Alfred Hitchcock’s first Hollywood film, “Rebecca” (1940), is about a newlywed who feels powerless and overwhelmed – and is even unnamed in the screenplay –
“To Catch a Thief” (1955) is so gorgeous to look at, and Cary Grant is so suave and Grace Kelly so elegant, that it actually
“Notorious” (1946) is the entry in Alfred Hitchcock’s oeuvre that can be most crisply studied for its artistry in slow-burn suspense. Ingrid Bergman’s Alicia –
Almost without exception, at the end of watching every movie in my “On a Hitchcock Kick” series I’ve thought, “Ah, I can see why critics
When are the Oscars on TV? The 96th Academy Awards will air at 7 p.m. Eastern Sunday, March 10 on ABC (and ABC.com and the ABC app). It will honor the
There’s no doubt “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943) wouldn’t fly today without alterations. It’s a prime example of director Alfred Hitchcock’s principle that less is
“Vertigo” (1958) is the second-best film of all time according to Sight & Sound’s 2022 worldwide poll of critics and directors, beaten out only by
We have a tendency to think history is simpler than it really is. It’s tempting to think Dashiell Hammett wrote “The Maltese Falcon” in 1930
A lot of single-apartment movies from the early decades of film feature a rear-projection backdrop out the window (1948’s “Rope”) or are shot from the
“Barbie” wouldn’t be a good idea for a product tie-in movie, except that it’s about how it’s not a good idea for a product tie-in