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Quarantine. Lockdown. Shelter in place. No one would have guessed such dystopian, sci-fi concepts would become a reality for the last three months of our lives. L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies could empathize. He broke his leg and has been wheelchair-ridden in his small, quaint New York City apartment for six weeks. The once renowned freelance photojournalist […]… Continue reading Rear Window (1954): A Timely Feature — Reely Bernie

I had never heard about North by Northwest until yesterday and boy was I riveted as I watched this movie that felt like it was yanking me in all sorts of directions. I love mysteries, I love thrillers, and this felt like the ultimate combination of these aspects. With an unexpected storyline that had me… Continue reading ‘North by Northwest’: Another Riveting Alfred Hitchcock Film — Annlyel Online

I think it’s often the case when a film moves us and becomes a favourite, that we feel the pull, the magic, in our first viewing. The event becomes as memorable as the film. But there are exceptions. I can’t remember when or where I first saw The Lady Vanishes, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 masterpiece. It […]… Continue reading Film Friday: The Lady Vanishes — Zimmerbitch

Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder Director: Alfred Hitchcock Perhaps one of Hitchcocks lesser known movies, Sabotage is the story of a woman caught between her kind husband, the ring of spies he’s involves with and the handsome detective trying to investigate. It has some great set peices, expecially a tense scene involving a […]… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Sabotage (1936) — Wildfire Movies

Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorite movie Directors. He thought very differently than everyone else of his time and created a body of work that still stands for excellence many decades later. I heard this quote from him many years ago, and it has been stuck in my thoughts for years. These words remind […]… Continue reading I Think Alfred Hitchcock Would Be Proud — Ann Art Gallery Blog

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman Release Date: 30th June 1951 Trailer: IMDb Rating: 8.0 What the critics said: “Curiously contrasted characters and locales play their parts in the Hitchcock strategy, making for an enormously entertaining show. Hitchcock generally avoids long action scenes. His inclusion of a humdinger […] via IFG 10:… Continue reading IFG 10: Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951) — Oasis of Fear

(Cover Image & Source: The Lodger @ FictionFan’s Book Reviews) …”The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” is a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock’s third feature film, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and […]… Continue reading The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog by Alfred Hitchcock – A Movie That Defined The Thriller Genre — Libertas Nova

Alfred Hitchcock – Masters of Cinema (Complete Interview in 1972)” on YouTube via Watch “Alfred Hitchcock – Masters of Cinema (Complete Interview in 1972)” on YouTube — euzicasa

Welcome back, friends, to the Lucky 13 Film Club. What are you doing to distract yourself while in lockdown? I watched a few Alfred Hitchcock films I had missed in an attempt to fill in some blindspots. After watching Suspicion (1941) starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine and Rope (1948), I thought to feature […] via… Continue reading L13FC: Cary Grant vs. Jimmy Stewart — Cindy Bruchman

on the occasion of one of my favorite director’s birthday happy alfred hitchcock day — “ideas come from everything.” -alfred hitchcock — image credit: afi via ideas come from everything. — I didn’t have my glasses on….