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 commentary with film noir expert Sergio Angelini, host of the Tipping My Fedora podcast

https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/black-tuesday/ 

The latest books by this episode's guests include:

Barry Forshaw: Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films: www.oldcastlebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php?isbn=9780857304162

Sheldon Hall: Armchair Cinema: A History of feature Films on British Television, 1929-1981: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-armchair-cinema.html

To receive a 30% discount on Sheldon Hall's new book, enter the code NEW30 at the checkout. 

Craig Ian Mann: Phases of the Moon: A Cultural History of the Wewolf Film: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-phases-of-the-moon.html

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 "controversial" contribution to that show), which is currently available to view in the UK on BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0hqd8lh/campion

In addition, Mike tells us about his Campion continuation novels, authorised by the Allingham estate, to coincide with the release of his twelfth book in the series, Mr Campion's Christmas. 

Here are the details of Mike Ripley's series of Campion continuation novels, all published by Severn House: https://severnhouse.com/

1. Mr. Campion's Farewell (after P. Youngman Carter) (2014)

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 co-author of TV Horror (2013) and the co-editor of Global TV Horror (2021), both with Professor Lorna Jowett.

She regularly writes essays to accompany DVD and Blu-ray releases, including Second Sight’s Ginger Snaps, Possessor and Blair Witch Project, as well as Eureka’s Tank Girl and The Secret of NIMH. 

She is currently writing a book on Horror Animation.

Publication details:

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/near-dark-9781911239277/

Angel (TV Milestones) by Stacey Abbott: https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780814333198

Celluloid Vampires by Stacey Abbott: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9780292716964/

Global TV Horror edited by Stacey Abbott and Lorna Jowett: www.uwp.co.uk/book/global-tv-horror/

TV Horror edited by Stacey Abbott and Lorna Jowett: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tv-horror-9781848856189/

Undead Apocalypse by Stacey Abbott: https://academic.oup.com/edinburgh-scholarship-online/book/19174?login=false

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 film discussion podcast from the interzone where horror meets sci-fi.

https://rss.com/podcasts/scifrights/

He is currently the co-programmer of the community cinema project the Distorted Frame Film Club in London, which conducts regular screenings of films which celebrate the unique qualities, flaws and possibilities of the digital camera. Their next event will be a screening of the 2007 film [REC] on Tuesday 29 October at The Castle Cinema, Clapton / @thecastlecinema

Distorted Frama Film Club

[email protected]

For more information about Gerald Petievich, ex US Secret Service agent, co-screenwriter and author of the original novel on which the film is based, visit his homepage at: https://petievich.com/

In the UK the films is available on Blu-ray from Arrow Video: https://www.arrowfilms.com/

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)

Lauren Bacall Centenary

• To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)

1950s Mexican Noir

• Aventurera (Adventuress) (1950) starring Ninón Sevilla

Dangerous Divas

• Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) starring Barbara Stanwyck

We also touch on the new animated series, Batman: Caped Crusader, Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Sergio reminisces about the LaserDisc format. 

For full details about the festival and tickets, visit the homepage of Film Noir UK.  

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

We also discuss the politically incorrect 'Parker' novels by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake), the fascism of Dirty Harry and Coppola's Godfather trilogy and the charges of "nepo baby" casting that affected the final instalment. 

Barry is the editor of the Crime Time online journal and his books include: Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide, Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films, and his series on Noir, including: Brit Noir, American Noir, Euro Noir, Nordic Noir and Historical Noir (click here for further details).

** Listen out for an easter egg in which we refer in passing to a film that we will be discussing in the podcast dropping on 18 November. 

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.

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