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April 2013

  • How Norman Bates Went Psycho - PSU The Clock (01/Apr/2013)
    Based off of Alfred Hitchcock's most infamous film Psycho, “Bates Motel” is a prequel to the film. Comprised of the life and times of the film's focus point, Norman Bates, the show tries to tell us what the events were that lead to his subsequent psychotic state.
  • Hitchcock - Blu-ray Review - Monsters and Critics.com (01/Apr/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma (Helen Mirren) are basking in the glory of his latest film (North by Northwest) when the press asks what his next project is and that maybe he should just hang it up since he may never make a film as good ...
  • Is Castle New Tonight? — Monday, April 1, 2013 - Wetpaint (01/Apr/2013)
    Not only does tonight mark the 100th episode of Castle, but it's also an exciting homage to Alfred Hitchcock's classic film, Rear Window. In “The Lives of Others” Richard Castle is stuck at home with a broken leg and a massive case of boredom. Luckily, crime ...
  • Ghost stories, slasher flicks fill screens - Regina Leader-Post (01/Apr/2013)
    Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Stepping into the shower is never the same after seeing this. Photograph by: The Associated Press , The Daily Telegraph. Plenty of new horror films are hitting the screens at the multiplexes these ...
  • Ghost stories, slasher flicks fill screens - Regina Leader-Post (02/Apr/2013)
    Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Stepping into the shower is never the same after seeing this. Photograph by: The Associated Press , The Daily Telegraph. Plenty of new horror films are hitting the screens at the multiplexes these ...
  • GTA extends run of Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps' - Access North Georgia (02/Apr/2013)
    GAINESVILLE - Gainesville Theatre Alliance (GTA) Artistic and Managing Director Jim Hammond said Monday the run of GTA SouthernStage's upcoming production of Alfred Hitchcock's “The 39 Steps”, which opens April 5, will be extended through April 28.
  • Helen Mirren gunning for BAFTA success to promote Hitchcock - MSN UK (02/Apr/2013)
    The Queen star is nominated in the Leading Actress category for her portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville in the project, which features Sir Anthony Hopkins as the legendary director. She faces tough competition from Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), ...
  • A multifaceted gem - The West Australian (02/Apr/2013)
    In one of the most famous Hollywood photographs of the 1970s a group of Golden Age greats - Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor, Billy Wilder, William Wyler, George Stevens, Robert Wise and Rouben Mamoulian among them - were snapped at a luncheon ...
  • Around Town - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide (02/Apr/2013)
    On Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m., Movie Club at The Magic Lantern Cinemas will present Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho.” The 1960 American suspense/horror film stars Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Janet Leigh. The screenplay by Joseph Stefano ...
  • Film review: Hitchcock ** - Cyprus Mail (03/Apr/2013)
    Not that he deserved an Oscar, at least in my opinion; this superficial take on Alfred Hitchcock isn't much of a performance. I just wonder why. Maybe it's for superficial reasons – the fact that Hopkins doesn't look much like Hitchcock, just as he didn't look like ...
  • FILM: Hitchcock - BDlive (03/Apr/2013)
    ALFRED Hitchcock enjoyed being regarded as the most famous director in the world even though, at that time, Charlie Chaplin had a far greater right to the accolade. The master manipulator certainly ensured that as many people as possible would recognise ...
  • Movie listings, April 04-April 11 - AnnArbor.com (04/Apr/2013)
    Hollywood icon Tippi Hedren and Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz are coming to the Michigan Theater for a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock's “Marnie” ... Posted recently in Entertainment : Author Neil Gaiman coming to Michigan Theater; ...
  • "Bates Motel" is a thrilling prequel to Hitchcock's "Psycho" - Uloop News (04/Apr/2013)
    Bates Motel, a new prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's infamous 1960 thriller Psycho has a lot to live up to. The original film now considered a classic and Hitchcock among the greatest filmmakers of all time. Nonetheless Bates Motel, surprisingly, succeeds.
  • Big Screen Berkeley: The Wrong Man, Hitchcock's gem - Berkeleyside (04/Apr/2013)
    Perhaps the most recognizable filmmaker since Chaplin, Hitch was a weekly presence in homes from coast to coast via his CBS series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, while theatergoers had made his color remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much a huge ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents………Energy - FuelFix (blog) (04/Apr/2013)
    Some would say that energyland™ is incomparable to the genius that is film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock, but I say poppycock! For energyland™ contains as many twists and turns on a daily basis as a Hitchcock thriller. So without any more ...
  • FILM REVIEW: Hitchcock - Times LIVE (04/Apr/2013)
    He is regarded as the "master of suspense" and one of the greatest film directors of the 20th century, but many people may only remember Alfred Hitchcock as the director of Psycho. This in spite of his previous films, Vertigo (recently crowned as the greatest ...
  • Feldman @ the flicks - Artslink.co.za News (press release) (05/Apr/2013)
    Peter Feldman: Celebrated director Alfred Hitchcock comes to vivid life in the hands of an unrecognisable Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock. Hitchcock Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Toni Collette Director: Sacha Gervasi ...
  • MOVIE REVIEW: Hitchcock - Independent Online (05/Apr/2013)
    Now screenwriter and director Sacha Gervasi's film adaptation of Stephen Rebello's book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, gives us a glimpse of The Master at work during a period that spans a year-and-a-half. This is that story. Alfred Hitchcock ...
  • GI Joes save the world - The Witness (05/Apr/2013)
    OPENING in cinemas in Durban and Pietermaritzburg today is the Golden Globe-nominated biopic, Hitchcock, which tells the story of the relationship between master of suspense, director Alfred Hitchcock (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his wife, Alma Reville ...
  • Before The Party at the Almeida Theatre: Snobby spoof has a dark side - Daily Mail (05/Apr/2013)
    Rodney Ackland's 1948 satire on the stuffy middle classes is an unhappy marriage of Noel Coward and Alfred Hitchcock. But like any unhappy marriage, it's not without its voyeuristic interest. Set upstairs in the flouncy pink bedroom of a country home just after ...
  • Hitchcock Gets A Blu-Ray And DVD Release Date - This Is Fake DIY (05/Apr/2013)
    Hitchcock explores the true love story between one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville as they struggle to make the seminal movie Psycho. Although at the top of his game Alfred soon ...
  • In praise of - Hitchcock's blondes. - Herald Scotland (05/Apr/2013)
    I've never had blonde hair (and wouldn't suit it quite frankly) but thanks to the stars of Alfred Hitchcock's classic films, it has a lasting allure. I've never had blonde hair (and wouldn't suit it quite frankly) but thanks to the stars of Alfred Hitchcock's classic films, ...
  • 'Torture the women!' Hitchcock said – and he wasn't really joking - Mail & Guardian Online (05/Apr/2013)
    The appearance of two new films about Alfred Hitchcock, one of the greatest of all filmmakers, is a reminder that there was a time when he was also considered lovable. His unmistakable profile, his deadpan style and his sense of humour helped to make Hitch ...
  • Book Review: 'Six Years' by Harlan Coben - The Detroit News (05/Apr/2013)
    Harlan Coben has mastered the family thriller in which ordinary people are caught up in an out-of-control situation, a la Alfred Hitchcock. This approach has landed most of Coben's 24 novels on best-sellers' lists. In "Six Years," it isn't a family that is under ...
  • TV and art films: April 7-12 - Reading Eagle (06/Apr/2013)
    Although their work is only superficially similar, directors Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot certainly deserve their reputations for making moviegoers squirm in their seats. Tonight and early Monday, Turner Classic Movies gives you a chance to ...
  • In 'Six Years,' love story turns into a thriller - Times Herald-Record (07/Apr/2013)
    Harlan Coben has mastered the family thriller in which ordinary people are caught up in an out-of-control situation, a la Alfred Hitchcock. This approach has landed most of Coben's 24 novels on best-seller lists. In "Six Years" (Dutton, 351 pages, $27.95), ...
  • Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With ... Tippi Hedren - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (07/Apr/2013)
    Director Alfred Hitchcock was obsessed with her and if he couldn't have her no one else could, at least in films. Actress Tippi Hedren starred in Hitchcock's "The Birds" and "Marnie," after which she wanted to be let out of her contract with his studio. HBO's film ...
  • Tippi Hedren: She's for 'The Birds' and movie history - Orlando Sentinel (blog) (08/Apr/2013)
    Actress Tippi Hedren offers several theories for the enduring fascination of "The Birds," Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 shocker. "It isn't explained why the birds attack," she said. "You see birds everywhere all over the world. What if they decided to mass and attack us ...
  • The Remote: 'Stoker' is a vampy, chilling, thrilling delight - College Heights Herald (08/Apr/2013)
    If Steven Soderbergh's “Side Effects” was a smudgy love letter to Alfred Hitchcock, Park Chan-wook's “Stoker” is an immaculate sonnet. Park, a South Korean director best known for his movie “Oldboy,” makes his American debut with “Stoker.” And what Park ...
  • The Girl leads BAFTA TV nominations - Orange UK News (09/Apr/2013)
    Sienna Miller's Alfred Hitchcock drama The Girl looks set to be a big hit at the upcoming British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Awards after scoring four nominations. The Alfie star plays actress Tippi Hedren opposite Toby Jones as ...
  • BAFTA TV nominations: Sienna Miller's The Girls lead the nods - Daily Mail (09/Apr/2013)
    The BBC-HBO co-produced movie The Girl, about the tumultuous relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren, has received nods in four categories. Sienna Miller is up for Leading Actress, Toby Jones for Leading Actor and Imelda ...
  • Tippi Hedren, 'Marnie' coming to KiMo - ABQ Journal (09/Apr/2013)
    Turner Classic Movies is bringing its “ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD Classic Film Festival” to Albuquerque's historic KiMo Theatre next week, with a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's controversial 1964 thriller “Marnie,” introduced by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and a ...
  • Hitchcock's '39 Steps' Extends Run at Buford Community Center - Patch.com (09/Apr/2013)
    If you haven't caught the Gainesville Theatre Alliance's performance of Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps," you've got two extra weeks to see it. The show's run has been extended through April 28 in the Sylvia Beard Theatre at the Buford Community Center.
  • Hitchcock and Sienna may be worth a flutter at the Baftas - The Times (subscription) (09/Apr/2013)
    The Girl, a BBC Two drama based on the actress Tippi Hedren's tumultuous relationship with Alfred Hitchcock, earned four nominations, including Sienna Miller as leading actress. Toby Jones, who played Hitchcock, is nominated for leading actor and Imelda ...
  • Profile: Tippi Hedren on modeling, birds and a certain director - The Republic (09/Apr/2013)
    By PATRICIA SHERIDAN — Actress Tippi Hedren starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) and "Marnie" ('64), after which she wanted to be let out of her contract with his studio. HBO's film "The Girl" (2012) is about the stressful and controlling ...
  • Classic Hitchcock Movies - ABC Online (blog) (09/Apr/2013)
    He's continuing his series of classic movie weekends with a focus this month on the works of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. The "Unseen Hitchcock" series features "I Confess", "The Wrong Man" and "Dial M For Murder" (in 3D). Mark explains why he's ...
  • Tippi Hedren: Escaping from under Hitchcock's wing wasn't easy - Knoxville.com (09/Apr/2013)
    Actress Tippi Hedren starred in Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds” (1963) and “Marnie” ('64), after which she wanted to be let out of her contract with his studio. HBO's film “The Girl” (2012) is about the stressful and controlling relationship she had with the director.
  • Review: The 39 Steps (Theatre Royal, Brighton, until Saturday, April 13) - West Sussex Gazette (10/Apr/2013)
    Thrills, spills and plenty of laughs are the order of the play in The 39 Steps, a fun and affectionate tribute to John Buchan's spy-chasing and Alfred Hitchcock's film-making. The multi award-winning piece, adapted by Patrick Barlow, continues to prove a hit in ...
  • Profile: Tippi Hedren on modeling, birds and a certain director - kjrh.com (10/Apr/2013)
    Actress Tippi Hedren starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) and "Marnie" ('64), after which she wanted to be let out of her contract with his studio. HBO's film "The Girl" (2012) is about the stressful and controlling relationship she had with the director.
  • The 39 Steps Opens April 18 at The Dancing Goat Theatre - NorthFulton.com (10/Apr/2013)
    Adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan and from the Alfred Hitchcock movie, The 39 Steps is directed by Marty Wallis and stars Zac Redmon, Becca Martell, Marissa Fleming and Ross Manning. In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life ...
  • 'The 39 Steps' comedy/mystery on stage at Elbert Theatre in April - Anderson Independent Mail (10/Apr/2013)
    Adapted by Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, this show takes all of the dramatic elements of classic Alfred Hitchcock thrillers and pokes major fun at them. In a nutshell, “The 39 Steps” is a spoof of a black-and-white ...
  • Tippi Hedren - Tippi Hedren's Coat On Display At Museum - Contactmusic.com (11/Apr/2013)
    Hedren says, "I am thrilled beyond words that Newbridge has acquired the magnificent white satin evening coat designed by the fabulous Edith Heard I wore for opening night at the Cannes Film Festival where Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was the opening big ...
  • Tippi Hedren's coat on display at museum - Hollywood.com (11/Apr/2013)
    The iconic satin coat worn by actress Tippi Hedren to the unveiling of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie The Birds has gone on display at a museum in Ireland. The actress famously turned heads at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival in France when she arrived at ...
  • BOOKS: Thriller of a love story - Kennebec Journal (11/Apr/2013)
    By Harlan Coben Dutton, 351 pages, $27.95. Harlan Coben has mastered the family thriller in which ordinary people are caught up in an out-of-control situation, a la Alfred Hitchcock. This approach has landed most of Coben's 24 novels on best-sellers' lists.
  • BOOKS: Thriller of a love story - Morning Sentinel (11/Apr/2013)
    By Harlan Coben Dutton, 351 pages, $27.95. Harlan Coben has mastered the family thriller in which ordinary people are caught up in an out-of-control situation, a la Alfred Hitchcock. This approach has landed most of Coben's 24 novels on best-sellers' lists.
  • Tippi Hedren's coat on display at museum - New Magazine (11/Apr/2013)
    The iconic satin coat worn by actress TIPPI HEDREN to the unveiling of ALFRED HITCHCOCK's classic movie THE BIRDS has gone on display at a museum in Ireland. The actress famously turned heads at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival in France when she ...
  • TIPPI HEDREN'S COAT ON DISPLAY AT MUSEUM - Daily Star (11/Apr/2013)
    Hedren says, "I am thrilled beyond words that Newbridge has acquired the magnificent white satin evening coat designed by the fabulous Edith Heard I wore for opening night at the Cannes Film Festival where Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was the opening big ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho Slasher Moment Named Best Bathroom Scene - Contactmusic.com (11/Apr/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho Slasher Moment Named Best Bathroom Scene. 11 April 2013. The terrifying moment Norman Bates knifes to death a motel guest in Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time.
  • Sieht Facebook als Fluch fürs Filmgeschäft - BUNTE.de (11/Apr/2013)
    „Überraschende Wendungen, wie Alfred Hitchcock sie in seiner Arbeit so meisterhaft einsetzte, findet man heute im Film kaum noch“, sagte der britische Schauspieler der Zeitschrift „TV SPIELFILM“. „Dem Kino bleiben kaum Möglichkeiten, den Zuschauer ...
  • 'Psycho' slasher moment voted best bathroom scene - NewsChannel 9 WSYR (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment when Norman Bates stabs a woman to death inside of a motel shower in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The famous shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, ...
  • 'Psycho' slasher moment voted best bathroom scene - ABC 4 (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment when Norman Bates stabs a woman to death inside of a motel shower in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The famous shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, ...
  • 'Psycho' slasher moment voted best bathroom scene - WPMI Local 15 News (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment when Norman Bates stabs a woman to death inside of a motel shower in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The famous shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, ...
  • 'Psycho' slasher moment voted best bathroom scene - WBGH (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment when Norman Bates stabs a woman to death inside of a motel shower in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The famous shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, ...
  • 'Psycho' slasher moment voted best bathroom scene - KHSL (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment when Norman Bates stabs a woman to death inside of a motel shower in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The famous shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, ...
  • Psycho voted best bathroom scene - 3News NZ (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment Norman Bates knifes to death a motel guest in Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The skin-crawling shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins as knife-wielding Bates and ...
  • Best movie bathroom scene revealed - New Zealand Herald (11/Apr/2013)
    The terrifying moment Norman Bates knifes to death a motel guest in Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Psycho has been voted the best movie bathroom scene of all time. The skin-crawling shower scene, featuring Anthony Perkins as knife-wielding Bates and ...
  • Enter the evil uncle - Financial Mail (12/Apr/2013)
    A recent poll voted Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo the greatest film ever made - displacing Citizen Kane after 60 years. Hitchcock, like everyone else at the time (1958), thought it a commercial and artistic failure. When he chose Psycho for his next challenge, ...
  • Vertigo: Hitchcock's Classic And The Great Gatsby Parallel - WhatCulture! (12/Apr/2013)
    For the first installment we take a hypnotic dark journey along with Detective John Ferguson through the distorted looking-glass of the maestro himself, Alfred Hitchcock. In Vertigo, John 'Scottie' Ferguson is a newly retired San Francisco detective, trying to get ...
  • Hitchcock Blu-ray Review - Flix 66 (12/Apr/2013)
    I think the one thing most people will come away with is just how influential and impressive Alma Reville was to the overall success of Alfred Hitchcock. Part of the fun is seeing some of the fantastic actors of the time performed by current day stars, like Scarlett ...
  • Review: Bates Motel - too close for comfort - The Express Tribune (14/Apr/2013)
    A&E's new series looks at the teenage years of Norman Bates before he unraveled to become Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. A&E's new series looks at the teenage years of Norman Bates before he unraveled to become. Oedipal closeness has few signs, unless ...
  • Hitchcock focus of Arts Array film - TriCities.com (14/Apr/2013)
    This loving re-creation of a moment in film history focuses on Alfred Hitchcock (played by Anthony Hopkins) and his collaborator/wife Alma (played by Helen Mirren) as Hitchcock directs his iconic horror film “Psycho” in 1960. The film presents accurately the ...
  • I'm not checking out of 'Bates Motel'…yet. - Pittsburg Morning Sun (blog) (14/Apr/2013)
    For many viewers of “Psycho,” Alfred Hitchcock's famous tale of the creepy motel owner with mother issues, taking a shower would never be the same again. The shower scene, with a shrieking Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a knife, the shadowy figure of an old ...
  • I'm not checking out of 'Bates Motel'…yet. - HollandSentinel.com (blog) (15/Apr/2013)
    For many viewers of “Psycho,” Alfred Hitchcock's famous tale of the creepy motel owner with mother issues, taking a shower would never be the same again. The shower scene, with a shrieking Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a knife, the shadowy figure of an old ...
  • Searching for the perfect blonde - Postnoon (15/Apr/2013)
    Last year, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo pipped Citizen Kane in a Sight & Sound poll to decide the greatest film of all time. The same year, Sacha Gervasi made a film titled Hitchcock, which threw light on the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife ...
  • The East Edition: 'Bates Motel' Review - my.hsj.org (15/Apr/2013)
    In this drama-crime thriller based off of the film, 'Psycho' by Alfred Hitchcock, Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga),move to a small town in Oregon to start a new life after the father of the family dies. The property they buy is ...
  • Bates Motel Season 1 Episode 5 “Ocean View” Live Recap - Allie Is Wired (15/Apr/2013)
    The series that was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho that focuses on the life of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga). The highlight of last week's episode “Trust Me” was when Norma was arrested. Did you see the ...
  • Bates Motel opens in UK - C21Media (16/Apr/2013)
    A UK broadcaster has picked up both seasons of A&E Networks' drama Bates Motel, a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film Psycho. NBCUniversal (NBCU)-owned Universal Channel will premiere Bates Motel in the UK, after acquiring ...
  • Video: Josh Rouse's 'Julie (Come Out of the Rain)' - USA TODAY (16/Apr/2013)
    With its vintage Buick and green-screen footage of San Francisco, the video for Julie (Come Out of the Rain) could almost pass for outtakes from an Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller like Vertigo. Rouse, a Nebraska native who now lives in Spain, says the ...
  • '39 Steps' Makes for a Perfect Night at the Theater - The Ledger (16/Apr/2013)
    ... Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:17 p.m.. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:17 p.m.. Theatre Winter Haven blends the intrigue of Alfred Hitchcock with comedy reminiscent of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in its rip-roaring production of "The 39 Steps." ...
  • '39 Steps' Makes for a Perfect Night at the Theater - The Ledger (16/Apr/2013)
    ... Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:17 p.m.. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:17 p.m.. Theatre Winter Haven blends the intrigue of Alfred Hitchcock with comedy reminiscent of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in its rip-roaring production of "The 39 Steps." ...
  • Bradenton condo residents upset about hawks - Ocala (17/Apr/2013)
    Like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie "The Birds," two red-shouldered hawks have been dive-bombing residents of a retirement community along Florida's Gulf Coast. The Bradenton Herald (http://bit.ly/11fHxNg) reported that some residents of ...
  • Hawk attacks worry Bradenton condo residents - Northwest News and Tribune (17/Apr/2013)
    BRADENTON - Like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie "The Birds," two red-shouldered hawks have been dive-bombing residents of a retirement community. The Bradenton Herald reported that some residents of Cortez Villas are using umbrellas ...
  • Stephen Rebello: In Hollywood with Alfred Hitchcock – Interview - Portuguese American Journal (blog) (17/Apr/2013)
    Best-known for being the last person to interview filmmaker extraordinaire Alfred Hitchcock, Portuguese-American writer Stephen Rebello is also known for his own movies, books, interviews and articles. His writing career began in the late 1970's when ...
  • Diana Vickers on the run in new music video - watch - Digital Spy UK (18/Apr/2013)
    The Leeds rock group, which formed in 2007, explained that the visual was inspired by the works of Quentin Tarantino and Alfred Hitchcock. 'Derail' serves as the lead single from the trio's forthcoming album Nature Nurture, which follows later this year.
  • Diana Vickers on the run in new Dinosaur Pile-Up music video - watch - Digital Spy UK (18/Apr/2013)
    The Leeds rock group, which formed in 2007, explained that the visual was inspired by the works of Quentin Tarantino and Alfred Hitchcock. 'Derail' serves as the lead single from the trio's forthcoming album Nature Nurture, which follows later this year.
  • Perspectives: Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain (video) - ITV News (18/Apr/2013)
    Broadcaster Jonathan Ross follows the life and career of the most celebrated director in the history of cinema, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, in search of the British roots of his unique style in this sixth documentary in the Perspective arts strand for ITV. A huge fan of the ...
  • • 'Hitchcock' looks at man and his wife - Reporter-Times (18/Apr/2013)
    Many of us remember Alfred Hitchock from his appearances on TV's “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” 1955-65 and that's the man we see in the “Hitchcock” movie. It isn't him, of course, it's Anthony Hopkins made up to look like the great director and almost ...
  • The Neighbourhood - I Love You - This Is Fake DIY (18/Apr/2013)
    With their 2012 emergence, The Neighbourhood sported black-as-tar, film noir imagery, chock-full of Alfred Hitchcock odes. Turns out they've stayed true to the cinema-bred darkness, 'I Love You' having one of the most misleading album titles of all time.
  • Lightweight but fun 'Hitchcock' - China Post (19/Apr/2013)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, “Hitchcock” puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • The Craft of Stage: Ambitious Firehouse production starting to take shape - Wicked Local (19/Apr/2013)
    Editor's Note: This is the third installment of "The Craft of Stage," following the process of staging a show, specifically "The 39 Steps," a Tony Award-winning spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, which will not open until June, but has been in the works for ...
  • Perspectives: Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain - Radio Times (19/Apr/2013)
    Jonathan Ross stands in the snow outside Leytonstone Tube station in east London to launch his tribute to the Englishness of Alfred Hitchcock. Ross shares Hitchcock's birthplace – Leytonstone – and is keen to discuss the director's pre-Hollywood career, ...
  • British Film Institute: Teach Hitchcock as well as Shakespeare - UPI.com (20/Apr/2013)
    LONDON, April 20 (UPI) -- A former BBC official says British schools should teach filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock as well as Shakespeare because film is the "major means of communication." The British Film Institute announced April 12 the new organization Film ...
  • RTÉ TEN's Top Telly for today - RTE.ie (21/Apr/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain, ITV, 10.00pm. 1 of 1. Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain, ITV, 10.00pm. Alfred Hitchcock is arguably the most celebrated director in the history of cinema. In this documentary, movie nut Jonathan Ross sets out to discover what ...
  • Perspectives: Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain - Unreality TV (21/Apr/2013)
    Presenter Jonathan Ross follows the life and career of the most celebrated director in cinema history, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, as he searches for the British roots of Hitchcock's unique style. Jonathan, who is a huge fan of Hitchcock's, sets out to discover what led ...
  • Perspectives: Jonathan Ross: Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain, ITV, review - Telegraph.co.uk (21/Apr/2013)
    The first is that I am something of a Hitchcock novice. The other is that I can only watch Jonathan Ross for any extended period if he's talking films – the “me, me, me” chat show hosting just isn't for, well, me. What better viewing then, than the latest in ITV's ...
  • Cannes: Kim Novak Named Guest Of Honor; Restored 'Vertigo' To Screen - Deadline.com (22/Apr/2013)
    Last August, Alfred Hitchcock's classic Vertigo rose to the No. 1 spot on the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound survey of the so-called 50 Greatest Films Of All Time. Kim Novak, the star of that film, will be the Cannes Film Festival's guest of honor next month.
  • Kim Novak Named Guest of Honor at 66th Festival de Cannes - Broadway World (22/Apr/2013)
    To mark the restoration of one of the masterpieces of world cinema, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, the Festival de Cannes has invited its heroine, Kim Novak, to grace the event with her presence. Novak will attend the screening of Vertigo, filmed in 1958, which ...
  • Cannes: Kim Novak To Be Guest of Honor at 66th Annual Festival - Hollywood Reporter (22/Apr/2013)
    A restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's famous psychological thriller will be shown as part of the Cannes Classics series. In their announcement, the festival organizers called Vertigo Novak's "greatest performance." Novak made news last year when she ...
  • Cannes 2013: Kim Novak to Attend 'Vertigo' Screening - Yahoo! Movies (blog) (22/Apr/2013)
    Kim Novak will attend a Cannes Film Festival screening of a restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo." The 1958 film classic is being shown as part of the Cannes Classics series. The 80-year old Novak will also take part in the festival's closing ceremony ...
  • 'Vertigo' star Kim Novak to be Cannes guest of honour - FRANCE 24 (22/Apr/2013)
    Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece "Vertigo" who turned her back on Hollywood, is to make a return to the red carpet at next month's Cannes film festival, organisers said on Monday. - Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 ...
  • Kim Novak at Cannes - Canada.com (22/Apr/2013)
    The Alfred Hitchcock film is being shown in its restored form as part of Cannes Classics. Novak will also take part in the closing ceremony, where she will award one of the prizes. Novak first attended the festival in 1959 for the presentation of Middle of the ...
  • Kim Novak named Cannes 2013 guest of honour - Screen International (22/Apr/2013)
    Star of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has been named the guest of honour at the 66th Cannes Film Festival. Kim Novak is to attend a screening at the Cannes Film Festival of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece Vertigo, which will be shown in its newly restored ...
  • Kim Novak To Attend Cannes 'Vertigo' screening - Variety (22/Apr/2013)
    PARIS — Alfred Hitchcock's restored masterpiece “Vertigo” will unspool at Cannes Film Festival in the presence of the 1958′s pic's star, Kim Novak, who is the fest's guest of honor. Novak will also take part in the festival's closing ceremony on May 26 to ...
  • Kim Novak to attend Hitchcock's "Vertigo" screening at Cannes - PanARMENIAN.Net (22/Apr/2013)
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Kim Novak will attend a Cannes Film Festival screening of a restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", TheWrap said. The 1958 film classic is being shown as part of the Cannes Classics series. The 80-year old Novak will also take ...
  • Kim Novak Named Guest of Honor at Cannes Film Festival - About - News & Issues (22/Apr/2013)
    Next month, actress Kim Novak will be the guest of honor at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival, where she will help honor the restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's classic romantic thriller, Vertigo (1958). Having been chosen by the festival organization this past ...
  • 'Vertigo' star Kim Novak to be guest of honour at Cannes - Channel News Asia (22/Apr/2013)
    Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece "Vertigo" who turned her back on Hollywood, is to make a return to the red carpet at next month's Cannes film festival, organisers said on Monday. PHOTOS. File photo of US actress Kim Novak.
  • Vertigo star Kim Novak to attend Cannes - BigPond News (22/Apr/2013)
    Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece Vertigo who turned her back on Hollywood, is to make a return to the red carpet at next month's Cannes film festival, organisers say. The US actress, 80, refused to accept the iron-fisted rule of ...
  • Actress who shunned Hollywood returns - New Zealand Herald (22/Apr/2013)
    Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece Vertigo who turned her back on Hollywood, is to make a return to the red carpet at next month's Cannes film festival, organisers say. The US actress, 80, refused to accept the iron-fisted rule of ...
  • Kim Novak, Guest of Honour at the 66th Festival de Cannes - WebWire - WebWire (press release) (22/Apr/2013)
    To mark the restoration of one of the masterpieces of world cinema, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, the Festival de Cannes has invited its heroine, Kim Novak, to grace the event with her presence. Novak will attend the screening of Vertigo, filmed in 1958, which ...
  • Kim Novak VERTIGO: Cannes 2013 Screening - Alt Film Guide - Alt Film Guide (blog) (23/Apr/2013)
    Novak will be present at a Cannes Classics screening of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 psychological thriller Vertigo, which has been recently restored. For all it's worth, Vertigo was the top movie at the most recent (2012) Sight & Sound decennial poll of film critics ...
  • Autistic student terrified by 'Psycho' shower scene - UPI.com (blog) (23/Apr/2013)
    Douglas Parr, 13, attends mainstream classes at Comberton Village College in England, where he was shown the famous scene from the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Psycho" in which Norman Bates, played by Anthony Perkins, repeatedly stabs Janet Leigh ...
  • 10 Directors Who Tried To Be Alfred Hitchcock (And Failed Miserably) - WhatCulture! (23/Apr/2013)
    It would be near impossible to find any list regarding the most influential directors of all time that didn't include Alfred Hitchcock. Whether taking ideas from his British catalog or copying techniques he coined in the '40s and '50s almost every filmmaker can ...
  • Mum's fury after youngsters shown Hitchcock horror film Psycho in school - Cambridge News (23/Apr/2013)
    A class of 13 and 14-year-olds were shown the violent shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho during a school music lesson. One of the boys in the Year 9 class was so shocked by what he saw in the 15-certificate rated horror film he had to be taken out ...
  • Universal Channel buys Bates Motel for Asia, rebrands - TBI Vision (24/Apr/2013)
    Universal Channel in Asia has acquired Bates Motel, the A&E Network drama based on Alfred Hitchcock horror Psycho, as part of a new global strategy to focus on character-driven programming. The network's parent, NBCUniversal International Television, ...
  • Autistic boy traumatized by film shown in school - Examiner.com (24/Apr/2013)
    According to an April 24 report from the Daily News, a 13-year-old boy was traumatized after watching the famous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." His reaction to the film clip, arguably one of the most iconic in movie history, highlights just how ...
  • The Thirty Nine Steps - Fiercemobilecontent (24/Apr/2013)
    Scottish author John Buchan first published The Thirty-Nine Steps in 1915--the first of five novels featuring action hero Richard Hannay, it later became the basis for a 1935 feature film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, two color remakes (the first issued in 1959, ...
  • Retrospective: Even in death, Alfred Hitchcock a master of suspense - Minnesota Daily (24/Apr/2013)
    From the Seussian theme music to the silhouette of the man himself, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” is the most telling look at Hitchcock the person while still being an exhibition of Hitchcock the auteur. The 30-minute program, which ran from 1955-62, gave Alfred ...
  • Hysterical take on a Hitchcock classic at Coventry theatre - Leamington Courier (25/Apr/2013)
    I have to say that I don't remember laughing at Alfred Hitchcock's 39 Steps, or John Buchan's book, so I was surprised to spot that this version of the 39 Steps was the winner of Best New Comedy 2007. However, I eat my words; it was hysterical, frenetic, ...
  • Hysterical take on a Hitchcock classic at Coventry theatre - Kenilworth Weekly News (25/Apr/2013)
    I have to say that I don't remember laughing at Alfred Hitchcock's 39 Steps, or John Buchan's book, so I was surprised to spot that this version of the 39 Steps was the winner of Best New Comedy 2007. However, I eat my words; it was hysterical, frenetic, ...
  • Hitchcock presents arty tonic - The Age - The Age (25/Apr/2013)
    Psycho in the best possible way was an exhibition of Alfred Hitchcock paintings with Norman Bates dressed as his mother, Norma, and either staring at the TV or waving a knife behind a shower curtain. And there were enough birds to fill an aviary. The artist ...
  • Cannes 2013 Film Festival: Actress Kim Novak to be guest of honour for ... - Celebrity Red Carpet (26/Apr/2013)
    The blonde bombshell starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 flick "Vertigo", which was recently voted the greatest film of all time, and went on to become one of Hollywood's most glamorous starlets. Now 79, Kim will join guests at the Cannes Classics section of ...
  • Blu-ray Review: 'Hitchcock' - Yahoo! Movies (blog) (26/Apr/2013)
    "Hitchcock" releases on a two-disc combo pack housing the film's Blu-ray, DVD, UV, and iTunes digital copies. This 2012 biographical picture of Alfred Hitchcock is adapted from Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho.
  • Films of the week: Subtle suspense and romance in a perfect package - The Independent (26/Apr/2013)
    (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) One of Alfred Hitchcock's absolute best: an ingenious, perverse, masterfully crafted romantic thriller in which Cary Grant recruits alcoholic Ingrid Bergman to seduce the leader of a German spy ring in Rio (Claude Rains), but then falls ...
  • House where Alfred Hitchcock wrote 'The Birds' on market for $1.4 million - New York Daily News (27/Apr/2013)
    Horrific things were born in this house. But it's not what you might think. The unassuming four-bedroom, four-bath Colonial where Alfred Hitchcock and Evan Hunter wrote the 1963 classic “The Birds” just hit the market in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, for ...
  • House where Hitchcock wrote 'Birds' on sale $1.4 million - New York Daily News (27/Apr/2013)
    ... were born in this house. But it's not what you might think. The unassuming four-bedroom, four-bath Colonial where Alfred Hitchcock and Evan Hunter wrote the 1963 classic “The Birds” just hit the market in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, for $1.4 million.
  • House where Alfred Hitchcock once stayed on sale for USD 1.4mn - Indian Express (28/Apr/2013)
    The house where filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock wrote "The Birds" is on market for USD 1.4 million. The four-bedroom, four-bath Colonial hit the market in Pound Ridge, Westchester County. Hitchcock's horror classic was penned at the residence in Pound Ridge, ...
  • House where Hitchcock wrote 'The Birds' on sale - Hindustan Times (28/Apr/2013)
    The house where Alfred Hitchcock and Evan Hunter wrote the 1963 classic horror 'The Birds' has hit the market in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, for 1.4 million dollars. John Hart who is the owner of this historic house and a thriller writer himself, only ...
  • Chennai's thriller directors go 'Hitch'-hiking - The New Indian Express (28/Apr/2013)
    To the layman who watches films with a spectator's eye, Alfred Hitchcock will forever be remembered as the director who gave us Psycho. That shower scene...the intense violin music score that sends chills down one's spine no matter how many times you've ...
  • Hitchcock on the radio brought to stage - Kenilworth Weekly News (28/Apr/2013)
    New amateur dramatics group Majikal Theatre are taking on tour the European script debut of Joe Landry's Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play - an evening of adaptations of Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps. Curtain goes up at ...
  • Hitchcock on the radio brought to stage - Warwick Courier (28/Apr/2013)
    New amateur dramatics group Majikal Theatre are taking on tour the European script debut of Joe Landry's Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play - an evening of adaptations of Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps. Curtain goes up at ...
  • Spellbound by Hitchcock? Bid on some memorabilia… - Classic Driver (28/Apr/2013)
    For those fascinated by the sometimes dark, always interesting world of Alfred Hitchcock, two forthcoming Christie's sales separately list a b/w portrait and an original film poster. The Edinburgh-born photographer Albert Watson took this study (above) of the ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock and His Blondes - Classic Driver (28/Apr/2013)
    In the space of just two years (1954 and 1955), Kelly starred in three of Hitchcock's most famous films. A strenuous schedule but one that the tough actress took in her stride, such was her inner strength and ability to cope with the ever-demanding director.
  • The Cars of the Hitchcock Films - Classic Driver (28/Apr/2013)
    29/04/2013. The Cars of the Hitchcock Films. While the films of Alfred Hitchcock might not be about cars, they do feature them. Outside the predictable traffic jam of contemporary Americana lie some interesting vehicles – here are our favourites.
  • Teachable Moments: Hitchcock exploited the chilling thrill of fear - The Tennessean (29/Apr/2013)
    Donald Spoto wrote of Alfred Hitchcock in his 1999 biography, “The Dark Side of Genius,” that “the mystery of Hitchcock himself was, for a long time, as puzzling as any of the plots of his espionage thrillers. “No one responsible for such a unique body of work ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Sports Network (29/Apr/2013)
    Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - It was 33 years ago today that one of the great film directors who ever lived, Alfred Hitchcock, died at the age of 80 in his home in Bel Air, Calif. In today's piece we honor his effort behind the camera with players who ...
  • TEACHABLE MOMENTS: Hitchcock exploited the chilling thrill of fear - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle (29/Apr/2013)
    Donald Spoto wrote of Alfred Hitchcock in his 1999 biography, “The Dark Side of Genius,” that “the mystery of Hitchcock himself was, for a long time, as puzzling as any of the plots of his espionage thrillers. “No one responsible for such a unique body of work ...
  • Blu-ray Review: Criterion Treats Cult Hit 'Repo Man' Like Classic Film - HollywoodChicago.com (29/Apr/2013)
    A film by Alfred Hitchcock or Akira Kurosawa or Charles Chaplin can sit next to a cult hit like “Repo Man.” I grew up in the era of “Repo Man“'s growing cult status and it's amazing to me to see this midnight movie given the same level of respect as films widely ...
  • Tippi Hedren Hitchcock Claims are Unfounded Says Author - Your-Story.org (press release) (30/Apr/2013)
    Scottish film historian Brian Hannan has cast doubts on Tippi Hedren's claims that her career was ruined by director Alfred Hitchcock after Marnie was released in 1964. In a new book Hitchcock's Hollywood Hell, published by Baroliant Press, the author ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's House Hits Market for $1.4 Million - Haute Living - Haute Living (30/Apr/2013)
    Talk about a haunted house! The four-bedroom, four-bath Colonial home where Alfred Hitchcock wrote the 1963 classic “The Birds” has been listed for $1.4 million, reports the New York Daily News. Located in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, the home is ...
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