Joseph Cotten

The Master of Suspense meets femme fatale Marlene Dietrich Hugely underrated murder mystery that wrongfoots its audience The director returns for another feature shot in his native London Note: this …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Legal drama with Gregory Peck as his first of three iconic screen lawyers His infatuated fly is drawn into a black widow’s web of deceit and desire Garbo refused role …

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 …

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 …

Soundtrack and remakes Intact: first Hitchcock not to suffer any censor or distributor cuts Tiomkin score makes ironic use of then popular Merry Widow Waltz Story spawned many radio adaptations and screen quasi-remakes …

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 …

The first true American Hitchcock: Reprises beloved chase, spy and romance themes Followed Rebecca but without overbearing producer David O. Selznick’s interference Work for hire: made with fellow but far …