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Alfred Hitchcock

  • Writing on a Classic: Rope (1948)

    by Brent Reid 30th January 2025

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock’s macabre murder-thriller play in 80 minutes Simulated lack of cutting creates the illusion of real-time action Director discussed the film’s production in …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Paradine Case (1947), Part 3

    by Brent Reid 18th January 2025

    Soundtrack First complete recorded history of Franz Waxman’s most underrated score The scarce original film recordings can only be heard in full on home video Waxman’s own concurrently adapted and …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Paradine Case (1947), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 18th January 2025

    Home video Complex case: at least two different versions and four transfers on home video Another is on the way, in the shape of 2025’s brand new, 4k digital restoration …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Paradine Case (1947)

    by Brent Reid 18th January 2025

    Legal drama with Gregory Peck as his first of three iconic screen lawyers His infatuated fly is drawn into a black widow’s web of deceit and desire Garbo refused role …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Paradine Case (1947)

    by Nigel Algar 18th January 2025

    Underrated Alfred Hitchcock drama with chequered production history Courtroom intrigue with barnstorming performance by Charles Laughton Siren Alida Valli makes fools of the men in her life, including Gregory Peck …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Notorious (1946), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 16th January 2025

    Home video Complicated: Like its tortuous plot, the film itself has a complex history There are five different transfers currently available across every format Most are uncut but German political …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Notorious (1946)

    by Brent Reid 16th January 2025

    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant heat up the screen and fool postwar censors Sex, intrigue, espionage and poisoning: Master of Suspense brews a heady mix Political: Even at 80-odd years …

  • Critics Choice: Notorious (1946)

    by Andrew Sarris 16th January 2025

    Leading film critic Andrew Sarris praises Alfred Hitchcock’s wartime masterpiece Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains come together in deadly ménage à trois Conflicted loyalties: Psychosexual fireworks explode against …

  • Writing on a Classic: Notorious (1946)

    by Brent Reid 16th January 2025

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock goes atomic with a prescient plot about uranium His famous MacGuffin was the secret ingredient for nuclear bombs Acclaimed tale of a …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Spellbound (1945), Part 5

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    Concerto Rózsa specially adapted his Spellbound Concerto for live performance It’s since become one of the most popular works in classical repertoire Composer devised two lengths and arrangements, others added many …

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