Being an inveterate Alfred Hitchcock fan, when someone asks me to name my favorite film from the prolific director, I find it a difficult question to answer at first. I can give a top five quite easily: North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, Notorious, Rear Window, and Shadow of a Doubt. Each of these,…
You may notice that we updated our blog banner this week in a slight fit of housekeeping. Yeah, I like to fuss. When I was done uploading the new banner, I asked my friend Michelle to come look at it and tell me what she thought. This gave rise to my best Alex Trebek impression…
Most critics–most modern critics, that is–rank Vertigo (1958) as Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial masterpiece. Influential movie critic Roger Ebert called the film “one of the two or three best films Hitchcock ever made.” Subsequent directors ranging from Martin Scorsese to Brian DePalma have reported being influenced by the film. And AFI has listed it in the…
The following is a short story I wrote for an undergraduate writing class. I was fascinated by the interaction between Alfred Hitchcock and mega-producer David O. Selznick, a storied rivalry that has since become Hollywood legend. This story is my imagining of Selznick’s notorious memo-writing prowess and Hitchcock’s reaction to his micromanaging techniques. In the…
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1957 film The Wrong Man marks such a departure in tone, storyline, and the typical “Hitch” tropes that, upon first seeing it, many viewers may question whether they are actually watching a Hitchcock movie at all. The movie is a somewhat strange entry in Hitchcock’s repertoire. Based on a true story, it’s less…
I have yet to complete my in-depth listing/analysis of my top twenty favorite Hitchcock films of all time. Yes, I suck. But it takes a while to compile all of the random, somewhat useless trivial knowledge in my head into something palatable enough to be read without causing glazed eyes and/or excessive boredom. But it’s…
Carrie’s choice: Spellbound (1945) Airing 4:00PM EST Today it was pretty hard to choose which movie to recommend. So, let me start by saying just set your DVR up now and record the whole thing, call in sick, get popcorn, something. That said, I’ll get to Spellbound. To fully understand how much I liked this…
Brandie’s choice: None But the Lonely Heart (1944) Airing 8:00PM EST I must admit that I wish I were suggesting another movie to you right now, a movie featuring the delightful Ethel Barrymore in one of her more effective supporting roles: 1947’s The Farmer’s Daughter, co-starring Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten. I adore this movie…
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