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Podcasting about Crime, Mystery and Film Noir
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Brad Friedman
about 11 hours ago
What a pleasure it was to discuss my favorite Hitchcock film with Sergio Angelini
@tippingmyfedora.bsky.social
on his fabulous podcast.
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MR. THORWALD IN THE GARDEN WITH THE HATBOX: Sergio and Brad Discuss Rear Window
If you are a true “Ah Sweet Mysterian” (yes, we’ve got our own cult name!), then you know that Rear Window is my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie and maybe my favorite film of all …
https://ahsweetmystery.com/2026/05/31/mr-thorwald-in-the-garden-with-the-hatbox-sergio-and-brad-discuss-rear-window/
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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
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about 20 hours ago
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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.
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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media
2 days ago
***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
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Steve Hunt
2 days ago
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
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Film Noir UK
3 days ago
#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:
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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
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3 days ago
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J. Michael Straczynski
4 days ago
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.
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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
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5 days ago
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Steve Hunt
6 days ago
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
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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
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8 days ago
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Luke McKernan
10 days ago
My latest blog post is on jigsaws (by way of Citizen Kane, Georges Perec and the Reform party)
lukemckernan.com/2026/05/21/t...
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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
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11 days ago
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This just arrived! Another fine publication from
@jeffreymarks.bsky.social
and the folk at Crippen & Landru. Carr is always such a treat!
12 days ago
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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
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13 days ago
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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!
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14 days ago
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Margot Kinberg
15 days ago
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48. Top 10 Noir novels, with Cinema Sleuths hosts Matthew Booth & Luke Deckard
Returning guests Matt and Luke, crime authors and hosts of the Cinema Sleuths podcast, visit Fedora to talk about their latest novels and give us a list of their 10 favourite Noir books. Authors up…
https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/48-top-10-noir-novels-with-cinema-sleuths-hosts-matthew-booth-luke-deckard/
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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
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15 days ago
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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
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18 days ago
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"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
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20 days ago
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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
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Cinema Sleuths | Luke Deckard and Matthew Booth
<span>Two crime fiction authors, Dr Luke Deckard and Matthew Booth, investigate the movies and TV shows that shape pop culture! No case is too big or small for these cinematic sleuths! </span></p> <p>...
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21 days ago
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Cinema Sleuths
21 days ago
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
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Steve Hunt
22 days ago
I interviewed Jack Hirsch for Boxing Scene about his new book, an authorised biography of light heavyweight great Michael Spinks.
#boxing
#booksky
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The complex humility of Michael Spinks
If Michael Spinks would not shout about his own achievements, someone else needed to. Jack Hirsch has done that in his new book, an authorized biography titled “Michael ‘Jinx’ Spinks.”
https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/the-complex-humility-of-michael-spinks-a-man-destined-to-always-be-underrated
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@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
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23 days ago
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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
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24 days ago
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This news from
@filmsradiance.bsky.social
just made my day - some really superb Italian cinema coming our way!
www.radiancefilms.co.uk
26 days ago
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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
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26 days ago
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Cinema Sleuths
28 days ago
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
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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
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28 days ago
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Steve Hunt
28 days ago
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
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Steve Hunt
29 days ago
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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Margot Kinberg
29 days ago
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47. THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970) with Steve Hunt
Sergio is joined by Steve Hunt to discuss Dario Argento’s classic giallo, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, and its uncredited basis in Fredric Brown’s exceptional 1949 Noir mystery no…
https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/47-the-bird-with-the-crystal-plumage-1970-with-steve-hunt/
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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
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29 days ago
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Brad Friedman
29 days ago
In June, Nick Cardillo, Sergio Angelini and I will create The Greatest Screen Sleuths Draft. Who should be on our list? Start nominating NOW!!!
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COMING UP! The Greatest Screen Sleuths Draft
“The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.” I love m…
https://ahsweetmystery.com/2026/05/02/coming-up-the-greatest-screen-sleuths-draft/
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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
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Film History Podcast · Updated Biweekly · The podcast devoted to crime, mystery and all things Noir
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30 days ago
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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
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about 1 month ago
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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.
about 1 month ago
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Steve Hunt
about 1 month ago
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
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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
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about 1 month ago
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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
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about 1 month ago
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Craig Ian Mann
about 1 month ago
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.
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Cinema Sleuths
about 1 month ago
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!
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Film Noir UK
about 1 month ago
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...
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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
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about 1 month ago
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Film Noir UK
about 1 month ago
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!
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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
about 1 month ago
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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
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about 1 month ago
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Luke Deckard | Crime Writer 🕵🏻♂️
about 1 month ago
Big News! My novel NO SAINTS ONLY KILLERS will launch this week on
@kickstarter.com
w/
@mxpublishing.bsky.social
!
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#CrimeFiction
#HistoricalFiction
#EdinburghNoir
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Coming soon: NO SAINTS ONLY KILLERS - A 1922 Noir Set in Edinburgh
Edinburgh 1922 is the setting for a dark mystery noir featuring detective Logan Bishop. From Sherlock Holmes author Luke Deckard.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lukedeckardbooks/no-saints-only-killers-a-1922-noir-set-in-edinburgh
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On my way West ... Passes/tickets on sale for the Sergio Leone Weekend:
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...
about 1 month ago
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Colin McGuigan
about 1 month ago
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Armored Car Robbery
Sometimes a title will intrigue, sometimes it will beguile, and sometimes it’s just self-explanatory. Armored Car Robbery (1950) by Richard Fleischer lets us know exactly what the subject ma…
https://livius1.com/2026/04/17/armored-car-robbery/
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