Articles tagged "alfred hitchcock"

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To Catch a Thief: The Centennial Collection

by Shaun Huston

[24.Mar.09] :. This is not really about how to nab a cat burglar, but rather about beautiful people in beautiful places.

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Rebecca

by Stephen Snart

[21.Nov.08] :. If I had to pinpoint one reason for Rebecca’s prestige it is precisely this: the film’s interest in the natural over the supernatural and the emotional over the sensational.

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50 years later, follow in the footsteps of Hitchcock and his ‘Vertigo’ characters

by Richard Scheinin [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[16.Oct.08] :. SAN FRANCISCO - “OK, so Jimmy Stewart is sitting in his DeSoto right where that white minivan is parked - right there!” says author Aaron Leventhal, as knowledgeable an Alfred Hitchcock...

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Oct.08] :. Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.

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The Lady Vanishes

by Marc Acherman

[4.Jan.08] :. Criterion does justice to this example of Hitchcock at the height of his British period, cleaning up the original film and providing a variety of supplementary material to sate Hitchcock enthusiasts, including essays, interviews, and promotional art.

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The Dick Cavett Show - Hollywood Greats

by Matt Mazur

[16.Feb.07] :. This is not only an entertaining, funny, and smart guide to the glory days of Hollywood; it is an essential and useful tool for film historians.

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Vertigo (1959)

by Marc Acherman

[7.Sep.06] :. Vertigo's new life, carefully restored from the best available prints for this DVD release, should best reveal Hitchcock's mastery of his medium.

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Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light by Patrick McGilligan

by Lary Wallace

[12.Jan.04] :. Who but 'a manipulative egoist' could have created so much enthralling cinema? And who but 'a shriveled soul' would have wanted to?"

 
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Rear Window (1954/2000)

by Michael Ward

Rear Window's theatrical rerelease is, among other things, a showcase for mainstream moviedom's emergent special effects technologies.

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