Rebecca , adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, is the story of a mousy girl who becomes the second wife of a brooding aristocrat, but fi...

So I’ll pick right up from yesterday: Why was Hitchcock able to tell compelling stories about heroes without skills, even though that’s u...

I got a nice response to the first go-round, so let’s try at least another week of The Hero Project. (By the way, in our time off, the pro...

Title: Frenzy Year: 1972 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writer: Anthony Shaffer, based on a novel by Arthur La Bern Stars: Jon Finch, Alec Mc...

Series: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Hitchcock-Directed Episodes Years: 1955-1962, 268 half hour episodes Creator: Alfred Hitchcock...

I had the good fortune to teach a section of Andrew Sarris’s Hitchcock course. Mr. Sarris did more than anyone to cement Hitchcock’s criti...

There’s nothing worse than a story with an unsympathetic lead character. Every step of the way, you’re thinking “Yeah, but I could care le...

Hitchcock Week: Day 2 Title: Mr. And Mrs. Smith Year: 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writer: Norman Krasna Stars: Carole Lombard, Robert...

Welcome to Hitchcock Week! Alas, I’ve been scooped right off the bat— One of my inspirations for this blog was the great William Martell...