‘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 roads…
Bernard Herrmann
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 the…
Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’
By Tim Pelan Many rightly attribute Taxi Driver’s success to screenwriter Paul Schrader, director Martin Scorsese, and method leading…
‘The Magnificent Ambersons’: The Fascinating Story of Orson Welles’ Studio-Tainted Masterpiece
By Sven Mikulec It was sometime in 1980 when Orson Welles finally sat down and agreed to watch The…
‘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…
‘Obsession’: When De Palma Stepped Out of Hitchcock’s Shadow
Released in the late summer of 1976, more than a year since the end of production due to Columbia Pictures…
‘Citizen Kane’: The Astonishing Debut of Hollywood’s Greatest Wunderkind
By Sven Mikulec It took a long time for Hollywood to convince Orson Welles to come to the dark…
‘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 Ernest…