Thursday, May 8, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES (1948)

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I hadn't heard of Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) before The Criterion Channel included it in a trio of noir films directed by John Fa...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: ALIAS NICK BEAL (1949)

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The Faust story has inspired many revisions over the centuries, so it's no surprise that director John Farrow's 1949 film noir, Alia...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: SUPERNATURAL (1933)

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As you might expect from its title, Supernatural (1933) is a spooky Pre-Code horror story, full of restless spirits, murderers, and over th...
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Sunday, March 16, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: SHOCKPROOF (1949)

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Having already seen and enjoyed both Lured (1947) and Thunder on the Hill (1951), I decided to try Shockproof (1949), the third picture i...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Classic Films in Focus: ROPE (1948)

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Rope (1948), Alfred Hitchcock's first color picture, is a twisting, carefully orchestrated thriller with a deceptively simple title, on...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Book Review: THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL (2024)

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I recently devoured Stephanie Wrobel's new mystery novel, The Hitchcock Hotel , and, as its name implies, this is a fantastic book for f...
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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Love in Disguise on the Criterion Channel

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Every month brings a new set of themed collections to the Criterion Channel, and they're always a mix of classic, foreign, art house, an...
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