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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Under Capricorn (1949)

    by Brent Reid 3rd February 2025

    One of the Master of Suspense’s least-seen American films Source novel author also penned the director’s twice-filmed Murder! Under Capricorn, underrated: Not the Technicolor yawn many make out It seemingly gets …

  • Writing on a Classic: Under Capricorn (1949), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 3rd February 2025

    Revisiting more contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock goes south – of the equator, to deliver mixed results Costume drama split the critics but all agreed on its technical …

  • Writing on a Classic: Under Capricorn (1949)

    by Brent Reid 3rd February 2025

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock continued long-take experiment he started on Rope Ingrid Bergman is a woman on the edge – but not “driven by the demons …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Rope (1948), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 30th January 2025

    Production and home video Director’s cameo even more discreet continuation of that for Lifeboat One of the five “missing Hitchcocks” hardly seen for almost two decades 1985–2025: Forty years and …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Paradine Case (1947)

    by Nigel Algar 18th January 2025

    Underrated Alfred Hitchcock drama with chequered production history Courtroom intrigue with barnstorming performance by Charles Laughton Siren Alida Valli makes fools of the men in her life, including Gregory Peck …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Notorious (1946)

    by Brent Reid 16th January 2025

    Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant heat up the screen and fool postwar censors Sex, intrigue, espionage and poisoning: Master of Suspense brews a heady mix Political: Even at 80-odd years …

  • Critics Choice: Notorious (1946)

    by Andrew Sarris 16th January 2025

    Leading film critic Andrew Sarris praises Alfred Hitchcock’s wartime masterpiece Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains come together in deadly ménage à trois Conflicted loyalties: Psychosexual fireworks explode against …

  • Writing on a Classic: Notorious (1946)

    by Brent Reid 16th January 2025

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock goes atomic with a prescient plot about uranium His famous MacGuffin was the secret ingredient for nuclear bombs Acclaimed tale of a …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Spellbound (1945), Part 5

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    Concerto Rózsa specially adapted his Spellbound Concerto for live performance It’s since become one of the most popular works in classical repertoire Composer devised two lengths and arrangements, others added many …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Spellbound (1945), Part 4

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    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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