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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

    by Brent Reid 19th November 2019

    The Master of Suspense’s first international success His own big budget US remake followed two decades later Contrary to popular belief, he actually preferred the original It helped make an …

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Dark Side or the Wrong Man?

    by Brent Reid 12th September 2019

    The Trouble with Hitchcock: did his onscreen mistreatment of women extend to real life? His iconic films had femmes fatale and icy blondes, constantly thrown in danger’s path Not just Tippi …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

    by Brent Reid 16th August 2019

    This hidden gem is sadly one of the Master’s most underrated films Features Jessie Matthews, Britain’s biggest and first international film star First and best of a famous German operetta’s many screen …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Murder! and Mary (1930/1931)

    by Brent Reid 17th June 2019

    In 1956, the Master famously remade his own 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much But 26 years before that, he directed two very different versions of this murder mystery …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Manxman (1929)

    by Brent Reid 8th November 2018

    The Master’s last fully silent film is a haunting, romantic small-town drama Carl Brisson, star of The Ring, is caught up in another traumatic love triangle Secrets and lies prepared …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Ring (1927)

    by Brent Reid 27th October 2018

    The Master of Suspense turns in a technical tour de force in this prize winning tale Danish actor Carl Brisson, star of two Hitchcocks, suffers a hit in love in both …

  • 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), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 23rd September 2018

    Dispelling myths The Master’s British breakthrough is replete with mysteries to be uncovered Many aspects of the film are as enigmatic and elusive as its shadowy protagonist Hitchcock’s famed love …

  • 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, …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Mountain Eagle (1926)

    by Brent Reid 23rd September 2018

    The Master’s only missing feature is one of the most wanted silent films of all In the first iteration of his favourite theme, it concerns a Wrong Man on the …

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