Many of today’s crop of critics have a flawed approach Considering soundtracks in isolation is missing the point Often focused on unfair attacks and pushing own preferences Leading musicologist signals …
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Master of Suspense takes his macabre brand of humour to sunny New England Shirley MacLaine’s film début; she later graced another Hitchcockian howdunit Incognito: Philip Truex as titular star is …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation One of Alfred’s five “Missing Hitchcocks”, hardly seen for three decades A comedy about a corpse after the third shot… who’s more alive than …
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Talented but mercurial composer who created many iconic movie scores Golden age of Hollywood great whose works also graced concert halls and radio Joined Alfred Hitchcock for one of the …
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2020s revisions Lifeless sentence: latest “restoration” badly botched on Blu-ray, streaming and DCP Posthumous: five decades after the director’s death, film now has unsound audio It’s been unjustly condemned to …
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Alfred Hitchcock visits the Mediterranean for classy crime caper The lives, loves and lies of beautiful people in the French sunshine Lighthearted thriller stars dream team of Cary Grant and …
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Director’s homage to Alfred Hitchcock reuses his writer and composer Homme wrecker: from bridal path to warpath for an angel of vengeance Hell hath no fury like a woman widowed …
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Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even …
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Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score is one of Hitchcock’s very best But his original recordings have never been issued outside of the film Massive publicity boost due to specially-recorded radio transcription …
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The Big Releases and The Westerner Detailing every worldwide home video release of William Wyler’s iconic Western It couldn’t be seen properly for almost 60 years following original theatrical run …
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