I think we all have those moments when we became film fans; an instant in our childhoods when a single film altered the way we perceived the world around us and perhaps would lead us into scholarship, or fandom, or [...]

“Anyone could become obsessed with the past with a background like that!” Introduction Inevitably perhaps, I believe I should argue my support of Vertigo. But I sensibly waited to write about the film after I had rewatched the film at [...]

We’ve seen a small glimpse of Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in the aptly named Hitchcock but in the first official poster for the film, the former Hannibal Lecter looks absolutely spot-on in the title role. Based on the book [...]

“Nobody commits a murder just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us” Introduction As the BFI celebrate Alfred Hitchcock with many months of screenings including all his esteemed ‘classics’, I felt it was only right to revisit one [...]

Take THAT Sight & Sound! Alfred Hitchcock’s films have been a long passion of mine, so much so that I spent an awful lot of time at film school studying them.  Since Sight & Sound saw fit to declare Vertigo [...]

Well, obviously, to become rich and famous.  And sexy.  Studying film, particularly at a grad school level, makes you about 30-40% sexier, according to the Associated Press.  Which is pretty impressive, given that film students spend about 75% of their [...]

“What follows is History…” Introduction As a Chaplin film, it is interesting to note that within the first minute of Monsieur Verdoux the screen tells you that the film is “based on an idea by Orson Welles”. Who would have [...]

I have a strange predilection for finding, and subsequently becoming obsessed by, obscure films.  It’s nothing new for me.  In my misspent youth, I would scour the schedule of Turner Classic Movies for the ones that no one had heard [...]

The first image of Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in the title role of Hitchcock has been released and you can see it below (along with a picture of the real deal so you can compare and contrast if you [...]

“Don’t you think that sometimes you make movies because you love movies?” – Roman Polanski Allow me to share with you a pet peeve of mine.  It consists of a discussion with an individual (let’s call him ‘Bob’) who is [...]