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Book Interview: Dressing Up the Stars — The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Aug 6, 2022
Publisher: Beach Lane Books Release Date: September 20, 2022 A Conversation with Jeanne Walker Harvey Beach Lane Books is about to release an unusual new children’s book entitled “Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head.” The book (which is recommended for young read more
4K Blu-ray Review: The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection (Volume Two)
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 21, 2022
Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Notes: This is the 4K UHD debut for these five titles. The included Blu-ray copies are the same discs that have been available both individually and in previous boxed sets since 2012. The package also includes digital read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: The Trouble of Harry
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 7, 2022
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 01:39:30 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 French Mono DTS Audio 2.0 Italian Mono DTS Audio read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Family Plot
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 27, 2022
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 02:00:04 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 Spanish Mono DTS Audio2.0 French DTS Audio2.0 read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Marnie
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 20, 2022
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 02:10:24 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 DTS Audio French Audio 2.0 DTS Audio Italian Audio 2.0 read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Saboteur
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 14, 2022
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 01:49:09 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio (4K UHD): 2.0 Mono French DTS 2.0 Italian DTS 2.0 German DTS 2.0 read more
Book Interview: The First True Hitchcock — The Making of a Filmmaker
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 19, 2022
Publisher: University of California Press Release Date: January11, 2022 Alfred Hitchcock called The Lodger “the first true Hitchcock movie,” and yet the story of how The Lodger came to be made is shrouded in myth, often repeated and much embellished (especially by Hitchcock hims read more
Book Review: The Intertextual Knot
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 15, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Release Date: November 21, 2021 When we reviewed Neil Badmington’s Perpetual Movement: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ last August, it had the distinction of being the only available book devoted to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. However, last November saw the release of another read more
Blu-ray Review: Stage Fright
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 25, 2022
Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: January 25, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:49:56 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This Warner Archives release marks the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. Warning: read more
Blu-ray Review: Rich and Strange
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Dec 30, 2021
Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: January 04, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:23:29 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.20:1 Notes: This is the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. “It wasn’t a thriller. It was just an read more
Blu-ray Review: Number Seventeen
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 25, 2021
Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: December 07, 2021 Region: Region A Length: 01:03:50 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master (48 kHz, 1553 kbps, 16-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.20:1 Bitrate: 39.23 Mbps Notes: This is the film’s North American Blu-ray debut, and read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: What Lies Beneath
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 24, 2021
Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: October 05, 2021 Region: Region A Length: 02:09:53 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 English Dolby TrueHD Audio Alternate Audio: 5.1 French Dolby Digital Audio Subtitles: English, English SDH, French Ratio: 2.39:1 Bitrate: 35.90 Mbps Notes read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: The Window
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 22, 2021
Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: September 21, 2021 Region: Region A Length: 01:13:27 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This is the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. “He lived in two worlds at read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Vertigo
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 13, 2021
Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 07, 2021 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free BLU-RAY: Region A Length: 02:08:27 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265) BLU-RAY: 1080P (VC-1) Audio — 4K UHD: English DTS X 2.0 Mono English Digital Audio 2.0 Mono Spanish (Latin American) DTS Digital read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Rear Window
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 2, 2021
Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 07, 2021 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free BLU-RAY: Region A Length: 01:52:27 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265) BLU-RAY: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Audio (4K UHD & Blu-ray): 2.0 Mono English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono Spanish (Latin American) read more
Book Review: Perpetual Movement – Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Aug 7, 2021
Publisher: State University of New York Press Release Date: July 2021 “I wondered while planning this book if I should divide Rope into hundreds of brief fragments for examination. I quickly realized, however, that Hitchcock’s film… has a textual form that suggests a convenient way in which to read more
DVD Announcement: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (The Complete Series)
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Aug 3, 2021
Distributor: Via Vision Entertainment Release Date: July 21, 2021 Region: Region Free Video: 576I (MPEG-2, PAL) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono Dolby Digital Ratio: 1.33:1 Notes: This series is not yet available on the Blu-ray format. “This is the way of television… Half-hour read more
DVD Announcement: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Seasons One – Four)
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 6, 2021
Distributor: Via Vision Entertainment Release Date: June 16, 2021 Region: Region Free Video: 576I (MPEG-2, PAL) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono Dolby Digital Ratio: 1.33:1 Notes: This series is not yet available on the Blu-ray format. “I am entering television because I am the tip of a tendril. I am read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: The Birds
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 6, 2021
Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: May 25, 2021 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Length: 01:59:31 Video— 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 Mono English DTS-HD Master Audio Blu-ray: 2.0 Mono English DTS-HD Master Audio read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Psycho
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 4, 2021
Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: May 25, 2021 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Length — Original Theatrical Version: 01:49:04 Censored Re-release Version: 01:48:51 Video— 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio — 4K UHD: English DTS X read more