Vertigo was initially dismissed as "too long and slow" by critics upon release. Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a cinematic auteur developed only after Vertigo and later works' success. Today, ...
Alfred Hitchcock's film repertoire is legendary and largely beyond reproach. Look no further than Rotten Tomatoes, where, out of 51 films, only 5 are considered "rotten," with 1930s Juno and the ...
The Mountain Eagle, at least what we know, is set in Kentucky, where the wife of J.P. Pettigrew (Bernhard Goetzke) dies after giving birth to their son, Edward (John F. Hamilton), who is born disabled ...
From the shocking shower scene in “Psycho” to the claustrophobic third act of “Vertigo,” Alfred Hitchcock’s body of work is virtually unrivaled—and virtually inescapable. His fingerprints are on ...
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, England. He enjoyed one of his first jobs in advertising and this led him towards a career in the cinema. He took inspiration from German filmmaking ...
A favorite game among movie nerds is “Name the best four-film run by any of the great filmmakers.” The consensus winner tends to be Francis Ford Coppola’s 1970s: The Godfather, The Conversation, The ...
It’s one of the most legendary feuds of the golden age of Hollywood. Alfred Hitchcock, the celebrated director dubbed the “Master of Suspense,” wanted to make one of his thrillers in Disneyland. Walt ...
In the Netflix series we see Hitchcock escorting Perkins around the Psycho film set, which is an exact replica of Ed Gein's farmhouse. The 1960 classic, however, is actually set in a motel. It tells ...
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” brought in a number of Hollywood icons to show how the Wisconsin killer had a ripple effect through the filmmaking industry, but Alfred Hitchcock was the first, most ...