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The 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival: From ‘Love Crazy’ to Feeling Crazy Watching ‘Zardoz’
A look at my first two days at the festival.
Read More »Middleburg Film Festival Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
Kent Jones's 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' is a brilliantly executed glimpse into the minds of two masters in cinema.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Soft Skin’ – The Criterion Collection
A grand film to study and enjoy.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Foreign Correspondent – The Criterion Collection’
A more straightforward political thriller than one might expect from Hitchcock.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘The Lady Vanishes’
The 90-minute thriller is fine for television, but falls short for the cinema.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Bates Motel – Season One’
With a thoroughly creepy tone and place, you have a heck of a TV show. Plus, the cast is terrific.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Bates Motel’ (2013), Season One – Psychoville
In the early days of film, it was often said that “sequels aren’t equals”. And, nine times out of ten, those who quoted such Tinseltown scripture were sadly not mistaken. I vividly remember seeing the trailer for Psycho II in theaters as a young lad, to wit many of those …
Read More »Movie Review: Hitchcock
Spends less time off the Psycho set than you'd think, but still bloody good fun.
Read More »Movie Review: Hitchcock
Less a biopic than a historical biography on the making of Hitchcock's classic film, Psycho.
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