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August 2013

  • Hitchcock's silent films find a new life - Chicago Tribune (01/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock has gone down in movie history as a chatty fellow, the roguish filmmaker and droll TV host gleefully impersonated by Anthony Hopkins in last fall's "Hitchcock." But the British-born master of suspense began his career in the era when movies ...
  • Legendary Entertainment - Inland Empire Weekly (01/Aug/2013)
    If you asked the average movie fan about Alfred Hitchcock, he or she'd most likely associate him with Psycho—especially due to that familiar film's famous shower scene—or, perhaps, The Birds. However, such associations would barely scratch the surface of ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: the directors' cut - Time Out Chicago (blog) (01/Aug/2013)
    "I'm not especially a Hitchcock fan, but I love Rear Window. For me, it stands alone among his movies for its warmth and humanity. Some have accused it of being voyeuristic, but that's rubbish; all films are voyeuristic, in the sense that we're being a fly on the ...
  • The Hitchcock 9: The Master of Suspense's silent films coming to Music Box - Time Out Chicago (01/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's surviving silent films from the 1920s will show at the Music Box August 9–13. Known as the Hitchcock 9, the collection of films have been restored by the British Film Institute National Archive. In anticipation of the Hitchcock 9's global tour, ...
  • Dial M For Murder 3D - Sky Tyne and Wear (02/Aug/2013)
    Almost 60 years after its initial release, Alfred Hitchcock's seminal thriller returns to cinemas in glorious 3D as the director originally intended. Based on a hit Broadway play by Frederick Knott, who also penned the screenplay, Dial M For Murder centres on ...
  • Hitchcock's restored first film shows roots of fascination with dance - Washington Post (02/Aug/2013)
    Of Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic obsessions, the moving body is one of the most remarkable. He lingered on bodies in motion with a choreographer's eye to show us panic, passion and the fragile nature of sanity. Now, in a newly restored version of Hitchcock's ...
  • Hitchcock's restored first film shows roots of fascination with dance - Washington Post (02/Aug/2013)
    Of Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic obsessions, the moving body is one of the most remarkable. He lingered on bodies in motion with a choreographer's eye to show us panic, passion and the fragile nature of sanity. Now, in a newly restored version of Hitchcock's ...
  • Sherlock's Channels Hitchcock Every Sunday in August - Dallas Observer (blog) (02/Aug/2013)
    Before the rise of the ever popular gore-porn and slasher genres, Alfred Hitchcock was there providing psychological terror. To celebrate Hitchcock's birthday month, Sherlock's Baker St. Pub & Grill in Dallas (9100 N. Central Expressway) will be hosting ...
  • Restoring Hitchcock's silent masterpieces - This is Local London (04/Aug/2013)
    The British Film Institute (BFI) has been previewing the restored works of legendary Leytonstone-born director Alfred Hitchcock. Before the success of his latter works including Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), Hitchcock created nine silent films, which ...
  • Restoring Hitchcock's silent masterpieces - East London and West Essex Guardian Series (04/Aug/2013)
    The British Film Institute (BFI) has been previewing the restored works of legendary Leytonstone-born director Alfred Hitchcock. Before the success of his latter works including Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), Hitchcock created nine silent films, which ...
  • Hitchcock's silent gems back on screen - South China Morning Post (04/Aug/2013)
    Scratched, faded and in desperate need of repair after more than 87 years, director Alfred Hitchcock's silent movies could have disappeared and remained just a memory. But thanks to restoration work done by the British Film Institute, they are seeing a ...
  • Restoring Hitchcock's silent masterpieces - East London and West Essex Guardian Series (04/Aug/2013)
    The British Film Institute (BFI) has been previewing the restored works of legendary Leytonstone-born director Alfred Hitchcock. Before the success of his latter works including Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), Hitchcock created nine silent films, which ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: The Birds - Santa Ynez Valley News (04/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: The Birds. Fri, Aug 16 2013, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT. Saved. Save Event; My Saved Items · Print Email. Part of the FREE Alfred Hitchcock Nights summer cinema series! Description: A wealthy San Francisco socialite (Tippi Hedren) ...
  • TV Diary: A quiz on Alfred Hitchcock's work - News Sentinel (05/Aug/2013)
    TV Diary: A quiz on Alfred Hitchcock's work. By Sheryl Krieg of The News-Sentinel. Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 12:01 am. Hitch. One word defines the man. The Master of Suspense. Four words define his role as a filmmaking perfectionist. Of course, I am ...
  • Discount Hitchcock tickets for Waltham Forest residents - East London and West Essex Guardian Series (06/Aug/2013)
    The 'Hitchcock's East End' programme will celebrate the work of famous Leytonstone resident and film director, Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was born just around the corner from where a screening of Vertigo at St Margaret's Church in Leytonstone will kick off ...
  • Discount Hitchcock tickets for Waltham Forest residents - This is Local London (06/Aug/2013)
    The 'Hitchcock's East End' programme will celebrate the work of famous Leytonstone resident and film director, Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was born just around the corner from where a screening of Vertigo at St Margaret's Church in Leytonstone will kick off ...
  • Insurer offers $1.3 million reward in jewel heist - KTVU San Francisco (06/Aug/2013)
    The jewels belonging to the Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev were on display at the same hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" when a single gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then ...
  • Insurer offers $1.3 million reward in jewel heist - The Edwardsville Intelligencer (06/Aug/2013)
    The jewels belonging to the Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev were on display at the same hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" when a single gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then ...
  • BWW Reviews: GCT's THE 39 STEPS Is a Gigantic Winner - Broadway World (06/Aug/2013)
    Who can top the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock? His stamp on any work makes it eternally the best. Book adaptor Patrick Barlow takes a suspenseful Hitchcock film (1935) of the same name The 39 Steps and fashions a thoroughly entertaining, highly ...
  • Discount Hitchcock tickets for Waltham Forest residents - East London and West Essex Guardian Series (06/Aug/2013)
    The 'Hitchcock's East End' programme will celebrate the work of famous Leytonstone resident and film director, Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was born just around the corner from where a screening of Vertigo at St Margaret's Church in Leytonstone will kick off ...
  • "The Hitchcock 9" presents the silent-era works, loud and clear - Chicago Reader (blog) (07/Aug/2013)
    musicboxtheatre.com. Earlier this year, the British Film Institute completed the largest restoration project in its history, creating pristine new prints of Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent movies, which had fallen into terrible shape over the past eight decades.
  • Berkeley screenings highlight restored early Hitchcock films - Inside Bay Area (07/Aug/2013)
    There's no argument: Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a master filmmaker is Olympian. And so it is fitting that nine, rare, silent features, created by the British-born director from 1925 to 1929 and screening at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive ...
  • Berkeley screenings highlight restored early Hitchcock films - Inside Bay Area (07/Aug/2013)
    There's no argument: Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a master filmmaker is Olympian. And so it is fitting that nine, rare, silent features, created by the British-born director from 1925 to 1929 and screening at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive ...
  • Jimmy Janowski Returns to Bodega Bay - Artvoice (07/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's classic suspense film, The Birds, was released in 1963, making this year its 50th anniversary. Naturally, Jimmy Janowski wanted to celebrate the event by returning to the scene of the attack, Bodega Bay, California, with a revival his own ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Notorious - Santa Maria Times (08/Aug/2013)
    Description: A beautiful woman (Ingrid Bergman) is recruited to infiltrate a group of Nazis by a government agent (Cary Grant). But how far will she have to go to win them over? With a steamy love scene and a plot point that drew scrutiny from the FBI, this is ...
  • HUMORING HITCHCOCK - U-T San Diego (08/Aug/2013)
    At first glance, Alfred Hitchcock and Monty Python don't make much sense together. The suspense film master and influential sketch comedians seemingly have little in common beyond their British origins. But Lamb's Players Theatre's “The 39 Steps” throws ...
  • Lamb's Players humors Hitchcock with '39 Steps' - U-T San Diego (08/Aug/2013)
    At first glance, Alfred Hitchcock and Monty Python don't make much sense together. The suspense film master and influential sketch comedians seemingly have little in common beyond their British origins. But Lamb's Players Theatre's “The 39 Steps” throws ...
  • Nobody knows why dozens of birds fell from the sky in Winnipeg - Canada.com (08/Aug/2013)
    In a scene reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock, hundreds of birds started acting strangely in Winnipeg's North End on Wednesday before dozens fell dead from the sky. The birds are common grackles, according to Manitoba Conservation, which is investigating the ...
  • Gulls hold woman, 69, prisoner for 4 days - Express.co.uk (08/Aug/2013)
    Gulls hold woman, 69, prisoner for 4 days. A PENSIONER was trapped in her home for four days by aggressive seagulls in a scene eerily reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's scary movie The Birds. By: Mark Lister. Published: Fri, August 9, 2013. Tweet.
  • Early silent films set off Alfred Hitchcock's visuals - Chicago Sun-Times (08/Aug/2013)
    'The Hitchcock 9” is a collection of silent films from the '20s — no relation to the noisy Chicago 8 defendants on trial in 1969. Nine early Alfred Hitchcock works restored by the British Film Institute will screen Friday through Tuesday at the Music Box Theatre.
  • Derek Malcolm recommends: Hitchcock 9 - Evening Standard (09/Aug/2013)
    The only time I interviewed Alfred Hitchcock was in the back of his Rolls-Royce outside the set of Frenzy, his last and by no means his best film. I knew the shoot was in progress and, after about 40 minutes of question and answer, politely asked if I was ...
  • Great popular art, past and present, and the rest of this week's movies - Chicago Reader (09/Aug/2013)
    I know it's just a coincidence, but it feels appropriate that Johnnie To's Drug War is opening in Chicago on the same weekend that a series of newly restored Alfred Hitchcock films comes through town. To is one of the only contemporary filmmakers in a position ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock at the Gravenhurst Opera House - Simcoe.com (09/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, Adapted by Patrick Barlow, is now playing at the Gravenhurst Opera House as part of the 2013 Muskoka Summer Theatre. The 39 Steps, produced by the City of Orillia plays at 7:30 p.m. on August 10. In The 39 Steps, the hero, ...
  • Hitchcock Classic at The Hi Pointe - KMOX.com (09/Aug/2013)
    cbs, Classic Flims, entertainment, harry hamm, Hi-Pointe, KMOX. Alfred Hitchcock called it his favorite film, and now it is being remembered in a special screening at 10:30 am on Saturday, August 10 at The Hi Pointe Theater. It's part of The Hi Pointe's Classic ...
  • Chicago's Music Box Hosts Alfred Hitchcock's Restored Silent Films - Crabby Golightly (10/Aug/2013)
    THE NAME ALFRED HITCHCOCK IS SYNONYMOUS WITH STYLIZED THRILLERS that captivated audiences with stunning cinematography and tight storylines. But even the auteur was once a neophyte, and now's your chance to see the famous director's ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Strangers on a Train - Santa Ynez Valley News (10/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Strangers on a Train. Fri, Aug 23 2013, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT. Saved. Save Event; My Saved Items · Print Email. Part of the FREE Alfred Hitchcock Nights summer cinema series! Description: While taking a train to meet his wife, ...
  • Weekly Top Five: Rediscoveries - Chicago Reader (blog) (11/Aug/2013)
    The big news in Chicago moviegoing this week is the arrival of the Hitchcock 9, a series of newly remastered early Alfred Hitchcock films that will be screening at the Music Box through Tuesday. We've got a sidebar to commemorate the occasion, but anyone ...
  • Blackstone's Studzinski, Deutsche Return Hitchcock to East End - Businessweek (11/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's East London birthplace is soon to host a yearlong season of his films -- courtesy of a charity that has John Studzinski, senior managing director of Blackstone Group LP (BX:US), as its chairman. The program, drawn up by Create London, ...
  • How To Dress Like a Hitchcock Heroine - Refinery29 (blog) (12/Aug/2013)
    Known to some as Sir Alfred, others as Hitch, and everyone else as The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock forever redefined what constitutes a great thriller. Tomorrow marks the legendary director's birthday, and what better way to pay tribute than to ...
  • Dozens of dead and disoriented birds 'fall like rain' over Winnipeg - io9 (12/Aug/2013)
    In what is being described as a scene straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, hundreds of black birds, possibly grackles, began flocking in a “bizarre manner” atop trees, rooftops, and vehicles in Winnipeg's north end. And then they just started to drop one ...
  • Quick, Ten MInute Short Highlighting the Title Work of Saul Bass - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (12/Aug/2013)
    ... Bass' lesser known title sequences and making the rounds today (courtesy of Film.com) is a short documentary on Bass and primarily his title design on Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, with brief looks at his work on Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, ...
  • Horror Poster Redux: Mondo Does Hitchcock's Psycho - ShockTillYouDrop.com (12/Aug/2013)
    The team is tackling the works of Alfred Hitchcock and, today, it revealed its poster design of the milestone Psycho. You can check out the full art - by Tomer Hanuka - inside. As usual, you'll have to monitor Mondo's twitter feed to know when it goes on sale ...
  • Check Out These Three Amazing Hitchcock Mondo Posters - Controlled Obsession (12/Aug/2013)
    Today they revealed three new posters for two Alfred Hitchcock films to celebrate the director's birthday. We've already seen Rear Window and Psycho get posters in the past couple of years, but tomorrow Mondo will release two posters for Vertigo, as well as ...
  • Mondo Debuts New Poster Artwork for Hitchcock's 'Pyscho' & 'Vertigo' - First Showing (12/Aug/2013)
    "We cordially invite you to join us in celebrating the birthday of one of the most important filmmakers of all time, Sir Alfred Hitchcock." It's Hitchcock's birthday on August 13th (he would've been 114) and Mondo is celebrating by releasing three brand new prints ...
  • Celebrate Hitchcock's Birthday With New Mondo Psycho and Vertigo Posters - FEARnet.com (12/Aug/2013)
    In honor of Alfred Hitchcock's birthday on August 13th, Mondo is releasing a whole bunch of new goodies. Tomer Hanuka has created a new Psycho poster, while Ghoulish Gary Pullin has two for Vertigo. In addition to the three posters, they have a new T-shirt ...
  • Today in History for August 13th - Watch List News (press release) (12/Aug/2013)
    Highlights of this day in history: First steps toward building the Berlin Wall during the Cold War; Cuba's Fidel Castro born; Spain's Cortez captures what's now Mexico City; Director Alfred Hitchcock born; Baseball's Mickey Mantle dies. (Aug. 13). “Today in ...
  • The legendary Alfred Hitchcock and the 1938 Ashes series in England - Cricket Country (12/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock, arguably the first great name in the genre of suspense and thrillers, was born on August 13, 1899. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at his exaltation at realising that the events of a Hitchcock movie had coincided exactly with an Ashes Test.
  • Information Please - Vancouver Sun (13/Aug/2013)
    I've been watching a lot of Alfred Hitchcock movies on cable lately. Which was the last one he directed? - Steve Collier, via email That was the 1976 comedy-thriller Family Plot, which starred Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern as fortune seekers who crossed ...
  • Information Please - Vancouver Sun (13/Aug/2013)
    I've been watching a lot of Alfred Hitchcock movies on cable lately. Which was the last one he directed? - Steve Collier, via email That was the 1976 comedy-thriller Family Plot, which starred Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern as fortune seekers who crossed ...
  • Today is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday! - iSubscribe (13/Aug/2013)
    Did you know that today would have marked Alfred Hitchcock's 114th birthday if he hadn't passed away back in 1980? We bet those of you film buffs with a Sight and Sound magazine subscription probably did, actually! The legendary filmmaker created some ...
  • 25 Best films of Alfred Hitchcock - Desimartini (13/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, if not the greatest. He is to cinema what Dickens is to literature and Shakespeare is to theater. His filmmaking craft has created and defined film technique and storytelling. Hitchcock is ...
  • Today in history - August 13 - Independent Online (13/Aug/2013)
    Highlights of this day in history: First steps toward building the Berlin Wall during the Cold War; Cuba's Fidel Castro born; Spain's Cortez captures what's now Mexico City; Director Alfred Hitchcock born; Baseball's Mickey Mantle dies. August 13 2013 at 03: ...
  • Watch: 55-Minute Documentary On Movie Title Master Saul Bass - Indie Wire (blog) (13/Aug/2013)
    From films by Alfred Hitchcock to pictures by Martin Scorsese, Bass was behind many of the most distinctive and evocative title sequences, for some of the greatest films ever made. We're big Bass fans here at the Playlist, of both his title sequences (we ...
  • Go Home From the Stacks: “In Memoriam—Alfred Hitchcock” - The New Republic (13/Aug/2013)
    When Alfred Hitchcock died, Mark Crispin Miller wrote an impassioned defense of Hitchcock's legacy, railing against the largely-dismissive critical consensus at the time. Citing Hitchcock as "among the greatest artists of this century," Miller even went so far as ...
  • Dial B for Birthday - Huffington Post (blog) (13/Aug/2013)
    Showering with a Psycho? Pecked to death by lovebirds? Sending your wife on vacation -- in three different suitcases? Jack Meyer Presents: Happy Birthday, Mr. Hitchcock! Sir Alfred Hitchcock directed over 50 films throughout his lifetime. August 13 marks ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: The Birds - Santa Maria Times (13/Aug/2013)
    Part of the FREE Alfred Hitchcock Nights summer cinema series! Description: A wealthy San Francisco socialite (Tippi Hedren) pursues a love interest to Bodega Bay, but she's unprepared when her trip takes a bizarre turn: The birds in the area have started to ...
  • 'The Lady Vanishes' review: A pleasurable remake - San Francisco Chronicle (13/Aug/2013)
    You have to be either foolhardy or very brave to attempt a new version of a novel that served as the basis for a classic Alfred Hitchcock film. But whatever prompted the BBC to remake "The Lady Vanishes," the result is entertaining without either dethroning ...
  • SUPERCUT: Every Alfred Hitchcock Cameo for Hitch's Birthday - Film Drunk (13/Aug/2013)
    I don't know what the etiquette is on celebrating a dead guy's birthday, but Alfred Hitchcock would've been 114 today, and as fat and prolific as ever, if renal failure hadn't taken him in 1980 (I think? Look, I'm not a doctor). In honor of his birthday, here's a ...
  • MOST VIEWED STORIES - Pioneer Press (blog) (13/Aug/2013)
    I love Alfred Hitchcock and I love lists, so I'm celebrating the birthday of the Master of Suspense with this list of my 11 favorite Hitchcock films. Go see 'em! 1. “Shadow of a Doubt” — Also Hitchcock's favorite, it was written by Thornton Wilder (“Our Town”).
  • [Interview Dan Fogler Takes Us Into The Demented World of 'Moon Lake' In His ...] - Bloody Disgusting (13/Aug/2013)
    His films Balls of Fury and Fanboys have provided countless hours of laughs for geeks across the globe. Fogler is an avid comic book reader and long-time horror fan with a deep appreciation for classic TV shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Tales from the ...
  • Happy 114th, Alfred Hitchcock! - Pioneer Press (blog) (13/Aug/2013)
    I love Alfred Hitchcock and I love lists, so I'm celebrating the birthday of the Master of Suspense with this list of my 11 favorite Hitchcock films. Go see 'em! 1. “Shadow of a Doubt” — Also Hitchcock's favorite, it was written by Thornton Wilder (“Our Town”).
  • Why I love Hitchcock - Stuff.co.nz (blog) (13/Aug/2013)
    There was a double-page spread on Alfred Hitchcock with pictures of his classic movies. I could feel my mind expanding - "You mean one guy directed The Birds and North by Northwest and Rear Window?!?" These were films that seemed to be shown on ...
  • Mondo Releases New PSYCHO & VERTIGO Art Prints to Celebrate Alfred ... - Gotham News (13/Aug/2013)
    To commemorate legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's birthday today, premiere pop culture art gallery Mondo is releasing three new prints featuring two the iconic director's most popular movies. To celebrate legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's birthday ...
  • A Birthday Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock - New Yorker (blog) (13/Aug/2013)
    It isn't enough that Alfred Hitchcock's “Vertigo” landed at the top spot of the 2012 Sight & Sound poll as the best film of all time; he's also the most influential director of all time, for reasons good and otherwise. Influence isn't something that an artist controls.
  • The legendary Alfred Hitchcock and the 1938 Ashes series in England - Zee News (13/Aug/2013)
    The legendary Alfred Hitchcock and the 1938 Ashes series in England Abhishek MukherjeeAlfred Hitchcock, arguably the first great name in the genre of suspense and thrillers, was born on August 13, 1899. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at his exaltation at ...
  • 25 Best films of Alfred Hitchcock - Desimartini (14/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, if not the greatest. He is to cinema what Dickens is to literature and Shakespeare is to theater. His filmmaking craft has created and defined film technique and storytelling. Hitchcock is ...
  • See Hitchcock's The Birds On Outdoor Screen - Londonist (14/Aug/2013)
    See Hitchcock's The Birds On Outdoor Screen. birds. Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is running a one-off screening of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds on 1 September. The 1960′s classic sees a motley and rancorous flock of Californian avians targeting Tippi ...
  • Meet the BUA's Jimmy Janowski - WBFO (14/Aug/2013)
    The play is a spoof on the original 1963-Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds. The BUA actors bring humor to the scenes. Men play all the women characters. Jimmy Janowski stars in the role of Melanie Daniels -- portrayed in the movie by actress Tippi Hendren.
  • "The Birds" flock to free screenings in Santa Barbara - KSBY San Luis Obispo News (14/Aug/2013)
    In Alfred Hitchcock's classic, "The Birds," Tippi Hedren plays a bay area socialite who follows a love interest to Bodega Bay after he plays a prank on her. She's about to leave when she's dive-bombed by a seagull. Her beau comes to her rescue, but as the ...
  • Some Early Hitchcock Treasures Make Director 'Notorious' - Patch.com (14/Aug/2013)
    In honor of Alfred Hitchcock's birthday on August 13 (Hitchcock died in 1980 at the age of 80…he would have been 114 this year), I thought I would examine some of the Hitchcock movies I have yet to cover. Yes, I do review a lot of Hitchcock. One, I am a true ...
  • A Panoramic Time-Lapse View of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rear Window' - PetaPixel (15/Aug/2013)
    I dissected all of Hitchcock's Rear Window and stiched it back together in After Effects. I stabilized all the shots with camera movement in them. Since everything was filmed from pretty much the same angle I was able to match them into a single panoramic ...
  • Bay Area repertory film picks, Aug. 15-18 - HispanicBusiness.com (15/Aug/2013)
    15--Hitchcock Silents: If you missed June's glorious event at the Castro Theatre -- the British Film Institute-restored prints of all nine surviving silent films by Alfred Hitchcock -- you have another chance in Berkeley the next two weeks. Although only two of the ...
  • 'The Lady Vanishes' on PBS - New York Times (15/Aug/2013)
    Published: August 15, 2013. Is it fair to compare “The Lady Vanishes,” a new “Masterpiece Mystery!” movie on Sunday night, with the Alfred Hitchcock thriller of the same title from 1938? It doesn't really matter, because if you've seen the original, it's impossible ...
  • Bay Area repertory film picks, Aug. 15-18 - San Francisco Chronicle (15/Aug/2013)
    Hitchcock Silents: If you missed June's glorious event at the Castro Theatre - the British Film Institute-restored prints of all nine surviving silent films by Alfred Hitchcock - you have another chance in Berkeley the next two weeks. Although only two of the nine ...
  • 'Lady' not bad, but not as good as Hitchcock's - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (16/Aug/2013)
    You have to be either foolhardy or brave to attempt a new version of a novel that served as the basis for a classic Alfred Hitchcock film. But whatever prompted the BBC to remake “The Lady Vanishes,” the result is entertaining without either dethroning ...
  • The Complete Hitchcock—in Charts - Slate Magazine (blog) (16/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock would have turned 114 years old this week, and to celebrate his birthday, designers Adam Frost and Zhenia Vasiliev put together this gorgeous infographic charting all the director's tics, signatures, and obsessions. (Click for a zoomable ...
  • “The Lady Vanishes” reappears in new version on PBS - Channel Guide Magazine (blog) (16/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock famously adapted Ethel Lina White's 1936 novel The Wheel Spins into the 1938 film The Lady Vanishes, and that has remained the most familiar adaptation (despite a 1979 remake) for decades. But earlier this year, the BBC aired a new ...
  • Hitchcocked by Sound & Fury: Review - Edmonton Journal (blog) (16/Aug/2013)
    This meandering parody-homage to the work of film director Alfred Hitchcock has the laboured feel of an overly long school assembly skit. It isn't a good sign when we start with an apparently serious discussion about whether one of the three members of this ...
  • PBS offers new take on 'Lady Vanishes' - Houston Chronicle (16/Aug/2013)
    You have to be either foolhardy or very brave to attempt a new version of a novel that served as the basis for a classic Alfred Hitchcock film. But whatever prompted the BBC to remake "The Lady Vanishes," the result is entertaining without either dethroning ...
  • Watch: 30-Minute Documentary 'Obsessed With Vertigo' About The Making ... - Indie Wire (blog) (16/Aug/2013)
    Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" had long dominated the top tier, but 2012 saw the film drop to the second slot, to be replaced by Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" as the best movie ever. Of course, such rankings are a bit silly, but that didn't stop film fans from ...
  • Laughter flies in 'The Birds' - Chicago Tribune (16/Aug/2013)
    The opening shtick of "The Birds," surely one of the funniest camp parodies in off-Loop history, involves an actress playing Peggy Robertson, Alfred Hitchcock's assistant. The famously brittle Peggy leads the bemused audience from the Berger Mansion — the ...
  • The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend - Berkeleyside (16/Aug/2013)
    THE LODGER The Pacific Film Archive is showing Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 film, The Lodger, on Friday, Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. in a digitally restored print from the British Film Archive. Hitchcock called his third feature “the first true Hitchcock movie.” It was his first ...
  • PBS offers new take on 'Lady Vanishes' - MiamiHerald.com (16/Aug/2013)
    You have to be either foolhardy or brave to attempt a new version of a novel that served as the basis for a classic Alfred Hitchcock film. Whatever prompted a BBC remake of The Lady Vanishes, which can be seen Sunday on PBS' Masterpiece, the result is ...
  • 'The Lady Vanishes': one disappears, another delves - Worcester Telegram (17/Aug/2013)
    movie on Sunday night, with the Alfred Hitchcock thriller of the same title from 1938? It doesn't really matter, because if you've seen the original, it's impossible to do otherwise. Alan Cumming, the host of "Mystery!," acknowledges this in his introduction.
  • What's On Sunday - New York Times (17/Aug/2013)
    movie, based on Ethel Lina White's 1936 novel, “The Wheel Spins,” from which Alfred Hitchcock adapted his 1938 thriller, “The Lady Vanishes,” Iris Carr (Tuppence Middleton, above, with Tom Hughes), a beautiful young socialite, is befriended on a train by an ...
  • California Missions Museum Movie Night - Sonoma Valley Sun (18/Aug/2013)
    What do Alfred Hitchcock and Missions have in common? Join us on September 14 for a movie night benefitting the California Missions Museum to find out. At 7:30 pm we'll be screening Hitchcock's iconic psychological thriller, Vertigo, popping some corn and ...
  • Sunday TV: 'Breaking Bad,' 'The Lady Vanishes' - USA TODAY (18/Aug/2013)
    A few days after Alfred Hitchcock's Aug. 13 birthday, Masterpiece Mystery! offers this British remake of one of his early classics, The Lady Vanishes. This time around, Tuppence Middleton stars as a young British traveler on a foreign train who is the only one ...
  • New take on 'The Lady Vanishes' - San Antonio Express (18/Aug/2013)
    You have to be either foolhardy or very brave to attempt a new version of a novel that served as the basis for a classic Alfred Hitchcock film. But whatever prompted the BBC to remake “The Lady Vanishes,” the result is entertaining without either dethroning ...
  • Masterpiece Mystery!: The Lady Vanishes - A.V. Club (18/Aug/2013)
    But the reason the new film is titled The Lady Vanishes is that it was the name of the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock movie adapted from White's novel. The movie is surely the main reason that White's work is any better-remembered than most 77-year-old suspense ...
  • The Lady Vanishes: Was Alfred Hitchcock's Original Better? - The Inquisitr (19/Aug/2013)
    The decision to remake the classic film for television, 'The Lady Vanishes', directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock in 1938, was always a bold one. The original screenplay was adapted from a novel by Ethel Lina White, called The Wheel Spins, and had all ...
  • 'The Lady Vanishes' remake airs on PBS, gets mixed ratings - UPI.com (blog) (19/Aug/2013)
    A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic "The Lady Vanishes" premiered on PBS as a new "Masterpiece Mystery!" movie on Sunday. Both films are adaptations of Ethel Lina White's novel "The Wheel Spins," and tell the story of a young woman who meets an ...
  • 'The Lady Vanishes': Hitchcock original better than PBS remake - Examiner.com (19/Aug/2013)
    "The Lady Vanishes" as originally done by Alfred Hitchcock was better than the PBS version. Many agree that once you have seen the original done in 1938, the Masterpiece Theater remake does not hold up. According to The Inquisitr on August 19, 2013, the ...
  • The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend - Berkeleyside (19/Aug/2013)
    THE LODGER The Pacific Film Archive is showing Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 film, The Lodger, on Friday, Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. in a digitally restored print from the British Film Archive. Hitchcock called his third feature “the first true Hitchcock movie.” It was his first ...
  • “The Lady Vanishes”: Remake Better, Worse, the Same? - WebProNews (19/Aug/2013)
    Both the original, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1938, and this 2013 remake, are based on the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. The story takes place in the 1930s and is about a young British socialite, Iris, on her way home from the ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Strangers on a Train - Santa Maria Times (20/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Strangers on a Train. Fri, Aug 23 2013, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT. Saved. Save Event; My Saved Items · Print Email. Part of the FREE Alfred Hitchcock Nights summer cinema series! Description: While taking a train to meet his wife, ...
  • Check Into the Bates Motel Next Month - HorrorTalk (20/Aug/2013)
    From the producers of “Lost” and “Friday Night Lights” comes the “moody, twisty, creepy and gloriously insane” (Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times) “Bates Motel”: Season One. This re-imagining of one of Alfred Hitchcock's beloved masterpieces weaves a ...
  • Virginia Film Festival Will Screen Hitchcock's 'The Birds' - The Charlottesville Newsplex (20/Aug/2013)
    They will screen Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" on November 8, followed by a post-movie discussion with one of the film's stars, Tippi Hedren. "The Birds" came out in 1963, and the quote Hitchcock: "it could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever ...
  • 'The 39 Steps' gives Hitchcock the comic treatment - San Diego CityBEAT (21/Aug/2013)
    With all the critical drooling over the oeuvre of Alfred Hitchcock, it's nice to know that the master of suspense can still be played for laughs. Mel Brooks left no sight gag unturned in spoofing Hitchcock's films in his 1977 romp High Anxiety; neither does Patrick ...
  • 'The 39 Steps' gives Hitchcock the comic treatment - San Diego CityBEAT (21/Aug/2013)
    With all the critical drooling over the oeuvre of Alfred Hitchcock, it's nice to know that the master of suspense can still be played for laughs. Mel Brooks left no sight gag unturned in spoofing Hitchcock's films in his 1977 romp High Anxiety; neither does Patrick ...
  • Give Yourself Vertigo Plunging Into Hitchcock's Cinematic Obsessions - Co.Design (22/Aug/2013)
    There are a sizable number of morbid obsessions that tend to recirculate through the films of that great, wry, roly-poly master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock: domineering mothers, icy blondes, plunging spiral staircases, the wrongly accused man, erotic train ...
  • Katie Trotter: Hitchcock heroine chic is back in vogue - The National (22/Aug/2013)
    There is no doubt that Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, was enraptured by the threat of feminine allure. Although he would probably have dismissed the whimsical nature of fashion as wholly unimportant, he ultimately understood the power of style ...
  • Reviewers Should Do Their Homework - Huffington Post (blog) (22/Aug/2013)
    movie with the Alfred Hitchcock thriller of the same title from 1938? It doesn't really matter, because if you've seen the original, it's impossible to do otherwise. But you know what? He's asked the wrong question. The real comparison should be with the book ...
  • Shane Carruth's precision vision - Irish Times (22/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock was fond of explaining how, when he was once caught doing something naughty, his father took him down to the police station and asked to have the boy locked up. All those paranoid stories now make sense. Shane Carruth, a neat, polite ...
  • Santa Barbara Goes Psycho for Free Hitchcock Film Series - Noozhawk (22/Aug/2013)
    If this summer's free film series in Santa Barbara has proven anything, it's that Alfred Hitchcock can still capture audiences. The weekly screenings of Hitchcock's classic thrillers have packed Campbell Hall at UCSB and the Santa Barbara Courthouse's ...
  • Forestburgh Playhouse closes season with 'The 39 Steps' - Times Herald-Record (23/Aug/2013)
    The Forestburgh Playhouse is finishing its season of musicals, cabaret and a dash of surprise with the Alfred Hitchcock homage "The 39 Steps." Written by Patrick Barlow and adapted in part from the 1935 Hitchcock film of the same name, there are plenty of ...
  • Forestburgh Playhouse closes season with 'The 39 Steps' - Times Herald-Record (23/Aug/2013)
    The Forestburgh Playhouse is finishing its season of musicals, cabaret and a dash of surprise with the Alfred Hitchcock homage "The 39 Steps." Written by Patrick Barlow and adapted in part from the 1935 Hitchcock film of the same name, there are plenty of ...
  • 'The Birds': Tippi tells all at Virginia Film Festival - The Hook (24/Aug/2013)
    A movie that terrified a generation will screen again on its 50th anniversary at the Virginia Film Festival, which is bringing Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and its star, Tippi Hedren, to Charlottesville. Hedren, 83, made her film debut in The Birds after being spotted ...
  • Palace Theater hosts Hitchcock Movie Series - WAVE (24/Aug/2013)
    Hundreds packed the Palace Theater Saturday night for the chance to catch a cinematic masterpiece on the big screen. The classic work of Alfred Hitchcock, 'North by Northwest,' transformed the Palace Theater into an old fashioned movie house. The theater ...
  • Hitchcock prefigured - South China Morning Post (25/Aug/2013)
    But Alfred Hitchcock - England's first superstar director - remains a keystone in his curatorial career. In addition to film exhibition, distribution and marketing, Baker had been a director or programmer for the London Children's Film Festival, the London Lesbian ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO Midnights at the Tivoli This Weekend - We Are Movie Geeks (26/Aug/2013)
    All great movies must be seen at least twice to understand how great they are. That is true in spades for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller VERTIGO. The story is smart the first time through but it's brilliant the second time through. Just last year, Sight and Sound ...
  • Films by Alfred Hitchcock on the agenda at One Day University at R.I. ... - The Providence Journal (26/Aug/2013)
    PROVIDENCE — Alfred Hitchcock's restless creativity and constant innovation marked his genius, says Bard College Prof. Joseph Luzzi. A consummate craftsman, Hitchcock blended “the intensely psychological with wit.” Luzzi is one of three professors ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Fell Victim To Beatlemania Just Like The Rest Of Us - Huffington Post (27/Aug/2013)
    The answer: Alfred Hitchcock. According to Retronaut, the Kodak moment was snapped in 1964 while the "Psycho" director was donning a Beatles-style mop 'do. We're not sure why, but the mystery and Hitchcock's uncanny resemblance to a particular Stooge ...
  • TV Diary Column - News Sentinel (27/Aug/2013)
    In this hilarious remake of Alfred Hitchcock's “Strangers on a Train,” a student offers to kill his professor's ex-wife in exchange for the professor killing the student's mother. I'm talking about “Throw Momma from the Train,” and it airs at 8 p.m. on WGN America.
  • TV Diary Column - News Sentinel (27/Aug/2013)
    In this hilarious remake of Alfred Hitchcock's “Strangers on a Train,” a student offers to kill his professor's ex-wife in exchange for the professor killing the student's mother. I'm talking about “Throw Momma from the Train,” and it airs at 8 p.m. on WGN America.
  • 'Star Wars' cinematographer Gilbert Taylor dies - Greenwich Time (27/Aug/2013)
    Taylor worked with a wide range of directors, including George Lucas, Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski. He produced distinctive black and white classics including Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" and Richard Lester's Beatlemania chronicle "A Hard ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Fell Victim To Beatlemania Just Like The Rest Of Us - Huffington Post (27/Aug/2013)
    The answer: Alfred Hitchcock. According to Retronaut, the Kodak moment was snapped in 1964 while the "Psycho" director was donning a Beatles-style mop 'do. We're not sure why, but the mystery and Hitchcock's uncanny resemblance to a particular Stooge ...
  • 'Star Wars' cinematographer Gilbert Taylor dies - Beaumont Enterprise (27/Aug/2013)
    Taylor worked with a wide range of directors, including George Lucas, Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski. He produced distinctive black and white classics including Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" and Richard Lester's Beatlemania chronicle "A Hard ...
  • 'Star Wars' cinematographer Gilbert Taylor dies - Houston Chronicle (27/Aug/2013)
    Taylor worked with a wide range of directors, including George Lucas, Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski. He produced distinctive black and white classics including Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" and Richard Lester's Beatlemania chronicle "A Hard ...
  • TV Diary Column - News Sentinel (27/Aug/2013)
    In this hilarious remake of Alfred Hitchcock's “Strangers on a Train,” a student offers to kill his professor's ex-wife in exchange for the professor killing the student's mother. I'm talking about “Throw Momma from the Train,” and it airs at 8 p.m. on WGN America.
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents showed how rotten respectable people could be - A.V. Club (27/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents is the other classic anthology series from the early days of television. Polling friends on favorite episodes of the show often reveals answers episodes of The Twilight Zone. The story about the “talking doll“ is often mistakenly ...
  • Hitchcock fans flock to Bodega Bay for anniversary of 'The Birds' - Denver iJournal (28/Aug/2013)
    The sister communities of Bodega Bay and Bodega will honor the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, “The Birds,” over Labor Day weekend — their second celebration of the year — but this time, lead actress Tippi Hedren will help them roll out the ...
  • Hitchcock fans flock to Bodega Bay for anniversary of The Birds - Aspen Business Journal (28/Aug/2013)
    The sister communities of Bodega Bay and Bodega will honor the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, “The Birds,” over Labor Day weekend — their second celebration of the year — but this time, lead actress Tippi Hedren will help them roll out the ...
  • Cozi TV Sets Month-Long Hitchcock Celebration - TV News Check (28/Aug/2013)
    TVNewsCheck, August 28, 2013 3:19 PM EDT. Throughout the month of September, viewers can tune in to diginet Cozi TV to catch classic films from the “master of suspense,” Alfred Hitchcock. “We are pleased to bring our viewers classic films from one of the ...
  • COZI TV to Air Hitchcock Classics Throughout September - Broadway World (28/Aug/2013)
    Throughout the month of September, viewers can tune in to Cozi TV to catch classic films from their favorite 'master of suspense,' Alfred Hitchcock. COZI TV, the network designed to deliver easy-to-watch and familiar shows to its viewing audience, will pay ...
  • Bodega marks flight of 50 years since 'The Birds' - San Francisco Chronicle (28/Aug/2013)
    Already, the Bodega resident is used to people taking photos of her home, the Potter Schoolhouse, which was immortalized in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror thriller as the spot where students were attacked by crazed crows, seagulls and sparrows in the yard.
  • Billings Studio Theatre Presents THE 39 STEPS, 10/12 - Broadway World (28/Aug/2013)
    Billings Studio Theatre presents THE 39 STEPS, adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan and the movie of Alfred Hitchcock, licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited, and an original concept by Nobby Dimon and Simon Corble.
  • Cincinnati Shakespeare to Stage THE 39 STEPS, 7/19-8/11 - Broadway World (28/Aug/2013)
    Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Cincinnati's stage for the classics, is thrilled to present "The 39 Steps" adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan, from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock, playing July 19- August 11, 2013. This production is ...
  • 'Vertigo' veers into the Electric Dusk Drive-In - Los Angeles Times (29/Aug/2013)
    Bid goodbye to summer in style with a drive-in screening of "Vertigo," the Alfred Hitchcock film that's had an unprecedented trajectory. Dismissed on its original 1958 release, it has steadily risen in critical estimation to the point where it displaced "Citizen Kane" ...
  • 'Vertigo' veers into the Electric Dusk Drive-In - Los Angeles Times (29/Aug/2013)
    Bid goodbye to summer in style with a drive-in screening of "Vertigo," the Alfred Hitchcock film that's had an unprecedented trajectory. Dismissed on its original 1958 release, it has steadily risen in critical estimation to the point where it displaced "Citizen Kane" ...
  • REVIEW: Stoker - Newcastle Herald (29/Aug/2013)
    LAUDED at home for his immaculate yet brutal horrors, South Korea's Chan-wook Park opts to channel the more sophisticated airs of Alfred Hitchcock for this, his English-language feature debut. Working off an impressive script from actor Wentworth Miller ...
  • Hitchcock fans flock to Bodega Bay for anniversary of 'The Birds' - Boulder iJournal (29/Aug/2013)
    The sister communities of Bodega Bay and Bodega will honor the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, “The Birds,” over Labor Day weekend — their second celebration of the year — but this time, lead actress Tippi Hedren will help them roll out the ...
  • Fans of "The Birds" Flock to Bodega Bay - NBC Bay Area (29/Aug/2013)
    Crowds of Alfred Hitchcock fans are descending on Bodega Bay this weekend, for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1963 horror film which left a generation of people wary of winged creatures. "The Birds" was filmed in Bodega Bay, and in San ...
  • Fans of "The Birds" Flock to Bodega Bay - NBC Bay Area (29/Aug/2013)
    Crowds of Alfred Hitchcock fans are descending on Bodega Bay this weekend, for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1963 horror film which left a generation of people wary of winged creatures. "The Birds" was filmed in Bodega Bay, and in San ...
  • Some great classic movies to play in local theaters - Deseret News (29/Aug/2013)
    James Stewart and Kim Novak take a stroll in the Northern California Redwoods in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Vertigo," which starts today at the Tower Theater and will also play in several Cinemark Theaters at the end of September. Universal Pictures.
  • Some great classic movies to play in local theaters - Deseret News (29/Aug/2013)
    James Stewart and Kim Novak take a stroll in the Northern California Redwoods in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Vertigo," which starts today at the Tower Theater and will also play in several Cinemark Theaters at the end of September. Universal Pictures.
  • Plein Soleil: review - Express.co.uk (29/Aug/2013)
    Plein Soleil: review. RENÉ CLÉMENT was often called the French Alfred Hitchcock and the centenary of his birth is marked by a sumptuous restoration and reissue of one of his most enduring successes, Plein Soleil. By: Allan Hunter. Published: Fri, August 30 ...
  • Adoor resurrects Alfred Hitchcock - Deccan Chronicle (30/Aug/2013)
    Alappuzha: Veteran film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has courted yet another controversy by quoting Alfred Hitchcock's famous remark, “actors are cattle,” to explain that actors should submit to a director to deliver what he wants. “Celebrated British ...
  • Movie Review - Blackmail (1929) - Flickering Myth (blog) (30/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock, prior to his acclaimed Hollywood masterpieces such as Vertigo, Psycho and Strangers on a Train, had his roots within the German and British cinema system. This month the BFI are celebrating his silent films in the aptly titled 'Hitchcock ...
  • Middletown's Elks Theatre to Host 'Hitchcock Fest' this Fall - Broadway World (30/Aug/2013)
    The Elks Theatre pays tribute to one of the most influential filmmakers of all time-Alfred Hitchcock, with its first ever Hitchcock Fest. Featuring Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Birds and Psycho. The films are scheduled to show on the following ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Spend Sundays with Master of Suspense - Orlando Sentinel (blog) (30/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock is getting a huge salute from Turner Classic Movies in September, and it's a marvelous chance to study the enduring Hitchcock brand. Forty-three of his movies will play on Sundays during the month. The tribute includes silents, classics and ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Spend Sundays with Master of Suspense - Orlando Sentinel (blog) (30/Aug/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock is getting a huge salute from Turner Classic Movies in September, and it's a marvelous chance to study the enduring Hitchcock brand. Forty-three of his movies will play on Sundays during the month. The tribute includes silents, classics and ...
  • Malaysia Sun - Malaysian news as it happens - Malaysia Sun (30/Aug/2013)
    When Alfred Hitchcock made The Man Who Knew Too Much, which is arguably his first quintessentially Hitchcockian film, he had already directed more than 15 features, four of which were thrillers: The Pleasure Garden (1925), The Lodger (1927), Blackmail ...
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