Features
Wednesday, June 23 2010
The Primal Drive of Fear and Desire in Hitchcock’s 'Vertigo' and 'The Birds'
Typical of Hitchcock, he does not provide answers in Vertigo and The Birds, rather, he demonstrates the inherent dangers of living with -- yet denying -- the dark psychic forces that control our lives from deep withing our subconscious minds.
Tuesday, June 22 2010
Hitchcock 101: Day Eight, 1956 - 1958
Now entering his creative peak, Hitchcock revisited some older material, reinvigorating it with a global politics and a big budget grandeur.
Tuesday, June 22 2010
Hitchcock and Homework: The Rewards and Perils of Hitchcock in the High School English Class
To what degree should a teacher help a student develop taste? Hitchcock stands as one of hundreds of artists whose work educators might use to explore questions of art and the classroom itself with their students.
Monday, June 21 2010
The Modern Prometheus: Creature and Creator in 'Vertigo' and 'Psycho'
Just as Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley famous novel creates what turns out to be a monstrosity, so also does Scottie in Vertigo and Norman Bates in Psycho.
Monday, October 13 2008
Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1
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.
Reviews
Thursday, September 7 2006
Vertigo (1959)
Vertigo's new life, carefully restored from the best available prints for this DVD release, should best reveal Hitchcock's mastery of his medium.
Blogs
Tuesday, January 10 2012
Guilds, Rape, and a Satanic Shocker
David Fincher, Kim Novak, and the producers of The Devil Inside walk into an LA oxygen bar...
