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…

3 years ago

Approaching Menace: The American Pathology of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’

Taxi Driver poster art by Tony Stella https://www.tony-stella.com/   Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in…

4 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 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…

6 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

‘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…

8 years ago

‘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…

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