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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

This month the Turner Classic Movies cable channel will be showing numerous films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I own just about every Hitchcock movie on DVD, so this tribute doesn't excite me as much as it would have when I was just starting out as a movie buff. But it did get me thinking about wha read more

This month the Turner Classic Movies cable channel will be showing numerous films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I own just about every Hitchcock movie on DVD, so this tribute doesn't excite me as much as it would have when I was just starting out as a movie buff. But it did get me thinking about wha read more

SEASON 1, EPISODE 30: “Never Again” DIR. Robert Stevens STARRING Phyllis Thaxter, Louise Albritton and Warren Stevens ORIGINALLY AIRED April 22, 1956 Recap: Karen wakes up one day and finds herself in a completely unfamiliar room with a bandaged hand and “the worst hangover ever read more

Back in April I posted about how awesome it was to see Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope on the big screen at Detroit’s Senate Theater. I knew that screening would be really hard to top on my list of “greatest screenings I’ve ever attended,” because the Senate is a wonderful thea read more

SEASON 1, EPISODE 25: “THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN” DIR. ROBERT STEVENSON STARRING ESTELLE WINWOOD AND CHARLES BRONSON ORIGINALLY AIRED MARCH 18, 1956 Recap: Monica Laughton is an elderly, wealthy and eccentric woman who lives in a large mansion and seems to always be holding wakes for dece read more

Since I’m just starting to get into blu-rays, one thing I really had my eye on was the huge, 15-disc “Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection” blu-ray set.  That collection has so many excellent films and I thought something like that would be a nice way to help start my blu-r read more

Personal Quote:  "Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints". read more

SEASON 1, EPISODE 19: “THE DERELICTS” DIR. ROBERT STEVENSON STARRING ROBERT NEWTON AND PHILLIP REED ORIGINALLY AIRED FEBRUARY 5, 1956 Recap: Ralph Cowell is an invenstor who is in dire financial straits due to his lady-friend’s penchant for spending all of his money on fancy things read more

(Photo by Lindsey for TMP; Don’t steal me!) Yesterday I had the great pleasure of attending a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s fantastic 1948 film Rope at the historic Senate Theater in Detroit. Most well-known for its organ concerts performed on a 1928 Wurlitzer organ originally housed a read more

This beauty of a film blog had me at Alfred Hitchcock. The geek is just a bonus. As you might have guessed from the title, Alfred Hitchcock Geek is all Hitchcock, all the time. And it is good. From book reviews, news about stage productions of Hitch related stuff, and the movies – oh the writ read more

A note on spoilers to begin: Since this is the first real post here on the blog, I’m going to go ahead and throw up a general spoiler warning. In these posts I’m going to be talking about varying aspects of movies that I’ve been watching, This may include writing about things that read more

A note on spoilers to begin: Since this is the first real post here on the blog, I’m going to go ahead and throw up a general spoiler warning. In these posts I’m going to be talking about varying aspects of movies that I’ve been watching, This may include writing about things that read more

The Man Who Knew Too Much is Hitchcock’s only remake and, as such, it probably ought to be a whole lot better. The resulting film suggests he really wanted to make a Moroccan travelogue and symphony picture… assuming he didn’t set out to make a turgid thriller. There’s also read more

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (Patrick McGilligan, 2003) Of the hundreds of books, biographies, analysis, essays about the most respected and famous film director of all time Patrick McGilligan’s biography might be the most complete and essential to the Hitchcock enthusiast read more

Saboteur (1942) treds familiar Alfred Hitchcock narrative ground with “an ordinary man put in a bizarre situation,” as Hitch himself famously said. Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane’s (Robert Cummings) life is thrown into turmoil when his pal dies in a factory explosion and he read more

Saboteur (1942) treds familiar Alfred Hitchcock narrative ground with “an ordinary man put in a bizarre situation,” as Hitch himself famously said. Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane’s (Robert Cummings) life is thrown into turmoil when his pal dies in a factory explosion and he read more

Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray: Rope (1948) “Innovator” might not be the first word that springs to mind when thinking of Alfred Hitchcock, but a casual glance over his long career reveals a master filmmaker who was always willing to take risks. Rope (1948) is fine read more

Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray: Rope (1948) “Innovator” might not be the first word that springs to mind when thinking of Alfred Hitchcock, but a casual glance over his long career reveals a master filmmaker who was always willing to take risks. Rope (1948) is fine read more