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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Downhill (1927)

    by Brent Reid 7th October 2018

    Not a murder in sight, but it’s still one of the darkest films in the Master’s canon The Wrong Boy: star of The Lodger returns to suffer again as the …

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut: The Men Who Knew So Much

    by Brent Reid 26th September 2018

    When Alfred met François: iconic directors joined forces for renowned series of interviews Far-ranging conversations that spawned multimedia franchise enduring to the present day The most significant spin-offs influenced generations of fans, filmmakers and scholars …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926)

    by Brent Reid 23rd September 2018

    News: A brand new stage adaptation of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (archived) is playing at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London, 23–27 September 2025. | Review, …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors Guide: Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914)

    by Brent Reid 19th August 2018

    Charting convoluted release history of first feature length film for Chaplin, Keystone and comedy itself Among most famous silver screen comedies: huge success made Marie Dressler an overnight movie star But Chaplin’s …

  • Bootlegs Galore: The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rip-off, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 8th August 2018

    Despite years of misinformation, none of the Master’s works are in the public domain Bootleggers have ripped them off for years on VHS and DVD, but now Blu-ray and digital …

  • Bootlegs Galore: The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rip-off

    by Brent Reid 8th August 2018

    Contrary to popular belief, NONE of Hitchcock’s restored films are public domain – anywhere For the first time, every film’s chain of title from theatrical release up to the present …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide: A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)

    by Brent Reid 6th August 2018

    Two big-budget dramatic versions of Carmen hit cinemas in 1915, inspiring Chaplin’s brilliant spoof But immediately on completion Chaplin’s original version disappeared and was destroyed for decades Only mangled reissue …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 8

    by Brent Reid 22nd May 2018

    1918–1967 Shorts and Features in HD Concluding definitive overview of the silent movie icon’s lengthy career on home video This time it’s the Chaplin-copyrighted versions of his films on disc …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 7

    by Brent Reid 22nd May 2018

    Shorts and Features 1918–1967 We move on to Chaplin’s best known works: his later shorts and feature films on DVD Iconic movies are the bedrock of the Little Tramp’s enduring …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 6

    by Brent Reid 21st May 2018

    Essanay and Mutual Restored in HD Covering the definitive editions of the Little Tramp’s pivotal short films They’re the closest ever to the versions Chaplin’s original audiences saw Now with …

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