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December 2012

  • Psycho still shocks 50 years later - Windsor Star (01/Dec/2012)
    The movie was Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a film that 52 years after its shocking premiere still hasn't released audiences from its subversive thrall. The film was revolutionary in its violence, its sexiness, its sympathy to the perspective of the criminal mind - and, ...
  • BATES MOTEL Teasers Creep Everyone Out - Screen Invasion (01/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is all the rage right now with Hitchcock in theaters and a sweet box set now available. A&E is looking to capitalize off all this buzz with their upcoming show Bates Motel, a prequel to the events that take place in Psycho. Freddie Highmore will ...
  • Hollywood's master showman - Variety (01/Dec/2012)
    Arguably, no filmmaker has had a more natural gift for self-promotion than Alfred Hitchcock, and while the director carefully positioned his movies via myriad creative methods (from personal appearances to pre-recorded instructions to theater personnel), ...
  • Hollywood spellbound by Hitchcock - Variety (01/Dec/2012)
    More than three decades after his death, Alfred Hitchcock is having quite a year. In July, the British Film Institute presented restorations of nine Hitchcock silents, followed by a three-month retrospective of the director's work. The timing couldn't have been ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: I felt very honoured to play Hitchcock - Rediff (01/Dec/2012)
    The film not only focuses on the struggles Alfred Hitchcock had to go through to make the film -- the studio would not finance it, since they found it too racy and so the director mortgaged his house in Los Angeles -- but also the pressures it brought on his ...
  • Film review: Biopic has more than one hitch - Burbank Leader (01/Dec/2012)
    Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins on the set of 'Hitchcock.' (Courtesy of Fox…) Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a filmmaker was already on the rise when he died 32 years ago. Since then it has consistently (and rightly) grown ever greater. At the same time, ...
  • UNIVERSAL STUDIOS: Backlot tour honors Hitchcock - Press-Enterprise (blog) (01/Dec/2012)
    People who see the new film “Hitchcock” might be confused that it depicts Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic “Psycho” as being released by Paramount Studios when the set for Psycho” and Alfred Hitchcock's bungalow are so prominently featured on Universal ...
  • 7 Questions With Hitchock's Anthony Hopkins - Long Island Press (01/Dec/2012)
    You would think that playing Alfred Hitchcock would be a piece of cake for fellow esteemed British icon Anthony Hopkins. But during this conversation about his turn as the jolly gent with a strange dark side in Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, Hopkins surprisingly ...
  • Spellbound by Blondes, Hot and Icy - New York Times (01/Dec/2012)
    ALFRED HITCHCOCK was a bit of a sadist. Certainly, the master of the dark side had “a murderous fascination with blondes,” as the British Film Institute once noted in a tribute. And now comes Hollywood's murderous fascination with Hitchcock's murderous ...
  • Retro Shock Theater: Psycho - ShockTillYouDrop.com (01/Dec/2012)
    As part of Psycho's promotion, Alfred Hitchcock forced theaters to employ a then-unprecedented policy of not letting any patrons in after the film had begun and he also urged viewers who had already seen the film to keep the film's secrets to themselves.
  • Bond vs. Hitchcock: Bracing for an iconoclash - Variety (01/Dec/2012)
    On the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise and the 90th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's first silent movie, arguably the two greatest icons of British cinema are going head to head at this year's BAFTAs. Half a century after "Dr. No," the world's most ...
  • Heads Up: The Girl - The Independent (01/Dec/2012)
    Prime movers It was written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Miss Austen Regrets), in part inspired by Donald Spoto's book, Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and his Leading Ladies; the author also worked as a consultant. It's directed ...
  • The formidable force always behind Hitchcock - China Daily (01/Dec/2012)
    "They were watching a cut of the film," the actor and producer Norman Lloyd recalled, referring to Ms. Reville and her husband, Alfred Hitchcock. "And Alma said, 'You can't - Janet Leigh swallowed once when she was dead in the bathroom.' It was one frame.
  • 'Hitchcock' finely portrayed, a must see for film industry fans - The Daily Cougar (01/Dec/2012)
    There is something artistic and fragile, about “Hitchcock,” the biopic about famed director Alfred Hitchcock and his quest to bring the movie “Psycho” to silver screen. It's a movie with flashbacks and flash-sideways that will surprise those who haven't seen ...
  • Dowd: A casting Hitchcock would like - Albany Times Union (01/Dec/2012)
    WASHINGTON — Alfred Hitchcock was a bit of a sadist. Certainly, the master of the dark side had "a murderous fascination with blondes," as the British Film Institute once noted in a tribute. And now comes Hollywood's murderous fascination with Hitchcock's ...
  • Oscar race heats up after sluggish start - San Francisco Chronicle (02/Dec/2012)
    The coming Oscar race could pit FDR against Lincoln, both competing with Alfred Hitchcock for best-actor honors. That would be, respectively, Bill Murray, Daniel Day-Lewis and Anthony Hopkins losing themselves in their larger-than-life roles. For a movie ...
  • Hitchcock film triggers second look at 'Psycho' - Mansfield News Journal (02/Dec/2012)
    In the movie's opening scene, director Alfred Hitchcock trains his camera on Janet Leigh as she sits on a hotel room bed in her underwear. So much skin in a mainstream feature film happened in 1960, but it was hardly something moviegoers saw every day.
  • Sketching 'Hitchcock' - OregonLive.com (02/Dec/2012)
    "Just to be really clear: this is a movie, this is not a documentary," says director Sacha Gervasi about his new film "Hitchcock," which chronicles the making of the 1960 classic "Psycho" while focusing on the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock ...
  • Wilmington on Movies: Hitchcock - Movie City News (02/Dec/2012)
    Back in 1960, about 40 minutes into Alfred Hitchcock's new movie Psycho, co- star Janet Leigh flushed the toilet, took off her towel and stepped into the shower in Room Number One of the Bates Motel — and the movies changed forever. With its nudity, its ...
  • Muckety this: Lincoln to Hitchcock - Muckety (02/Dec/2012)
    The same is true for filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Appearing in both films is actor Michael Stuhlbarg, who also had roles in “Hugo” and “A Serious Man.” In Steven Spielberg's “Lincoln,” Stuhlbarg plays George Helm Yeaman, a Kentucky congressman.
  • Here Are Two New Teasers for A&E's "Psycho" Prequel, "Bates Motel" - Complex.com (blog) (02/Dec/2012)
    If there were any doubts that Bates Motel would live up to the creepiness of film its based upon, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, lo and behold: After watching these new teasers, just released by A&E, it's seems likely that it will. The short format of the promos is ...
  • 'Hitchcock' — an 'old Hollywood fun' movie on the creation of 'Psycho' - SaportaReport (blog) (02/Dec/2012)
    The quips come quick and smart in “Hitchcock,” a delicious “re-imagining” of Alfred Hitchcock and the making of “Psycho,” his celebrated 1960 horror film. Of all the Must-See Movies avalanche between now and Christmas, so far “Hitchcock” is the most fun.
  • Hitch would have liked Hillary's blond ambition - Irish Times (02/Dec/2012)
    America: Alfred Hitchcock was a bit of a sadist. Certainly, the master of the dark side had a “murderous fascination with blondes”, as the British Film Institute once noted in a tribute. And now comes Hollywood's murderous fascination with Hitchcock's ...
  • Helen Mirren plays Hitchcock's wife in new movie - Palm Beach Post (02/Dec/2012)
    It's been 30 years since Alfred Hitchcock died, and more than 50 years since his most famous film - “Psycho.” So while his name, reputation and image remain in the public consciousness, generations have grown up not knowing much more than that about ...
  • The formidable force always behind Hitchcock[1:chinadaily.com.cn] - China Daily (02/Dec/2012)
    "They were watching a cut of the film," the actor and producer Norman Lloyd recalled, referring to Ms. Reville and her husband, Alfred Hitchcock. "And Alma said, 'You can't - Janet Leigh swallowed once when she was dead in the bathroom.' It was one frame.
  • The formidable force always behind Hitchcock[1:chinadaily.com.cn] - China Daily (02/Dec/2012)
    "They were watching a cut of the film," the actor and producer Norman Lloyd recalled, referring to Ms. Reville and her husband, Alfred Hitchcock. "And Alma said, 'You can't - Janet Leigh swallowed once when she was dead in the bathroom.' It was one frame.
  • Special section on Kurosawa, Hitchcock at IFFK - Yahoo! India News (02/Dec/2012)
    Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS) The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will see films of international icons Akira Kurosawa and Alfred Hitchcock in the retrospective category. The festival begins Dec 7 and concludes Dec 14.
  • Special Section on Kurosawa, Hitchcock at IFFK - Daijiworld.com (02/Dec/2012)
    Special Section on Kurosawa, Hitchcock at IFFK. Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 3 (IANS): The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will see films of international icons Akira Kurosawa and Alfred Hitchcock in the retrospective category.
  • Helen Mirren shines spotlight on Hitchcock's wife - Calgary Herald (03/Dec/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, the movie focuses on the production from 1959 to its release in 1960, but it is the husband-and-wife interplay that registers. Co-starring is Scarlett Johansson, who plays Psycho ...
  • How 'Hitchcock' Rights a Hollywood Wrong - Hollywood Reporter (03/Dec/2012)
    First-time director Sacha Gervasci, whose film tells a dramatized version of the tense production of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 thriller Psycho, made it a point to bring out from the shadows of history's editing room Alma Reville, the wife and long-time ...
  • 'Hitchcock' movie review, trailer: Worthy of the 'Master of Suspense' - newjerseynewsroom.com (03/Dec/2012)
    With a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin based on Stephen Rebello's book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,” director Sacha Gervasi's film neither promises nor delivers much in the way of action, adventure or suspense. What it does, however, ...
  • Win run of engagement passes to see the new film, 'Hitchcock' - KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest (03/Dec/2012)
    HITCHCOCK is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, ...
  • Hitchcock Movie Review - Shockya.com (03/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock” focuses in on Alfred Hitchcock's (Anthony Hopkins) career just after releasing “North By Northwest” and moving on to his next project, “Psycho.” Even though the director has immense clout amongst the Hollywood community, many wonder why he ...
  • Jessica Biel Enters 'Hitchcock' World Through Vera Miles' Eyes - Hollywood Outbreak (03/Dec/2012)
    Although Hitchcock primarily deals with director Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with his longtime wife Alma (Helen Mirren), the picture also gives a glimpse of his sheer disappointment with actress Vera Miles, who's played in the film by Jessica Biel. Miles, who ...
  • 'Hitchcock' photo gallery - NOLA.com (03/Dec/2012)
    "Hitchcock" is scheduled to open Friday (Dec. 7) in New Orleans and Dec. 14 in Baton Rouge, offering a fictionalized portrait of director Alfred Hitchcock. Click on the "view the slideshow" link in the above photo to check out a gallery of images from the film, ...
  • And the Oscar nominees could be ... - Houston Chronicle (03/Dec/2012)
    The coming Oscar race could pit FDR against Lincoln, both competing with Alfred Hitchcock for best-actor honors. That would be, respectively, Bill Murray, Daniel Day-Lewis and Anthony Hopkins losing themselves in their larger-than-life roles. For a movie ...
  • Sir Anthony Hopkins: The master of suspense - Metro.us (03/Dec/2012)
    Hopkins says of the work of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. "I was one of the early viewers when they'd just released the movie in September 1960," he recalls. "I was knocked out by the power of the film, the terrifying aspect of the film. A Hitchcock movie was an ...
  • Biel taking time off - Belfast Telegraph (03/Dec/2012)
    Jessica Biel is taking time off from acting. The actress has been on a whirlwind promotional tour for her new film Hitchcock. Jessica plays Psycho star Vera Miles alongside Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh in the new movie about the life of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • The two sides of Alfred Hitchcock - The Concordian (subscription) (04/Dec/2012)
    Complete with “Hitchcock blondes” and the famous Psycho shower scene, the biopic Hitchcock premiered Nov. 30 at Cineplex Odeon Forum, allowing moviegoers a glimpse at the life of the mastermind behind the 1960 cult classic. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, ...
  • Biel taking time off - Stuff.co.nz (04/Dec/2012)
    Jessica Biel is taking time off from acting. The actress has been on a whirlwind promotional tour for her new film Hitchcock. Biel plays Psycho star Vera Miles alongside Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh in the new movie about the life of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Take 5: The 'Hitchcock' edition - Bayoubuzz (04/Dec/2012)
    "Hitchcock," starring Anthony Hopkins as the iconic Alfred Hitchcock and set during the making of his 1960 classic " Psycho ," opens in local theaters this Friday (Dec. 7). Here are five cool things to know about director Sacha Gervasi's film before heading to ...
  • An uneven by fun ride into Hitchcock's psyche - Montgomery Newspapers (04/Dec/2012)
    Hot on the heels of 1959's overwhelming success “North by Northwest,” Alfred Hitchcock searches for fresh material for his next project. Yearning to reinvent himself and prove that he's still a step ahead of a new wave of French talent looking to challenge his ...
  • Movies in a Minute: Hitchcock - KTAR.com (04/Dec/2012)
    A look into the love life of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville as he films the movie 'Psycho'. Bruce St. James said, "Maybe I missed something or am too old to "get" this. I've never seen Psycho, nor will I (as I avoid any and all scary movies).
  • Classic Movie: Hitchcock's 'Shadow of a Doubt' and Chan-wook's 'Stoker' - The Daily Princetonian (blog) (04/Dec/2012)
    My classic movie pick for this month is Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 psychological thriller, Shadow of a Doubt. The film stars Teresa Wright as Charlotte “Charlie” Newton and Joseph Cotten as her Uncle Charlie who comes to visit. The two Charlies have always ...
  • Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren terrifically entertaining in 'Hitchcock' - Plain Dealer (blog) (04/Dec/2012)
    A movie about movie master Alfred Hitchcock should be fun and playful, shrouded in dark edges and offer plenty of laughs and surprises. Director Sacha Gervasi delivers all of that and more in his splendidly entertaining "Hitchcock." We follow the late director ...
  • Half-cocked - Baltimore City Paper (04/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was the first filmmaker to turn himself into a well-recognized brand, carefully cultivating a persona of macabre tastes and droll humor, producing an oeuvre with lasting films like Rear Window, North by Northwest, Charade, and To Catch a ...
  • When Hitchcock and Nabokov Traded Screenplay Ideas - Flavorwire (04/Dec/2012)
    We're always curious to see letters between artists from different media — especially if those artists happen to be as great as Alfred Hitchcock and Vladimir Nabokov. The American Reader has posted an exchange in which the filmmaker asked the author to ...
  • Biel taking time off - 3News NZ (04/Dec/2012)
    Jessica Biel is taking time off from acting. The actress has been on a whirlwind promotional tour for her new film Hitchcock. Jessica plays Psycho star Vera Miles alongside Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh in the new movie about the life of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Movie Review: Hitchcock - Box Office Prophets (04/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock is too broad a title for this film. Granted, it's about “the master of suspense,” Alfred Hitchcock, who's regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, but it's about such a small portion of his life that a more specific title was in order. And of that ...
  • MAUREEN DOWD: Spellbound by blondes … hot and icy, sexy and sneaky - SunHerald.com (04/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was a bit of a sadist. Certainly, the master of the dark side had "a murderous fascination with blondes," as the British Film Institute once noted in a tribute. And now comes Hollywood's murderous fascination with Hitchcock's murderous ...
  • Actress drawn to wife's story - Columbus Dispatch (05/Dec/2012)
    Helen Mirren remembers a long-ago meeting with Alfred Hitchcock as underwhelming — a minor footnote in her career at the time, a random crossing of the paths of a legendary filmmaker and a young stage actress. “I was just starting out, and he was doing ...
  • The IFI goes Psycho for Alfred Hitchcock - Entertainment.ie (05/Dec/2012)
    If you're a fan of Alfred Hitchcock then you'll definitely love what the IFI are getting up to. December sees the start of a brand new season featuring the 52 surviving Hitchcock films, some shorts and alternate versions of the movies which will take us right ...
  • Hitchcock's 'The Ring' to open IFFK - The Hindu (05/Dec/2012)
    The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will open on December 7 with the screening of master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock's The Ring, first released in 1927. The screening here will be followed by a live orchestral performance by the British jazz ...
  • Dial M for Meh - The American Prospect (05/Dec/2012)
    Yet it's worth noting that Brody made the case in favor of Gervasi's crude fantasia about Hitchcock's inner life during the filming of Psycho almost entirely on conceptual grounds—i.e., by praising the “audacity” of conceits like Sir Alfred's imaginary dialogues ...
  • 'Hitchcock' offers little new insight, but entertains plenty - Your Houston News (05/Dec/2012)
    Anyone who likes Alfred Hitchcock or the process of movie making in general should get a kick out of “Hitchcock.” It's not terribly deep or insightful, but it made this critic smile throughout. It's one of the most enjoyable hours and half I've spent in a theater all ...
  • Hitchcock: American Psycho - FWWeekly (05/Dec/2012)
    After serial killer Ed Gein (Michael Wincott) murders his brother with a shovel, the camera pans to Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) standing a few feet away, wearing a suit and drinking tea from a cup and saucer. “Oh, dear!” says the Master of Suspense as ...
  • Hitchcock Heroines: How To Get The Blonde Hair Look From Grace Kelly To ... - Yahoo! Lifestyle UK (05/Dec/2012)
    And it's true, because if polish and confidence is what you want to achieve, partnered with undeniable sex appeal, you can't go wrong in styling your 'do like one of Alfred Hitchcock's leading lady. Considering the anticipation for the release of Sacha Gervasi's ...
  • Five Hitchcock highlights - OnMilwaukee.com (05/Dec/2012)
    Of course, nobody ever forgot about Alfred Hitchcock's massive contributions to cinema and his stylistic touches, but between the naming of "Vertigo" as the greatest movie of all time this past summer (ousting "Citizen Kane" from the top spot), "The Girl" on ...
  • Maybe a Bathroom With a Nice Shower? - New York Times (blog) (05/Dec/2012)
    The Bates Motel from Alfred Hitchcock's classic film “Psycho” has a kind of architectural landmark status as far as horror films go. And the A&E Network is asking fans to take part in a Facebook contest to help create the 15-second opening title sequence for a ...
  • Murder by Numbers - The Portland Mercury (05/Dec/2012)
    THE MAKING OF Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 horror film Psycho is fodder for Hitchcock, the new by-the-numbers biopic from director Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil). Making a movie about one of the most celebrated filmmakers of all time is a ...
  • Why 'Psycho' still thrills audiences - The Desert Sun (05/Dec/2012)
    The movie was, of course, Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho,” a film that 52 years after its shocking premiere still hasn't released audiences from its subversive thrall. Made for just $800,000 the film went on to gross $32 million — the biggest hit of his career. Though ...
  • Film Now Playing - Artvoice (05/Dec/2012)
    HITCHCOCK—Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, encountering studio resistance and marital tension as he puts Psycho into production. With Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, and Jessica Biel. Directed by Sacha Gervasi ...
  • 'Hitchcock' rocksA masterful take on the Master of Suspense - Palm Beach Post (05/Dec/2012)
    Fifty years past his heyday, and 30 years after his death, the world still knows Alfred Hitchcock by reputation, even if you can't get the kids to check out his classic movies. “Hitchcock,” a dark and dazzling bio-thriller about the making of “Psycho,” could change ...
  • Hitchcock's silent Ring to be IFFK opener - Deccan Chronicle (06/Dec/2012)
    The inaugural film, Alfred Hitchcock's 89-minute silent piece, The Ring (1927), will be shown at the Nishagandhi open auditorium to the accompaniment of a live orchestra, just the way silent films were screened in the silent era. This is the first time in the ...
  • Intl. Kerala Film Fest starts tomorrow - Indiantelevision.com (06/Dec/2012)
    MUMBAI: The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) will get underway at Thiruvananthapuram tomorrow with the screening of Alfred Hitchcock's silent drama The Ring. Noted Australian filmmaker Paul Cox is the jury chairman of the ...
  • Don't use that knife on foie gras - Sacramento News & Review (06/Dec/2012)
    Or you can remember, even if you weren't yet alive then, because you know that things changed that year with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. How they changed is of little concern to Hitchcock, another defanged Hollywood history done in the biopic-snapshot style ...
  • Hitchcock– Movie Review - DrJays.com Live (06/Dec/2012)
    Much like Alfred Hitchcock himself, the film that tells the story of the making of Psycho is campy, scary, and even wickedly funny. Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren are great as Hitchcock and his little-known, incredibly important wife and collaborator, Alma ...
  • 'Hitchcock' review: Directing 'Psycho' - Newsday (subscription) (06/Dec/2012)
    It's fun to imagine Alfred Hitchcock spying on actresses through a dressing-room peephole, muttering to imaginary murderers and nearly stabbing Janet Leigh on the set of "Psycho." But is any of it true? That question doesn't bother "Hitchcock," and it might not ...
  • Interview: Sacha Gervasi, 'Hitchcock' - Slackerwood (06/Dec/2012)
    I recently had the pleasure of interviewing director Sacha Gervasi, who was in Austin promoting his new film Hitchcock, based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. The movie provides an intimate look behind the scenes of ...
  • 'Hitchcock' review: 'Hitchcock' crazy, not quite 'Psycho' - OregonLive.com (06/Dec/2012)
    ... provide any suspense of its own. After all, it's no spoiler that despite multiple personal and professional hurdles, Alfred Hitchcock ultimately crafted an enduring masterpiece, one responsible as much as any other for his iconic reputation. Review: "Hitchcock" ...
  • 'Hitchcock:' a marriage between two brilliant artists - LGBT Weekly (06/Dec/2012)
    Few directors have had a run of brilliance that Alfred Hitchcock had in between 1958 and 1963, when he directed in succession Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds; four of the greatest films ever made. But surprisingly, Hitchcock was still racked ...
  • In 'Hitchcock,' filmmaker has murder on his mind - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (06/Dec/2012)
    But the first to do so was Alfred Hitchcock, the British director whose psychological thrillers made him a globally popular and commercially successful brand. His decision to film the gritty "Psycho," based on a novel by Milwaukee writer Robert Bloch that was ...
  • Ben on Film - No screams, just cheers for indie film 'Hitchcock' - StarNewsOnline.com (06/Dec/2012)
    Ben on Film - No screams, just cheers for indie film 'Hitchcock'. Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in the movie "Hitchcock," about the making of "Psycho." Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. By Ben Steelman · Ben.Steelman@StarNewsOnline.com ...
  • The behind-the-scenes of the making of Fox Searchlight's 'Hitchcock' - Examiner.com (06/Dec/2012)
    The unique behind-the-scenes look into the love story of the legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and collaborator Alma Reville is the basis of Fox Searchlight's new film “Hitchcock”. The story picks up during the filming of the infamous 1959 ...
  • Helen Mirren and New Orleans: a love story - NOLA.com (06/Dec/2012)
    To hear Helen Mirren tell it, the film "Hitchcock" -- in which she stars as Alma Reville, the wife of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock -- is really a love story, about a man who was lucky enough to be married to his creative collaborator. But before she gets to that, ...
  • Helen Mirren and New Orleans: a love story - Bayoubuzz (06/Dec/2012)
    To hear Helen Mirren tell it, the film " Hitchcock " -- in which she stars as Alma Reville, the wife of iconic director Alfred Hitchcock -- is really a love story, about a man who was lucky enough to be married to his creative collaborator. But before she gets to that, ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Surprise Ending - Wall Street Journal (06/Dec/2012)
    I remember as a young boy watching the black-and-white "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on TV and being enthralled from the start by the simple nine-stroke line-drawing caricature of the famed movie director's rotund profile. The mischievous theme music set the ...
  • Film, Times & Events: Week of Dec 6th - Good Times (06/Dec/2012)
    A generation of women swore off taking showers thanks to Alfred Hitchcock's masterful 1960 shocker, a shrewd, sophisticated, scary as hell, yet relatively bloodless forerunner of the slasher movie. Anthony Perkins gives a devastating tragi-comic performance ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Brings 'Psycho' Back - El Vaquero (06/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is about one of the most famous directors, Alfred Hitchcock, and the drama that engulfed the making of “Psycho,” perhaps his best-known film. Many critics complain that “Hitchcock” is not entirely historically accurate, it is a fiction movie, and should ...
  • 17th edition of IFFK begins today - Manoramaonline (06/Dec/2012)
    The inaugural even will screen legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's silent drama "The Ring" with the background of live orchetstra. Australian indigenous films, top-angle Cinema, theater film, Hitchcock's silent films and movies on adolescence are some ...
  • Strangers On A Train - Queer Film Classic - EDGEOnTheNet (06/Dec/2012)
    With a sudden re-interest in the films of suspense director Alfred Hitchcock, now seems to be the perfect time to reexamine one of his most homoerotic thrillers. Strangers on a Train: A Queer Film Classic offers the true tale of why the gay subplot was removed ...
  • Hitchcock makes for a "good evening" at the movies - CliqueClack (blog) (06/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was known as “The Master of Suspense” because of his career directing a long list of thrillers – some serious, some humorous – that really began in his native England with The Lodger and continued after his arrival in America with such ...
  • Excess Hollywood: 'Hitchcock' a witty ode to his filmmaking process - University Daily Kansan (06/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock” isn't just a toast to the master of suspense: It's an ode to filmmaking in general and to the struggles of the creative process. And with the larger-than-life character of the hilariously deadpan, ultra-witty Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) leading this ...
  • EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Director Sacha Gervasi Talks 'Hitchcock' - I Am Rogue.com (06/Dec/2012)
    The film stars Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) in the title role as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, and fellow Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) as his wife and secret collaborator Alma Reville.
  • Video: Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock the movie - JOE (07/Dec/2012)
    If there's one director's biography that can draw in a star cast, it's Alfred Hitchcock. by Genna Patterson. And star-studded it is. Anthony Hopkins plays the lead while Helen Mirren steps up as his wife Alma. The movie focuses on his relationship with Alma ...
  • Reviews and news of films, foreign and mainstream - Albany Times Union (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    As in Hitchcock, as in Alfred. Which is to say, the CD soundtrack from Hitchcock, opening tomorrow around the country, is up for grabs to a commenter on this post, randomly chosen, of course. The music is from Oscar-nominated yet never winning composer ...
  • This one's for 'The Birds' - Columbus Dispatch (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • See How Anthony Hopkins Was Transformed Into Alfred Hitchcock - Co.Create (07/Dec/2012)
    0. 0. You know the profile well. That lippy underbite. Those downturned jowls. But recreating the contours of director Alfred Hitchcock's face on screen for the movie Hitchcock involved months of trial and error -- and some hurt feelings along the way.
  • Movie Review: "Hitchcock" - Boca Raton (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    By now, there have been so many books and articles written about the subtextual artistry of Alfred Hitchcock that his status as a legitimate artist is no longer in question. I'm looking at a number of these books on my shelf right now. Some of the wisdom ...
  • Hitchcock: Dial M for Misfire - CL Charlotte (07/Dec/2012)
    The filmmakers behind Hitchcock claim that it's based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, but a more accurate title for this cinematic claptrap would have been Psycho and the Unmaking of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Hitchcock Found Religion in Final Days - Daily Beast (07/Dec/2012)
    Mark Henninger, a Jesuit priest who led mass for Alfred Hitchcock in the filmmaker's final days, can clearly recall the religious services performed in Hitchcock's study. But Henninger writes in the Wall Street Journal on Friday that the 81-year-old man who ...
  • MOVIES: Hitchcock - Columbus Other Paper (07/Dec/2012)
    You should, because it was with this query that Alfred Hitchcock shrugged off the prevailing opinions and pressures of late-1950s Hollywood and forever changed the course of cinema—horror cinema, in particular. The picture he was about to make was ...
  • Because Alfred Hitchcock Died A Catholic - Patheos (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    I remember as a young boy watching the black-and-white “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” on TV and being enthralled from the start by the simple nine-stroke line-drawing caricature of the famed movie director's rotund profile. The mischievous theme music set the ...
  • Review: Hitchcock - Slackerwood (07/Dec/2012)
    One of the greatest horror films of all time is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Just a few short months ago I hadn't seen this classic movie. I wrote up my experience watching it for Horror's Not Dead: Sins of Omission: Psycho. Little did I know then that a biopic was ...
  • Hitchcock: This Psycho Film Is For The Birds - Miami New Times (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    Based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Hitchcock is being marketed as a film within a film -- aka the making of Psycho, but it fails to deliver. We get instead a contrived, fraudulent jumble heavy on the subplots and even heavier on the ...
  • Movie Review: 'Hitchcock' - Get The Big Picture (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    When we all heard that Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren were making a biopic of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, I think we all assumed it would be a winner. The big problem is, the filmmakers seemed to have just assumed it, too. The film focuses on ...
  • Movies This Week: December 7 - 13, 2012 - Slackerwood (07/Dec/2012)
    The opening of Hitchcock today is not only renewing interest in but also introducing unfamiliar viewers to the groundbreaking 1960 horror film Psycho. In honor of Sacha Gervasi's dramatization of the life, love and challenges of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife ...
  • Joshua Reviews Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock [Theatrical Review] - CriterionCast.com (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    But no single entity has had a better 2012 than the master of suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock. As the BFI restores a handful of films from the filmmaker and his film, Vertigo, sits atop the list of the greatest film ever made, his time while making his beloved ...
  • “Good Evening” for Hitchcock, Smashed faces alcoholism head on - Petaluma Argus Courier (blog) (07/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock earned the title, “The Master of the Macabre,” by making over 50 movies involving murderous death and mayhem, and his signature techniques are still powerful today. I often give talks illustrated with clips from Hitch's films, and it doesn't ...
  • After 'Psycho,' a shower of violence in movies - Southernminn.com (07/Dec/2012)
    In this 1960 file photo, actress Janet Leigh appears as Marion Crane in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho." Hitchcock's “Psycho” is a film that 52 years after its shocking premiere still hasn't released audiences from its ...
  • Second Hitchcock Featurette Offers More Behind-the-Scenes Info - Dread Central (07/Dec/2012)
    The film, which is billed as “a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner, Alma Reville,” takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho. Anthony Hopkins plays ...
  • Screening Room: Hitchcock, Playing For Keeps - fox4kc.com (07/Dec/2012)
    Although Alfred Hitchcock was a heavyweight champion of filmmaking, the movie “Hitchcock” is surprisingly lightweight. Anthony Hopkins dons a fat suit and heavy makeup to portray the famed director as he tackles considerable obstacles in his attempts to ...
  • Hitchcock: Film Review - WINA AM 1070 (07/Dec/2012)
    If you are not a fan of Alfred Hitchcock and his work, this movie is not for you. The more you know about the man, his films, television series and advertising style, the more you will get out of this movie. If you're a Hitchcock novice you will either be bored or ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is a playful look at devotion and genius - Examiner.com (07/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock proves to be an intelligent, playful exploration of the man, myth and larger-than-life legend who is Alfred Hitchcock, director extraordinaire and man who took the horror film seriously mainstream with the release of the slasher flick Psycho, a classic, ...
  • Tippi Hedren, 'The Birds' Star: Alfred Hitchcock Ruined My Career (VIDEO) - Huffington Post (07/Dec/2012)
    Actress Tippi Hedren, best known for her roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films "The Birds" and "Marnie," told HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff Friday that the renowned director threatened to ruin her career if she stopped making films with him. "I went into Hitch's ...
  • Cinema Spotlight: Hopkins, Mirren bring 'Hitchcock' back to life - YNN, Your News Now (07/Dec/2012)
    The film isn't so much a biography about Alfred Hitchcock as it is a captivating behind the scenes look at the romance, drama and obsession that went into the making Hitchcock's iconic film "Psycho." YNN's Victor Diaz reviews the film in the video above.
  • IFFK gets underway with Hitchcock's silent movie - Press Trust of India (07/Dec/2012)
    Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 8 (PTI) The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) began with a nostalgic touch with public screening of Alfred Hitchcock's silent movie 'The Ring,' accompanied by a live orchestra by Jazz master Soweta ...
  • IFFK gets underway with Hitchcock's silent movie 'The Ring' - Press Trust of India (07/Dec/2012)
    Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 8 (PTI) The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) began with a nostalgic touch with public screening of Alfred Hitchcock's silent movie 'The Ring,' accompanied by a live orchestra by Jazz master Soweta ...
  • IFFK gets underway with Hitchcock's silent movie - Press Trust of India (07/Dec/2012)
    Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 8 (PTI) The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) began with a nostalgic touch with public screening of Alfred Hitchcock's silent movie 'The Ring,' accompanied by a live orchestra by Jazz master Soweta ...
  • Interview: 'Hitchcock' director learns from the master's works - Salt Lake Tribune (08/Dec/2012)
    The film follows director Alfred Hitchcock (played by Anthony Hopkins) as he seeks out a new film to follow the success of "North By Northwest." He wants to do something radically different, and hits upon a book based on the rampage of serial killer Ed Gein.
  • Script blogger gains power - Columbus Dispatch (08/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • Priest remembers Alfred Hitchcock's faith - DFW Catholic (08/Dec/2012)
    New York City, N.Y., Dec 8, 2012 / 06:06 am (CNA).- In a Dec. 6 article for the Wall Street Journal, Jesuit priest Father Mark Henninger recounted his time with famed director Alfred Hitchcock towards the end of his life. In 1980, Fr. Henninger was invited by his ...
  • All about Alfred Hitchcock - Baltimore Post-Examiner (08/Dec/2012)
    We'll be going backward from 2012 to 1946. So let's begin with the new film about the relationship between Hollywood director Hitchcock and his wife and collaborator, Alma. The film is Hitchcock and one should keep in mind this is not a documentary.
  • Movie Review: Hitchcock - Geeks of Doom (08/Dec/2012)
    Directed by Sacha Gervasi, Hitchcock is based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. This tongue-in-cheek film adaptation, written by John J. McLaughlin, centers on the relationship between director Alfred ...
  • Getting hitched on Hitchcock - Jakarta Post (08/Dec/2012)
    Few individuals have had more of an influence on modern-day cinema and popular culture than filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. The English-born director's career spanning 53 feature films, as well as the eponymous TV series of the 1960s, laid new ground in the ...
  • Pick a good evening to see 'Hitchcock' - Troy Record (08/Dec/2012)
    Just as "Lincoln" is not a biopic of President Abraham Lincoln, "Hitchcock" only focuses on one important slice of director Alfred Hitchcock's incredible career. The story begins in 1959, just after "North by Northwest" was released to critical and box office ...
  • 6 things to know today - Knoxville News Sentinel (09/Dec/2012)
    Director Alfred Hitchcock (center) is fixated on Janet Leigh (Scarlett Johansson), left, though married to Alma (Helen Mirren), right. Take a hike: Smoky Mountains Hiking Club is sponsoring a hike at Ace Gap. Participants will meet at Alcoa Food City at 9 a.m. ...
  • Timely video work gives nod to Hollywood - Columbus Dispatch (09/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • 10 Iconic Images From Alfred Hitchcock Films - WhatCulture! (09/Dec/2012)
    In my last article about Alfred Hitchcock, I mentioned that the British icon was my favourite director. There are many reasons why he holds this position in my heart, including his macabre sense of humour, his memorable characters and iconic actors who've ...
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - Congleton Guardian (09/Dec/2012)
    He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". The 74-year-old Oscar Award-winner was in London together with Dame Helen ...
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - expressandstar.com (09/Dec/2012)
    He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". N0157021355075424160A Sir Anthony Hopkins at the Premiere of Hitchcock at BFI ...
  • Toby Jones: dial H for Hitchcock - The Guardian (09/Dec/2012)
    Little seems to have changed at Simpson's in the Strand since the days when Alfred Hitchcock dined here: the wood panelling, the chandeliers, the white-robed chefs carving hunks of meat on silver trolleys. Hitchcock liked the place so much, he featured it in ...
  • Hitchcock Role Leaves Sir Anthony Hopkins Daunted And Nervous - Coventry Telegraph (blog) (09/Dec/2012)
    He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". The 74-year-old Oscar Award-winner was in London tonight together with Dame ...
  • Toby Jones Becomes Alfred Hitchcock In Time Lapse Video - BlackBook Magazine (09/Dec/2012)
    It was a fat suit and four hours worth of makeup to morph Jones into Alfred Hitchcock for HBO's The Girl. Unfortunately this video from the UK Guardian's web site does not embed. But anyone who wants to know all about the wonders of the Hollywood makeup ...
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra (09/Dec/2012)
    Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role. Published on Saturday 8 December 2012 20:48. He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting".
  • Hopkins 'Daunted' At Playing Hitchcock Role - Sky News (09/Dec/2012)
    Sir Anthony Hopkins has admitted that playing the role of Alfred Hitchcock was "daunting". The film, which has had its UK premiere in London, focuses on the late director's relationship with wife Alma Reville during the making of his 1960 hit slasher film ...
  • Hopkins 'Daunted' At Playing Hitchcock Role - KL.FM 96.7 (09/Dec/2012)
    Sir Anthony Hopkins has admitted that playing the role of Alfred Hitchcock was "daunting". The film, which has had its UK premiere in London, focuses on the late director's relationship with wife Alma Reville during the making of his 1960 hit slasher film ...
  • Movie Review: Hitchcock - The Trades (09/Dec/2012)
    As our movie starts, it's 1959 and Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" is seeing its premiere to resounding success. As Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are leaving the premiere, Hitchcock is asked about his age and maybe now should be the time when he ...
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - Hemel Gazette (09/Dec/2012)
    Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role. Published on Saturday 8 December 2012 22:32. He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting".
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - Banbridge Leader (09/Dec/2012)
    Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role. Published on Saturday 8 December 2012 22:32. He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting".
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - Todmorden Today (09/Dec/2012)
    He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". The 74-year-old Oscar Award-winner was in London together with Dame Helen ...
  • Author, a SouthCoast native, see book turned into 'Hitchcock' film - Fall River Herald News (09/Dec/2012)
    The Los Angeles-resident's 1990 book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” has recently been made into the feature film “Hitchcock,” starring Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville. Rebello's ...
  • Sienna Miller's 'horrible' bird attack - Entertainment.ie (09/Dec/2012)
    The British beauty plays actress Tippi Hedren in the drama, which explores behind the scenes of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film 'The Birds', and in order to get into character, Sienna had birds thrown at her - an experience she describes as not very nice.
  • Sienna Miller's 'horrible' bird attack - stv.tv (09/Dec/2012)
    The British beauty plays actress Tippi Hedren in the film, which explores behind the scenes of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film 'The Birds', and in order to get into character, Sienna had birds thrown at her - an experience she describes as not very nice.
  • Hopkins 'Daunted' At Playing Hitchcock - Key 103 Manchester (10/Dec/2012)
    Story Highlight. Sir Anthony Hopkins has admitted that playing the role of Sir Alfred Hitchcock was "daunting". Sky News. © 2011 Sky News, all rights reserved. Hitchcock, which had its UK premiere in London, focuses on the late director's relationship with his ...
  • Sienna Miller 'horrible' bird attack during the filming of The Girl - NDTV (10/Dec/2012)
    The British beauty plays actress Tippi Hedren in the drama, which explores behind the scenes of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds, and in order to get into character, Sienna had birds thrown at her - an experience she describes as "not very nice".
  • Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Helen Mirren attend Hitchcock premiere - Telegraph.co.uk (10/Dec/2012)
    The film tells the story of the Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his struggle to make his classic movie Psycho without the help of studio funding, but with the backing of his wife Alma (Dame Helen Mirren). The British actor said: It was a tough role to play ...
  • Anthony Hopkins left daunted by ' Hitchcock' role - Times of India (10/Dec/2012)
    Sir Anthony Hopkins has admitted that playing the role of Alfred Hitchcock was "daunting". The film focuses on the late director's relationship with wife Alma Reville during the making of his 1960 hit slasher film Psycho. Speaking on the red carpet outside the ...
  • Animal Intelligence & Hitchcock's Birds - Naples Daily News (blog) (10/Dec/2012)
    Who can forget Alfred Hitchcock's iconic movie, The Birds, which illustrated what might happen if they suddenly ganged up on us? Images of their having done so in the movie are still with some of us. A queue of avian migrants perched on a telephone line ...
  • Photo: Holiday bright spot - Columbus Dispatch (10/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • Photos: Hitchcock UK Premiere - Empire Online (10/Dec/2012)
    Much like the real Sir Alfred Hitchcock would have done in his place, Sir Anthony Hopkins revelled in the warm glow of a Leicester Square premiere crowd for his latest film, the appropriately-titled Hitchcock, where Sir Anthony plays, um, Sir Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Sienna Miller attacked by birds while filming new flick - Times of India (10/Dec/2012)
    Sienna Miller went through a horrible bird attack during the shooting of her new flick 'The Girl,' where she portrays Alfred Hitchcock's actress Tippi Hedren. In the movie, Miller explores behind the scenes of Hitchcock's 1963 horror film 'The Birds.' The British ...
  • Sienna Miller attacked by birds while filming new flick - Newstrack India (10/Dec/2012)
    Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): Sienna Miller went through a horrible bird attack during the shooting of her new flick 'The Girl,' where she portrays Alfred Hitchcock's actress Tippi Hedren. In the movie, Miller explores behind the scenes of Hitchcock's 1963 horror ...
  • Phone message thrilled actress - Columbus Dispatch (10/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • Anthony Hopkins says role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting" - PanARMENIAN.Net (10/Dec/2012)
    PanARMENIAN.Net - He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". The 74-year-old Oscar Award-winner was in London for the ...
  • Filmmaker's genius captured in'Hitchcock' - Michigan Times (subscription) (10/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is a biographical look at filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his role in the making of the classic film, “Psycho.” This film takes place back in the late 1950s and early 60s and deals with the production and post-production and the lead up to the eventual ...
  • Mirren's nerves over Hopkins union - Jersey Evening Post (10/Dec/2012)
    The Oscar-winning actress portrays Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville in Hitchcock, which stars the Welshman as the titular filmmaker and tells the story of their relationship during the making of his 1960 hit slasher film Psycho. “First time, I was nervous as ...
  • Mirren's nerves over Hopkins union - expressandstar.com (10/Dec/2012)
    The Oscar-winning actress portrays Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville in Hitchcock, which stars the Welshman as the titular filmmaker and tells the story of their relationship during the making of his 1960 hit slasher film Psycho. "First time, I was nervous as ...
  • Hopkins found Hitchcock role 'daunting' - Herald.ie (10/Dec/2012)
    HE has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing -- but Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". The 74-year-old Oscar- winner was in London last night with Helen Mirren for the ...
  • Sacha Gervasi - Sacha Gervasi: Hitchcock portrayals are accurate - Contactmusic.com (10/Dec/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi thinks both 'The Girl' and 'Hitchcock' are accurate portrayals of Sir Alfred Hitchcock. The director - who helms the second of the two films about the famed director released this year - commented on comparisons between his more pleasant ...
  • Sacha Gervasi: Hitchcock portrayals are accurate - stv.tv (10/Dec/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi thinks both 'The Girl' and 'Hitchcock' are accurate portrayals of Sir Alfred Hitchcock. The director - who helms the second of the two films about the famed director released this year - commented on comparisons between his more pleasant ...
  • Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins transform for 'Hitchcock' - Washington Post (10/Dec/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren premiere their new film “Hitchcock” in London and talk about Hopkin's transformation into becoming Alfred Hitchcock. Associated Press. Correction: Clarification: RELATED. The FOLD · E-mail · Save/Share · Embed ...
  • Best of 2012 (Behind the Scenes): Inside Anthony Hopkins' 'Hitchcock ... - Entertainment Weekly (10/Dec/2012)
    In Hitchcock, normally thin actor Anthony Hopkins embodies the heavy paunch, jowls, and stature of “Master of Suspense” director Alfred Hitchcock through expert acting, but also expert prosthetics and Hitchcock's signature black suit over a puffy full bodysuit ...
  • Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock is a bad parody about the master of suspense - Charleston City Paper (10/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was one of the world's liveliest filmmakers, and now he gets turned into one of the season's most boring films. That's a sick joke; ironic enough that even he may have found it amusing. But nothing else about Hitchcock, director Sacha ...
  • Helen Mirren Talks About Working Opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock - WSB Radio (10/Dec/2012)
    Both Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Helen Mirren were in London's Leicester Square on Sunday night (December 9) for the UK premiere of 'Hitchcock', a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife ...
  • Miller's bird attack experience! - Galatta.com (10/Dec/2012)
    Portraying the role of Tippi Hedren, Alfred Hitchcock's actress, a scene required Miller to explore behind the scenes of Hitchcock's 1963 horror film The Birds. While doing the scene, a flock of birds where thrown at her, such as seagulls and pigeons. The whole ...
  • Mirren, Hopkins on getting Hitch'd: video - Brisbane Times (10/Dec/2012)
    Mirren, Hopkins on getting Hitch'd (01:39). RAW VIDEO: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren premieres their new film 'Hitchcock' discussing Hopkin's transformation into Alfred Hitchcock. 11/12/12. Italy's political storm rocks markets (Video Thumbnail). Up next.
  • Oscar contenders - Houston Chronicle (10/Dec/2012)
    The coming Oscar race could pit FDR against Lincoln, both competing with Alfred Hitchcock for bes. The coming Oscar race could pit FDR against Lincoln, both competing with Alfred Hitchcock for best actor honors. That would be, respectively, Bill Murray, ...
  • Mirren and Hopkins getting Hitch'd - The Age (10/Dec/2012)
    RAW VIDEO: actors Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren premiere their new film 'Hitchcock' discussing Hopkin's transformation into Alfred Hitchcock. 11/12/12. Italy's political storm rocks markets (Video Thumbnail). Up next... Italy's political storm rocks markets ...
  • Mirren and Hopkins getting Hitch'd - WA today (10/Dec/2012)
    RAW VIDEO: actors Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren premiere their new film 'Hitchcock' discussing Hopkin's transformation into Alfred Hitchcock. 11/12/12. McAfee says he'd return to the US (Video Thumbnail). Up next... McAfee says he'd return to the UK ...
  • Hitchcock portrays beautiful creepy magic - Roosevelt Torch (10/Dec/2012)
    Legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock is played by legendary actor Anthony Hopkins who does a splendid job in portraying “Hitch,” as the auteur is referred to in the film. Hopkins succeeds in bringing the stocky filmmaker to life by the great makeup by Julie ...
  • Helen Mirren hopeful for Hitchcock at Oscars - Blockbuster Entertainment (10/Dec/2012)
    The biopic based on Sir Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with wife Alma Reville has received much buzz, particularly for the performances of Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Helen as Alma, and the actress - who already has an Oscar for her portrayal of ...
  • Hotly anticipated Hitchcock film picks up mixed reviews - This is South Wales (10/Dec/2012)
    IT'S one of the most eagerly-awaited films of the year — but do the critics have the knives out for Hitchcock? Starring Port Talbot's Sir Anthony Hopkins as the legendary director, the movie tells the tale of Alfred Hitchcock and the making of perhaps his most ...
  • Helen Mirren hopeful for Hitchcock at Oscars - Movie news and gossip - Virgin Media (10/Dec/2012)
    The biopic based on Sir Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with wife Alma Reville has received much buzz, particularly for the performances of Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Helen as Alma, and the actress - who already has an Oscar for her portrayal of ...
  • Mirren hoping for Oscar recognition for 'Hitchcock' - BreakingNews.ie (11/Dec/2012)
    The biopic based on Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with wife Alma Reville has received plenty of "buzz", particularly for the performances of Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Mirren as Alma. The actress - who already has an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen ...
  • Mirren hoping for Oscar recognition for 'Hitchcock' - Laois Nationalist (11/Dec/2012)
    The biopic based on Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with wife Alma Reville has received plenty of "buzz", particularly for the performances of Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Mirren as Alma. The actress - who already has an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen ...
  • Mirren hoping for Oscar recognition for 'Hitchcock' - The Nationalist (11/Dec/2012)
    The biopic based on Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with wife Alma Reville has received plenty of "buzz", particularly for the performances of Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Mirren as Alma. The actress - who already has an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen ...
  • Hopkins daunted by Hitchcock role - Times of Malta (11/Dec/2012)
    He has played President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing – but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock “daunting”. I didn't want to hear my voice back or see any of it, I wouldn't see any playback ...
  • DVD Reviews : New star keeps franchise going - Columbus Dispatch (11/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • What We Play: Top iTunes songs - Columbus Dispatch (11/Dec/2012)
    It's too bad that Hitchcock doesn't posess the exciting plot twists that made Alfred Hitchcock's movies memorable. Instead, it delivers mostly rehashed stories about the director performed by a crew that might be too accomplished for the mundane script.
  • Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren talk Hitchcock at London premiere - stv.tv (11/Dec/2012)
    The new biopic about Alfred Hitchcock premiered in London – with both its stars on hand to talk about the famed director. Hitchcock stars Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, and explores the director in a new way – focusing on a particular time when he ...
  • Hitchcock a daunting experience - Entertainment - NZ Herald News - New Zealand Herald (blog) (11/Dec/2012)
    He has played US President Richard Nixon, Hannibal Lecter and vampire slayer Van Helsing - but Sir Anthony Hopkins says he still found the role of Alfred Hitchcock "daunting". The 74-year-old Oscar Award-winner was in London together with Dame Helen ...
  • Sienna Miller recalls bird 'attack' - Belfast Telegraph (11/Dec/2012)
    The actress explained the ordeal she underwent to convincingly recreate the iconic scene from 1963 film The Birds. Sienna stars as Tippi Hedren in the television adaptation, which charts famous filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's obsession with blonde star Tippi.
  • CNS Movie Review: Hitchcock - Catholic News Service (11/Dec/2012)
    The "Master of Suspense" gets quite a dressing-down in this adaptation of Stephen Rebello's 1990 book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho," directed by newcomer Sacha Gervasi. The famously corpulent director (Anthony Hopkins, unrecognizable ...
  • Movie Review: 'Hitchcock' - Florida Today (11/Dec/2012)
    Rated: PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content and thematic material. THE REVIEW: “Hitchcock,” Sacha Gervasi's film about the imagined workings in Alfred Hitchcock's life and mind that went into making the famous director's “Psycho,” is a lot of fun.
  • Hitch-craft - Good Times (11/Dec/2012)
    Although the film is inspired by Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book, "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho," don't expect a doc-like piece of investigative research, or even a typical showbiz bio. Instead, director Sacha Gervasi adopts a larky approach in ...
  • Dial M For Meh - Suffolk Voice (11/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock, directed by Sacha Gervasi and based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, tells the story of Alfred Hitchcock and his relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, during the filming of Psycho. The film stars Anthony Hopkins as ...
  • 'Hitchcock' opens Friday : The WAE - StarNewsOnline.com (blog) (11/Dec/2012)
    In addition to Bilbo Baggins going on an adventure this Friday a local cinema will also feature the true adventure of acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock's efforts to make a film when the studios rejected it. The movie? “Psycho,” a black and white thriller about a ...
  • Helen Mirren hopeful for 'Hitchcock' at Oscars - Business Standard (11/Dec/2012)
    The biopic, which is based on legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with wife Alma Reville, has received much buzz, particularly for the performances of Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Mirren as Alma, reported Contactmusic. "I'd feel great for ...
  • THE HITCHCOCK FILE - PART 1 : Peter Bogdanovich - Indie Wire (blog) (11/Dec/2012)
    Over the next few weeks, we are going to run all my movie-file cards, 1952-1970, on the films of Alfred Hitchcock, who is currently much in the news because there are two pictures—one on HBO, the other in theatres—about the Master of Suspense. The HBO ...
  • MOVIE REVIEW: "Hitchcock" - Rochester City Newspaper (11/Dec/2012)
    Long after his death, Alfred Hitchcock remains a surprisingly powerful presence in the cinema. Reruns of his extremely successful 1950's television series turn up regularly on one of the cable film channels; a recent made-for-TV movie, "The Girl," about his ...
  • Behind the screams: Hitchcock - Colorado Springs Independent (12/Dec/2012)
    Or you can remember, even if you weren't yet alive then, because you remember that things changed that year with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. How they changed is of little concern to Hitchcock, another defanged Hollywood history done in the biopic-snapshot ...
  • Is Anthony Hopkins scared - Deccan Chronicle (12/Dec/2012)
    The Mask of Zorro star Sir Anthony Hopkins fel pressurised after playing the role of Alfred Hitchcock. The film focuses on the late director's relationship with wife Alma Reville during the making of his 1960 hit slasher film Psycho. After delivering a series of ...
  • Kam On Film: 'Hitchcock, 'The Loving Story' and What's New In Theaters - Aquarian Weekly (12/Dec/2012)
    It wasn't long after the Hollywood premiere of North By Northwest in July of 1959 that Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) was already searching for his next project, since he was at his most content making movies. After passing on all the scripts being pitched ...
  • Docudrama Recounts Shooting of Horror Classic “Psycho” - Town Topics (12/Dec/2012)
    HERE'S TO THE SUCCESS OF “PSYCHO”: Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins, center) toasts the completion of the the film “Psycho” at a dinner with his wife Alma (Helen Mirren, right) and leading lady Janet Leigh (Scarlet Johannson). All was not right in ...
  • Movie Review: Hitchcock - Blogcritics.org (blog) (12/Dec/2012)
    While Hitchcock, the new biographical film directed by Sacha Gervasi, gives us little insight into the mind of the "master of suspense", Alfred Hitchcock, it does provide an inside view of the making of his most celebrated film, Psycho. The creation of this classic ...
  • After 'Psycho,' a shower of violence in movies : Charleston Scene, Charleston ... - Charleston Post Courier (subscription) (12/Dec/2012)
    The movie was, of course, Alfred Hitchcockís ìPsycho,î a film that 52 years after its shocking premiere still hasnít released audiences from its subversive thrall. The film, which Hitchcock called ìa fun picture,î was revolutionary in its violence, its sexiness, ...
  • 'Hitchcock' underwhelming, unengaging - The UTD Mercury (12/Dec/2012)
    (From Right) Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren star in Sacha Gervasi's 2012 film Hitchcock, an adaptation of Stephen Rebello's book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of the Psycho.” Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:00 pm ...
  • A Crowded Red Carpet for Women After Oscar - New York Times (12/Dec/2012)
    “Had the beautiful Ms. Reville not accepted a lifetime contract, without options, as Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock, some 53 years ago,” he says, “Mr. Alfred Hitchcock might be in this room tonight — not at this table, but as one of the slower waiters on the floor. I share my ...
  • Hitchcock movies on AFI lists - Lincoln Journal Star (12/Dec/2012)
    In 2001, the American Film Institute began compiling lists of the best American pictures for the first 100 years of movies. Alfred Hitchcock's films are prominently found on three of those lists -- “100 Years 100 Movies”, “100 Years 100 Thrills” and the “Mystery” ...
  • Alderman wants to make it a crime to feed the pigeons - Chicago Sun-Times (12/Dec/2012)
    Ald. James Cappleman (46th) says he's tired of sitting back and watching portions of his Uptown ward turned into a scene from the Alfred Hitchcock movie, “The Birds” with the layers of pigeon droppings that go with it. At Wednesday's City Council meeting, ...
  • With 'Hitchcock,' the legendary filmmaker gets another mediocre biopic - Las Vegas Weekly (12/Dec/2012)
    Despite its rather broad title, Hitchcock isn't a biopic about the entire life or career of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Like the recent HBO movie The Girl, it focuses on the production of just one movie in Hitchcock's extensive body of work, in this case the ...
  • At the Movies - Press Herald (12/Dec/2012)
    ... 4, 7:30 (3D), 8. "HITCHCOCK" (PG-13) (1:38) Stars Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Sacha Gervasi. A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of "Psycho" in 1959.
  • Wild weight fluctuations are nothing new for actors - Omaha World-Herald (12/Dec/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins reportedly declined to gain a great deal of weight to play iconic director Alfred Hitchcock in “Hitchcock,” which opens here this weekend. The movie takes place during the 1959 filming of “Psycho.” (Look for a review Friday). Instead ...
  • AT THE MOVIES: New, returning movies to Grand Forks, East Grand Forks - Grand Forks Herald (13/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock”: A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of “Psycho” in 1959. With Anthony Hopkins, Hellen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson and Toni Collette. Director: Sacha Gervasi. (1:38) Rated PG-13 for ...
  • 'Hitchcock's' triple play - Los Angeles Times (13/Dec/2012)
    The original title of director Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock" was "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho," the name of Stephen Rebello's book on which the film is based. Anthony Hopkins, who plays the famed filmmaker in the movie, thought the longer name ...
  • The other A. Hitchcock was director's wife, Alma - Lexington Herald Leader (13/Dec/2012)
    In the early 1920s, when Alma Reville and Alfred Hitchcock met in Berlin, she had been in the film business three or four years longer than he had. Reville even was Hitchcock's boss briefly, but by 1923 he was beginning his directing career and hired her as ...
  • Hitchcock is uneven but undeniably entertaining - Planet S (13/Dec/2012)
    It's been a busy year for Alfred Hitchcock, as the master of suspense has been the subject of two biopics. The first, called The Girl, aired on HBO a couple of months ago and depicted Hitchcock as a borderline sociopath whose unhealthy obsession with his ...
  • Hitchcock: Sacha Gervasi Dishes Iconic Director - Movie Fanatic (13/Dec/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi, like everyone in the cinematic world, is heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock. Now, since he directed Hitchcock, Gervasi tells us in our exclusive interview, he is as mystified by the man as ever. “He's so enigmatic and yet, he's still mysterious,” ...
  • Globes only make space for one Hitchcock - Yahoo's The Projector (blog) (13/Dec/2012)
    2012 saw the release of two biopics about legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, with Anthony Hopkins (and a ton of latex makeup) playing the title role in the theatrical release, "Hitchcock," and Toby Jones filling out the filmmaker's famous silhouette in the TV ...
  • Riddle wrapped in enigma makes for elusive Hitchcock - TheChronicleHerald.ca (13/Dec/2012)
    Sir Alfred Hitchcock remains one of the most famous directors in movie history, not only because of his droll public image but because of the enduring appeal of so many of his films. As someone who has tried with mixed success to show Hollywood classics to ...
  • 'Hitchcock' director Sacha Gervasi lured by subject's complexities - Fresno Bee (13/Dec/2012)
    He's gotten over that fear enough to direct "Hitchcock," a film that looks at the life and work of Alfred Hitchcock as he tries to get "Psycho" made. The first-time feature film director bounces between Hitchcock's relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, and work ...
  • Movie review: 'Hitchcock' - Entertainment - fresnobee.com - Fresno Bee (13/Dec/2012)
    Like walking into a dark movie theater from a sunny day, it'll take your eyes a little while to adjust to director Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock." Both the story and Anthony Hopkins's performance as the ground-breaking director Alfred Hitchcock can't be judged at ...
  • Movie review: Hopkins cuts a fine figure in 'Hitchcock' - Salt Lake Tribune (13/Dec/2012)
    Of course, the legend is Alfred Hitchcock, and director Sacha Gervasi and screenwriter John J. McLaughlin catch the "Master of Suspense" at a suspenseful crossroads. As the movie begins, it's 1959 and Hitchcock (played by Anthony Hopkins) is coming off ...
  • Movie review: Hopkins cuts a fine figure in 'Hitchcock' - Salt Lake Tribune (13/Dec/2012)
    Of course, the legend is Alfred Hitchcock, and director Sacha Gervasi and screenwriter John J. McLaughlin catch the "Master of Suspense" at a suspenseful crossroads. As the movie begins, it's 1959 and Hitchcock (played by Anthony Hopkins) is coming off ...
  • 'Hitchcock' absorbing portrait of legendary film director - Catholic Sentinel (13/Dec/2012)
    The "Master of Suspense" gets quite a dressing-down in this adaptation of Stephen Rebello's 1990 book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho," directed by newcomer Sacha Gervasi. The famously corpulent director (Anthony Hopkins, unrecognizable ...
  • “HITCHCOCK” –THE WOMAN BEHIND THE “PSYCHO” - Wave of Long Island (subscription) (13/Dec/2012)
    ... Master of Suspense to perfection in “Hitchcock” about the making of the famed filmmaker's shock masterpiece, “Psycho.” Based on Stephen Rebello's nonfiction chronicle, “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho,” the movie is certainly no documentary.
  • Hitchcock -Trailer : video - Brisbane Times (13/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock -Trailer (02:33). A love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. 14/12/12. My wife clings to me: crane hero (Video Thumbnail). Up next... My wife clings to me: crane ...
  • Family Film Guide: 'Hitchcock' - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (13/Dec/2012)
    What you should know: This is the story about the making of "Psycho" and stars Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma. Cast also includes Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh. Language: A couple of uses of profanity.
  • Movie review: Fine cast, good story should delight 'Hitchcock' fans - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (13/Dec/2012)
    It wasn't just that the book featured a man Alfred Hitchcock called "not your average run of the mill nutcase." After all, as the director reminded his revolted assistant, "This is the boy who dug up his own mother." "Psycho," a movie no one wanted to make -- or ...
  • 'Hitchcock' an entertaining tale of the making of 'Psycho' : Ground Zero - Lincoln Journal Star (13/Dec/2012)
    But it also draws on the legendary Hitchcock persona, with the great Anthony Hopkins bringing Hitch to full, corpulent life, starting with the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"-style opening. Pouring down whiskey and wine and ogling the starlets through his ...
  • Mirren, not Hopkins, is the real star of 'Hitchcock' - Omaha World-Herald (13/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock,” about iconic director of suspense Alfred Hitchcock during the time he made “Psycho,” will work just fine for his longtime fans. It's amusing, contains some insight into Hitchcock's psyche, and features an Oscar-caliber performance by Helen Mirren ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' - Tulsa World (13/Dec/2012)
    We see the director standing in the middle of Gein's farm, watching a grisly murder close-up, and then the filmmaker breaks the fourth wall by talking directly to the audience as he did on TV for years with his "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" anthology series.
  • Sienna Miller and Toby Jones in The Girl - pictures and trailer - Radio Times (14/Dec/2012)
    The ninety minute long dramatisation - starring Sienna Miller and Toby Jones - documents the tempestuous relationship between actress Tippi Hedren and film maker Alfred Hitchcock. Unknown model Tippi Hedren is overjoyed when she is picked by ...
  • "Frenzy" Proof Hitchcock Was the Master - Hamden, CT Patch - Patch.com (14/Dec/2012)
    new_asset_attachment_attributes. Many of Alfred Hitchcock's films are well known, but the one Hamden resident Raymond Foery chose for the topic of his recently published book may be best known as his most highly admired final film. Foery, a professor in ...
  • Movie review: 'Hitchcock' explores making of 'Psycho' - NewsOK.com (14/Dec/2012)
    (For the record, she was Alfred Hitchcock's wife of more than 50 years and on his every film his muse, unerring script editor and most trusted — though unaccredited — confidante.) Yet, in constructing this all-over-the-map biopic — ostensibly focusing on a ...
  • 'Psycho' Writer's Widow: 'Hitchcock' Full of Lies and Mistakes - Patch.com (14/Dec/2012)
    Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano's widow and son are in settlement talks with Fox Searchlight Pictures over the depiction of Stefano in the current film Hitchcock, which they claim wrongly credits Alfred Hitchcock's wife with Stefano's ideas and work on the ...
  • At The Movies - Ottawa Citizen (14/Dec/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins channels the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock in this colourful and well-executed period piece that takes us onto the backlot during the filming of Psycho. Allowing us to explore the emotional and historic sides of the story, director Sacha Gervasi ...
  • 'Hitchcock' a fun, facile take on the Master of Suspense : 77-square - Wisconsin State Journal (14/Dec/2012)
    The murderer is, of course, Ed Gein, Plainfield's least favorite son, the serial killer who was the inspiration for Robert Bloch's novel “Psycho” and, in turn, Alfred Hitchcock's disturbing film. And, lest you think this is going to be a serious and sober biopic of the ...
  • Salt Lake City Movies & TV - Film Reviews: Hitchcock - Salt Lake City Weekly (14/Dec/2012)
    Instead, it focuses on just one year in the life of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins), circa 1959-1960. At the peak of his success with North by Northwest, Hitchcock is hungry for a distinctive premise that can show he's not creatively over the ...
  • 'Hitchcock' shows us the power behind the legendary director's throne - Deseret News (14/Dec/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock. Suzanne Tenner. Enlarge photo». Summary. Alfred Hitchcock's most famous film is about a deeply flawed relationship between a man and his mother. “Hitchcock” is also a story about a flawed relationship: that between ...
  • Teaser and featurette video previews A&ER... - The Global Dispatch (14/Dec/2012)
    A&E gives fans their first long look ( a couple of teasers were relesed earlier – here)at their prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho,” a new series titled “Bates Motel.” This first trailer introduces Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates and young British actor Freddie ...
  • 'Hitchcock' focuses on man (and woman) behind horror classic ' Psycho' - Cape Cod Times (subscription) (14/Dec/2012)
    December 14, 2012. This is the year of the Hitchcock bio. On HBO we've had “The Girl,” primarily about director Alfred Hitchcock's allegedly abusive relationship with Tippi Hedren during the making of “The Birds” and “Marnie” in the early 1960s.
  • 'Hitchcock' - A Review: Dial M for Marriage - The Bloodshot Eye - Memphis Commercial Appeal (blog) (14/Dec/2012)
    But I'll say it anyway: Alfred Hitchcock was perhaps the greatest filmmaker in the history of motion pictures, and definitely one of the great directors of popular movies aimed at a mass audience. on the pset of 'Psycho': Anthony Hopkins is 'Hitchcock'. For this ...
  • Barry's Movie Reviews - Broward Net Online (press release) (14/Dec/2012)
    Following his great success with “North by Northwest,” director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel “Psycho.” When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to ...
  • 'Psycho' prequel 'Bates Motel' trailer debuts online - video - Digital Spy (14/Dec/2012)
    Tweet. 0. Submit · Email this story. A trailer for the upcoming A&E series Bates Motel has been unveiled online. The clip introduces viewers to the teenage Norman Bates and his mother Norma, as part of the re-imagined backstory to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.
  • A&E's 'Bates Motel' Trailer: A Young 'Psycho' In The Making - Screen Rant (14/Dec/2012)
    Whenever the term reboot, re-imagining or prequel is used in conjunction with an established and – in the case of A&E's Bates Motel – incredibly well-regarded piece of cinema like Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, a certain amount of skepticism and immediate ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is stylistically dry and dull - Las Vegas CityLife (14/Dec/2012)
    The title of Hitchcock indicates a wider focus than director Sacha Gervasi (The Terminal, Anvil! The Story of Anvil) and screenwriter John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan) present. Author Stephen Rebello's source material, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of ...
  • Check into the Bates Motel with first trailer - SheKnows.com (14/Dec/2012)
    Watch as Norman Bates is groomed to become the infamous psycho. Vera Farmiga. Norman Bates has stepped into the 21st century. A&E has released the first full trailer for the prequel, Bates Motel. It's the predecessor to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Instead of ...
  • Sorry, Sir Hopkins. There's just one Hitchcock - The Virginian-Pilot (14/Dec/2012)
    What was Alfred Hitchcock, left, really like. Maybe he didn't even know himself. Sir Anthony Hopkins, right, attempts to take on his persona in "Hitchcock," which follows the relationship between the eccentric filmmaker and his wife during the filming of "Psycho.
  • MOVIE REVIEW: "Hitchcock" : Movies - Tuscaloosa News (subscription) (blog) (14/Dec/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is not a bad film, really, as much as it is a warped interpretation of a story that most people serious about film know fairly well. It's as if audiences are seeing the events surrounding master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's filming of “Psycho” as they are ...
  • Hitchcock -Trailer : video - The Age (15/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock -Trailer (02:33). A love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. 14/12/12. Return to video. Copy video link. Copy the text below to get a direct link to this video: ...
  • "Hitchcock" - fact or fiction? - OnMilwaukee.com (15/Dec/2012)
    Well, it just so happens that a Hitchcock biographer, Patrick McGilligan, works and lives in this very city. McGilligan wrote "Alfred Hitchcock: Life in Darkness and Light" in 2003 and currently teaches a class at Marquette University on the famed auteur.
  • When Sienna Miller met Tippi Hedren : Film : The Observer - The Guardian (15/Dec/2012)
    A good deal had happened since I interviewed her in the summer about her forthcoming TV movie The Girl, in the company of "the girl" in question, Tippi Hedren, the actor, who was muse and obsession to Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960s. As well as becoming a ...
  • Watch The Trailer For 2013′s Bates Motel, A Prequel TV Series To Psycho - Gizmodo Australia (15/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was never in dire need of spin-off shows or movies, but, being such a cinematic (and profitable) milestone it's not surprising Hollywood has had a few cracks at the formula over the years. The latest go, a 10-episode TV series called ...
  • 'Hitchcock' review: The woman behind the man - Columbus Movie Reviews ... - Examiner.com (15/Dec/2012)
    This is especially true about famed director Alfred Hitchcock as depicted in the film “Hitchcock.” Though its expanded release on Dec. 14 will hardly make a blip when eclipsed by the release of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Hitchcock” is worth seeing ...
  • Top 10 Alfred Hitchcock films - Tulsa World (16/Dec/2012)
    When we watch the girlfriend trapped inside the villain's apartment, one of the most suspenseful moments in movie history plays out. Grace Kelly, with the help of costumer Edith Head, is the definition of silver-screen beauty. Hitchcock's often-imitated staging ...
  • Lincoln, Hitchcock : Masters tackle roles with contrasting methods - The Age (16/Dec/2012)
    For Helen Mirren, who plays Alma Reville, Alfred Hitchcock's wife and indispensable professional collaborator, he had only praise. She was exactly what I expected, he said. Very professional, friendly, very good. Excellent actress. No-nonsense. ...
  • 'Hitchcock': A Psycho Drama - iBerkshires.com (17/Dec/2012)
    I miss Alfred Hitchcock. The thought occurred with a nostalgic pang whilst viewing director Sacha Gervasi's solidly entertaining homage bearing the filmmaker's name. While Hollywood is flush with technically astute manipulators of suspense and scads of ...
  • Hitchcock [Review] - Widescreen Warrior.com (17/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is one the most famous and recognizable film directors in cinema's history: his name, his voice, his profile, his films. His influence upon film makers and his obsession for the perfect “Hitchcock Blonde” (Ingrid Bergman, Tippi Hedren, Kim ...
  • 'Psycho' Writer's Widow Says 'Hitchcock' Full of Lies and Mistakes - Patch.com (17/Dec/2012)
    LOS ANGELES, CA -- Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano's widow and son are in settlement talks with Fox Searchlight Pictures over the depiction of Stefano in the current film Hitchcock, which they claim wrongly credits Alfred Hitchcock's wife with Stefano's ...
  • 'Bates Motel' First Look: New Trailer Revealed -- Watch - Hollywood Life (17/Dec/2012)
    But make sure all the lights are on before you press play because it's creepy and oh so scary! Bates Motel is not the same Psycho that your parents grew to know and fear! It's a prequel series to the Alfred Hitchcock classic and it looks absolutely terrifying!
  • Movie Review:Hitchcock - Alameda Sun (17/Dec/2012)
    Review by Jana Hardy. During the filming of Psycho in 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville hit a rough patch in their relationship. This movie follows that detour. As the film opens, Alma and Hitch have been married for 30 years. She has been his ...
  • Keck's Exclusives: Birds Actress Meets Cougar Town Clan - Seattle Post Intelligencer (18/Dec/2012)
    Following her hilarious turn on Raising Hope earlier this season, Tippi Hedren - the ageless star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds - will swoop in to TBS's Cougar Town. Hedren has signed on to play an iconic Hollywood legend, not unlike herself, who rubs ...
  • Catholic faith was not a MacGuffin in Alfred Hitchcock's life - Catholic Sentinel (18/Dec/2012)
    7 Wall Street Journal essay, "Alfred Hitchcock's Surprise Ending," Father Mark Henninger, a Jesuit priest and professor of philosophy at Georgetown University, describes how he and a fellow priest, Father Tom Sullivan, visited Hitchcock at his Beverly Hills, ...
  • Delightful docudrama recounts shooting of horror classic “Psycho - Insight News (18/Dec/2012)
    It wasn't long after the Hollywood premiere of "North by Northwest" in July of 1959 that Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) was already searching for his next project, since he was at his most content making movies. After passing on all the scripts being ...
  • Tippi Hedren Will Guest Star On Cougar Town - Cinema Blend (18/Dec/2012)
    Hedren rose to fame after she appeared in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Birds for which she took home a Golden Globe, and Marnie. Although she's been working steadily since then, she will forever be known for being one of Hitchcock's favorite blondes, ...
  • Hitchcock Will Live on Word of Mouth - Huffington Post (blog) (18/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock is not an overall biographical look at the life of famed director Alfred Hitchcock, but rather is a study of a fixed time period in his life. This is done in much the same way Lincoln focuses on the fixed period of time when Lincoln was working on getting ...
  • 'Cougar Town' snags Tippi Hedren for Season 4 finale - Zap2it.com (blog) (18/Dec/2012)
    Hedren, whose experiences with director Alfred Hitchcock were the basis for HBO's movie "The Girl" and who guest-starred on "Raising Hope" earlier this season, will guest on the Season 4 finale of "Cougar Town." She'll be playing herself in a story that, well, ...
  • Keck's Exclusives: Birds Actress Meets Cougar Town Clan - Morton Times-News (18/Dec/2012)
    Following her hilarious turn on Raising Hope earlier this season, Tippi Hedren - the ageless star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds - will swoop in to TBS's Cougar Town. Hedren has signed on to play an iconic Hollywood legend, not unlike herself, who rubs ...
  • READER SUBMITTED: Hamden Resident Publishes Book Examining Alfred ... - Hartford Courant (18/Dec/2012)
    ... the definitive book on Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy." "Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The last masterpiece" is a 187-page examination, complete with more than a dozen photographs and four appendices, of one of the legendary director's most highly admired films.
  • Tippi Hedren Heading To Cougar Town - Access Hollywood (18/Dec/2012)
    Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds,” is heading to “Cougar Town.” The actress-turned-animal activist will guest star on the Courteney Cox sitcom as herself. Jules (Courteney) and the gang are set to “scheme to capture Tippi Hedren to cheer up ...
  • Last Year Marilyn, This Year Hitchcock! - Lamorindaweekly (18/Dec/2012)
    H itchcock, starring Oscar Winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) as Alfred Hitchcock, is a movie that will surprise you. It is more about The Master of Suspense's relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, portrayed by Oscar winner Helen Mirren ...
  • Keck's Exclusives: Birds Actress Meets Cougar Town Clan - Canton Daily Ledger (18/Dec/2012)
    Following her hilarious turn on Raising Hope earlier this season, Tippi Hedren - the ageless star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds - will swoop in to TBS's Cougar Town. Hedren has signed on to play an iconic Hollywood legend, not unlike herself, who rubs ...
  • Movie about Hitchcock has Somerset connection - spectator.southcoasttoday (18/Dec/2012)
    Loading... Top Photo. SUBMITTED PHOTO FROM SOMERSET TO HOLLYWOOD: A movie about movie director Alfred Hitchcock's life is based on a book written by Somerset High School graduate Stephen Rebello (above). December 19, 2012 12:00 AM ...
  • Tippi Hedren To Appear On 'Cougar Town' - The Inquisitr (19/Dec/2012)
    Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film The Birds, will be making a guest appearance on Cougar Town when its fourth season debuts on the TBS network next year, TV Guide reports. Hedren, 82, has made a number of appearances on both the big ...
  • "Queue Tips: Discovering Your Next Great Movie" - Chicago Tonight : WTTW (19/Dec/2012)
    Is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho a Christmastime movie? We take a look at this, and other unique takes on classic films in a new book about watching movies on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm. Read an excerpt from Queue Tips: Discovering Your Next Great Movie ...
  • Saibal Chatterjee: A cinematic feast to remember - Gulf Today (19/Dec/2012)
    But no programming move could have been quite as daring and inspired as the event's opening night film – Alfred Hitchcock's The Ring. The screening of the 1927 film, restored by the British Film Institute's National Archive, was accompanied by a live ...
  • Film: Slicing and dicing 'Psycho' - San Angelo Standard Times (19/Dec/2012)
    Leigh died in 2004, but in 1995, she shared memories of her Oscar-nominated role of Marion Crane, director Alfred Hitchcock and her legendary shower scene. Some tidbits and talking points while the movie "Hitchcock" is in theaters. 1. Leigh would have ...
  • SEE HITCHCOCK AT TAPPAN LIBRARY - Rockland County Times (19/Dec/2012)
    Movies by Alfred Hitchcock, the master of the suspense genre, will be screened at the Tappan Library on Friday, January 11 and Friday, January 18 at 3 p.m. A Sunday discussion will follow at the end of each month led by local film historian, Paul Kaufman.
  • Saulnier: Intriguing 'Hitchcock' chronicles making of 'Psycho' - Ithaca Journal (19/Dec/2012)
    Mirren is terrific as usual, and so is Hopkins, who manages to disappear into the role rather than seeming like he's doing an Alfred Hitchcock impression under layers of latex prosthetics. The other actors acquit themselves well: Toni Collette as Hitchcock's ...
  • Producers Anonymous: Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot - lareviewofbooks (20/Dec/2012)
    SPOILER ALERT! The movie Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, does not have a happy ending. The movie Hitchcock, directed by Sasha Gervasi — the story, purportedly, of the making of Psycho — does. Unlike Psycho, Hitchcock is a pleasant motion ...
  • Movie Review: Hitchcock - KMUW (20/Dec/2012)
    All of which are less important than the grotesque face the makeup people have imposed on Anthony Hopkins, who looks like himself with a serious case of mumps. Alfred Hitchcock had an elfin charm in his face, which had an element of chubby humor and ...
  • Master of suspense - mydigitalfc.com (20/Dec/2012)
    Critics in this year's Sight & Sound poll voted Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) as the greatest film of all time, edging out Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941), which had held top spot for 50 years. What makes Hitchcock and his spine-chilling movies truly ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' Movie for the Ignorant Only - The American Culture (20/Dec/2012)
    Although the excitement I had initially felt upon viewing the trailer was gone, I was simply too interested in the subject matter to resist seeing Hitchcock, a new movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock and his ...
  • Film goes behind the veil of Hitchcock's seminal 'Psycho' - Columbia Daily Tribune (20/Dec/2012)
    Advertisement. Alfred Hitchcock is without doubt one of the most important directors in the history of cinema. His visual style and narrative themes are so enduring and influential, the term "Hitchcockian" has taken a hallowed spot in the film lover's lexicon.
  • Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren make a bloody good couple in cozy biopic - Weekly Alibi (blog) (20/Dec/2012)
    ... Hopkins and Helen Mirren make a bloody good couple in cozy biopic. By Devin D. O'Leary. Iconic British director Alfred Hitchcock gets the biographical movie treatment courtesy of iconic British actor Anthony Hopkins in the appropriately titled Hitchcock.
  • Film Clips with Paul Hood: Hitchcock - PennLive.com (blog) (20/Dec/2012)
    For Hitchcock, based on the book 'Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho' written by Stephen Rebello, it stars Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, the lighthearted, almost satirical take on the making of the legendary master of ...
  • THE GIRL: SIENNA MILLER'S BLOODIED - Daily Star (20/Dec/2012)
    The babe, 30, is starring in a BBC series charting film director Alfred Hitchcock's obsession with Tippi Hedren. Hitchcock became fixated with the actress, now 82, after she starred in his film The Birds. Toby Jones, 46, who plays Hitchcock, had to spend hours ...
  • From Doctor Who to Downton Abbey: What to watch on TV this Christmas - Metro (20/Dec/2012)
    Toby Jones and Sienna Miller have both nabbed Golden Globe nominations for their portrayals of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock and his protégée turned obsession Tippi Hedren. The Girl (BBC2, Boxing Day, 9pm) is a dark tale of Hollywood lust, ...
  • Still Showing - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader (20/Dec/2012)
    HITCHCOCK – The man who made “Psycho” was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way here. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, “Hitchcock” puts a featherlight yet entertaining ...
  • Mirren: Directing is a love affair - Jersey Evening Post (21/Dec/2012)
    The Oscar-winning actress – who fell for director husband Taylor Hackford after working together on White Nights in 1985 – stars alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock, which explores director Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with his wife and his ...
  • Mirren: Directing is a love affair - Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra (21/Dec/2012)
    The Oscar-winning actress - who fell for director husband Taylor Hackford after working together on White Nights in 1985 - stars alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock, which explores director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with his wife and his ...
  • Hitchcock Blu-ray - Blu-ray.com (21/Dec/2012)
    Technical specs and supplemental features to be included with this upcoming release are yet to be revealed. Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville.
  • Directors Roundtable: Six filmmakers discuss first shooting days [Video] - Los Angeles Times (21/Dec/2012)
    In Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock," director Alfred Hitchcock begins the production of "Psycho" by having his cast and crew swear an oath not to divulge any of the film's secrets. The first day of filming of "Hitchcock" itself followed a different route, with Gervasi, who ...
  • An unhealthy obsession - Herald Scotland (21/Dec/2012)
    There are two horror stories in The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock's movie about what happens when birds turn bad: the horror story you can see and the one you can't. There are two horror stories in The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock's movie about what happens when ...
  • Hitchcock Blu-ray Release Date, Pre-Order and Cover Art - TheHDRoom (22/Dec/2012)
    Hitchcock Blu-ray Release Date, Pre-Order and Cover Art The Fox Searchlight film Hitchcock starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as his wife Alma Reville, and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh will make its Blu-ray and DVD debut on ...
  • Helen the Great - WA today (22/Dec/2012)
    Nicknamed "Hell", which she says derives from her intolerance of incompetence on film sets, the actress is said to be in line for an Oscar nomination for her performance as Alma Revile, Alfred Hitchcock's long-suffering spouse, confidante and intellectual ...
  • Quick Flicks - Tbo.com (22/Dec/2012)
    The love story of Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma (Helen Mirren) is framed during the making of "Psycho" and the director's fascination with the real-life serial killer who inspired character Norman Bates. 120 minutes; PG-13 (for some ...
  • Tippi reveals how Hitchcock tried to destroy her - Times of India (22/Dec/2012)
    Film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a sadistic sexual predator who devoted his 40-year career to making stars of ice-cool blondes, a new documentary has revealed. He would become fixated, fall hopelessly in love and, using his powerful position in ...
  • Hitchcock and The Girl, a look at the man behind the camera - Oxford Student (23/Dec/2012)
    To many of us the new films about Alfred Hitchcock may come as a great surprise. We may not have anticipated, when walking into the theatre, that our perception of him would be so radically altered. By the end of Hitchcock and The Girl, the man who ...
  • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson - WWLP 22News (blog) (23/Dec/2012)
    Who knew that Alfred Hitchcock would face so many obstacles making his classic horror film, “Psycho”? “Hitchcock” treats movie buffs to a glorious glimpse into cinematic folklore. Anthony Hopkins was born to play the master of suspense as an uncanny judge ...
  • THE WOMAN BEHIND ALFRED HITCHCOCK - Express.co.uk (23/Dec/2012)
    ENOUGH has been written about Hitchcock and his unusual peccadilloes to fill several bookshelves. Many actresses have called him a monster of lewdness, a strange, warped figure who took a childish delight in rude and inappropriate behaviour. Evidently it ...
  • Hitchcock 'was a sexual predator' - Independent Online (24/Dec/2012)
    London - Film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a sadistic sexual predator who devoted his 40-year career to making stars of ice-cool blondes. He would become fixated, fall hopelessly in love and, using his powerful position in Hollywood, try to woo them into ...
  • Tippi Hedren interview: 'Hitchcock put me in a mental prison' - Telegraph.co.uk (24/Dec/2012)
    The two films Alfred Hitchcock made after Psycho – The Birds and Marnie – cemented his reputation as the master of suspense and made a star out of Tippi Hedren, who had never acted until the director spotted her in a television commercial and put her ...
  • 'Hitchcock' is a cinematic feast for any cinephile - HollywoodSoapbox.com (24/Dec/2012)
    For avid moviegoers, Alfred Hitchcock is god. There is likely no other Hollywood director with such a distinctive style than the portly chap from England who scared and thrilled audiences with methodically paced suspense movies for much of his career.
  • Anthony Hopkins in "Hitchcock" - Salon (24/Dec/2012)
    The movie Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, does not have a happy ending. The movie Hitchcock, directed by Sacha Gervasi — the story, purportedly, of the making of Psycho — does. Unlike Psycho, Hitchcock is a pleasant motion picture which provides ...
  • Fact-Checking 'Hitchcock:' The Man, The Movie And The Myth - Tri States Public Radio (24/Dec/2012)
    How close to reality is Hitchcock and how much is just "inspired?" Well, this week we're subjecting this and other biopics to some truth squadding. Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, joins NPR's Robert Siegel to fact ...
  • Fact-Checking 'Hitchcock:' The Man, The Movie And The Myth - WWNO (24/Dec/2012)
    How close to reality is Hitchcock and how much is just "inspired?" Well, this week we're subjecting this and other biopics to some truth squadding. Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, joins NPR's Robert Siegel to fact ...
  • Fact-Checking 'Hitchcock:' The Man, The Movie And The Myth - KAWC (24/Dec/2012)
    How close to reality is Hitchcock and how much is just "inspired?" Well, this week we're subjecting this and other biopics to some truth squadding. Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, joins NPR's Robert Siegel to ...
  • Fact-Checking 'Hitchcock:' The Man, The Movie And The Myth - KOSU (24/Dec/2012)
    Well, this week we're subjecting this and other biopics to some truth squadding. Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light, joins NPR's Robert Siegel to fact-check the film. Interview Highlights. On whether Hitchcock, did, in fact, ...
  • Obsession: The dark side of Alfred Hitchcock - The Independent (25/Dec/2012)
    This is what Alfred Hitchcock did to Tippi Hedren. Hitchcock's films were cruel, but his behaviour behind the scenes was even crueller. In this crucial scene from The Girl, an absorbing new one-off BBC2 drama, Hedren, played by Sienna Miller, is re-living the ...
  • Twilight Zone & Odd Couple star Jack Klugman passes away at 90 - Examiner.com (25/Dec/2012)
    He starred in one Alfred Hitchcock Presents, one Outer Limits and no les than three Twilight Zones (what - no Night Gallery!?!) The Emmy-winning actor, best known as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, and the lead in Quincy M.E., died today, December 24 ...
  • Interview: Toby Jones on playing Hitchcock - Scotsman (25/Dec/2012)
    IT TOOK Toby Jones four hours to become Alfred Hitchcock for his latest role. First, there was the fat suit he had to wriggle into each morning to pull off the Master of Suspense's notoriously rotund silhouette. Then the layers of prosthetics to achieve the ...
  • 'Hitchcock put me in a mental prison' - WND.com (25/Dec/2012)
    (TELEGRAPH) — A new BBC film tells the story of director Alfred Hitchcock's crazed obsession with one of his ice-cool blonde leading ladies, Tippi Hedren. But she wouldn't be broken, she tells John Hiscock. The two films Alfred Hitchcock made after Psycho ...
  • The Girl - Radio Times (25/Dec/2012)
    Radio Times: Review by: Alison Graham. Wide-eyed model Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) can't believe her luck when she lands the coveted role of Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock's follow-up to Psycho, The Birds. “I'll make you so proud of me,” she trills.
  • RTÉ TEN's Top 5 telly picks today - RTE.ie (26/Dec/2012)
    Like Mirren for Hitchcock, Jones and Miller are Golden Globe-nominated for their performances in The Girl. And, if you're still hungry for more Hitch, The Girl is followed by Rebecca (10:30pm) and Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (12:35am).
  • Sacha Gervasi on helming 'homage' to 'Hitchcock' - GoldDerby (26/Dec/2012)
    There is perhaps no more revered filmmaker than Alfred Hitchcock, so turning his life into a film would be a daunting task for anyone. By focusing on the making of “Psycho” and his relationship with wife Alma Reville, director Sacha Gervasi and his crew were ...
  • Film Review: 'The Girl' (TV) - Cine-Vue (26/Dec/2012)
    Set during the making of The Birds (1963), we open to the piercing eyes of Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller), a model who would be made into a star by British horror icon Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones), in his follow up to the box-office horror smash, Psycho (1960).
  • State of the Arts: Hopkins, Mirren shine in 'Hitchcock' lead roles - Lynden Tribune (26/Dec/2012)
    The influence of Alfred Hitchcock on the history of cinema is undeniable. The man was a master of multiple genres, and, in many ways, he shaped them into how we see them today. The master's classic horror film “Psycho” is arguably the best example of this.
  • Switch on - This is Staffordshire (26/Dec/2012)
    ALFRED Hitchcock was at the height of his fame and creativity when, in 1962, he chose an unknown fashion model to star in his most ambitious film – The Birds. But as he sculpted Tippi Hedren into the perfect Hitchcock blonde of his imagination, he became ...
  • The Girl, BBC Two / Miranda, BBC One - The Arts Desk (26/Dec/2012)
    Or as Alfred Hitchcock put it in The Girl, “Who pays our wages? The audience.” And so to the master. In The Girl Hitchcock became the story rather than the storyteller, not for the first time or the last (the film starring Anthony Hopkins as Hitch is coming soon).
  • TV review: The Girl; Doors Open - The Guardian (26/Dec/2012)
    "Blondes make the best victims," Alfred Hitchcock once said. The Girl (BBC2) was Tippi Hedren, the blonde who ultimately refused to be his victim and, as this HBO film was largely based on Hedren's own interviews and Donald Spoto's Hitchcock biography, ...
  • Reviews: The Girl - This Is Fake DIY (26/Dec/2012)
    Legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) once said, "Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that show up the bloody footprints." And boy did he love his blondes. After the glacial beauties of the likes of Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint ...
  • The Girl, BBC Two, review - Telegraph.co.uk (26/Dec/2012)
    The Girl (BBC Two) was about Alfred Hitchcock's obsession with one of his leading ladies, Tippi Hedren. In a less PC age the producers might have been tempted to call it The Bird – Hitchcock was, after all, a Cockney – but even then they'd probably have ...
  • TV review: The Girl - shropshirestar.com (27/Dec/2012)
    The Anglo-American production explored the troubled relationship between legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock, and the latest in his long line of stereotyped peroxide blonde leading ladies, Tippi Hedren. Plucked from obscurity in 1961 to appear in the ...
  • Leading ladies defend Alfred Hitchcock, a genius and gentleman - Daily News & Analysis (27/Dec/2012)
    As a celebrated creator of the unexpected, Alfred Hitchcock cultivated his own mystique off-screen, too. But the picture of the director as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator in a BBC drama broadcast on Wednesday is unrecognisable, according to a ...
  • New BBC drama portrays Alfred Hitchcock as lecherous, sadistic sex maniac - The Voice of Russia (27/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is portrayed as a lecherous and sadistic, utterly loathsome sexual predator in a new BBC drama about the relationship of the English film director and a young actress who starred in the iconic movie “The Birds”. “The Girl”, the BBC drama, ...
  • The Girl stars Sienna Miller and Toby Jones hailed as 'superb' by fans - Metro (27/Dec/2012)
    Jones plays director Alfred Hitchcock in the TV drama while Miller stars as Hollywood starlet Tippi Hedren. The Girl chronicled Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with model Hedren, who he plucked from obscurity to be the lead in his new horror movie, The ...
  • Leading ladies defend Hitchcock as a genius and a gentleman - Calgary Herald (27/Dec/2012)
    LONDON — As a celebrated creator of the unexpected, Alfred Hitchcock cultivated his own mystique off-screen, too. But the picture of the director as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator in a BBC drama broadcast Wednesday night is unrecognizable, ...
  • Former leading ladies come to defence of Alfred Hitchcock - Calgary Herald (27/Dec/2012)
    As a celebrated creator of the unexpected, Alfred Hitchcock cultivated his own mystique off-screen, too. But the picture of the director as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator in a recent BBC drama broadcast is unrecognizable, according to a number of his ...
  • 'Hitchcock was a gentleman,' say former colleagues - Vancouver Sun (28/Dec/2012)
    As a celebrated creator of the unexpected, Alfred Hitchcock cultivated his own mystique off-screen, too. But the picture of the director as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator in a recent BBC/HBO drama broadcast is unrecognizable, according to a number ...
  • A matter of fact - The Age (28/Dec/2012)
    The first to arrive is Hitchcock (opening January 10), with Anthony Hopkins transforming himself into Alfred Hitchcock at the time he was making Psycho in 1959. Hitch loved a true story, especially one that was hard to believe. He chose Psycho in a calculated ...
  • Austrian village holds out hope for lost Hitchcock film - The Guardian (28/Dec/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock arrived in the Tyrolean village of Obergurgl in October 1925, clad in knickerbockers, hiking boots and a felt hat, scouting for a location that resembled Kentucky. When he left several months later after completing his second film, the ...
  • Hitchcock Comes Home in March - Dread Central (28/Dec/2012)
    The film, which is billed as “a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner, Alma Reville,” takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho. Anthony Hopkins plays ...
  • If only Alfred Hitchcock himself could have directed The Girl - The Guardian (28/Dec/2012)
    The Girl, the BBC-HBO biopic that tells Tippi Hedren's side of the story about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, has upset a lot of the director's fans – but if ever there was a man likely to see the dramatic possibility of an inexperienced yet ambitious ...
  • A matter of fact - WA today (28/Dec/2012)
    The first to arrive is Hitchcock (opening January 10), with Anthony Hopkins transforming himself into Alfred Hitchcock at the time he was making Psycho in 1959. Hitch loved a true story, especially one that was hard to believe. He chose Psycho in a calculated ...
  • Sexy Scarlett Johansson shows off her perfect shape - The Sun (28/Dec/2012)
    But she takes on a more scary role playing Psycho actress Janet Leigh — whose character was knifed to death in a motel shower — in upcoming movie Hitchcock. The biopic is about legendary British director Alfred Hitchcock, who made the classic 1960 ...
  • Golden Globes - Best Actress - Drama - Helen Mirren - FemaleFirst.co.uk (28/Dec/2012)
    Synopsis: Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho. Previous Golden Globe ...
  • 'Hitchcock was a gentleman' - Windsor Star (28/Dec/2012)
    As a celebrated creator of the unexpected, Alfred Hitchcock cultivated his own mystique off-screen, too. But the picture of the director as a lecherous and sadistic sexual predator in a recent BBC drama broadcast is unrecognizable, according to a number of his ...
  • Many common suburban customs repulse, endanger birds - NWAOnline (subscription) (29/Dec/2012)
    Tweet. Unless you're channeling Tippi Hedren in an Alfred Hitchcock movie, you are probably like most people in believing life would be for the proverbial birds without our feathered friends flying about.
  • Quest continues for lost Hitchcock movie - RTE.ie (29/Dec/2012)
    Quest continues for lost Hitchcock movie. Saturday 29 December 2012. Tweet. Alfred Hitchcock's second film, a British-German co-production called The Mountain Eagle, was released in 1927, but has been considered lost for the best part of 90 years. 1 of 1 ...
  • New Television Shows Promise to Spice Up Winter Entertainment - Gather.com (29/Dec/2012)
    As one might guess, this new A&E drama is all about Alfred Hitchcock's most famous film villain—Norman Bates. However, the TV show begins where Norman's problems may have started too. It takes place shortly after the death of his father, a death that is ...
  • Dame Helen Mirren: Directors are voyeurs - Virgin Media (29/Dec/2012)
    The 67-year-old actress thinks her filmmaker spouse Taylor Hackford is very similar to other directors in that he has a keen interest in spying on other people, and says it helped her relate to her role as acclaimed director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma in new ...
  • Dame Helen Mirren: Directors are voyeurs - Blockbuster Entertainment (30/Dec/2012)
    The 67-year-old actress thinks her filmmaker spouse Taylor Hackford is very similar to other directors in that he has a keen interest in spying on other people, and says it helped her relate to her role as acclaimed director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma in new ...
  • OSCARS Q&A: Anthony Hopkins - Deadline.com (30/Dec/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins: The project originally came to me eight years ago. I met the two producers and thought, Yes, it's interesting. But who wants to see a film about Alfred Hitchcock? Plus, I didn't want to put on weight, having just gotten fit. So it never happened.
  • Mirren reveals marriage balance - The West Australian (30/Dec/2012)
    The 67-year-old actress thinks her filmmaker spouse Taylor Hackford is very similar to other directors in that he has a keen interest in spying on other people, and says it helped her relate to her role as acclaimed director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma in new ...
  • Hitchcock at The Belcourt: Strangers on a Train - Nashville Scene (30/Dec/2012)
    After making a couple of flops — 1949's Under Capricorn and the following year's Stage Fright are considered minor works — Alfred Hitchcock revived his career with Strangers on a Train, the 1951 film whose immense success paved the way for such great ...
  • Anthony Hopkins Refused To Dress Down For Alfred Hitchcock Rehearsals - Contactmusic.com (31/Dec/2012)
    He tells Deadline.com, "I spent about an hour and half in make-up each day. I also shaved my head, because I'm quite gray and Hitchcock used dye - that awful red dye. And then, once you get into the mask, I'm not Alfred Hitchcock; I'm Anthony Hopkins ...
  • ANTHONY HOPKINS REFUSED TO DRESS DOWN FOR HITCHCOCK ... - Express.co.uk (31/Dec/2012)
    He tells Deadline.com, "I spent about an hour and half in make-up each day. I also shaved my head, because I'm quite gray and Hitchcock used dye - that awful red dye. And then, once you get into the mask, I'm not Alfred Hitchcock; I'm Anthony Hopkins ...
  • Anthony Hopkins refused to dress down for Hitchcock rehearsals - ABC Action News (31/Dec/2012)
    SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS sported a full suit while rehearsing his role as ALFRED HITCHCOCK to help him get into character. The Silence of the Lambs star wore padding and facial prosthetics to transform into the portly, smartly-dressed director for Hitchcock ...
  • Anthony Hopkins refused to dress down for Hitchcock rehearsals - The Denver Channel (31/Dec/2012)
    He tells Deadline.com, "I spent about an hour and half in make-up each day. I also shaved my head, because I'm quite gray and Hitchcock used dye - that awful red dye. And then, once you get into the mask, I'm not Alfred Hitchcock; I'm Anthony Hopkins ...
  • Anthony Hopkins refused to dress down for Hitchcock rehearsals - KERO-TV 23 (31/Dec/2012)
    He tells Deadline.com, "I spent about an hour and half in make-up each day. I also shaved my head, because I'm quite gray and Hitchcock used dye - that awful red dye. And then, once you get into the mask, I'm not Alfred Hitchcock; I'm Anthony Hopkins ...
  • Hitchcock Exclusive: Why Hitch Had a Huge Year - Movie Fanatic (31/Dec/2012)
    Stephen Rebello is the author of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, and his book largely contributed to Hitchcock, one of the one-two punches audiences got this year that revived interest in the master of suspense. That film landed on screens merely ...
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