“Welsh seriousness married to rococo Italian flourishes” I’ll take that! Many thanks to @barryf48.bsky.social and the Financial Times!

Barry Forshaw@barryf48.bsky.social · 6d ago

Covering in the FT: The Depths/Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Wisdom Corner/David Heska Wanbli Weiden, All Killers Aboard/David Fennell, The Mermaid’s Cry/Kate Rhodes, The Kingpin/A A Dhand, The Night Stairs/Erin Kelly, plus Sarah Pinborough, Philip Gwynne Jones www.crimetime.co.uk/barry-forsha...

Not from doomscrolling: I asked Marina Palmer to talk to Crime Time about The Last Retreat... www.crimetime.co.uk/the-last-ret...

Covering in the FT: The Depths/Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Wisdom Corner/David Heska Wanbli Weiden, All Killers Aboard/David Fennell, The Mermaid’s Cry/Kate Rhodes, The Kingpin/A A Dhand, The Night Stairs/Erin Kelly, plus Sarah Pinborough, Philip Gwynne Jones www.crimetime.co.uk/barry-forsha...

Covering: ON THE BEACH Stanley Kramer, director/BFI, COLD PREY TRILOGY Roar Uthaug, director/SECOND SIGHT/LA TRAVESTIE Yves Boisset, director/INDICATOR www.dvdchoices.co.uk

2026’s Theakston Old Peculier Awards for Griffiths, Crawford & Baldacci; see Crime Time: www.crimetime.co.uk/2026s-theaks...

At a meal for K.T. Nguyen ('Katie', as she told us to call her) given by Bedford Square, we journos (including Jake Kerridge & John Williams) enjoyed lively conversation with Katie and her fellow scribes, Bonnie Burke-Patel, Tracy Sierra & I.S. Berry. The world was set to rights.

I took a deep breath before reviewing (in this Saturday's Financial Times) the new James Ellroy, Red Sheet...

Covering in the FT: Red Sheet — James Ellroy’s lacerating, liberal-baiting vision of McCarthyite America www.crimetime.co.uk/james-ellroy...

Covering the new 4K disc of Rocco and his Brothers from BFI: 'Many would argue that Visconti‘s Rocco and his Brothers remains his signature film, combining the gritty blue-collar world of neo-realism with nigh-operatic drama...' www.dvdchoices.co.uk

The winners of the prestigious 2026 Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards, which honour the very best in the crime-writing genre, have been announced, with Abigail Dean bagging best crime novel of the year. www.crimetime.co.uk/crime-writer...

As Sarah says - fun to contribute to this terrific new set of The Abominable Snowman @hammerfilms.bsky.social (booklet essay in my case)

@sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social · last mo.

Pleased as punch to have contributed in a very small way to this alongside such luminaries as @barryf48.bsky.social @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social @accordingtojond.bsky.social @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and many more! hammerfilms.com/products/the...

BLOODY SCOTLAND REVEALS THE LONGLIST FOR THE 2026 McILVANNEY PRIZE - see Crime Time: www.crimetime.co.uk/bloody-scotl...

I'm ready to grill these miscreants....

Matthew Booth@matthewboothauthor.bsky.social · last mo.

A free event with four crime writers (including me!) talking about crime writing between the wars - who could resist that? Come along on Monday and join in the chat! @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social @lukedeckard.bsky.social @jamiewestauthor.co.uk @barryf48.bsky.social

The horror film genre – up to the beginning of the 2000s — has been thoroughly investigated and analysed by many writers (not least this one!), but as yet there has been no exhaustive coverage of the horror films of the 2010s . www.dvdchoices.co.uk?p=2235

Jordan Harper, Abir Mukherjee et al in New June Crime in Crime Time with To the Max... www.crimetime.co.uk/june-crime-i...

I may even shave before chairing this.

Chris Lloyd@chrislloydauthor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just two weeks to go until this fabulous panel at West Hampstead Library! Join @lukedeckard.bsky.social @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social, @jamiewestauthor.co.uk and me talking to @barryf48.bsky.social about writing crime set between the wars. Monday 6th July, 6pm. Free event.

Tariq Ashkanani, Abigail Dean, Alice Feeney, Elly Griffiths, Mick Herron, Vaseem Khan: Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist Announced www.crimetime.co.uk/theakston-ol...

Provided a booklet essay for Insomnia, one of the most powerful of Scandinavian crime films, impeccably acted and directed. Erik Skjoldbjærg's tense directorial debut is immeasurably enhanced by the presence of Stellan Skarsgård, showcased in this 4K set from Second Sight

Covering Summer Crime in Saturday's FT: The Darkest Tide by Peter Hanington, Baskerville The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter, HarperCollins The Dangerous Stranger by Simon Mason, riverrun The Keeper by Tana French, Viking www.crimetime.co.uk/ft-summer-cr...

A deep pleasure to join the extras for Hammer Films' neglected crime gems (such as 36 Hours) in the illustrious company of Kim Newman, Vic Pratt, Sergio Angelini, Dr Jo Botting, Maxim Jakubowski, Adrian Smith et al

In the latest Age Of Thrills, working again with Kim Newman on films for which we've done commentaries: Hitchcock's The Lodger & John Brahm's Hangover Square

I asked Paul Cain and Marie O'Regan to talk to Crime Time about their new anthology, Best Served Cold www.crimetime.co.uk/best-served-...

Patricia Cornwell/Andrew Hunter Murray/Michael Connelly/Chris Brookmyre/Georges Simenon/John Connolly/Jo Murray/Holly Watt: in my FT column last Saturday www.crimetime.co.uk/ft-crime-fro...

Saturday's FT: True Crime: A Memoir, Patricia Cornwell/ Bad Deeds, Andrew Hunter Murray/ Ironwood, Michael Connelly/ Quite Ugly One Evening, Chris Brookmyre/ Letter to My Judge, Georges Simenon plus John Connolly, Jo Murray, Holly Watt www.crimetime.co.uk/ft-crime-fro...

In good company! (Both Sergio and me...)

Tipping My Fedora@tippingmyfedora.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thrilled to be part of the team on the extras for the 4K UHD + Blu-ray release of BREAK IN THE CIRCLE with the fab @barryf48.bsky.social, @laurajm.bky.social, @sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social, @balanescumiriam.bsky.social, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Wayne Kinsey, Adrian Martin and Neil Sinyard.

Launch at @Ink84 for Kim Newman's Model Actress Whatever; I wrote: 'This sardonically funny vision of empty celebrity and quirky superheroes set in an alternative London has all the untrammelled wordplay and inventiveness of his masterpiece Anno Dracula.'

Crime writing talent galore on the new CWA Daggers shortlist... www.crimetime.co.uk/crime-writer...

Islington lunch with Ben Stoddart; Kim Newman and I supplied extras for the eye-popping new @BFI set of Invaders from Mars (commentary: Kim and me; booklet essay: me).The world of film and blu-rays put to rights in two wine-soaked hours...

I asked Martin Edwards to talk to Crime Time about editing the latest CWA anthology, Guilty Secrets, published on July 21... www.crimetime.co.uk/editing-guil...

Always enjoy writing about the best supernatural film ever made in Britain, Tourneur's Night of the Demon, along with the meretricious (but shamelessly enjoyable) Blood of the Vampire and Horrors of the Black Museum (this time for the latest Cryptology)