Loved this Mike Ripley book. Guided me to so much good stuff

Sergio is joined today by Mike Ripley, the award-winning crime novelist, critic and editor, to discuss his latest murder mystery, Buried Above Ground, now out in paperback. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Despite some dodgy continuity, THE PHANTOM OF SOHO is a hugely entertaining 1960s Krimi. Utterly bananas in story terms, director Franz Josef Gottlieb keeps it moving at a great clip. Eureka's Blu-ray may be derived from an SD source (duly acknowledged) but they've done wonders with it.

Time for some period chills with Boris & Bela

Click the link to view the 1954 version of James Bond's 1st adventure, Casino Royale. youtu.be/VfFzv461s44?... On the podcast, James Chapman tells me how it got made and discusses the future of 007. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

'Tis the season to be silly ... onin.london/all-aboard-t...

Welcome to our new season, Director Double Bills! We are joined by film critic Travis Johnson to explore two of the greatest works of John Carpenter – the dystopian classic Escape from New York, followed by what many consider to be his masterpiece, The Thing rss.com/podcasts/sci...

The new UK release of David Hemmings' spooky 1981 adaptation of James Herbert's The Survivor from @indicator.bsky.social includes a plane-load of extras (plus a new essay by yours truly) as well as three cuts of the film. Out now on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/collections/...

Chuffed to have contributed to the extras for 36 HOURS (1953) from Hammer with such fine folk as Dr Josephine Botting, @barryf48.bsky.social, Maxim Jakubowski, Wayne Kinsey, @annodracula.bsky.social, @vicpratt.bsky.social, Toby Roan & @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social. hammerfilms.com/products/36-...

At Fedora, James Chapman and I compare 007 stories - turns out that THE SPY WHO LOVED ME in 1977 was our first James Bond cinema outing. What was yours? YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Is Vesper Lynd the most haunting (and haunted) character in the James Bond books? I am joined by James Chapman to explore her role in CASINO ROYALE - and report back on the drink 007 created in her name. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

More Ross Macdonald! after talking to Sergio Angelini @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social on his Tipping my Fedora podcast, I'm doing a post on The Ivory Grin - a very very good entry, a standout from the early years. And has some great clothes.... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

James Chapman and I are comparing screen versions of CASINO ROYALE at Fedora & we reckon that the best Le Chiffre isn't Orson Welles or Mads Mikkelsen but Peter Lorre. Click on a link and find out why YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Professor James Chapman joins me to discuss the 3 screen adaptations of James Bond's debut adventure, CASINO ROYALE: the original 1954 TV version, the zany 1967 spoof and the 2006 Daniel Craig reboot. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Here's the programme-by-programme dossier in which the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social reviewers tracked the breaches of broadcasting codes which Ofcom seems happy to ignore www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-...

Moira Redmond @clothesinbooks.bsky.social and I are celebrating Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer - but who is your favourite literary PI? Is it Hammer, Marlowe, McCone, Milhone, Poirot, Spade, Spenser or ..? YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...

Crime writer, historian and editor Mike Ripley's fine obituary for his friend, Len Deighton: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Moira Redmond @clothesinbooks.bsky.social joins me to look at Ross Macdonald's superb PI novels. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Many of their themes are summed up by Meat Loaf's classic, Lost Boys & Golden Girls: youtu.be/a5pC_R7RlGI

At Fedora, Moira Redmond @clothesinbooks.bsky.social and I revisit our past lives and spoil the finale of a primal Film Noir experience, 1947's Dead Reckoning starring Humphrey Bogart & Lizabeth Scott. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

“THE CINEMATIC LIFE OF BOXING is at BFI Southbank from 30 March – 30 April. Tickets for screenings and events are on sale now at bfi.org.uk/boxing.” 2/2

HARPER's splendid cast includes Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin and Shelley Winters. Moira Redmond of Clothes in Books @clothesinbooks.bsky.social joins me for a close look. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on April 28th on Blu-ray in the US from #WarnerArchive: #20000YearsInSingSing (1932)! Academy Award® winners Bette Davis and Spencer Tracy were relative newcomers to the big screen when Warner Bros. and director Michael Curtiz cast them in the moving,

Is Paul Newman just too good-looking to convince as a private eye? Join me and a transfixed Moira Redmond @clothesinbooks.bsky.social as we admire him in HARPER (1966) and THE DROWNING POOL (1975). YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

I was so happy to chat about this wonderful b-movie vampire film with Vampire Videos. Enjoy.

John Frankenheimer's 1977 thriller, Black Sunday, is making its UK debut on Blu-ray today courtesy of Arrow @arrowvideo.bsky.social. Really pleased to have contributed to the extras on this release, along with Josh Nelson @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social & the mighty Barry Forshaw @barryf48.bsky.social.

The nice people at Substack create an image for me when I have a new newsletter. This time it is the glory that is Paul Newman getting upset about the lack of coffee. (If he reads my newsletter he will cheer up)

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Join me and Moira Redmond of Clothes in Books / @clothesinbooks.bsky.social for a deep dive into the exceptional private eye novels of Ross Macdonald and their film versions starring Paul Newman. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Who do you think was best playing Sam Spade's wise secretary, Effie Perine? Una Merkel (1931), Lee Patrick (1941 & 1975) or Lurene Tuttle (1946-1951)? I say they're all a knockout! YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

We're celebrating The Adventures of Sam Spade at Fedora. But who is your favourite old time radio detective? Johnny Dollar, Philip Marlowe, Richard Diamond, Ellery Queen, The Fat Man, The Saint or ..? YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Your captain has lit the fasten seatbelts sign and requests that you stay in your seats. You are in for some turbulence... There is now less than a month until THE SURVIVOR lands on Indicator 4K UHD and Blu-ray ✈️

Eureka's May titles have just been announced, all of them a total blast to work on: Buster Keaton's masterpiece The General on 4K UHD, an excellent and underseen outing for Inspector Maigret in Maurice Tourneur's Cécile is Dead and Frank Beyer's controversial Trace of Stones, one of DEFA's finest.

Really chuffed to have contributed to the forthcoming Cécile is Dead blu-ray release from Eureka Entertainment / Masters of Cinema with Martin Hall, Christine Leteux and Andrew Watts. And what a great cover by Sean Phillips too! eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/cecile...

Get your pipes and hats ready.... Cécile is Dead (1944) is coming to Blu-ray thanks to Eureka Entertainment's Masters of Cinema. More info: eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/cecile...

Richard Conte's performance in The Fighter (1952). Stoic or wooden? @andrewrihn.bsky.social joins me on the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast to discuss this adaptation of a Jack London short story. #boxing #moviesky #filmsky

Want to know what might have happened to Sam Spade, Casper Gutman and Joel Cairo a few years after The Maltese Falcon? Head over to Fedora to learn more about the 1948 radio sequel. #OTR YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

We looked back at the 2004 SALEM’S LOT miniseries. Does Rob Lowe’s Ben Mears hold up against the 1979 original, or is it a mid-2000s fever dream? Dr Simon Brown joined us to discuss 👇🏻 pod.fo/e/394f46

Out now! Writer @andrewrihn.bsky.social joins me on the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast to discuss The Fighter (1952). Available on all the major podcast platforms. #boxing #moviesky #filmsky

Just arrived via @filmsradiance.bsky.social, Richard Rush's mind-bending masterpiece THE STUNT MAN is now available in beautiful HD with a Louma Crane's worth of extras. .

Time for some radio screwball noir at Fedora as we look back at The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946-1951) starring Howard Duff as Spade and Lurene Tuttle as his secretary, Effie Perrine. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Hands up! When it comes to The Maltese Falcon, who was the most fatal femme of them all: Bebe Daniels, Better Davis or Mary Astor? Mark Dillon and I duke it out at Fedora to see who we trust least. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

And Rebecca is back (I was out of the country so missed the heads up): open.spotify.com/episode/2ORg...

What's your favourite hardboiled PI transferred from page to the big screen: Archer, Hammer, Marlowe, Scudder, Shaft, Shayne, Warshawski or ..? Mark Dillon joins me to focus on their forbear, Sam Spade. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Who is your favourite Sam Spade - Bogart, Cortez or Duff? Or maybe Warren William? I'm joined on the podcast by Mark Dillon of American Cinematographer to separate the genuine article from imitation. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

open.spotify.com/episode/4DaS... @drgaine.bsky.social very kindly invited me on his podcast to discuss THE QUIET AMERICAN (2002) starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser.

Really worth listening to if you have 15 minutes: pca.st/episode/b37f...