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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    by Brent Reid 10th December 2024

    The Trouble with Charlie: Hell breaks loose when the devil comes to town Bad omen: A steam train chimney’s black smoke cloud signals his arrival One Good Mother: Hitch’s kindest-ever …

  • Writing on a Classic: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    by Brent Reid 10th December 2024

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock brings murder to unsuspecting community Devil in our midst: It takes Girl Power to end existential threat One of the Master of …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Suspicion (1941)

    by Brent Reid 30th November 2024

    The Trouble with Cary: Hitch cast heartthrob Grant in an atypical bad boy role First film with Hitch’s favourite actor added to his roster of charming psychopaths Lamb to the …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Sabotage (1936)

    by Brent Reid 29th February 2020

    Highlight of the Master’s British years; perhaps his tightest, tautest film His peerless run of 1930s thrillers are essential viewing for any film fan Plot is as sadly relevant today …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 7

    by Brent Reid 7th June 2018

    Serenading the Undead: So Many Scores Count Orlok’s misdeeds have had countless live and recorded scores over the years The original 1922 première score no longer survives but there are …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 3

    by Brent Reid 7th June 2018

    Surviving Prints and Public Domain Version Casting light on the shadows of Nosferatu’s greatest myth: that only one print survived There are lots of archived extant early copies but they’re all …

  • Nosferatu: Chronicles from the Vaults, Volume III

    by Brent Reid 28th May 2018

    Il Cinema Ritrovato 2011 catalogue notes Helmed by iconic director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, one of the key works of the entire silent era Both have inspired – then as now – …

  • Nosferatu: Chronicles from the Vaults, Volume II

    by Brent Reid 28th May 2018

    Il Cinema Ritrovato 1995 catalogue notes Helmed by iconic director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, one of the key works of the entire silent era Both have inspired – then as now – …

  • Nosferatu: Chronicles from the Vaults

    by Brent Reid 2nd December 2016

    On the Way to Nosferatu: Presentation of a Reconstruction by Enno Patalas Helmed by iconic director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, one of the key works of the entire silent era Both have …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 30th November 2016

    1920s Screenings Every known première and 1920s screening of the tenacious vampire film that refused to die Even legal action from the widow of Dracula’s author couldn’t halt the spread of its …

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