die Hard and Batman Returns are Christmas films or not. The gang at A Damn Fine Cup of Culture has put together its usual Christmas Special episode, this time taking the topic of the year’s summer series, the Lost Summer, as a starting point: what, culturally speaking, have we lost this year… and what have we found? Join Matt, Julie, Alan, Mege and Sam as they ponder their Losts and Founds for 2025 – and everyone here at A Damn Fine Cup of Culture wishes you very happy holidays. Enjoy the remaining days of 2025, spend some quality time with your loved ones, and make sure to enjoy some damn fine films, series, books, games, songs, albums while you’re at it!

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I’ll be in my trailer… watching trailers: One Preview After Another

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.

For this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Melane swerves towards the East, introducing us to two Chinese series she’s been enjoying – The Untamed and The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty – and their fan translations, showing us once again that there’s a wealth of stories many of us aren’t even aware of.

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