My Name is Alfred Hitchcock – Review
“I’m only going to lie to you once,” says, er, Alfred Hitchcock as he narrates his way through Mark Cousins’ documentary. It’s perfectly expected that a director who loved to toy with his audiences’ ...
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Six Of The Best: True Crime Films
There are five words that can really make a difference to your film viewing experience: Based on a true story. If we, as viewers, that what we’re getting is even just a little snippet of reality, it ...
Six of the Best: Hitchcock Villains
Alfred Hitchcock famously once said, “Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.” Nicknamed The Master of Suspense, he certainly endeavoured to provide the cinema going public with as much ...
78/52 – Trailer
In 78 setups and 52 cuts, the deliriously choreographed two-minute shower sequence in Psycho ripped apart cinema’s definition of horror. With a shocking combination of exploitation and high art...
Public Enemies – Fans v Critics
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice saw two heavyweight opponents pitted against each other in a bloody battle and not only between the titular characters. The real fight was between critics and fans ...
The Red Drum Getaway
From Vimeo channel Gump Studio comes the eeriest mash-up of the day. They expertly mix James Stewart from the Hitchcock classics Rear Window and Vertigo with some of the highlights from the filmograp...
Grand Piano
To base a thriller around a classical concert is a bold move. Let’s face it, there is only so much to see within an auditorium as the orchestra play and the story unfolds. It needs to be someth...
New Releases for August
August is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of releases. The majority of the summer hopefuls are now behind us and its only the stragglers left. What this means is that some smaller films and a few selec...
The Alternative Guide to James Stewart
As today would have marked the 106th birthday of much-loved onscreen hero, James Stewart, I decided to investigate him a bit further. A personal hero of mine, I realised I knew barely anything about ...
Michael Bay is remaking The Birds
Falling under the well-worn movie category of Dear Lord, why oh why!! comes the news that Michael Bay and his production company Platinum Dunes, have decided to remake another classic of the silver ...