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Celebrating The Master of Suspense… Yes, there’s a chill in the air, and not just because we’re heading into November! But, rather because we’re celebrating the extraordinary Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, with a November Book Giveaway! Thanks to Doubleday/Nan A. Tales read more

Share This! A new biography of the iconic movie director, that “master of suspense” as he came to be known, but also a man of many complex faces, as this biography reveals. The last Hitchcock book reviewed in these columns, back in 2008, was Donald Spoto’s latest of at least his third take on read more

This is my contribution to the Ingrid Bergman blogathon being organised by Virginie at The Wonderful World of Cinema. Please visit to read the other postings. Ingrid Bergman starred in three Hitchcock films, all made during the 1940s. The first two, Spellbound (1945) and Notorious (1946), are both read more

To accompany her Alfred Hitchcock blogathon (which ended yesterday), Eva from Coffee, Classics and Craziness created this little questionnaire to know better our Hitchcockian tastes! Here are my answers to it. It’s always fun to discuss anything about Hitchcock! I have to say that it’ read more

Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Release Date: June 09, 2016 Several decades after his last motion picture was produced, Alfred Hitchcock is still regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the masters of cinema. To study the life and films of Alfred Hitchcock is to study the history of cinema. read more

There are numerous good moments in The 39 Steps. Even the clunky finale is a good moment–director Hitchcock knows he’s got a good moment, he just doesn’t know how to fill in around it. This inability on Hitchcock’s part makes The 39 Steps immediately interesting when compare read more

Vertigo is a nightmare. It starts with James Stewart recovering from a nightmare only to find himself in another one. Kim Novak finds herself trapped in a similar nightmare. There’s a lot of beauty in the nightmare, but it’s still a nightmare. And nightmares get worse before anyone wake read more

Between this blog and my previous one, Professor Damian’s Public Domain Treasure Chest, I’ve been writing about movies for quite a while now. Because of that, there are a lot of posts that have simply gotten lost to the mists of time. So, I figured I’d use the idea of “Throwb read more

Unless the world learns the lessons these pictures teach, night will fall, but by God's grace we who live will learn. In 1945, army cameramen documented the liberation of Nazi concentration camps across Germany and areas of Poland that were annexed by the Germans during World War II. Their mission read more

Before the boundary-pushing American Horror Story and Fargo emerged on the scene to redefine the anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock made his own significant contribution to this television genre. Anthology series were all the rage back in the early days of television, and after more than three decad read more

Announcing The Great Alfred Hitchcock DVD Giveaway! Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest I am happy to announce our next DVD giveaway! From Sunday, August 16 through Saturday, September 26, 2015, Classic Movie Hub will be giving away a total of SIX Alfred Hitchcock DVDs!  And, this time, itR read more

I was saying to myself that I haven’t written a movie review on my blog since a long time. I mean, a movie review that is not due for a blogathon. The other day, I was watching The Birds and it was probably my 20th viewings (kind of). So, I felt inspired to write a review of this film. As a m read more

In 1959 at the age of 54, Franchot stars as an aging actor who is relegated to brief, minor roles in motion pictures in The Impossible Dream episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. As Oliver Mathews, he is hardened, irritable, and aware of his descent into mediocre roles. Even more an agg read more

My next post, and uber late again, is on the Oscar snubbing of the one and only Alfred Hitchcock. I was stunned to learn that despite this cinematic genius receiving numerous nominations, he never won a SINGLE Oscar! What a travesty!! How could this possibly happen? Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE read more

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Release Date: September 11, 2014 “Rarely when authors talk about Hitchcock’s filmmaking team do they address the contributions of his actors. There is little or no serious attention paid to them or any in-depth study of their contributions to his films… While read more

What better word is there to describe Alfred Hitchcock other than genius? He was the true virtuoso of the film industry. His flair for making suspenseful movies is something that film lovers will marvel at for many decades to come. That’s why he’s known the world over as “The Master Of Suspense” read more

At long last, a new countdown — a one-shot! Here are the thirty best US (or British) one-sheets for the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Given that Hitch directed more than sixty features I had hoped that this would be at least a fifty-poster countdown. But alas, many of the posters for his early read more

I Confess is unwieldy. Director Hitchcock is extremely precise in his composition, the same goes for Robert Burks' photography (especially the photography) and Rudi Fehr's editing (which changes in harshness based on the story's tone); sure, Dimitri Tiomkin's music is all over t read more

Publisher: Nai010 Publishers Release Date: April 30, 2014 “Settings, of course, come into the preliminary plan, and usually I have a fairly clear idea about them; I was an art student before I took up with films. Sometimes I even think of backgrounds first.” -Alfred Hitchcock Having wor read more

Publisher: Titan Books Release Date: August 19, 2008 Ken Mogg’s coffee table book is better than similar books about the director. The title might lead one to believe that the book is another biography, but it is really a tribute to the director’s film output. There are similar books about the dire read more