Alfred Hitchcock

On April 29, 1980, the world lost director Alfred Hitchcock. 40 years later his legacy - a career that spanned six decades with over 50 feature films - still vibrates through modern cinema. He is to date the most studied filmmaker in the…

“Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare”- Alfred Hitchcock A decade before the slasher movie became a genre with the John Carpenter classic Halloween, Alfred Hitchcock had already put forth…

Much has already been written about the evolution of music in film and its psychological and emotional impact on audiences. Academy Award winning film composer Bernard Hermann is best known for his collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock on…

There has been many movies about the legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, including recent documentaries Hitchcock/Truffaut and 78/52. Though despite how constantly the auteur's filmography is analysed, explored and discussed, very little…

"...as dark as midnight and as sombre as the grave" 1948 was a good year for film, without doubt. Among the thousands produced were classics of cinema such as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Bicycle Thieves, Oliver Twist, The Red Shoes,…

Sequels are unnecessary and more often than not, feel like a missed opportunity. There are though, a few rare exceptions. Psycho II is one of them. Anthony Perkins had already starred in eleven feature films before director Alfred…

Kent Jones’ new documentary, Hitchcock/Truffaut, tells the story of a remarkable conversation between two masters of film, and its influence on the generation of directors that followed. Hitchcock, The Auteur There is a tense moment…