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Spring break

Tipping My Fedora ·

2025/03/09

Our offices will be closed during the Easter period so we can take a small holiday and recharge the little grey cells. But we won't be gone for long and we have lots of special episodes all lined up and ready to go. To whet your appetite, here are previews from some forthcoming episodes including ones dedicated to boxing movies, Westerns and Noir scepticism, the various versions of BLADE RUNNER (and its sequel, BLADE RUNNER 2049), the radio origins of Orson Welles' MR ARKADIN ... and much

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16. The Noir books of Jim Thompson, with Jim Noy

Tipping My Fedora ·

2025/02/23

Sergio is joined by novelist, blogger and podcaster Jim Noy to enthuse about the work of writer Jim Thompson, the sui generis maestro of 50s and 60's Noir. We explore some of Thompson's major themes, his often psychopathic protagonists and his horrifying and frequently surreal endings - and look in detail at such classic books as The Killers Inside Me, A Hell of a Woman, The Grifters, After Dark, My Sweet and Pop. 1280 (all of which have been filmed)Jim Thompson's crime fiction bibliography

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15. DEATH WISH II (1982) and DEATH WISH III (1985),...

Tipping My Fedora ·

2025/02/09

Welcome back for the second half of Sergio's conversation with Simon Brown about the Michael Winner / Charles Bronson Death Wish trilogy - today's focus is on the first two sequels, produced by Cannon in the 1980s.We look at what the sequels added to, and detracted from, this popular cycle of revenge films extending the success of the first and most distinguished entry in the series. The first part of this podcast can be found at this link:

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14. DEATH WISH (1974), with Simon Brown

Tipping My Fedora ·

2025/02/02

Sergio is joined today by Simon Brown for the first of a two-part look at the trio of Death Wish films that were directed by Michael Winner and starred Charles Bronson. One of the key releases of the 1970s, Michael Winner’s 1974 box office smash, Death Wish, starred Charles Bronson as a man driven to murderous reprisals after a violent assault that left his wife dead and their daughter an emotional wreck. Adapted from the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield, it crystallised an emerging trend of films

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13. David Lynch and Film Noir, with Dr Lindsay Hallam

Tipping My Fedora ·

2025/01/19

As a tribute to the late David Lynch, Sergio is joined by special guest Dr Lindsay Hallam, Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of East London to discuss his work in the Noir context.Dr Hallam is author of the books Screening the Marquis de Sade and a Devil's Advocates volume on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and has written several articles and book chapters on the works of David Lynch. She has also contributed audio commentaries and essays for Blu-Rays released by such labels as Arrow,

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12. KISS ME DEADLY (1955), with Mark Dillon

Tipping My Fedora ·

2025/01/05

Today’s podcast is devoted to KISS ME DEADLY, the classic Film Noir directed by Robert Aldrich from Mickey Spillane's best-seller featuring his ultra-hardboiled PI, Mike Hammer. My guest is Mark Dillon, an award-winning Toronto-based journalist specializing in film, TV and pop music. He is a former editor of Playback, the business publication for the Canadian media industries, and to which he still contributes. He has been writing for Hollywood magazine American Cinematographer for more than 25

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01:27:13

11. Christmas Noir, with special guests Simon Brown...

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/12/22

Can the shadows of Film Noir retain their dark power even during the holiday season? Come and join me in front of the fireplace for a special yuletide edition of Tipping My Fedora with friends of the podcast, Simon Brown and Stacey Abbott and their devoted pooch Lilli, while they take a break from sleuthing as we look at some classic crime movies set between Christmas and New Year. The films discussed include: THE THIN MAN (WS Van Dyke, 1934) CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (Robert Siodmak, 1944) THE RECKLESS

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01:05:34

10. Edward G. Robinson's gangsters, with Craig Ian Mann

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/12/12

To celebrate what would have been the 131st birthday of Hollywood icon Edward G. Robinson, Sergio is joined by Craig Ian Mann to provide an overview of the many gangster roles he played during his career, examining how they transitioned from Depression-era tragedies of men who took the wrong path to fame and fortune to Noir-era sociopaths of the 40s and 50s who no longer have a place in society.Films discussed include: Little Caesar (1931) Bullets or Ballots (1936) The Last Gangster (1937) I am

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01:02:14

9. DEAD AGAIN (1991), with Nick Cardillo

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/12/05

A look back at Kenneth Branagh's box office hit, Dead Again (1991), a highly imaginative valentine to classic Film Noir co-starring Emma Thompson and Andy Garcia that daringly combines a murder mystery with the supernatural. Sergio is joined by writer and actor, Nick Cardillo. A lifelong fan of mystery and detective fiction, Nick is the author of several Sherlock Holmes pastiches for MX Publishing and Belanger Books. These were collected in The Feats of Sherlock Holmes (2018) and The Improbable

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01:04:31

8. Music for Film Noir (1941-1959), with John Leman...

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/11/27

Sergio is joined by film and music expert John Leman Riley to provide an overview of some of the film scores written for Film Noir in the classic 1941 to 1959 period.The films explored in this podcast include: THE MALTESE FALCON (John Huston, 1941) - music by Adolph Deutsch THE BIG SLEEP (Howard Hawks, 1946) - music by Max Steiner SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder, 1950) - music by Franz Waxman A PLACE IN THE SUN (George Stevens, 1951) - music by Franz Waxman ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray, 1951)

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7. BLACK TUESDAY (1954), with Barry Forshaw, Craig...

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2024/11/18

Sergio previews the UK Blu-ray release of the 1954 drama Black Tuesday, which is being released today by Eureka in their Masters of Cinema series. He is joined by Barry Forshaw, Craig Ian Mann and Sheldon Hall - who all provided new extras for this release - and together they explore the contributions of stars Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves and Jean Parker, director Hugo Fregonese, writer Sydney Boehm and cinematographer Stanley Cortez. Here are the full details of the Blu-ray extras: A new audio

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6. Tigers in the Smoke, with Mike Ripley

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/11/09

Sergio is joined by author and critic Mike Ripley to look at a tale of two tigers, or rather, two versions of The Tiger in the Smoke: the original 1952 novel by Margery Allingham, featuring her sleuth Albert Campion; and its film noir adaptation from 1956 that, despite being mostly very faithful, chose to completely eliminate her recurring protagonist. We also look at the BBC TV series Campion (1989-1990), based on Allingham's novels and starring Peter Davison in the title role (and Mike's

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5. Near Dark, with Professor Stacey Abbott

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/10/31

We celebrate Halloween with a close look at Kathryn Bigelow's classic noir-western-horror hybrid, Near Dark. My very special guest is Stacey Abbott, Professor of Film at Northumbria University, where she is a member of their Horror Studies Research Group. Her research focuses on horror and cult film and television, with a particular interest in vampire and zombies. She is the author of Celluloid Vampires (2007), Undead Apocalypse (2016) and the BFI Film Classic on Near Dark (2020). She is the

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4. To Live and Die in LA, with Liam Dunn

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/10/21

Today we explore the late William Friedkin's 1985 dark and dazzling neo-noir, To Live and Die in LA, which stars William L. Peterson, Willem Dafoe and John Pankow, features stunning cinematography by Robby Müller and a killer soundtrack by British new wave band, Wang Chung. My special guest is writer and filmmaker Liam Dunn, who is also co-host of Sci-Frights, the upcoming film discussion podcast from the interzone where horror meets sci-fi. He is currently the co-programmer of the community

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3. Film Noir Fest 2024, with James Harrison

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2024/10/11

Sergio chats to James Harrison, co-founder of Film Noir UK and director of its first festival, Film Noir Fest 2024. The event will take place in Weston-Super-Mare from 1 to 3 November and this year's theme is Dangerous Divas.We preview some of the main screenings, which include: Lee Marvin Centenary The Big Heat (Fritz Lang, 1953) Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967) Lauren Bacall Centenary To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944) The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946) Dark Passage (Delmer Daves,

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01:02:27

2. Noir Panorama, with Barry Forshaw

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/10/04

For the first episode of Tipping My Fedora (TMF), Sergio is joined by crime fiction critic and historian, Barry Forshaw (www.barryforshaw.co.uk). They look at a selection of some of the home video releases on which Barry has worked, spanning 25 years of Film Noir. Titles discussed, include: This Gun for Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942) starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. Available on Blu-ray from Eureka Criss Cross (Robert Siodmak, 1949) featuring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea

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1. Trailer

Tipping My Fedora ·

2024/09/26

What is this thing called Film Noir? It's time to buckle up your trenchcoat and don your fedora. Join host Sergio Angelini and his guests every 10 days as they uncover the secrets behind 100 years of crime movies, radio dramas, hardboiled fiction and thousands of television episodes. Launching on 4 October 2024 ...

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