Ernest Lehman

‘Sweet Smell of Success’: A Visceral and Vicious Depiction of the Evil that Power-Hungry Men Do

  By Koraljka Suton   There's an old rule among directors that you see a film in its totality about…

4 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

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ as One of the Most Accomplished Play Adaptations in Hollywood History

  By Sven Mikulec Even though Edward Albee play ‘Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ was a big Broadway hit, garnering…

8 years ago

‘Sweet Smell of Success’, Alexander Mackendrick’s Most Accomplished Film that Hasn’t Aged a Day

Tony Curtis had to fight really hard to get the role of Falco in Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell of Success.…

9 years ago

Masterclass Interview: Alfred Hitchcock on Filmmaking

In this fantastic interview from a 1976 press conference for his final film, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock responds to a range…

9 years ago

“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”

The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above)…

10 years ago