Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’: The Unrelenting Male Gaze that Blurs the Lines Between Possession and Obsession

  By Koraljka Suton   It is no secret that the late Alfred Hitchcock was—and still is—not only one of…

3 years ago

‘Psycho’: The Proto-Slasher that Brought On a Revolution in Cinema

  By Sven Mikulec   The image of a shabby motel in the middle of nowhere, by-passed by any relevant…

4 years ago

The Story of ‘Saboteur’, Hitchcock’s First Truly American Film

  By Sven Mikulec   When Alfred Hitchcock came to the United States at the end of the 1930s, having…

5 years ago

‘Marnie’: Hitchcock’s Controversial Exploration of Sexual Violence and the Complexity of the Human Psyche

The film that started out as a critical failure, labeled as the weakest link in the maestro's string of high-quality…

7 years ago

‘Notorious’: Hitchcock’s Mature and Intricate Espionage Masterpiece

  By Sven Mikulec   Sometime in August 1944, while Alfred Hitchcock was having lunch with David O. Selznick's story…

8 years ago

‘Frenzy’: Hitchcock’s Return to Perfection in His Penultimate Film

Having turned in a couple of ill-received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to…

8 years ago

‘Rear Window’: Hitchcock’s Cinematic Exploration of Voyeurism Disguised as a Top-Notch Thriller

  By Sven Mikulec For all our education and filmwatching experience, we still haven't found a better example of a…

8 years ago

‘Strangers on a Train’: A Technically Perfect Psychological Carousel as One of Hitchcock’s Best

One of the most popular psychological crime thrillers that Hitchcock ever made is definitely Strangers on a Train, the master’s…

8 years ago

‘North by Northwest’: Quite Possibly the Most Entertaining Hitchcock Ever

  By Sven Mikulec   “I want to do a Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures,” allegedly announced screenwriter…

8 years ago

‘Spellbound’: A Star-Studded Love Story in Dalí’s Design and Hitchcock’s Style

  By Sven Mikulec   One of the thematically unique works of Alfred Hitchcock was definitely the 1945 giant crowd-pleaser…

8 years ago