What a pleasure it was to discuss my favorite Hitchcock film with Sergio Angelini @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social on his fabulous podcast. ahsweetmystery.com/2026/05/31/m...

Is Rear Window the greatest of Hitchcock's thrillers? Brad Friedman @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social is absolutely certain that it is. We look at its literary origins, development and exhibition history. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Thrilled to be part of the team on the extras for the 4K UHD + Blu-ray release of BREAK IN THE CIRCLE with the fab @barryf48.bsky.social, @laurajm.bky.social, @sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social, @balanescumiriam.bsky.social, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Wayne Kinsey, Adrian Martin and Neil Sinyard.

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on August 10th on #4K/Blu-ray dual format in the UK from @hammerfilms.bsky.social: #BreakInTheCircle (1955)! A fascinating outlier in the Hammer library, this stylish crime thriller has been painstakingly restored in 4K from the original film negatives for the

I am extremely proud to say that have been involved in curating the boxing noir strand for this year's #FilmNoirFest. I basically got to pick my favourite #boxing noir movies and now will get to see them on the big screen! Get your tickets and come and join me! #moviesky #filmsky #filmnoir

#FilmNoirFest returns this autumn with even more classic #FilmNoir titles than ever before. Below are the main strands for the 2026 edition with a few more to be announced. A few early bird festival passes are still available: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

I asked @lukedeckard.bsky.social and @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social to choose their 10 favourite Noir books. Raymond Chandler penned three of them. Who is your favourite author of hardboiled fiction? Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Today, Harlan Ellison would have been 92. Eight years on, scores of new readers are discovering your words every day. Eight years on, the journey continues, and the work still matters. Rest easy.

Robert Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE divides Chandler fans and critics. I asked mystery authors @lukedeckard.bsky.social and @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social for their opinion. (Full disclosure: I love it) Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Out now! On the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast, @drgaine.bsky.social joins me to discuss Michael Mann's Ali, starring Will Smith. Available on all the major podcast platforms. #moviesky #filmsky

Which are your favourite hardboiled crime novels? I asked mystery authors @lukedeckard.bsky.social and @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social to list their top 10 at Fedora. What would you include? Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

My latest blog post is on jigsaws (by way of Citizen Kane, Georges Perec and the Reform party) lukemckernan.com/2026/05/21/t...

What do you think of "continuation" fiction? My guests, Luke @lukedeckard.bsky.social & Matt @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social, consider Robert B. Parker's two novels featuring Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

This just arrived! Another fine publication from @jeffreymarks.bsky.social and the folk at Crippen & Landru. Carr is always such a treat!

I'm joined by crime authors Luke Deckard (@lukedeckard.bsky.social) and Matthew Booth (@matthewboothauthor.bsky.social) to hear about their forthcoming mystery novels and their favourites in the genre. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Really chuffed to have contributed to the extras for Cécile is Dead from Eureka in the Masters of Cinema series, alongside Martin Hall, Christine Leteux and Andrew Watts. Great cover art by Sean Phillips too! This Maigret mystery is out today on Blu-ray! eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/cecile...

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Novelists and podcasters @lukedeckard.bsky.social & @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social of @cinemasleuths.bsky.social shared their list of top 10 hardboiled mysteries with me. Do you agree with their picks? Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Dario Argento's Bird with the Crystal Plumage ignited the 1970s giallo craze. At Fedora we explore its origins in American Film Noir, Germany's Edgar Wallace Krimi and Mario Bava's Italian thrillers. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

"See it come stabbingly alive!" 1958's SCREAMING MIMI, from the novel by Fredric Brown, was probably Anita Ekberg's biggest Hollywood vehicle. How does it compare with Dario Argento's uncredited version? Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Had a smashing time with @lukedeckard.bsky.social and @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social, your friendly neighbourhood Cinema Sleuths, to look at The Empire Strikes Back, then and now. Listen Now on cinemasleuths.podbean.com Also on ApplePodcasts, Spotify, YouTube

STAR WARS: A Trilogy of Retcons continues with The Empire Strikes Back! We're joined by @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social to investigate some BIG retcons! Listen Now on cinemasleuths.podbean.com Also on ApplePodcasts, Spotify, YouTube #CSReviews #StarWars #FilmPodcast

I interviewed Jack Hirsch for Boxing Scene about his new book, an authorised biography of light heavyweight great Michael Spinks. #boxing #booksky www.boxingscene.com/articles/the...

@mrstevehunt.bsky.social joins me at Fedora to discuss the contribution of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and composer Ennio Morricone to the success of Dario Argento's Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Reggie Nalder, the hit man in Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, made a colour-coded sartorial genre shift by swapping his tux for a yellow ("giallo") leather jacket in Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

This news from @filmsradiance.bsky.social just made my day - some really superb Italian cinema coming our way! www.radiancefilms.co.uk

At Fedora we're looking at Fredric Brown's classic 1949 novel, The Screaming Mimi, and its 2 movie versions: Anita Ekberg's eponymous 1958 noir and Argento's 1970 giallo, Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

OUT NOW: STAR WARS: A Trilogy of Retcons! We investigate the retcons that define the original trilogy in this special three-part series! 🎧 cinemasleuths.podbean.com Also on ApplePodcasts, Spotify, YouTube and more! #starwars #StarWarsDay #maythefourthbewithyou

Dario Argento made his bones with his "animal trilogy" of thrilling whodunits. I'm joined by the great Mr Steve Hunt @mrstevehunt.bsky.social to discuss their visual panache and bizarro science. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

The wonderful Sergio Angelini had me as a guest on the latest episode of @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social My Fedora to talk about Dario Argento's directorial debut, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage. Here's the tattoo that he refers to! #moviesky #filmsky open.spotify.com/episode/3FAt...

It was an absolute pleasure to be invited to talk about one of my favourite films on @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social I hope it is as much fun to listen to as it was to record. #filmsky #moviesky

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It's Giallo time here at Fedora! Steve Hunt @mrstevehunt.bsky.social dons his black leather gloves to geek out with me over Dario Argento's thrilling murder mystery, The Bird with the CrystalPlumage. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

In June, Nick Cardillo, Sergio Angelini and I will create The Greatest Screen Sleuths Draft. Who should be on our list? Start nominating NOW!!! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/05/02/c...

Want to know what the plural of Film Noir is? And what the next home video releases from Hammer Films will be? Step right up, we've got the answers at Fedora! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Hammer Films is releasing 4K restorations from its library housed in beautifully designed sets packed with tons of great extras. To find out what goes on behind the scenes, join me on the Fedora podcast: Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

#botd Happy Birthday to Uma,Thurman, the Kill Bill star whose classy and varied excursions into Neo-Noir include Pulp Fiction, Final Analysis, Gattaca and Jennifer 8.

Out now! On the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast I'm joined by author Kieran Mulvaney to discuss an absolute classic. Raging Bull (1980) was directed by Martin Scorsese, and starred Robert De Niro as middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. The greatest #boxing movie ever? #moviesky #filmsky

On Fedora I finally get to chat about Elleston Trevor (aka Simon Rattray, Adam Hall etc) as Hammer's' latest video release, MANTRAP, was adapted from one of his whodunits featuring sleuth, Hugo Bishop. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

This week I am joined by Steve Rogers of Hammer Films to look at their new deluxe home video releases. From the 1950s we discuss their 4K presentation of Terence Fisher's sci-fi spy thriller, SPACEWAYS. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Just announced by Eureka, Into the Forest: Folktales at DEFA, featuring five East German Märchenfilme alongside new commentaries, video extras, three animated shorts from the DEFA archives and a stacked book of essays. This has been a dream production project. Pick it up.

NEW EP! To celebrate two years of Mean Streets and our 80th episode, we go back to our roots with what we call THE BIG SLEEP: THE VICKERS CUT (1946), the pre-release cut of this noir masterpiece. With special guest and friend of the show, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social! Links below!

Hey #FilmNoir Fans! We are up and running for early bird passes for #FilmNoirFest 2026! We will be announcing certain subjects in the coming few weeks; but for now, to get in early, we recommend booking your pass sooner rather than later: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Steve Rogers of Hammer Films visits the podcast to discuss the Noirs that blacklisted Hollywood star Paul Henreid made for the studio, both newly released on 4K UHD & Blu-ray: STOLEN FACE and MANTRAP. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Keep an eye out #FilmNoir Fans... in the next 24 hours we'll be putting our Early Bird Passes on general sale for #FilmNoirFest 2026!

Thrilled to have contributed to the extras for Eureka's release of Mario Bava's delightfully delirious, DANGER: DIABOLIK. The set includes contributions from the likes of Roberto Curti, Jochen Ecke, Troy Haworth, Leon Hunt, Tim Lucas, Rachel Nisbet & Nathaniel Thompson. Out now! eurekavideo.co.uk

I'm joined on the podcast by Steve Rogers of Hammer Films to discuss their 4K UHD / Blu-ray of Terence Fisher's whodunit, MANTRAP, starring Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell & Kay Kendall. Catch the chat here: YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Big News! My novel NO SAINTS ONLY KILLERS will launch this week on @kickstarter.com w/ @mxpublishing.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/luk... #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #EdinburghNoir

On my way West ... Passes/tickets on sale for the Sergio Leone Weekend: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...