Before The Da Vinci Code, the great Leonardo provided the McGuffin for the breezy 1991 comic caper, Hudson Hawk. Join me & author / publisher @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social as we unlock its secrets. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

The 4th film featured in my new book is The Set-Up (1949). It's been selected by many of my podcast guests as their favourite #boxing movie. Martin Scorsese is also a huge fan. Possibly the ultimate boxing #filmnoir.

Do you ❤️ caper movies? Does Hudson Hawk rank against such classics as Charade, Gambit, The Italian Job, Sneakers, The Sting, Thomas Crown Affair et al? @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social helps me find out! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

It's 35 years later - surely time to reappraise the offbeat Bruce Willis caper comedy, Hudson Hawk? David Hughes @plumeriapics.bsky.social is leading the charge and joins me for a cappuccino & a chat. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

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David Hughes dropped in at Fedora (from a great height but into a very comfy chair) to spill the beans about his new book on a crazy cult classic: "The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk" plumeriapics.co.uk Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Nick Cardillo and I reach the end of our celebration of movie Sherlocks with interpretations featuring Robert Downey Jr and Ian McKellen. We are in total agreement on the merits of one of these ... Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Keep an eye out for these quad size posters around Weston-super-Mare; particularly at the Plaza Cinema where #FilmNoirFest will be taking place. #FilmNoir #NeoNoir Festival passes still available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

So this is the list of top 10 Sherlock Holmes movies that Nick Cardillo discussed with me on the podcast. But what are your favourites? Please let us know. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC #SherlockHolmes

As part of #FilmNoirFest 2026 (this November) our Hertitage #FilmNoir event will have @neilkbrand.bsky.social playing live to #SilentFilm The Racket (1928). We have the new restoration thanks to @flicker-alley.bsky.social! Festival passes still available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Disney's THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (1986) is a delightful Sherlock Holmes pastiche, featuring music & songs by Henry Mancini and even a brief voice cameo by Basil Rathbone. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

My new book is out today! Cover design by @mwkronenberg.bsky.social Available on Amazon or direct from me. All proceeds go to The Ricky Hatton Foundation. #boxing #booksky amzn.eu/d/0gVLDQDk

Absolutely chuffed to be included among the fine team of interviewees featured in the new book by @mrstevehunt.bsky.social, Knockout Movies! A History of Cinematic Boxing. Copies can be bought from: amzn.eu/d/0gVLDQDk All proceeds in aid of the Ricky Hatton Foundation: rickyhattonfoundation.com/

MURDER BY DECREE (1979) pits Holmes & Watson against Jack the Ripper for what Nick Cardillo thinks is a perfect case for the Watergate generation. But is it the best film ever about the Baker Street duo? Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Join me and Nick Cardillo for the two-part special podcast where we discuss his top 10 Sherlock Holmes movies, from Rathbone & Bruce to Downey Jr & Law. Both episodes now available to stream / download. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

I hadn't clocked that yesterday was the 40th anniversary of The Great Mouse Detective. Well, below is a link to a video I did shortly before its 35th giving some of the reasons I love this film so much... mysteriesahoy.com/2021/03/06/w...

#BOTD Happy 89th birthday to David Shire, composer for such classic Noirs as THE CONVERSATION (1974), THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974), FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1975) and ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN (1976). John Leman Riley & I previously celebrated his work on the podcast: youtu.be/5rs119sYYfc?...

Nick Cardillo and I talk Watsons! More specifically, we debate just how damaging is Robert Duvall's woeful British accent in THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION, the 1976 adaptation of Nicholas Meyer's novel. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

A lament for four lost databases (and what might be done to bring them back to life) lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l...

Billy Wilder's PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, like Stroheim's GREED (1924) and Welles' THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942), is a mistreated masterpiece. Nick Cardillo & I try to put the pieces together. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

My new book will be out next week! Amazing cover design by @mwkronenberg.bsky.social #boxing #filmsky #booksky #moviesky

A sad tale of disappearing databases lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l...

Nick Cardillo joins me at Fedora to present the second half of his list of top 10 Sherlock Holmes movies. We also stray a little from the canon - could Michael Caine be our favourite non-Holmes, Holmes? Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

A killer who appears to strike at random. Cases of industrial espionage. A man who terrorises his family. Are these events connected? And can Everett Carr find the link before someone else is murdered? Find out in my latest Everett Carr mystery. #whodunit #crimefiction #crimewriters

It’s the 121st anniversary of the mutiny aboard the Battleship Potemkin. Rather than something from Eisenstein’s film, here’s a clip from Oleksandr Rojtburd’s “Psychedelic Invasion of the Battleship Potyomkin into Sergey Eisenstein's Tautological Hallucinations” boxd.it/8zVQnT

I designed this cover and I’m interviewed in the book. Coming soon and the proceeds are for a worthy cause.

@lemanriley.bsky.social and I have written extensively on the iconic Omen music of Jerry Goldsmith in the new issue of the Monstrum journal, “The Omen at 50”, edited by @docsbrown.bsky.social. Free to download here: www.monstrum-society.ca/monstrum-v9-...

Film Noir Fest 2026! Get your tickets now and I'll see you there! #filmnoir #filmsky #moviesky #filmnoirfest share.google/j7cMEUHBHout...

Fans of #cinema #filmsky #horrorsky #soundtrack #filmmusic “The Omen” or Jerry Goldsmith. @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social and I take a detailed look at Goldsmith’s scores for the trilogy in the new issue of Monstrum, “The Omen at 50”. www.monstrum-society.ca/uploads/4/1/...

#FridayNightFilmNoir Tonight it's Boris Ingster's expressionistic mystery, Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). The mere presence of Elisha Cook Jr pretty much bestows upon this creepy thriller the American Film Noir seal of approval. My Letterboxd review: letterboxd.com/cavershamrag...

We're continuing our run of popular German genre cinema at Eureka with Eastern Trails: The Western at DEFA. Putting this one together has been incredibly fun.

A Study in Terror (1965) is the first film in which Sherlock Holmes squares off against Jack the Ripper, plus it features Judi Dench and Barbara Windsor too! Nick Cardillo and I head to Whitechapel ... Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Peter Cushing and Andre Morell make for a superb Holmes and Watson in Hammer's typically colourful and iconoclastic version of The Hound of the Baskervilkes. Nick Cardillo joins me in admiration. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Is THE SCARLET CLAW (1944) the best of the modern-day Rathbone & Bruce adventures? Is it even better than their HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1939)? Nick Cardillo and I follow the phosphorescent clues! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) comes first in Nick Cardillo's list of top 10 movies featuring the great detective. Join us at Fedora to hear what happens next! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Great discussion from Tipping My Fedora about big screen Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Tough to decide on a single movie Sherlock but I do have a favorite take on Watson - James Mason.

Chuffed to have contributed to the extras for Hammer's 36 HOURS (1953) with the likes of Dr Jo Botting, @barryf48.bsky.social, Heath Holland Maxim Jakubowski, Wayne Kinsey, @annodracula.bsky.social, @vicpratt.bsky.social, Toby Roan, @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social, et al. Out today! hammerfilms.com

Who is your favourite cinema Sherlock: Rathbone, Cushing, Plummer, Downey Jr? I'm joined by Nick Cardillo, actor and author of several Holmesian pastiches, to discuss his top 10 Sherlock Holmes movies. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

At Fedora, Brad Friedman (@ahsweetmystery.bsky.social) joins me to discuss movies inspired by Hitchcock's Rear Window, including: Disturbia, Body Double, The Bedroom Window and Someone's Watching Me! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

The wait is over! Here are the result from Sergio @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social, Nick Cardillo, and my draft of the TWENTY GREATEST SCREEN SLEUTHS OF ALL TIME! ahsweetmystery.com/2026/06/10/t...

It's publication day. No Saints Only Killers is here! I hope readers enjoy it as much as I did writing it. Available in all good bookstores! (See Below) #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #TartanNoir

Our key strand for this year’s #FilmNoirFest is set around ‘#Boxing Noir’ which has been programmed by @mrstevehunt.bsky.social. More info on the #FilmNoir titles very soon; some early bird passes still available: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Ali (2001) dir. Michael Mann. Check out the latest episode of Boxing Movie Podcast where @drgaine.bsky.social joins me to discuss the movie in depth. youtu.be/STuHQ5HpmEE?...

In Rear Window the camera leaves the POV of Jeff's apartment for only two brief sequences. Does this work, or show a limit to Hitchcock's design? Brad (@ahsweetmystery.bsky.social) & I argue the point. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Join me from Friday 30/10 to Sunday 1/11 for #FilmNoirFest and some of the greatest #boxing noir movies ever! #filmsky #filmnoir southwestsilents.com/so/67PudvZvb...

What do John Ford's The Lost Patrol, 5 Michael Powell thrillers, Hitchcock's Rebecca and Huston’s List of Adrian Messenger have in common? The contribution of writer Philip MacDonald, 15 of whose stories have now been collected by @the-passing-tramp.bsky.social. starkhousepress.com/macdonald.php

The core of Hitchcock's Rear Window is the bond between Jeff and Lisa. But for Brad Friedman @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social and myself, Stella, played by Thelma Ritter, provides the film's beating heart. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Thanks to Mike Ripley (a signed copy, no kess), this is my weekend sorted. Following on from Buried Above Ground (2025), can't wait to find out what his "rogue librarian" has got mixed up in this time! @severnhouse.bsky.social severnhouse.com/books/played...