Alfred Hitchcock

‘Suspicion’: Proof that a True Artist Can Create Great Things Even Under the Crippling Harness of a Profit-Driven Studio

Sometimes considered a second-rate product in a highly admirable series of excellent movies in Alfred Hitchcock's dossier, the 1941 psychological…

8 years ago

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Lifeboat’: An Expertly Composed Allegorical Thriller That Deserves More Recognition

  By Sven Mikulec   The first in Alfred Hitchcock's series of limited-setting films, the 1944 American drama thriller Lifeboat…

8 years ago

‘Shadow of a Doubt’: Hitchcock’s Disquieting Little Subversive Masterpiece

  By Sven Mikulec One of the most subversive films Alfred Hitchcock ever made is a disquieting little masterpiece called…

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Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘To Catch a Thief’: Bringing Cary Grant Back From a Premature Retirement and Saying Goodbye to Grace Kelly

  By Sven Mikulec The first out of five movies that Alfred Hitchcock made with VistaVision and his third and…

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‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’: The Thriller Master’s Only Remake

The only remake Alfred Hitchcock ever made, the 1956 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much is an exciting,…

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‘Rebecca’: Why Hitchcock’s First American Film Was so Ahead of Its Time

  By Sven Mikulec Even though Alfred Hitchcock, discussing Rebecca with the great François Truffaut, labeled the film as “not…

9 years ago

Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett

With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s, British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899-1995) lived an extraordinary…

9 years ago

Alfred Hitchcock at the National Film Theatre

‘It is a great privilege and honour to introduce to you, in the flesh, the director that most other directors…

9 years ago

Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock (1966), a rare interview with the Master of Suspense

In May 1966, Alfred Hitchcock was interviewed for Granada's Cinema programme by presenter Mike Scott. Talking extensively about his pre-war…

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Provocative, pensive and splendidly acted, Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ is a heck of a film

Back in 1948 the great Alfred Hitchcock took a risk when, as a major director, decided to turn his film…

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