This hidden gem is sadly one of the Master’s most underrated films Features Jessie Matthews, Britain’s biggest and first international film star First and best of a famous German operetta’s many screen …
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Celebrating the 120th birthday of a hugely underrated pioneer of British cinema Giving credit where it’s due: she was one half of the best filmmaking duo in history Alfred Hitchcock was loyally …
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Best of the Rest Numerous Hitchcock books make mention of his very successful pre-Hollywood phase But most only do so cursorily; few have a sizeable amount of well-informed content However, …
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A legend begins: the Master of Suspense was born 120 years ago today Probably the most recognised and highly regarded director in history One of the most dissected, discussed and documented …
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Woefully misunderstood mini-masterpiece is worthy of serious investigation Convoluted comedy-thriller that’s more rewarding with each successive viewing One of the Master’s most atmospheric films and the very epitome of expressionism …
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Every port tells a different story but fairy tales can turn to nightmares At first glance, just a marvellously inventive, lighthearted little comedy But in Hitch’s hands it’s complex, multi-layered …
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Class meets crass and both cruelly trample on innocent dreams One of the Master’s best British films but it’s often unfairly overlooked Class system injustice is laid bare in a …
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Home video Master of suspense’s groundbreaking mystery thriller has two separate versions The second multiple-language version, Mary, was unavailable for many years English-language version’s alternate American edit has a much …
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In 1956, the Master famously remade his own 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much But 26 years before that, he directed two very different versions of this murder mystery …
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The Master co-directed one of Britain’s earliest musicals alongside Adrian Brunel He worked on it after directing Blackmail, Britain’s first talkie, the previous year Amusing all star revue drawn from era’s …