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Colin McGuigan
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Classic movie fan - westerns, film noir, melodrama but whatever there is basically, blogger and educator. I also love classic crime and detective fiction, Hemingway, Sinatra and on and on....
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December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Deadline – U.S.A.
“…the right of the public to a marketplace of ideas, news and opinions. Not of one man’s, or one leader’s, or even one government’s.” That eulogy to the Fourth E…
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December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Undertow
In an era where entertainment gives the impression of becoming ever more bloated and unwieldy, where books seem to be sold by the page count and thus by weight like some indigestible stodge, where …
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November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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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.

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November 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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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.

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November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Gun Fury
Every time I view a Raoul Walsh movie I find I’m struck by one thought: why don’t I watch more of his movies more often? It says something for a director whose work is so diverse and sp…
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November 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Special guest Jonathan Rigby joins Sergio to discuss WOMEN OF TWILIGHT (US title TWILIGHT WOMEN), the film adaptation of Sylvia Rayman's 1951 groundbreaking and shocking all-female play.

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October 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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A remake that I quite enjoyed -

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Back from Eternity
If there are really only seven basic plots or stories then that probably explains why remakes, which are practically as old as cinema itself, are so common. From a business perspective, something t…
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October 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Viewing Notes – A Month with Hitchcock
Without having initially planned to do so, I ended up watching a selection of movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock all through September. I tried to choose those titles I had not seen for quite some…
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September 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Rebecca McCallum, the fab host of Talking Hitchcock (@talkinghitchpod.bsky.social), joins me for an in-depth, laugh-filled look at the 1992 thriller Basic Instinct and its connections to Vertigo (1958).

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September 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Such a simple little piece yet it always makes me homesick like nothing else can

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Coney Island
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September 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Dial 1119
Give me a small cast of characters, ideally a cross-section of humanity, from the happy and hopeful to the hapless and despairing, lock them into some confined space in a way that shouldn’t b…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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29. Film Noir Fest 2025, with James Harrison | Tipping My Fedora
James Harrison of Film Noir UK joins Sergio to preview the 2025 Film Noir Fest, which is taking place from 31 October to 2 November at the Plaza Cinema in Weston-Super-Mare. This year's theme is heist...
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September 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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War Arrow
Something about the mid-range westerns that Universal-International was producing in the 1950s points to that hard to define quality which makes the genre so attractive. It’s partially down t…
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August 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The House on Telegraph Hill
The fact that it is not a proper genre, per se, means film noir is in the fortunate position of being able to cross over all kinds of boundaries. This allows it to shift from its most characteristi…
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August 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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27. Film Noir scepticism (part 2), with Sheldon Hall
Following on from the first part last week, Sergio and Sheldon Hall reunite for a second bout of Film Noir scepticism. How well does Sergio stand up to Sheldon’s stinging and relentless criti…
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August 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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A revisit/rewatch that worked out better for me this time round:

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Robbers’ Roost
There is an interesting concept or ploy at work in Robbers’ Roost (1955), one which provides an intriguing setup for the movie but which ultimately fails to achieve what its architect envisag…
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July 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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More noir with Dick Powell

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Cry Danger
The frame up and revenge are classic noir ingredients, saps suckered into taking a fall and then looking to square it with those responsible have kept the motors humming on many a dark crime drama.…
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July 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Top drawer noir from Andre de Toth:

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Pitfall
The daily grind, routine and repetitious. This is something most people can relate to, an integral part of all our lives just as much as sunrise and sunset. What does it represent though? Is it boo…
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June 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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23. Neo-Noir Film Music, with John Leman Riley
Film and music historian John Leman Riley is back and joins me for a discussion of some of the great Neo-Noir scores composed by Ennio Morricone, Michael Small and Jerry Goldsmith. In this episode …
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June 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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An enjoyable western remake/reimagining of Korda's Sahara:

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Last of the Comanches
Remakes come in for plenty of bad press – lazy, unnecessary and creatively bankrupt are some of the charges leveled. Granted some of that may be justified on occasion, as with most things in …
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June 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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A thoughtful western

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Trooper Hook
He fights his way, I fight mine. We’re just a couple of dogs haggling over the same bone. Only it happens to be his bone. Whenever anyone tries to tell you that the westerns of the classic er…
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May 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Some recent viewing -

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I Walk Alone
You know, Noll, I think you’re afraid now. And I’m not. Frankie with his bootleg liquor, me with those checks I forged, you with this set-up here. Everyone trying to get something for n…
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May 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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A comprehensive analysis of Hitchcock's Marnie. I share the writer's enthusiasm for this movie, Hitchcock's last masterpiece.

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Marnie (1964) – A 10-Part Personal Essay Written By John Charet
This ten-part personal essay on iconic director Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie is part of Maddy’s Third Master of Suspense Blogathon. Click here for the site in general, which is called Clas…
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April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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One of Carol Reed's best:

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The Fallen Idol
Is it possible to encapsulate the cinema of a nation in just a word or a phrase? I guess received wisdom, or maybe some sense of deference to the depth and breadth of most cultures, would nudge man…
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April 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM