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Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #054 on the list, Alfred Hitchcocks Rear Window. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll be wa read more

Continuing to wend my way through the Sight and Sound Top 250 Greatest Movies of All Time. This week, it’s #054 on the list, Alfred Hitchcocks Rear Window. For a longer introduction to this series and a look at the full list, just click here. And if you want a heads-up on what I’ll be wa read more

The camera pans across a courtyard bypassing windows, showing glimpses of life.  The view is – counter-clockwise and in full circle – from a rear window.  Our perspective changes as the camera dictates and as it completes the circle we enter through that rear window and land upon the swe read more

Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Raymond Burr with director Alfred Hitchcock, this is a superb film that takes place in a very limited space. L.B. Jefferies (Stewart) is a professional photographer who is incapacitated in his flat with a broken leg. All he has to pass the time is watching th read more

Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Raymond Burr with director Alfred Hitchcock, this is a superb film that takes place in a very limited space. L.B. Jefferies (Stewart) is a professional photographer who is incapacitated in his flat with a broken leg. All he has to pass the time is watching th read more

Family-Friendly Rating: “Highly Recommended” classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock that all members of the family old enough to handle the adult themes can enjoy. The 1983 re-issue was given a PG rating and there is some mildly sexually suggestive moments but nothing graphic and this read more

Some pictures don’t really need more words: Am I doing it right, Mr. Hitchcock? read more

Some pictures don’t really need more words: Am I doing it right, Mr. Hitchcock? read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo. EDIT: The video was taken down. If I see a new version up online I'll replace this one. Otherwise, I'll delete this post after a few wee read more

Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo. Share this:FacebookTwitterPinterestTumblrRedditStumbleUponDiggEmailLike this:Like3 bloggers like this. read more

Another recommendation courtesy of the blog Mrs. and Mrs. (it’s on the Blog Roll, seriously check it out) and I know I have a few other recommendations but luckily this was on the Encore channel, I needed something to start off my weekend, so I watched it!  I’ve gotten through a fair bit read more

Dreaming of "Rear Window" at my new blog, My Movie Dream Book. See you in my dreams! Sincerely, Lisa Carol Fremont ♥ read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Can you believe that I have missed TWO opportunities to watch Rear Window (1954) on the big screen? Due to inclement weather and a too-busy schedule, chances to see my favorite Hitchcock read more

Rear Window (1954)      When Jeffries hears screams one night, he begins to suspect the salesman has killed his wife. Jeffries’ girlfriend, Lisa, who is a model played naturally by Grace Kelly, joins in on the people-watching as the two try to determine what happened to the wife. The most read more

A blogger caught this eerie similarity between a moment in Rear Window and another in an episode of AMC's Mad Men   Many think of the 1960s as the era that brought about the sexual revolution, but it was really the 1950s that started the ride.  Just think about the transitio read more

Whenever I am asked for my favorite fashion in film, it would have to be Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Rear Window.  Though I had watched movies voraciously as a child, it was really seeing the trifecta of Rear Window, Woody Allen's Manhattan, and Frederico Fellini's La Dolce Vita one hot Jul read more

GRACE KELLY'S performance in HIGH NOON(1952), caught the interest of director Alfred Hitchcock, who, with the help of Edith Head, transformed Grace Kelly, into his idea of a elegant, beautiful blond. She gave Hitchcock wonderful performances in DIAL M FOR MURDER(1954), REAR WINDOW(1954), and TO CA read more

Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo. EDIT: The video was taken down. If I see a new version up online I'll replace this one. Otherwise, I'll delete this post after a few weeks. This is an interesting video. Not really sure what it's trying to accomplish but very cool nonetheless. It read more

Can you believe that I have missed TWO opportunities to watch Rear Window (1954) on the big screen? Due to inclement weather and a too-busy schedule, chances to see my favorite Hitchcock film in a proper theatre passed me by. Like a hungry lion, I pounced on this opportunity like it was an injured W read more