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Home » Alfred Hitchcock

Tag: Alfred Hitchcock

Posted inMusic

Because Count Orlok can’t speak for himself

by Leor Galil October 15, 2019August 18, 2021

Maxx McGathey of Gramps the Vamp scores silent horror films, including Nosferatu and The Man Who Laughs, which opens the Music Box of Horrors—and whose disfigured hero inspired the Joker.

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Adventures in psychotherapy

by Ben Sachs October 1, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films at the intersection of cinematic art and psychotherapeutic theory

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Superior sequels and remakes

by Ben Sachs July 30, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that achieve the rare cinematic feat of improving upon their predecessors.

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: Hollywood during the late-60s transition

by Ben Sachs July 23, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that span the old studio system, the ushering in of innovation, and the road to the 70s

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: 19th-century women

by Ben Sachs May 28, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that address the position of women and sexual mores of a bygone era.

Posted inArts & Culture

Nightmares and Nightcaps desperately can’t figure itself out

by Max Maller August 24, 2018August 18, 2021

Based on stories by John Collier, Nightmares and Nightcaps desperately can’t figure itself out.

Posted inBlogs

Getting dizzy at Ravinia when the CSO plays Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo score

by Deanna Isaacs August 15, 2018August 18, 2021

The composer gave Hitchcock’s films much of their menace.

Posted inBlogs

FilmStruck’s ‘Early Hitchcock’ shows the master of suspense mastering suspense

by Patrick Friel April 24, 2018August 18, 2021

The streaming-video channel FilmStruck collects early films by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

Posted inBlogs

Nautical thrillers and mysteries set sail on FilmStruck this week

by Patrick Friel March 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The streaming-cinema channel presents features by Antonioni, Arthur Penn, and Rene Clement.

Posted inBlogs

Five gay films from an era when queer themes were invisible in Hollywood

by Patrick Friel March 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Films by Hitchcock, Cukor, and Minnelli turn up on this list of classics from before the Stonewall era.

Posted inBlogs

The Commuter is the first great movie of 2018

by Ben Sachs January 16, 2018August 18, 2021

The latest from Non-Stop director Jaume Collet-Serra is an inspired Hitchcockian thriller.

Posted inBlogs

How to kick drugs while also surviving a hostage crisis, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones September 25, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Fall movies on the march, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones September 11, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

The five best British films

by Drew Hunt July 26, 2015August 18, 2021

Highlights from British film history

Posted inBlogs

Andrew Bujaski gets Results, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones June 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Inside Out This week we take a look at Results, the latest comedy from indie stalwart Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Mutual Appreciation, Computer Chess), and Inside Out, the latest Pixar animation. Guess which one is going to make a yawning ass-load of money this weekend? From Mayerling to Sarajevo Check out the new issue […]

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