John Ford's often unappreciated final movie, although I personally rate it highly: livius1.com/2025/12/29/7...

Season's greetings from Fedora. This year, we're celebrating in sunny Sydney, Australia. Wishing you very happy holidays, wherever you lay your hat. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Born on this day in 1886, Michael Curtiz. What's your favorite film of his, noir or not? #botd #filmnoirbirthday @noirbeachshack.bsky.social @eddiemuller.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmtv.bsky.social

Coming soon... A new #boxing podcast arrives in 2026. Link to trailer below.

For this Christmas special, Sergio is joined by Scott K Ratner for an in-depth look at The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett and the movie series starring William Powell & Myrna Loy that it spawned. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely is a classic but who played Marlowe best in the film versions: Powell, Mitchum or Sanders? Luke & Matt, hosts of Mean Streets @meanstreetspodcasts.bsky.social, reveal all! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

For the new release from Hammer Films of Whispering Smith Hits London, fun to be filmed in a crypt by Sarah Appleton with colleagues Vic Pratt & William Fowler. Also on board: the very capable Josephine Botting Richard Hollis et al.

Is there a more Noir anti-hero than Highsmith's Ripley - and who's played him best on screen: Delon, Damon, Scott? Luke & Matt, hosts of Mean Streets @meanstreetspodcasts.bsky.social, find their man! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

HAPPY COLUMBIA NOIR #7: MADE IN BRITAIN RELEASE DAY TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE! This six-film set not only features world and UK Blu-ray premieres, but a 120-page book, and is limited to 6000 individually numbered copies. Get yours here: tinyurl.com/48j8n3zs

Steve Cropper, Booker T and the MGs, and the piece of musical perfection that is 'Time is Tight' lukemckernan.com/2025/12/14/t...

It's the battle of the Film Noir remakes! Which cinema Sam Spade is your favourite: Cortez, William or Bogart? Mean Street podcast hosts, Luke & Matt @meanstreetspodcasts.bsky.social, decide! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

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Thoroughly chuffed to have contributed to this upcoming edition of the spooky 1981 James Herbert adaptation, The Survivor, from Indicator @indicator.bsky.social. It includes 3 cuts of the film and a wealth of extras. Pre-order now! #BluRay #DavidHemmings #JennyAgutter #RobertPowell #JosephCotten

Can a remake ever really improve on the original? Luke and Matt, hosts of the Mean Streets podcast @meanstreetspodcasts.bsky.social, join me today to pick 10 of their favourite Film Noir do-overs. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

On Sunday the crime novelists and podcasters, Luke Deckard and Matthew Booth, the hosts of Mean Streets @meanstreetspodcasts.bsky.social, join me at Tipping My Fedora for a suspense-filled episode devoted to 10 of their favourite Film Noir remakes. Podbean: buff.ly/wk2LnPK #FilmNoir

@tippingmyfedora.bsky.social I'm enjoying your podcast on Women of Twilight as I write. At the start of this year I wrote a blog post about Freda Jackson and No Room at the Inn.

On the new episode of Fedora, Dr James Leggott joins me to explore Alan Plater's scripts for such crime shows as Z-Cars, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Campion, Dalziel & Pascoe, Maigret, Lewis and more. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

Can you hear the music? Join me and Dr James Leggott as we listen to the jazz celebrated by Alan Plater's cycle of Bix Beiderbecke comedy thrillers, 40 years after the first serial made its TV debut. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC

We love this movie, of course 🤠

Instead of Jon Voight and Ricky Schroder as father and son in The Champ, we nearly had Ryan O'Neal and his real life son, Griffin. @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social and I discuss how that might have turned out on the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast. #boxing #boxingmovies #moviesky #filmsky

At Fedora I'm joined by Dr James Leggott of Northumbria University for a deep dive into Alan Plater's Beiderbecke TV trilogy starring the peerless duo of James Bolam and Barbara Flynn. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC #AlanPlater

Me on a BBC podcast, talking about the early films of Michael Powell, his collaborations with mystery author Philip MacDonald and the Golden Age of Detection. John Huston's The List of Adrian Messenger may also get the occasional mention ... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Out now! On the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast, @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social the @meanstreetspodcast.bsky.social joins me to discuss The Champ from 1979, which was once described as a pointless remake of the 1931 original version! #moviesky #filmsky #boxing

On the podcast I'm joined by Vincent M Gaine to look at Michael Mann's COLLATERAL. We also discuss my disdain for the director's clichéd depiction of accented Italians (just-a like-a dis) 🙄 Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/VH34c #Noirvember

Tom Cruise, cast against type, is a highly conving villain in Michael Mann's COLLATERAL. Wish I could say the same about his wig! Vincent M. Gaine joins me at Fedora to discuss follicular verisimilitude. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/ry4iO

Join me and Vincent M. Gaine of Lancaster University as we discuss Michael Mann's innovative use of new digital cameras for his penumbral neo-noir, COLLATERAL (2004). Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/ry4iO

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Today at Fedora I'm joined by Vincent M. Gaine of Lancaster University to discuss Michael Mann's hitman neo-noir, COLLATERAL (2004), starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/ry4iO

When @meanstreetspodcast.bsky.social + @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social podcasts end up collaborating on an episode together; it’s like when a few of the Doctors from #DrWho collide with each other. It shouldn’t work, but it does. Listen to the latest #FilmNoir podcast here: linktr.ee/MeanStreetsF...

It was a huge pleasure to be invited to discuss the Philip Marlowe classic, MURDER, MY SWEET, with the dynamic duo from the Mean Street podcast: 🎧Podbean: meanstreetspodcast.podbean.com 🎧Apple: tinyurl.com/2x52mzu7 🎧Spotify: spoti.fi/4jTidMO #Noirvember #FilmNoir #FilmReview

Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS (1946) is a spy drama, a twisted romance and a classic Film Noir. Is it his best film? Join me and Brad @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social at Fedora as we delve into its mysteries. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/DOaGx

The wait is over! The time is NOW!! Sergio, Nick and Brad draft the Top 13 Films Noirs of 1955!!! ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/10/i...

Does Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE (1948), starring James Stewart and Farley Granger, count as Film Noir? Brad Friedman @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social joins me at Fedora to discuss its credentials! Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK YouTube shorturl.at/DOaGx

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In which Brad talks Hitchcock with the amazing @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social ahsweetmystery.com/2025/11/06/b...

What a pleasure to talk Hitchcock with Sergio!

Hitchock professed to dislike whodunits but made several: Spellbound (1945), To Catch a Thief (1955) and Psycho (1960) & more. Brad Friedman @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social joins me at Fedora to investigate. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

When two titans of podcasting meet! Boxing Movie Podcast (me!) and Sergio Angelini of @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social at #filmnoirfest 2025! A fantastic weekend organised by @filmnoiruk.bsky.social #filmnoir #moviesky #filmsky

On Fedora today we're joined by Brad Friedman to consider three 1940s Noir Films by Alfred Hitchcock: the psychoanalytic romance, SPELLBOUND, spy drama NOTORIOUS and real time thriller, ROPE. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Fedora at the ready as I head out for this year's edition of #FilmNoirFest in Weston-super-Mare, organised by the hardboiled folk at @filmnoiruk.bsky.social. Screening schedule and ticket details at: www.southwestsilents.com/copy-of-fest...

Laurence Harvey and his extravagant pompadour come in for some joshing from Jonathan Rigby and me as part of our conversation about the otherwise fairly down-at-heel drama, WOMEN OF TWILIGHT, from 1952. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise are best friends in Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes. Or are they!?!? Check out the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast with my guest @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social as discuss this 90s cracker. Available on all the major podcast platforms. #boxing #moviesky #filmsky

On the latest episode of the Boxing Movie Podcast, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social joins me to discuss an underappreciated Brian De Palma gem. Snake Eyes (1998), starring Nicolas Cage. Available now on all the major podcast platforms. #boxing #moviesky #filmsky

Huge pleasure to chat with @mrstevehunt.bsky.social about Brian De Palma's fabulous, Rashomon styled conspiracy thriller, Snake Eyes, on the new episode of The Boxing Movie Podcast: boxingmoviepodcast.alitu.com/1?order=newest

Lois Maxwell was a 15-year movie veteran by the time she debuted as Miss Moneypenny in DR. NO. She holds her own against a formidable cast in WOMEN OF TWILIGHT. Jonathan Rigby explains all at Fedora: Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK

Just arrived! The first copies of our #FilmNoirFest Festival Catalogue! If you’re a festival pass holder, you’ll get a free copy. Contribs include @pamhutch.bsky.social, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social, @drsmorgan.com and more! Get your #FilmNoir festival passes here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

The T-Shirts for #FilmNoirFest 2025 are here! Get yourself one during the #FilmNoir festival (31/10/2025 - 02/11/2025). More info about the festival here: www.southwestsilents.com/film-noir-fe...

In the latest Fedora episode, horror historian Jonathan Rigby explains why 1952's unwed mums should stay well clear of the boarding house run by the terrifying Freda Jackson in WOMEN OF TWILIGHT. Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK