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  • François Truffaut Collectors Guide: The Bride Wore Black (1968)

    by Brent Reid 31st May 2026

    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 …

  • Ted Tetzlaff Collectors Guide: The Window (1949)

    by Brent Reid 31st May 2026

    A universally acclaimed film noir that’s criminally underseen today No charade: this is probably the best film Alfred Hitchcock never made! Masterpiece of misdirection that would make maestro of suspense …

  • Film Noir Terror Through the Eyes of a Child: The Window (1949)

    by Mike Lepine 31st May 2026

    The little film that could: B-movie that became a surprise blockbuster Based on a short story from writer of Rear Window – with a similar premise Shelved and forgotten about …

  • Writing on a Classic: Rear Window (1954), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 31st May 2026

    Heat is on: temperatures soar and stakes are high in claustrophobic thriller Princess in peril: future royal Grace Kelly plays plucky heroine to perfection It’s perhaps the most-loved role in …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Rope (1948)

    by Brent Reid 30th January 2025

    February 2026 news: From Hitchcock expert Matthew Hardesty, Rope and James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) are screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, April …

  • Writing on a Classic: Rope (1948), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 30th January 2025

    Revisiting more contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock presents a “real-time” play – and it’s a real killer! Film’s complex filming techniques pushed technological boundaries Underappreciated at the time, …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Spellbound (1945)

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    The Master of Suspense probes into the subconscious mind for a cerebral thriller Freudulent: Based on once popular but now largely debunked ideas on psychoanalysis Sigmund’s theories no longer universally …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: Spellbound (1945)

    by Mark Kermode 27th December 2024

    Psychoanalytical thriller sees Alfred Hitchcock delving into the subconscious His second collaboration with David O. Selznick led to clashes and compromise The film’s most ambitious sequence was designed by iconic …

  • Exposing Atrocities: Hitchcock and the Camps

    by Brent Reid 22nd December 2024

    Towards end of WWII, UK Ministry of Information commissioned a Holocaust documentary Hitchcock was brought on board as “treatment advisor” and helped shape its aesthetic But rapidly changing political priorities …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache (1944)

    by Brent Reid 18th December 2024

    The Master of Suspense turned his talents towards French wartime propaganda He’d been stung by harsh accusations of abandoning Britain in her hour of need After making his anti-Nazi film …

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