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November 2012

  • Vertigo – psychiatry in the movies - British Journal of Psychiatry (01/Nov/2012)
    On its initial release, The New Yorker declared: 'Alfred Hitchcock, who produced and directed this thing, has never before indulged in such farfetched nonsense'. Time magazine decided: 'the old master, now a slave to television, has turned out another ...
  • 'The 39 Steps' Hitchcock adaptation has four actors playing all roles - Tulsa World (01/Nov/2012)
    The credits for Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film "The 39 Steps" list the names of 35 different actors - 10 of them women. The cast for the play of "The 39 Steps," which translates all the plot and action of Hitchcock's film on to the stage, lists four actors. And only one ...
  • Do the oscars still matter? - Daily Aztec (01/Nov/2012)
    To put the poll's durability and gravity in perspective, “Citizen Kane” reigned as the greatest film of all time from 1962 until it was dethroned earlier this year by Alfred Hitchcock's “Vertigo.” Neither of these films won the Academy Awards for Best Picture the Year ...
  • Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps' to play at CLC Nov. 13-14 - Walker Pilot Independent (01/Nov/2012)
    BRAINERD — Windwood Theatrical's national touring company production of “The 39 Steps,” a comedy spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock 1935 spy film, will be performed Tuesday and Nov. 14 in Chalberg Theatre of Central Lakes College at 7:30 p.m. ...
  • Beware the False Promise of This High-Yield McGuffin - DailyFinance (01/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock famously referred to any device in his films used to divert viewers' attention from the real story as a "McGuffin." For companies like Darden Restaurants (NYS: DRI) , which operates such restaurant chains as Red Lobster and Olive Garden, ...
  • Barry Levinson picks his 5 favorite horror films - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader (01/Nov/2012)
    Photos. This undated publicity file photo released by Paramount Pictures shows actress Janet Leigh in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, File). Select images available for purchase in the ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Entertainment Weekly (01/Nov/2012)
    This year, it's as if Alfred Hitchcock has buttoned his suit, walked back onto the set, and, with his characteristic deliberateness, uttered Good e-veh-ning, ladies and gentlemen once more. Two new films have swung the spotlight back his way: HBO's The Girl ...
  • Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' ends Flashback Film Series season - Charleston Gazette (01/Nov/2012)
    Jimmy Stewart stars in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo," which ends this season's Flashback Film Series at Park Place Cinemas. Advertiser. CHARLESTON. W.Va. -- The Flashback Film Series at Park Place Stadium Cinemas concludes its fall season with the ...
  • Barry Levinson picks his 5 favorite horror films - The Weekender (01/Nov/2012)
    Photos. This undated publicity file photo released by Paramount Pictures shows actress Janet Leigh in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, File). Select images available for purchase in the ...
  • 'Give Me the Knife!' ScarJo Screams in 'Psycho' Shower Scene - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (01/Nov/2012)
    ... I will be seeing Hitchcock tomorrow afternoon, but tonight the film premieres at the AFI Fest and to celebrate Fox Searchlight has brought online a brief 17-second clip from the film featuring Anthony Hopkina in character as Alfred Hitchcock directing Janet ...
  • Watch The Shower Scene From Searchlight's 'Hitchcock'!! - Bloody Disgusting (01/Nov/2012)
    Fox Searchlight has shared a teaser clip from Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, “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 ...
  • AFI Fest: Sacha Gervasi's 'Hitchcock' has roots in heavy metal - Los Angeles Times (01/Nov/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi's “Hitchcock,” the opening night film of the AFI Fest on Thursday, wasn't supposed to be showing anywhere this year. Instead, the drama about the making of “Psycho” and the strained marriage between Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and ...
  • News Next Door: Man Charged With Murdering His Mother on Halloween - Patch.com (01/Nov/2012)
    As if straight from the silver screen of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," Warren H. Pennick, 54, of Salford Avenue in Lansdale, was arrested and charged with first- and third-degree murder of his own mother, Lorraine Pennick, 79, on Halloween. Montgomery ...
  • “The Girl” is one for the birds - District (blog) (01/Nov/2012)
    The film sets out to tell the story of famed director Alfred Hitchcock, as he makes his classic film, “The Birds” and its follow-up “Marnie” — both starring Tippi Hedren. Hitch, as he's affectionately referred to by some (and fearsomely by others), plucks Hedren ...
  • Blu-ray review: 'Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection' - NewsOK.com (01/Nov/2012)
    “Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection” contains five of the greatest hits, several near misses and a couple of outright flops from the Master of Suspense — 15 films in all. But the scariest thing about this box set might be the price tag for many of Sir ...
  • AFI Fest Review: 'Hitchcock' A Breezy, Disposable Effort Saved By Anthony ... - Indie Wire (blog) (02/Nov/2012)
    Hypnotic, beautiful, and perilous in equal measure – one needn't glance anywhere else but the leading ladies of Alfred Hitchcock's films to garner their intense influence, yet as dramatized in “Anvil!” director Sacha Gervasi's loving biopic, “Hitchcock,” the real ...
  • Hitchcock – first look review - The Guardian (02/Nov/2012)
    Psycho was itself the film that so emphatically answered that question in 1960 and the story of its creation – based on Stephen Rebello's enthralling 1990 account, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, and scripted by John McLaughlin – is at heart the ...
  • Barry Levinson picks his 5 favorite horror films - WTOP (02/Nov/2012)
    This undated publicity file photo released by Paramount Pictures shows actress Janet Leigh in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, File). By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic. LOS ANGELES ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock season at City Screen, York - The Press, York (02/Nov/2012)
    CINEMA'S acclaimed master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, is to be celebrated in a season of four films at City Screen, York. Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was born in England, but later moved to Hollywood. His career spanned six decades, during which ...
  • Get a Taste of the Psycho Shower Scene From Hitchcock - ComingSoon.net (02/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, 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. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, ...
  • Hitchcock: Scarlett Johansson recreates Psycho shower scene - video - Digital Spy (02/Nov/2012)
    Sir Anthony Hopkins's Alfred Hitchcock is seen directing Leigh (Johansson) in the infamous shower scene from Psycho. Sacha Gervasi's film chronicles the making of Hitchcock's 1960 thriller, and is described as a love story between the director and his wife ...
  • 'Good Evening': 'Hitchcock' Opens AFI Film Fest to Awards Buzz - Hollywood Reporter (02/Nov/2012)
    ... still wet, it is,” he joked. The biopic about Alfred Hitchcock, which focuses on his relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, during the making of Psycho, was a fitting opener for the annual festival, which brings the best of awards season hopefuls to Hollywood.
  • Hitchcock: Film Review - Hollywood Reporter (02/Nov/2012)
    Both stress a creepy vibe concerning the master manipulator's obsession with his blond female stars, but Fox Searchlight's big-screen effort elevates itself well above that preoccupation by attentively and warmly examining Alfred Hitchcock's deeply complicit ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Opens AFI Fest, Starts Oscar Talk - Deadline.com (02/Nov/2012)
    “Good Evening,” said AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale as he welcomed guests to AFI Fest 2012 with the famous salutation of Alfred Hitchcock. And it did indeed turn out to be a very 'good evening' for both AFI and their opening night film, Hitchcock.
  • MHS theater performing second of two plays this fall - Mandan News (02/Nov/2012)
    The cast of the show "Alfred Hitchcock Taught Me Everything I Know," who will be performing the comedic murder mystery this weekend at the Mandan High School Auditorium. Brian L. Gray photo. In response to the overwhelming student interest in theater at ...
  • Willamette Weekend - Willamette Week (02/Nov/2012)
    [FILM] Alfred Hitchcock is getting extra attention this fall thanks to a feature film and an HBO original movie. See Hitchcock's best films, including Vertigo, Psycho and Rear Window. Read more here. Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st Ave. Multiple showtimes, Nov. 2-7.
  • Anthony Hopkins Presents... Hitchcock: Hitchcock Biopic Previews. - Contactmusic.com (02/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock: Hitchcock Biopic Previews. The much anticipated Alfred Hitchcock biopic finally hit preview screens this week, and having already been tipped for Oscar success, the performances and subsequent reviews seem to echo that gossip. Sacha Gervasi ...
  • The Making of Psycho, and the 2d Dysfunctional Hitch of the Season - Screened (02/Nov/2012)
    This time, Alfred Hitchcock is the subject of both HBO's very recent The Girl and now the theatrical film Hitchcock, and although one might think Hitch, with 80 years and over 50 full-length films to his credit, could be the focal point of many very different stories, ...
  • 5 (indie) movies not to miss in November - East Valley Tribune (02/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock. Anthony Hopkins plays legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in the Fox Searchlight Pictures film, “Hitchcock,” which is scheduled for a Nov. 23 release. [Fox Searchlight Pictures]. Posted: Friday, November 2, 2012 3:30 pm. 5 (indie) movies not to miss ...
  • Love in the Time of 'Psycho' - Wall Street Journal (02/Nov/2012)
    And now, much more obviously, "Hitchcock," starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife Alma, takes on the making of "Psycho" as its subject matter. In it, we learn that Hollywood—especially Paramount—didn't want to make the ...
  • DVD/ Blu-ray: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (18) - The Independent (02/Nov/2012)
    Not all of these 14 gems are masterpieces but at least three of them are: Rear Window, Psycho and, best of all, Vertigo, Hitchcock's finest and most unsettling achievement, in which the portly auteur twisted clean-cut James Stewart into an obsessive lunatic.
  • 'Hitchcock' adds suspense to the Oscars race - GoldDerby (02/Nov/2012)
    There's a really creepy scene, Oscar wise, in "Hitchcock." Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock lies on a therapist's couch and, instead of confessing his perverted obsession with blondes or secret life as a peeping Tom, fumes over what's really bothering him: ...
  • REVIEW: The 39 Steps - Tulsa World (blog) (03/Nov/2012)
    First and foremost, it is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film about a British gentleman adventurer who finds himself on the run for his life when a women is murdered in his flat. Second, it's a parody of the film that sends up its ...
  • Splashy AFI Fest opens with 'Hitchcock' - Indianapolis Star (03/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES -- When Fox Searchlight learned that the filmmakers behind their Alfred Hitchcock biopic would be able to finish the movie by this fall, the studio's executives were thrilled. Not only could "Hitchcock" then enter the awards season derby, but the ...
  • Hitchcock Adds Suspense to the Oscars Race - Huffington Post (03/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock lies on a therapist's couch and, instead of confessing his perverted obsession with blondes or secret life as a peeping Tom, fumes over what's really bothering him: his failure to win awards in Hollywood. It's clear that the ...
  • Arts Notes - TheHerald (03/Nov/2012)
    A performance of Alfred Hitchcock's “The 39 Steps,” Broadway's longest-running comedy thriller, is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at The Clayton Center, 111 E. Second St., Clayton. For tickets, which are $30, visit www.theclaytoncenter.com, call ...
  • Excerpt from “Home Ground,” by AF Oreshnik (aka Al Nussbaum) - Buffalo News (04/Nov/2012)
    options. The following passage is taken from “Home Ground,” a short story Al Nussbaum published in September 1975 in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, under one of his many writing pseudonyms, A.F. Oreshnik. The story, like some – but hardly all – of ...
  • ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE MASTERPIECE COLLECTION Blu-ray Review - Collider.com (04/Nov/2012)
    Director Alfred Hitchcock is having a pretty big year. Two feature film iterations of the iconic filmmaker will have been released by 2012's end—the Toby Jones-fronted The Girl and the aptly named Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins—and this week a massive ...
  • Movie Review: The Exquisite Perversions of the ALFRED HITCHCOCK ... - CultureMob (blog) (04/Nov/2012)
    If left to its own devices, Universal's massive, totemic Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection would be a landmark in the world of HD goodness; it offers newly restored and scrubbed versions of every film the great director made for Universal Studios (as ...
  • OSCARS: Alfred Hitchcock Is New Again - Deadline.com (04/Nov/2012)
    Craig Modderno is an AwardsLine contributor. Director Alfred Hitchcock is experiencing something of a revival—32 years after the master of suspense left this mortal coil. Fox Searchlight's Hitchcock, which stars Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, just opened ...
  • 'The 39 steps' is a hoot in Lenox - Danbury News Times (04/Nov/2012)
    If you remember the early classic Alfred Hitchcock film, "The 39 Steps," you'll probably also feel it can't hold a candle to later movies directed by the master, like "Vertigo," "Rear Window" or "The Birds." And let's not forget "Psycho," that blood-curdling romp of ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Scares Up More Images & Scarlett Johansson Shower - Best Movies Ever Entertainment News (04/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock has had quite the resurgence with two films looking at very different aspects of the man in The Girl, and the upcoming Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins embodying the larger than life filmmaker. Check out the latest clips and new images from ...
  • The 20 Best Alfred Hitchcock Quotes - Paste Magazine (blog) (05/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock wasn't just one of the greatest directors of all time; he was also one of the film world's most reliable founts of wit and wisdom. In honor of Universal Studios Home Entertainment releasing the coolest Hitchcock box set ever (15 films, including ...
  • Review: Hitchcock - ShockTillYouDrop.com (05/Nov/2012)
    After having huge success with North by Northwest, 60-year-old filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Sir Anthony Hopkins) reads Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho," based on the serial murders by Ed Gein, and becomes obsessed with making it his next film, to the point of ...
  • 'The Lodger' is first film in silent classics trilogy at Sandwich Town Hall - Wicked Local (05/Nov/2012)
    Friends of Sandwich Town Hall will present a trilogy of classic silent films in the building's auditorium, starting with Alfred Hitchcock's “The Lodger” Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $5 at Town Hall during the work week or at Splash Stationery on Route 6A from 10 ...
  • Competition: Win 'Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection' - Entertainment Focus (05/Nov/2012)
    From Universal Pictures UK comes 14 iconic thrillers from 'The Master of Suspense' together for the first time ever as Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection comes to Blu-ray on November 5th, 2012 for a limited time only. Digitally restored from ...
  • Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps' to play at CLC - Northland Press (05/Nov/2012)
    Windwood Theatrical's national touring company production of “The 39 Steps,” a comedy spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock 1935 spy film, will be performed in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 14.
  • Beware the False Promise of This High-Yield McGuffin - Motley Fool (05/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock famously referred to any device in his films used to divert viewers' attention from the real story as a "McGuffin." For companies like Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI ) , which operates such restaurant chains as Red Lobster and Olive Garden, ...
  • DVD Shopping Bag: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray - Mania (06/Nov/2012)
    If there is one gift I could not live with out this holiday season, it would be the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection on Blu-ray. Count them. There are 15 of the Master of Suspense's greatest films. Here in one perfect little box set is: Psycho, North by ...
  • DVDs: And The Winner Is...Alfred Hitchcock By A Landslide! - Huffington Post (blog) (06/Nov/2012)
    Here's one poll you can trust: whenever film buffs vote on the best directors of all time, Alfred Hitchcock will score highly. If you're looking for a distraction on Election Day until the results are in, check out my reviews of a new boxed set of Hitch and other ...
  • 8 New Images from HITCHCOCK Featuring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren ... - Collider.com (06/Nov/2012)
    Directed by Sacha Gervasi, the film stars Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock and chronicles the development and production of Psycho, specifically focusing on Hitchcock's strained relationship with his wife and collaborator Alma Reville ...
  • Watch Anthony Hopkins Direct As 'Hitchcock' In Several New Images - Bloody Disgusting (06/Nov/2012)
    I'm crazy excited for the November 23 release of Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. Fox Searchlight obviously believed this to be an ...
  • Hitchcock classics released on Blu-ray - Globe and Mail (06/Nov/2012)
    06 2012, 12:23 PM EST. Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 06 2012, 12:24 PM EST. With a new Alfred Hitchcock collection out on Blu-ray, Canadian Press film expert John McKay looks at some titles from the master of suspense, including "The Birds" and "Vertigo." ...
  • WATCH: Scarlett Johansson Recreates Shower Scene from 'Psycho' - The Daily Blabber from iVillage (06/Nov/2012)
    In the accompanying interview, she talks about how that bloody Psycho scene (featuring her costar Anthony Hopkins as director Alfred Hitchcock) was actually terrifying to shoot. "You have got to be brave, get into the shower, and face Anthony Hopkins as ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About Reenacting Iconic Shower Scene from ... - Complex.com (blog) (06/Nov/2012)
    The main storyline of the upcoming film Hitchcock revolves around what director Alfred Hitchcock had to go through to get his 1960 classic, Psycho, made. Part of that includes the original film's now legendary shower scene, which found its star Janet Leigh, ...
  • Scarlett Johansson terrified shooting Psycho shower scene for new movie - Hollywood.com (06/Nov/2012)
    The Avengers star portrays Psycho star Janet Leigh in the film, which examines the story behind the 1959 classic Alfred Hitchcock horror movie, and she she admits the thought of fighting off the Silence of the Lambs villain in a bathroom was one that kept her ...
  • AFI FEST 2012 Review: Shapeless 'Hitchcock' Nearly Saved by Stellar ... - Film School Rejects (06/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock AFI FEST. Alfred Hitchcock is, as the kids say, “having a moment” right now. On the heels of a HBO's made-for-television film, The Girl, and a year before he'll pop up in Olivier Dahan's Grace of Monaco, ol' Hitch is the subject of yet another feature.
  • Photos: First Look at Anthony Hopkins in 'Hitchcock' - Anglophenia (06/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins stars as the famed director Alfred Hitchcock in Fox Searchlight's Hitchcock in theaters on November 23. The film details the making of Psycho and the strain it had on Hitch and his wife Alma Reville played by Helen Mirren. Scarlett Johansson ...
  • Scarlett Johansson terrified shooting 'Psycho' shower scene - San Francisco Chronicle (blog) (06/Nov/2012)
    The star portrays “Psycho” star Janet Leigh in the film, which examines the story behind the 1959 classic Alfred Hitchcock horror movie, and she she admits the thought of fighting off the “Silence of the Lambs” villain in a bathroom was one that kept her up at ...
  • Check Out New Images From Hitchcock - ComingSoon.net (06/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, 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 ...
  • New Stills from Hitchcock Show Off the Supporting Players - Dread Central (06/Nov/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 ...
  • New Images from Hitchcock Show The Making Of Psycho - Shockya.com (06/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is set to open in select theaters November 23 and if you're an Alfred Hitchcock fan, you'll love seeing Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, Jessica Biels as Vera Miles, Helen Mirren as Alma Reville and Anthony ...
  • Scarlett Johannson: I was nude in Psycho shower - Film News (06/Nov/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi directs the adaptation of the Stephen Rebello book which is described as 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 ...
  • [Movies New Photos Released From Hitchcock] - 411mania.com (06/Nov/2012)
    Here's a synopsis: Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, 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 ...
  • ScarJo: 'Psycho Shower Scene Was Terrifying' - MTV UK (07/Nov/2012)
    ScarJo appears as Janet Leigh in the movie, which also stars Sir Anthony Hopkins as legendary movie director Alfred Hitchcock and centres on the making of Psycho. Speaking about the re-creation of that film's most famous scene, she told V Magazine: "You ...
  • Zemeckis is back in “Flight” - Explorer News (07/Nov/2012)
    If one were to look at a list of director's whose films influenced my childhood, such names as Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Sam Peckinpah would be toward the top of the list. Also at the top of the list would be Robert Zemeckis, whose “Back to the ...
  • Scarlett Johansson: Hitchcock shower scene was terrifying - Metro (07/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins stars as Alfred Hitchcock in the film and had to pretend to stab Scarlett Johansson's character Janet Leigh with a 12-inch kitchen knife. The actress, 27, said she found shooting the scene - which recreates an iconic moment from Hitchcock's ...
  • Bird film terrifies, confuses - Hilltop Views (07/Nov/2012)
    To the untrained eye, "Birdemic: Shock and Terror,” written and directed by James Nguyen, may look like a simple rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds,” but on closer inspection, it really is so much more—or less, I am not really sure. The film opens with the ...
  • Johansson 'terrified' of 'Psycho' shower scene - Kildare Nationalist (07/Nov/2012)
    The 'Avengers Assemble' star is to play actress Janet Leigh in the film, which captures the making of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror movie, and she blames her fear on watching co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins' 1991 scary film 'Silence of the Lambs' on far too ...
  • The Gallery: Hitchcock - Crave Online (07/Nov/2012)
    Psycho may be the most famous horror movie ever made, and is considered by many to be at least one of the best Alfred Hitchcock movies ever made... making it, by default, one of the best movies ever made. But how did the revolutionary motion picture ...
  • Johansson 'terrified' of 'Psycho' shower scene - Laois Nationalist (07/Nov/2012)
    The 'Avengers Assemble' star is to play actress Janet Leigh in the film, which captures the making of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror movie, and she blames her fear on watching co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins' 1991 scary film 'Silence of the Lambs' on far too ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Lovable Curmudgeon or Obsessed Whack Job? - ShowBiz411.com (07/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is back, in a big way. He's the subject of two movies and they are diametrically opposed. He was either the obsessed whack job from “The Girl,” HBO's excellent film starring Toby Jones as Hitch and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren. Or he was ...
  • Fox Searchlight Unveils New Images of Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock - Paste Magazine (07/Nov/2012)
    The Sacha Gervasi directed picture stars Anthony Hopkins as master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. The film also co-stars Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette and Jessica Biel. The film is based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the ...
  • Hitchcock Gets New Stills: Behind the Scenes of Psycho - Movie Fanatic (07/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins stars as the revered horror director Alfred Hitchcock in the movie, which goes behind the scenes of the making of Psycho. Scarlett Johnsson (The Avengers) stars as Janet Leigh, with Jessica Biel as Vera Miles, and James D'Arcy as Anthony ...
  • Scarlett terrified filming Psycho scene - BigPond News (07/Nov/2012)
    The 'Avengers Assemble' star is to play actress Janet Leigh in the film, which captures the making of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror movie, and she blames her fear on watching co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins' 1991 scary film 'Silence of the Lambs' on far too ...
  • The Season of the Hitch - Awards Daily (blog) (07/Nov/2012)
    The year in film was already marked by Alfred Hitchcock as Vertigo at last topped Citizen Kane in the Sight & Sound poll. Vertigo had been slowly climbing its way to the top and this year it finally broke Kane's 50-year reign at #1. As human nature dictates, the ...
  • Scarlett Johansson in New Hitchcock Photos - Deadbolt (07/Nov/2012)
    Also in the new Hitchcock photos, Anthony Hopkins sits in the title role of Alfred Hitchcok, Jeesica Biel in the role of Psycho actress Vera Miles, Toni Colett as Hitchcock's assistant Peggy Robertson, Michael Stuhlbarg as talent agent Lew Wasserman, and ...
  • Scarlett terrified filming Psycho scene - Sky News Australia (07/Nov/2012)
    The 'Avengers Assemble' star is to play actress Janet Leigh in the film, which captures the making of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror movie, and she blames her fear on watching co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins' 1991 scary film 'Silence of the Lambs' on far too ...
  • Follow Going Out Guide - Washington Post (07/Nov/2012)
    Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with "The Hobbit," Ang Lee helms the adaptation of "Life of Pi" and Alfred Hitchcock even makes an appearance, brought to life by Anthony Hopkins in "Hitchcock." The crowded field of auteurs also includes fresh inventory ...
  • Working in 'Hitchcock' not easy: Scarlett Johansson - Business Standard (07/Nov/2012)
    The Black Widow of "The Avengers" went on revealing that the most terrifying part was when Anthony Hopkins's Alfred Hitchcock literally swung a knife at her while she was in the shower. "You have got to be brave, get into the shower, and face Anthony ...
  • Killer Spoof - Brainerd Daily Dispatch (07/Nov/2012)
    Photo by Carol Rosegg/"The 39 Steps," a comedy spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock 1935 spy film, bounds onto the Chalberg Theatre stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Back : Next. "The 39 Steps," a comedy spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock ...
  • Hitchcock: Working in biopic not easy, says Scarlett Johansson - IBNLive (07/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock: Working in biopic not easy, says Scarlett Johansson. The Black Widow of 'The Avengers' went on revealing that the most terrifying part was when Anthony Hopkins's Alfred Hitchcock literally swung a knife at her while she was in the shower.
  • Working in 'Hitchcock' not easy: Scarlett Johansson - Sahara Samay (07/Nov/2012)
    The Black Widow of "The Avengers" went on revealing that the most terrifying part was when Anthony Hopkins's Alfred Hitchcock literally swung a knife at her while she was in the shower. "You have got to be brave, get into the shower, and face Anthony ...
  • Working in 'Hitchcock' not easy: Scarlett Johansson - Deccan Chronicle (07/Nov/2012)
    The Black Widow of "The Avengers" went on revealing that the most terrifying part was when Anthony Hopkins's Alfred Hitchcock literally swung a knife at her while she was in the shower. "You have got to be brave, get into the shower, and face Anthony ...
  • Hitchcock movie at Friday Flicks - Lompoc Record (08/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's thriller “Rear Window” will be shown in the Grossman Gallery of the Lompoc Public Library, 501 E. North Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Friday. There will be a brief discussion of the film and the short story on which it is based following the showing.
  • Tickets still available for added "The 39 Steps" performance - Salina Journal (08/Nov/2012)
    Tickets available for added "The 39 Steps". Tickets still are available for an added performance of the Salina Community Theatre's comedy-thriller "The 39 Steps," based on the movie by Alfred Hitchcock. The additional show will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the ...
  • Check out brand new Hitchcock stills! - Orange UK News (08/Nov/2012)
    New stills have surfaced from Hitchcock, the forthcoming Saha Gervasi drama about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho. TO SEE THE NEW STILLS SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. HITCHCOCK is a love story about one of the ...
  • THE WEEKEND: EVENTS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS - U-T San Diego (08/Nov/2012)
    Film Festival Fall 2012: MSJC History and Humanities Departments present “Alfred Hitchcock Goes to War: World War II Films.” This week's film is “Lifeboat” (1946); 6 p.m.; Room 600, Mt. San Jacinto College Menifee Valley Campus, 28237 La Piedra Road, ...
  • Working in Hitchcock not easy: Scarlett Johansson - Hindustan Times (08/Nov/2012)
    The Black Widow of The Avengers went on revealing that the most terrifying part was when Anthony Hopkins's Alfred Hitchcock literally swung a knife at her while she was in the shower. Anthony Hopkins plays the legendary filmmaker in Hitchcock. "You have ...
  • Portraying the women behind the powerful men - Los Angeles Times (08/Nov/2012)
    "I put up with those people who look through me as if I were invisible because all they can see is the great and glorious genius, Alfred Hitchcock." —Alma Reville Hitchcock, as portrayed by Helen Mirren in "Hitchcock". It's not easy being a great man's wife.
  • Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel Are Old School SeXXXY In Hitchcock - PerezHilton.com (08/Nov/2012)
    Tags: alfred hitchcock, anthony hopkins, film flickers, fox searchlight, hitchcock, janet leigh, jessica biel, making of, psycho, scarlett johansson, suspense, vera miles. Email this ». « Previous story · Khloe Kardashian's Mom Hitting On Her Co-Worker?
  • A fistful of Hitchcock - Los Angeles Times (08/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is front and center this week at the American Cinematheque and Film Independent at LACMA. The Cinematheque's "With a Hitch: New, 70mm, 3-D & TV Hitchcock" series continues Thursday with a 98th birthday tribute at the Egyptian to the ...
  • Brand New Beautiful, Heartbreaking Les Miserables Trailer - Awards Daily (blog) (08/Nov/2012)
    The year in film was already marked by Alfred Hitchcock as Vertigo at last topped Citizen Kane in the Sight & Sound poll. Magic Mike: The Musical. Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum are taking Magic Mike to Broadway, co-producing a musical ...
  • Entertainers on a train vs Vertigo ride: no contest! - The Copenhagen Post (08/Nov/2012)
    And this year, to celebrate 30 years of the CCC, the master of suspense is being reinvented by the mistress of suspenders, as writer, director and leading lady Vivienne McKee tackles the genius (and eccentricities) of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in this ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Goes Psycho in V's Girl Power (photos!) - TheImproper.com (08/Nov/2012)
    Scarlett Johansson ramps up her sexuality in a take off of the infamous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie “Psycho” in a new photo spread for V magazine. Scarlett also exudes a new-found glamour look that moves her up on the list of ...
  • Auctioning Marilyn - The Spokesman Review (blog) (08/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by the late photographer Milton H. Greene including portraits of Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, which are to be auctioned ...
  • Hitchcock's '39 Steps' comes to CLC - Brainerd Daily Dispatch (08/Nov/2012)
    Photo by Carol Rosegg/"The 39 Steps," a comedy spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock 1935 spy film, bounds onto the Chalberg Theatre stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Back : Next. "The 39 Steps," a comedy spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock ...
  • Watch: First 'Hitchcock' Featurette Focuses on Hitch & His Wife Alma - First Showing (08/Nov/2012)
    After seeing the fantastic first trailer for Hitchcock, a chronicle of the trials and tribulations between iconic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma (Helen Mirren) during the making of his classic horror film Psycho. The two had a loving ...
  • Latest 'Hitchcock' Featurette Brings Us More Hitch, and Alma Too - The Flickcast (08/Nov/2012)
    It should come as no surprise to anyone that we're big fans of Alfred Hitchcock around here. His his films are classics of cinema and his storytelling abilities are an inspiration to generations of filmmakers. In short, he was a genius. A new movie, appropriately ...
  • Hooray for Two Very Different Hollywoods - mediabistro.com (08/Nov/2012)
    Lloyd was once the associate producer for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and will be chatting with McCarthy in the middle of a screening of several show episodes. Among the featured episodes is “The Jar” (1964), directed by Lloyd and based on a story by Ray ...
  • New Hitchcock Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes - Dread Central (08/Nov/2012)
    Today we have a behind-the-scenes look at the film featuring director Sacha Gervasi along with stars Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren. The new featurette dissects the eccentric, fascinating love story and creative collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Goes 'Psycho' For V Magazine - TheInsider.com (08/Nov/2012)
    Scarlett Johansson recreated Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene yet again for the cover of V magazine. Related News. November 08, 2012R Patz: Taylor Came Back a 'Chippendale'; November 05, 2012R Patz Wants to Redo First Kiss with K Stew ...
  • Marilyn Monroe photographs on auction in Poland - OregonLive.com (08/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by Greene, including portraits of Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, are to be auctioned off in Warsaw on Thursday Nov.
  • Hitchcock Featurette Explores Relationship Between Alfred and Alma - Movie Fanatic (08/Nov/2012)
    A new featurette for Hitchcock has hit the internet. It focuses on the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville, which is the main thread of the film. Hitchcock Featurette. Anthony Hopkins portrays the beloved British director, with Helen Mirren as ...
  • Photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost film to be auctioned - Hollywood.com (08/Nov/2012)
    The snaps, believed to be part of the legendary movie mogul's personal collection, prove beyond doubt that Hitchcock did indeed make the movie in 1929 - but didn't release it. The set of photos also includes images from the set of The Manxman, another ...
  • Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland - Sarasota Herald-Tribune (08/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by the late photographer Milton H. Greene including portraits of Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, which are to be auctioned ...
  • Hitchcock and 'Hedwig' top film revivals this week - The Seattle Times (08/Nov/2012)
    Special screenings, revivals and festivals for Seattle-area film buffs this week of Nov. 9 include the Olympia Film Festival, with "The Right Stuff"; the Seattle Shorts Film Festival; some classic Alfred Hitchcock; and "Francis the Talking Mule." By Moira Macdonald ...
  • Hitchcock Featurette Takes You Inside A Master's Marriage - Cinema Blend (08/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is famous as one of the few directors from the studio era of Hollywood to truly put his own stamp on this movies, to the point that audiences would flock to films because his name was on it, not because of his many attractive stars.
  • Photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost film to be auctioned - 3News NZ (08/Nov/2012)
    A treasure trove of photos from the set of Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film The Mountain Eagle are to go under the hammer in Hollywood next month. The snaps, believed to be part of the legendary movie mogul's personal collection, prove beyond doubt that ...
  • Who Was Hitch? - Wall Street Journal (08/Nov/2012)
    At last, the popular image of Alfred Hitchcock as a genial, whimsical entertainer, a brilliant filmmaker and a dry, droll tease, has fallen away. A modest HBO film, "The Girl," which debuted in October, and a haunting performance by Toby Jones as Hitch has ...
  • Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland - The Idaho Statesman (08/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by the late photographer Milton H. Greene including portraits of Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, which are to be auctioned ...
  • Still photos from Hitchcock's 'Mountain Eagle' film up for auction - Moneycontrol.com (08/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film "The Mountain Eagle" is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month. On Thursday, auction house Profiles in History said the 59 photos were ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock season: The Lodger - The Yorker (08/Nov/2012)
    Cycling through streets of solitude on my way to the Picturehouse was an apt prelude to The Lodger, an eerie silent Hitchcock set in the darkness of a London winter. Starring Ivor Novello as the pensively enigmatic protagonist who disrupts a cosy family and ...
  • Watch Anthony Hopkins Talk Hitchcock - PerezHilton.com (08/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren are super excited to give the world the greatest love story that had never been told…until now!!! The two star in Hitchcock, and there is much greater depth to this movie than just a hot lady getting stabbed in the shower ...
  • Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland - Peoria Journal Star (08/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by Greene including portraits of Marylin Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, were auctioned off in Warsaw with highest bids ...
  • Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland - WTOP (08/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by the late photographer Milton H. Greene including portraits of Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, which are to be auctioned ...
  • The Pragmatic Anarchy of the Long Take - PopMatters (09/Nov/2012)
    At the exact six and a half minute mark of The Player, Walter appears again to exult similar praise on Alfred Hitchcock's Rope a movie that he indicates was shot completely without cuts. Right around the time Buck Henry brings up his own favorite tracking shot ...
  • Still photos from Hitchcock's "Mountain Eagle" film up for auction - Broadcast Newsroom (09/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film "The Mountain Eagle" is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month. On Thursday, auction house Profiles in History said the 59 photos were ...
  • Window into terror - TheNewsTribune.com (09/Nov/2012)
    This taut and suspenseful play is an edge-of-the-seat fright in the Alfred Hitchcock style. ALEC CLAYTON; Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer. ALEC CLAYTON. Published: Nov. 9, 2012 at 12:05 a.m. PST Updated: Nov. 9, 2012 at 12:27 a.m. PST. 0 comments ...
  • 500 bid for Marilyn Monroe photos in Warsaw - thenews.pl (09/Nov/2012)
    Photographs of Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando also went under the hammer in Warsaw. Bidders included Jerzy Owsiak, who runs one of Poland's biggest charities, the Great Orchestra of Holiday Aid. (pg) ...
  • Scarlett Johansson goes retro to push new film - Himalayan Times (09/Nov/2012)
    Scarlett, 27, plays Janet Leigh in the forthcoming movie which tells the story of Alfred Hitchcock's life and the making of Psycho. She is joined by acting royalty including Sir Anthony Hopkins, 74, who plays Alfred and 67-year-old Dame Helen Mirren who takes ...
  • Hitchcock Movie Review - Shockya.com (09/Nov/2012)
    Ask them how they feel about Alfred Hitchcock and you might get a few to nod their heads and call the director “cool,” since there have been retrospectives of his output. Still, I'd not expect a large percentage of that age group to line up for Sacha Gervasi's ...
  • Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland - Daily Astorian (09/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by Greene including portraits of Marylin Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, were auctioned off in Warsaw with highest bids ...
  • Hitchcock: a 'Psycho' love story of suspense and murder - BuzzFocus.com (09/Nov/2012)
    Much like The Princess Bride, the story of Hitchcock's success revolves around “true love.” Hitchcock opens in theaters on November 23rd, 2012. The film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, centers on Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville.
  • Haunting study of sexual obsession - The Australian (09/Nov/2012)
    CRITICS in a Sight & Sound poll this year voted Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (Thursday, 8.35pm, Fox Classics) the greatest film of all time, edging out Citizen Kane, which had long held top spot. Vertigo is a masterpiece, but is it greater than, say, The Bicycle ...
  • Roanoke sky filled with black birds when the sun sets - WDBJ7 (09/Nov/2012)
    It almost looks like a scene from the Alfred Hitchcock movie 'The Birds". But these birds won't attack you. Most are European starlings. They were brought to America in the 1800's. "They've just taken off," says Christine Elder at the Mill Mountain Park, "They ...
  • Thoughts on Tommy Lee Jones' wig in Lincoln - BuzzFocus.com (09/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins does a fair job of dressing up as Alfred Hitchcock in the upcoming Hitchcock film based on the filmmakers life, which holds up a little better than seeing Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover in 2011. In Lincoln, a film centering on the ...
  • “Hitchcock” trailer features Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren - PanARMENIAN.Net (09/Nov/2012)
    The film takes place during the troubled development and production of Psycho, specifically focusing on the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren). This featurette boasts a great deal of new footage ...
  • International Trailer for Hitchcock Online! - ComingSoon.net (09/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, 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 ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Review: A Fan's Wish Come True - Big Hollywood (09/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection might just be the best bang for the buck you're going to find this holiday season. If I hadn't gone to public schools, I might be able to tell you what $210 divided by 15 films works out to per film, but I know it's not a lot.
  • Superb New International Trailer for 'Hitchcock' with Anthony Hopkins - First Showing (09/Nov/2012)
    Another new international trailer for Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, has recently debuted. We've already seen a couple of trailers, a featurette, and lots of footage from this other Hitchcock ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Featurette Dissects Behind-the-Scenes Love Story - Bloody Disgusting (09/Nov/2012)
    I'm crazy excited for the November 23 release of Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. Fox Searchlight obviously believed this to be an ...
  • Hitchcock International Trailer Drops: It'll Be Splendid - Movie Fanatic (09/Nov/2012)
    Take a look: Hitchcock International Trailer. The film focuses on the relationship between famed British director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville as they struggle to get the film Psycho made. Anthony Hopkins (Thor: The Dark World) stars as Alfred, ...
  • More a film of entertainment with the essence of the man at its core - RopeofSilicon.com (09/Nov/2012)
    A competent cast and amusing direction brings us a snapshot of what it may have been like to spend a small amount of time with the "Master of Suspense", Alfred Hitchcock, over the course of the months before, during and after the making of one of the most ...
  • Anthony Hopkins finances 'Psycho' in 'Hitchcock' international trailer - Digital Spy (09/Nov/2012)
    Email this story. The international trailer for Hitchcock has been released. The trailer features several new pieces of footage from Sacha Gervasi's biopic, which chronicles the troubled production of legendary director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror Psycho.
  • Anthony Hopkins finances 'Psycho' in 'Hitchcock' international trailer - Digital Spy UK (09/Nov/2012)
    Email this story. The international trailer for Hitchcock has been released. The trailer features several new pieces of footage from Sacha Gervasi's biopic, which chronicles the troubled production of legendary director Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror Psycho.
  • International Hitchcock Trailer Reveals The Fight For Psycho - Cinema Blend (09/Nov/2012)
    For Alfred Hitchcock, it was seen as a failure, and yet this year it was dubbed the Greatest Film of all time by Sight & Sound's critic's poll. In the new biopic Hitchcock, director Sacha Gervasi unveils the struggles Hitch and his wife and most trusted collaborator ...
  • Watch: The International Trailer For 'Hitchcock' (Video) - Prefixmag (09/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is one of the more interesting characters in film history. For a generally milquetoast older Englishman, he certainly made pretty racy and psychologically demented movies. Characters frequently murdered one another, plotted violence, fought ...
  • 'Hitchcock' International Trailer: The Trials and Travails of 'Psycho' - /FILM (blog) (09/Nov/2012)
    Anvil! director Sacha Gervasi has roped in quite a cast for Hitchcock, a film which dramatizes the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho in high style. Previous trailers have shown us Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren as Hitch and his wife Alma, ...
  • I Don't Know You - CableFAX (09/Nov/2012)
    It is said one key theme running through many of Alfred Hitchcock's films is that people, and sometimes things, are not what they appear to be. This idea also is present in season II of “American Horror Story: Asylum,” on FX, Wednesdays at 10pm. Several ...
  • Mountain Eagle photo sales set to soar - Vancouver Sun (09/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES — A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film The Mountain Eagle is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month. On Thursday, auction house Profiles in History said the 59 photos were made for the ...
  • Blu-Ray Review: Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection - Crave Online (09/Nov/2012)
    They call Alfred Hitchcock “The Master” for a reason. His career spanned over five decades and spawned dozens of classic films, and that's no exaggeration. Hitchcock was the kind of master storyteller we get once a generation (if we're lucky), and was ...
  • Johansson finds Hopkins 'terrifying' - AsiaOne (09/Nov/2012)
    Johansson, 27, plays actress Janet Leigh in the film, which centres around director Alfred Hitchcock's relationship with his wife during the making of his 1960 classic Psycho. As Leigh, Johansson had to recreate the iconic Psycho shower scene. In an interview ...
  • New International Trailer and Featurette for 'Hitchcock' - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (09/Nov/2012)
    The three-minute featurette takes a look at the narrative structure of the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) and the trailer, well, it's a trailer. To add to it all, here is the opening paragraph from my ...
  • New 'Hitchcock' Trailer Is Released Online - Wall Street Journal (blog) (09/Nov/2012)
    There were very few moviegoers who didn't scream and jump out of their seats when deranged Norman Bates (played by Anthony Perkins) slashed Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in the shower in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic, “Psycho.” That shower scene ...
  • Scarlett Johansson's 'terrifying' Psycho shower scene - NZ City (09/Nov/2012)
    The 'Avengers Assemble' star is to play actress Janet Leigh in the film, which captures the making of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror movie, and she blames her fear on watching co-star Sir Anthony Hopkins' 1991 scary film 'Silence of the Lambs' on far too ...
  • Inside this week : Hitchcock cameos: a family affair - The Copenhagen Post (09/Nov/2012)
    Most of you probably know that Alfred Hitchcock, the subject of this year's Crazy Christmas Cabaret, Hitchcock-Up!, made a point of appearing in every one of his films, but did you know that his daughter, Patricia, also appeared in a fair number? Surprised?
  • Marilyn Monroe photos on auction in Poland - Record-Searchlight (10/Nov/2012)
    Some 238 pictures by Greene including portraits of Marylin Monroe, along with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Marlene Dietrich, Paul Newman, Alfred Hitchcock and Marlon Brando, were auctioned off in Warsaw with highest bids ...
  • Stills of Hitchcock's lost silent film on sale - Times of Malta (10/Nov/2012)
    Stills of Hitchcock's lost silent film on sale. Photos open window into one of the most searched-for movies. A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film The Mountain Eagle is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month.
  • Mountain Eagle photos to go up for sale - Vancouver Sun (10/Nov/2012)
    A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film The Mountain Eagle is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month. On Thursday, auction house Profiles in History said the 59 photos were made for the British thriller ...
  • The chillingly contemporary Alfred Hitchcock - Los Angeles Times (10/Nov/2012)
    There's but one problem with welcoming Alfred Hitchcock back to the public eye: He's never really been away. But even if you grant that the director is a man for all of cinema's seasons, what is it about him that makes this moment in time so indisputably his?
  • For 'Hitchcock' director, a different kind of suspense - Los Angeles Times (10/Nov/2012)
    And here he was, working not only with Oscar winners Hopkins and Helen Mirren but also making a movie about Alfred Hitchcock, one of the giants in cinematic history. On this April morning inside a Pasadena estate doubling for Hitchcock's Bel-Air home, ...
  • Hot International Trailer: 'Hitchcock' - Deadline.com (10/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making of Psycho, the movie also examines the relationship between the famous director and his wife Alma. Anthony Hopkins and Hellen Mirren head the cast which also stars Scarlett Johansson, ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection – Blu-ray review - Monsters and Critics.com (10/Nov/2012)
    While the films included in the Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection are classics in their own way, the collection is a bit of a disappointment due to less than stellar transfers on many of the titles and one so bad it completely ruins the picture and ...
  • In the Soup: Hitchcock, Bond, Batman and the Ingredients of 'Skyfall' - Film School Rejects (10/Nov/2012)
    In the beginning, for example, the movies were highly influenced by the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Author Ian Fleming even wished for Hitch to direct the first movie adapted from his 007 novels. And Cary Grant was famously sought for the part of Bond, which ...
  • Marilyn Monroe And Other Photos Sell For $750000 At Polish Auction - International Business Times (10/Nov/2012)
    Besides the pictures of Monroe, the collection included images of other celebrities, such as Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Newman, and Frank Sinatra. Before the auction, the collection's value had been estimated as $680,000. In all, 237 ...
  • Mountain Eagle photo sales to soar - The Province (10/Nov/2012)
    A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film The Mountain Eagle is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month. On Thursday, auction house Profiles in History said that the 59 photos were made for the British thriller ...
  • The Houston Film Critics Society Presents A Hitchcock-Fest - Inside Pulse (11/Nov/2012)
    Thanks to the fine folks with Fox Searchlight and the Alamo Drafthouse establishment on Mason Road in Katy, Texas, the HFCS will be presenting a day with Alfred Hitchcock. And you thought Texans only knew about chainsaws. Turns out that Texans are ...
  • Strictly Bedford: the winners - Bedford Today (12/Nov/2012)
    The local celebrities were Zac Resinato, Hannah Barbour, Luke Nichols, Angharad Hughes, Chief Fire Officer Paul Fuller, Amy Rance, Ian Pryce, Kerry Cash, Don Gillett, Mike Holmes, Kelly McKenzie, Helen Hitchcock and Chief Constable Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Anthony Hopkins' “Hitchcock” hot trailer released - PanARMENIAN.Net (12/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making of Psycho, the movie also examines the relationship between the famous director and his wife Alma. Anthony Hopkins and Hellen Mirren head the cast which also stars Scarlett Johansson, ...
  • Anthony Hopkins' “Hitchcock” hot trailer released - PanARMENIAN.Net (12/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making of Psycho, the movie also examines the relationship between the famous director and his wife Alma. Anthony Hopkins and Hellen Mirren head the cast which also stars Scarlett Johansson, ...
  • Hitchcock International Trailer #1 - Mania (12/Nov/2012)
    The Oscar race is going to start heating up soon with Lincoln arriving wide this weekend and Hitchcock on the way. Here is the official international trailer for Hitchcock (2012). A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and ...
  • Oscar Watch: The trouble with 'Hitchcock' - New York Post (blog) (12/Nov/2012)
    It seems to me that the makers of "Hitchcock were greatly constrained by Universal (which bought "Psycho from Hitchcock after its original theatrical run in the early 1960s, along with "Alfred Hitchcock Presents) in exactly how much they could portray the ...
  • Cinema's 11 most memorable LGBT villains - Salon (12/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker) , who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Screening of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' @ XVA Art Hotel - 7DAYS (12/Nov/2012)
    Steel your nerves for a fright night at the XVA Art Hotel in Bastakiya, with a showing of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic 'The Birds'. A San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small California town. Things take a bizarre turn when birds suddenly ...
  • Portage High School Thespians to Present The 39 Steps - PortageLife (12/Nov/2012)
    The 39 Steps is a comedic, fast-paced whodunit based on the Alfred Hitchcock film masterpiece. This winner of two Tony and Drama Desk Awards and Winner of “Best New Comedy” and the Olivier Award was Broadway's longest running comedy. A riotous ...
  • AP Top Sports News At 5 p.m. EST - Salon (12/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Photos from Hitchcock's films up for auction - The Daily Star (12/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES: A newly discovered collection of still photos from Alfred Hitchcock's lost silent film “The Mountain Eagle” is going up for auction in Los Angeles next month. Auction house Profiles in History said Thursday that the 59 photos were made for the ...
  • PSA: Gay men will marry your girlfriends - Salon (12/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Leach denies that players are abused - Salon (12/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • New One-Sheets For 'Bunyan,' 'Hitchcock,' and 'Warm Bodies' - Bloody Disgusting (12/Nov/2012)
    Check out a new international poster for Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and partner Alma Reville. In theaters November 23, Anthony Hopkins stars as ...
  • AFI 2012 Review: Hitchcock - Crave Online (12/Nov/2012)
    After the success of North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) wants to surprise people with his next film. He finds the novel Psycho fascinating but it's a fight with Paramount, to whom he owes his next film. Meanwhile his wife Alma (Helen ...
  • International One Sheet For Hitchcock - HorrorMovies.ca (12/Nov/2012)
    Formerly known as “Alfred Hitchock And The Making Of Psycho,” touted as a biographical comedy-drama that presents a behind-the-scenes look at the film, which was marred with controversy due to complaints about violence, nudity and other sexual content ...
  • Watch the First Clip from Hitchcock - Dread Central (12/Nov/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 ...
  • New Character Driven Hitchcock Poster - Dread Central (12/Nov/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 ...
  • Watch The First Official Clip From Hitchcock - Shockya.com (12/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is directed by Sacha Gervasi with a screen play by John J. McLaughlin (based on the book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” by Stephen Rebello). The film is produced by Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock, Joe Medjuck, Tom Thayer, and Alan ...
  • HITCHCOCK First Clip Shows Marital Troubles - Screen Invasion (12/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's “master of suspense” — the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • German investor confidence down in November - Salon (13/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Hitchcock international poster and trailer - Flickering Myth (blog) (13/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Hitchcock is described as a love story between the legendary British filmmaker (portrayed by Anthony Hopkins; The Silence of the Lambs) and his wife and producing partner Alma ...
  • 15 Gothic Street; Episode Two: The Human Circus - PR Web (press release) (13/Nov/2012)
    McGinniss is the Alfred Hitchcock of the true-crime genre, a genre he often transcends. —The Boston Globe Quote end. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 13, 2012. A barroom brawl spills into the street. Police officers arrive, the mob scatters, but one ...
  • AP Top Sports News At 8 a.m. EST - Salon (13/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Must-see morning clip - Salon (13/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Portsmouth Film Society Screening: HITCHCOCK DOUBLE THRILL - AboutMyArea (13/Nov/2012)
    Portsmouth Film society in partnership with New Theatre Royal Portsmouth brings two of Alfred Hitchcock's most popular and thrilling films back to the big screen. On Saturday 17 November, at 7pm a special double bill featuring the 1954 thriller Rear Window ...
  • Watch 'Hitchcock' Pitch The Shock Value Of 'Psycho'! - Bloody Disgusting (13/Nov/2012)
    While I'm personally stoked to see this, the buzz behind Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock isn't knocking any doors down. Still, the following clip is an online treat! The film is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock ...
  • The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store - Salon (13/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • All Share Services - Salon (13/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • Master of Suspense in Love in “HITCHCOCK” - Tempo (13/Nov/2012)
    Manila, Philippines – In the world of Alfred Hitchcock's movies, chaos, danger and sinister evil hide in the shadows of his characters' ordinary lives. But what about Hitchcock's own everyday life? The consummately skilled director carefully cultivated a public ...
  • All Share Services - Salon (13/Nov/2012)
    As the title of Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller suggests, tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is on a train when he meets the psychopathic Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who quickly insinuates himself into the straitlaced athlete's life and cons him into ...
  • New Clip, Poster, Photos, Trailer and Featurette For 'Hitchcock'' - Science Fiction (13/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock' is based on the book 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho' and although the film centers on the difficulties that Hitchcock had to overcome just to make this timeless film, it's the relationship between Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife ...
  • Villa Park High stages Hitchcock play - OCRegister (13/Nov/2012)
    The Villa Park High School Drama Department recently staged "Vintage Hitchcock," a three-act play that's a live adaptation of three iconic Alfred Hitchcock films, "The Lodger," "Sabotage" and "The 39 Steps." Performances were held Nov. 8, 9 and 10.
  • Talking point: More opt for watery grave in Sussex - The Argus (14/Nov/2012)
    It was the way Neil Armstrong, Edmund Hilary and Alfred Hitchcock chose to go and now an increasing number of people are opting to have their ashes, and even their bodies, dropped into the Sussex sea. Groups offering the service say a rising interest is ...
  • Johnny Carson Biopic is Being Developed from Writer of 'Hitchcock' - First Showing (14/Nov/2012)
    Writer John McLaughlin already tackled one of entertainment's most iconic figures in his film Hitchock, which follows famed filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, his troubled marriage, and the making of his classic horror film Psycho. Now the writer will move to TV for ...
  • Anthony Hopkins Goes For Titillation in New 'Hitchcock' Clip - Film School Rejects (14/Nov/2012)
    Having diligently watched both Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock and Julian Jarrold's The Girl in recent weeks (and having reviewed the former for AFI FEST), it's fairly obvious that the current trend to “illuminate” the life of Alfred Hitchcock via feature films can't ...
  • Scarlett Johansson's Janet Leigh is Introduced in a New Hitchcock Clip - ComingSoon.net (14/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, 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 ...
  • Hitchcock Comes Clean in Latest Clip - Dread Central (14/Nov/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 ...
  • Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh in New "Hitchcock" Clip: Watch Here! - GossipCenter.com (14/Nov/2012)
    The Sacha Gervasi-directed drama also stars Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D'Arcy, Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, and Kurtwood Smith. Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen ...
  • New Clip For Hitchcock Featuring Scarlett Johansson - HorrorMovies.ca (14/Nov/2012)
    Formerly known as “Alfred Hitchock And The Making Of Psycho,” touted as a biographical comedy-drama that presents a behind-the-scenes look at the film, which was marred with controversy due to complaints about violence, nudity and other sexual content ...
  • Earliest Surviving Hitchcock Film Debuts on Web - Hollywood Reporter (14/Nov/2012)
    Forget about that Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Anthony Hopkins that opens next week. Fans can watch another film with the famed director's fingerprints all over it — the oldest one anyone could possibly see, in fact — starting today. our editor recommends ...
  • Actor Sidney Blackmer was Salisbury's biggest and busiest star - Salisbury Post (14/Nov/2012)
    My mother and I were watching the weekly episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." After Hitch said "Good evening," he told the audience a thing or two about the story we were about to see, and following a commercial, the story began with a title card which ...
  • For the record - Los Angeles Times (15/Nov/2012)
    11 Calendar section, an article about film director Alfred Hitchcock said that his 1958 movie "Vertigo" was made for Universal. It was originally released by Paramount. "Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance": In the Nov. 13 Calendar section, a photo ...
  • Watch a new clip from Hitchcock - Orange UK News (15/Nov/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. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen ...
  • Dial 'H' for Hitchcock - Creative Loafing Atlanta (15/Nov/2012)
    He wears a padded suit, bald cap, and bullfrog-worthy chin wattle, yet looks more like deceased character actor Victor Buono than Hitchcock or himself. Hopkins clearly relishes emulating the director's famous emcee style of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," ...
  • Dial H For Hebrew - Forward (15/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as one of the greatest film directors of all time is safely in the can, so all that's left to deal with is the man himself. Two new films — “Hitchcock,” a biopic starring Anthony Hopkins, and the HBO film “The Girl,” about Hitch's troubled ...
  • Highland/Fulton: Reservoir High stages Hitchcock's 'The 39 Steps' - Baltimore Sun (15/Nov/2012)
    "The 39 Steps", a hilarious slapstick comedy based on the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name, is being performed at Reservoir High School by the drama department on Nov. 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium and, then again on Nov. 17 at 2 and 7 ...
  • Early Hitchcock film premieres on the web - Los Angeles Times (15/Nov/2012)
    The 1923 British film, "The White Shadow," which is the earliest surviving feature credited to Alfred Hitchcock -- he was the film's assistant director, writer, editor and production designer -- will be screening on the National Film Preservation Foundation website ...
  • Watch: Alfred Hitchcock's Earliest Surviving Movie, 'The White Shadow' - Film School Rejects (15/Nov/2012)
    In 1924, a title designer and budding writer/director named Alfred Hitchcock took the unpublished novel “Children of Chance” and adapted it into The White Shadow for director Graham Cutts. He had worked previously as assistant director and writer under ...
  • Ciné celebrates famous mystery director with Afred Hitchcock film series - Red and Black (15/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is known for pioneering visual and storytelling techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. His film “Vertigo” was recently named the greatest film of all time by the British Film Institute, bumping “Citizen Kane” off the top of the ...
  • Watch The Earliest Surviving Alfred Hitchcock Film Online - CriterionCast.com (blog) (15/Nov/2012)
    2012 may be a year of many things, but it can't help but be said that iconic master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, ruled cinema this calendar year. Two separate biopics have bowed this year looking at the life of the director, and with a career-defining Blu-ray ...
  • Web premiere of Hitchcock film found in NZ - Voxy (15/Nov/2012)
    Lost for decades, The White Shadow (1924), the earliest surviving feature credited to Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), will screen on the National Film Preservation Foundation's website (www.filmpreservation.org) beginning on November 15. The first half of this ...
  • A Beginner's Guide to Hitchcock - Flavorwire (15/Nov/2012)
    It's a very big fall for fans of Alfred Hitchcock. First and foremost, Universal has released Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection, a fabulous 15-disc limited edition Blu-ray set featuring several of Hitch's masterpieces (including Vertigo, Rear Window, ...
  • Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel: 'Hitchcock' Exclusive Images! - Just Jared (15/Nov/2012)
    The two ladies star in the flick centering around the love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. Anthony Hopkins plays the title role in the flick, with Helen Mirren as his wife Alma.
  • Exclusive Photos From Hitchcock - ComingSoon.net (15/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, 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 ...
  • Dysfunction at the Elsinore - WilliametteLive.com (15/Nov/2012)
    Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock's classic film about erotic longing, obsession and despair is coming to the Elsinore. The 1958 film stars James Stewart and Kim Novak. It is one of Hitchcock's darkest pictures and one of his most admired. Stewart plays a police ...
  • Web Premiere of Hitchcock's the White Shadow - Scoop.co.nz (press release) (15/Nov/2012)
    Lost for decades, The White Shadow (1924), the earliest surviving feature credited to Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), will screen on the National Film Preservation Foundation's website (www.filmpreservation.org) beginning on November 15. The first half of this ...
  • Pre-Hitchcock Hitchcock - Boston.com (blog) (15/Nov/2012)
    This one looks like the year of Alfred Hitchcock. Last summer, Sight & Sound's prestigious critics poll named "Vertigo" the greatest film of all time. Last month, the HBO movie "The Girl" offered a grim view of Hitchcock's relationship to Tippi Hedren, the star of ...
  • City to crows: 'Don't come to Utica'; Bird Blazer to be used - Utica Observer Dispatch (15/Nov/2012)
    It can look like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds” – hundreds of black crows cutting across the sky at dusk each night before settling into their trees to roost. But these birds, which like to winter in the city, aren't an evil omen or even much of a threat to ...
  • Jessica Biel And Scarlett Johansson Go Retro For Hitchcock - San Francisco Luxury News (15/Nov/2012)
    Biel, who's portraying Vera Miles, and Johansson, playing Janet Leigh, are starring in the flick which is centered around the love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. The flick hits ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - Yahoo!7 News (15/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's "The White Shadow," in which ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - Calgary Herald (15/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES - The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's The White Shadow, in which Hitchcock served as ...
  • Hitchcock classic uncovered in NZ film collection - TVNZ (15/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online today, after sitting under the noses of New Zealand archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's 'The White Shadow', in which Hitchcock served as an ...
  • Movie Review for "Hitchcock" - Opposing Views (15/Nov/2012)
    The highs and lows of making 'Psycho.' In the process, you get to know the real Hitchcock. It was like going inside his head. You get to know every little thought. It was a tough road for Alfred Hitchcock but I'm glad he made 'Psycho.' 'Hitchcock' opened with an ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - Bangladesh News 24 hours (15/Nov/2012)
    LOS ANGELES, Nov 16 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's "The White ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - Daily News & Analysis (15/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's The White Shadow, in which Hitchcock served as an assistant ...
  • 'The 39 Steps' begins tonight - nwitimes.com (15/Nov/2012)
    PORTAGE : "The 39 Steps," a comedic-whodunit based on the Alfred Hitchcock film, will be performed on stage at Portage High School beginning tonight. The play focuses on a man suffering from boredom, apathy and self-doubt. After a chance meeting with ...
  • 'Legendary director' Hitchcock's earliest film work released online - TruthDive (15/Nov/2012)
    16(ANI): Acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock's earliest known surviving feature, in which he served as an assistant director among other credits, was released online on Thursday. The recovered parts of 1924′s 'The White Shadow,' will be streamed free for ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - gulfnews.com (15/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's "The White Shadow," in which Hitchcock served as an assistant ...
  • Hitchcock's earliest film released online - Times of India (15/Nov/2012)
    Acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock's earliest known surviving feature, in which he served as an assistant director among other credits, was released online on Thursday. The recovered parts of 1924's 'The White Shadow,' will be streamed free for the next two ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock smiles - Los Angeles Times (16/Nov/2012)
    May 19, 1959: Suspense master Alfred Hitchcock lets a rare grin escape as he and his wife, Alma, pause for fans and photographers at the Shrine Auditorium, where they were attending a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet. The Bolshoi Ballet performed ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - Times LIVE (16/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's “The White Shadow,” in which Hitchcock served as an assistant ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock - Earliest Alfred Hitchcock Film Discovered - Contactmusic.com (16/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving movie in which legendary director Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released on Thursday (15Nov12) after remaining unnoticed by archivists for decades. The recovered parts of the film, a silent British melodrama entitled The White ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film work released online - Indian Express (16/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's The White Shadow, in which Hitchcock served as an assistant ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's earliest film work released online - Hindustan Times (16/Nov/2012)
    Acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock's earliest known surviving feature, in which he served as an assistant director among other credits, was released online on Thursday. The recovered parts of 1924's The White Shadow, will be streamed free for the next two ...
  • Oldest Hitchcock film released online - Channel 24 (16/Nov/2012)
    Los Angeles - The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online on Thursday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of the 1924 feature film The White Shadow, in which ...
  • Earliest Alfred Hitchcock film discovered - Hollywood.com (16/Nov/2012)
    David Sterritt, Chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, hailed the discovery as "one of the most significant developments in memory for scholars, critics, and admirers of Hitchcock's extraordinary body of work". View the discussion thread. Sponsored ...
  • Helen Mirren stands by her man in 'Hitchcock' - Today.com (blog) (16/Nov/2012)
    "Alma was actually shoulder-to-shoulder with Alfred, rather than behind him," Helen Mirren, who plays Alma, told TODAY's Matt Lauer Friday. "She was his partner in work, she was his partner in life." In the film, Hitchcock is coming off of the success of his ...
  • Hitchcock Blondes - Style Magazine (16/Nov/2012)
    Do men prefer blondes? Alfred Hitchcock certainly did. The director's flaxen heroines were aloof beauties; frosty, but with fiery streaks beneath. They made the best victims. As Hitch once quipped: "They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
  • Movies About Legends: 5 Actors Who Didn't Fit the Part - Philadelphia Magazine (blog) (16/Nov/2012)
    After Daniel Day-Lewis tackles Abe Lincoln, Anthony Hopkins will play Alfred Hitchcock. Then a few weeks later, Bill Murray will portray Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Hyde Park on Hudson. We've seen Lincoln, FDR and Hitchcock in textbooks and on ...
  • 'Hitchcock' and 'The Girl' Remember Alma Reville - New York Times (16/Nov/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 ...
  • Foundation streams Hitchcock's earliest surviving film - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (16/Nov/2012)
    alfred-hitchcock-lost-film-getty.jpg The National Film Preservation Foundation is streaming the first half of a lost film by director Alfred Hitchcock. Peter Dunne/Getty Images. The earliest surviving feature film to credit Alfred Hitchcock was thought to be lost ...
  • KIller Legacy: Alfred Hitchcock's Stars Remember the Master of Suspense - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (16/Nov/2012)
    Scarlett Johansson talks about her next project, "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho," in which she will be working with the "memorable" Anthony Hopkins. How will they recreate the infamous shower scene? Scarlett Johansson On The Making.
  • KIller Legacy: Alfred Hitchcock's Stars Remember the Master of Suspense - NBC 10 Philadelphia (16/Nov/2012)
    Email. :. Print. Alfred Hitchcock's Stars Remember Master of Suspense. Getty Images. Director Alfred Hitchcock is celebrated in the new film "Hitchcock," the HBO drama "The Girl" and a new Blu ray deluxe box set. advertisement. Click Here! Photos and Videos ...
  • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of "HITCHCOCK" With Music By Danny ... - Sacramento Bee (16/Nov/2012)
    The film is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. It takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie PSYCHO, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ...
  • Restored early Hitchcock footage streamed online - CBC.ca (16/Nov/2012)
    Cinephiles can take a peek at some of master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's early work on the web, with the U.S. National Film Preservation Foundation streaming footage from The White Shadow for free this winter. Recovered portions of the 1924 film The ...
  • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of "HITCHCOCK" With Music By Danny ... - Broadcast Newsroom (16/Nov/2012)
    The film is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. It takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie PSYCHO, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ...
  • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of "HITCHCOCK" With Music By Danny ... - MarketWatch (press release) (16/Nov/2012)
    The film is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. It takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie PSYCHO, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ...
  • 39 steps and counting - This is Staffordshire (16/Nov/2012)
    Part spoof, part homage, his version is closely based on Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1935 film. It follows the tale of Richard Hannay, forced to flee his London flat after the murder of the mysterious spy Annabella Schmidt. He finds himself caught up in a dastardly ...
  • Free Stuff Friday: Hitchcock movies and holiday lightings - abc13.com (16/Nov/2012)
    If you are a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, then head to the Hitchcock-Fest this Saturday at 2pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema off Mason Road in Katy. The Houston Film Critics Society celebrates the cinema master with two of his most famous movies. First on the ...
  • Everything you need to know about Alfred Hitchcock – infographic - The Guardian (16/Nov/2012)
    Everything you need to know about Alfred Hitchcock – infographic. The English film director and producer was responsible for 49 films in a career spanning 54 years. He pioneered many techniques in suspense and thriller films including the MacGuffin ...
  • Books that changed me: Steve Worland - Sydney Morning Herald (17/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators series - Robert Arthur and others. Twilight for '70s-era prepubescent boys! The first books I read without being threatened. I chose them over The Hardy Boys and had heated discussions as to why they were better.
  • Helen Mirren Stops By "Late Night" - The Gossip Girls (17/Nov/2012)
    Call me, maybe.” Mirren stars as Alma Reville in “Hitchcock,” the love story between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, during the filming of “Psycho” in 1959. The Sacha Gervasi-directed film also stars Anthony Hopkins and Scarlett Johansson.
  • Saint-ly encounter with a film legend - Timesonline.com (17/Nov/2012)
    Before filming her famous "North by Northwest" train scene, Eva Marie Saint received three basic instructions from director Alfred Hitchcock. "He said lower your voice, don't use your hands and look directly into Cary Grant's eyes," Saint recalled Tuesday while ...
  • Jessica Biel Interview For 'Hitchcock' - Flicks and bits (18/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's “master of suspense” – the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • Hitchcock's earliest surviving film online - Hurriyet Daily News (18/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's “The White Shadow,” in which Hitchcock served as an assistant director among ...
  • HITCHCOCK Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Arriving December 4th - The Daily BLAM! (18/Nov/2012)
    Director Sacha Gervasi has brought together a brilliant group of actors, including Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins in the role of Alfred Hitchcock, Academy Award winner Helen Mirren as his wife Alma Reville, Academy Award and Golden Globe ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Psycho Genius of Hollywood - Newsweek (18/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's place in the pantheon of great directors has long been secure, thanks to a string of classics stretching from the 1930s, when he created gems like The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes, to the films that conquered Holly-wood in subsequent ...
  • Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel Unite for "Hitchcock" NYC Premiere - GossipCenter.com (18/Nov/2012)
    ... Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, and Kurtwood Smith. Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, the film hits theaters on November 23rd. Enjoy the pictures from the NYC premiere of "Hitchcock" (November 18).
  • Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel Unite for "Hitchcock" NYC Premiere - The Gossip Girls (18/Nov/2012)
    ... stars Anthony Hopkins, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D'Arcy, Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, and Kurtwood Smith. Based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" by Stephen Rebello, the film hits theaters on November 23rd.
  • 'Hitchcock' a shallow depiction of famed director - Daily Californian (18/Nov/2012)
    The newest attempt by Sacha Gervasi at depicting Alfred Hitchcock wants to present the director as an ordinary human being but ends up being a disappointing simplification of arguably the most influential name in cinematic history. Any sort of reconstruction ...
  • Hitch hits the screen - This is South Wales (18/Nov/2012)
    Hopkins plays the title role in the flick which centres around the love story between the influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville, played by Helen Mirren, during the filming of Psycho in 1959. 0. 0. Digg · Reddit · Delicious · StumbleUpon ...
  • Rare Hitchcock film released - Vancouver Sun (19/Nov/2012)
    The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited and now released online has been sitting under the noses of archivists for decades. The recovered parts of 1924's The White Shadow, in which Hitchcock served as an assistant director ...
  • Jessica, ScarJo dress to ill - New York Post (19/Nov/2012)
    Biel — draped in a dowdy pantsuit — and ScarJo — clad in a garish vine-printed skirt — were arriving at Midtown's Ziegfeld Theater for the premiere of the film, which depicts the making of Alfred Hitchcock's horror masterpiece, “Psycho.” Johansson, 27, plays ...
  • Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel look gorgeous at Hitchcock premiere - Marie Claire.co.uk (19/Nov/2012)
    Hollywood's leading ladies Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel looked stunning as they attended the New York premiere of Sacha Gervasi's high-profile Alfred Hitchcock biopic. Showcasing two rather different styles, Scarlett opted for an edgy black ...
  • Scarlett and Helen look great as they premiere Hitchcock - MSN Movies UK (19/Nov/2012)
    Scarlett Johannson and Helen Mirren looked equally lovely as they premiered Hitchcock, the new biopic of director Alfred Hitchcock, on Sunday night in New York. Helen will be taking the lead role of Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville opposite Anthony Hopkins ...
  • Nail-Biting Allowed: Alfred Hitchcock's 10 Most Memorable Scenes - TIME (19/Nov/2012)
    But no director in the history of the medium can lay claim to helming as many signature movie moments as Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock. In fact, devoted moviegoers can reel off a litany of immortal scenes from any one of Hitch's greatest films — Vertigo, North ...
  • Movie review: Hitchcock - Huffington Post (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    He's been cast as Alfred Hitchcock in a creepy little film, The Girl, which dramatized Hitchcock's obsession (and harassment) of actress Tippi Hedren during the making of The Birds. Jones even got out of the gate first, with his film airing in October on HBO.
  • Win A Pass To The Advance Screening Of HITCHCOCK in St. Louis - We Are Movie Geeks (19/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's “master of suspense” — the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • Film Feature: Top Ten Hitchcock Jaw-Droppers - HollywoodChicago.com (19/Nov/2012)
    CHICAGO – Sacha Gervasi's “Hitchcock” (which we will review Wednesday) takes moviegoers back to the landmark year when the Master of Suspense reached the final peak of a career that spanned over five decades. Alfred Hitchcock's artistry, ambition and ...
  • Hitchcock premiere: Stars hit the red carpet in New York - ITN (19/Nov/2012)
    ... Hitchcock, including Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson have hit the red carpet for its New York premiere. The film follows the director Alfred Hithcock and his wife Alma Reville as they risk their own money and reputation to make Psycho.
  • Movie Sneak Peek: Hitchcock, Life of Pi, and Rust and Bone - BuzzSugar.com (19/Nov/2012)
    In this weekend's new movie releases, Anthony Hopkins personifies legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, Ang Lee adapts bestselling novel Life of Pi, and Marion Cotillard portrays an amputee who falls for a boxer in Rust and Bone. If you're ...
  • Video of the Day: Hitchcock Gets the Film Treatment - SF Weekly (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    By Karina Longworth. Early in Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins with a sack of fat connecting chin to neck) walks the red carpet at the premiere of his 1959 chase film, North by Northwest. "You're 60 years old!" shouts a reporter.
  • Anthony Hopkins Finds Director's Voice In 'Hitchcock' Biopic - Hollywood Outbreak (19/Nov/2012)
    Much has been made about the make-up and prosthetics used to turn HOPKINS into the iconic visage of ALFRED HITCHCOCK but, during a satellite interview over the weekend, the actor talked about finding the real key to bringing the film's titular character ...
  • Search Past 7 days Archives - Boston Herald (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    As for playing Alfred Hitchcock in 1959-60 when he dreamed up what became one of his most successful pictures in a career filled with successes, the low budget black and white Psycho, Hopkins was wonderfully forthcoming. Here is a condensed version of ...
  • 'Hitchcock' premieres in New York - Examiner.com (19/Nov/2012)
    The biopic about the thriller extraordinaire, Alfred Hitchcock premiered in New York at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Nov. 18. The film stars an unrecognizable Anthony Hopkins as the late director with Dame Helen Mirren playing his wife, Alma. The film follows the ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - York Daily Record (19/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of "HITCHCOCK" With Music By Danny ... - Melodika.net (press release) (19/Nov/2012)
    Sony Music is proud to announce the release of Danny Elfman's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack recording of HITCHCOCK on December 4, 2012. The film is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - Tuscaloosa News (subscription) (19/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - Bryan-College Station Eagle (19/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • Wrong-man movies in honor of Hitchcock (1 of 5): The Wrong Man - A.V. Club (19/Nov/2012)
    From The 39 Steps to North By Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock returned again and again to accidental heroes, men swept up into danger and adventure over a case of mistaken identity. But The Wrong Man, an overlooked masterpiece from his greatest decade, ...
  • Texas is Everywhere: Florence Bates in 'Rebecca' - Slackerwood (19/Nov/2012)
    I participated in this week's Criticwire Survey by writing about one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock films, Rebecca. On a whim, I was looking over the cast list and clicked the name of the actress who played Mrs. Van Hopper, the unforgettably crass American ...
  • Lost Hitchcock Film 'The White Shadow' Streaming Free - The Blemish (19/Nov/2012)
    A 1923 film by the then 24-year-old Alfred Hitchcock was thought lost until three reels were discovered in early August in a New Zealand shed. Hitchcock wrote the scripts, designed the sets and edited the footage himself. The print was repaired by Peter ...
  • 5 Things to Know About Hitchcock Before Seeing 'Hitchcock' - Hollywood.com (19/Nov/2012)
    You would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't know the name Alfred Hitchcock. There are a few classic directors whose legacies have lived on long after their passing, but few can match the renown of "The Master of Suspense" himself. After all, can ...
  • Now Streaming: Rare Hitchcock Film “The White Shadow” - WebProNews (19/Nov/2012)
    Thanks to the efforts of the National Film Preservation Foundation, you can now watch a recently-recovered mid-twenties Alfred Hitchcock film for free online. Well, kind of and kind of. Hitchcock is not the credited director of the film, called The White Shadow.
  • Anthony Hopkins says new movie 'Hitchcock' is disgusting - Examiner.com (19/Nov/2012)
    He says the life of Alfred Hitchcock was very twisted, while filming and even his family life and living that daily while filming would be enough to drive everyone mad. While the film is a biopic of the filming of "Psycho" many are still calling it light and fun while ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - East Oregonian (19/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. kAmw:E494@4<VD G6CJ 52C< ...
  • Shakespeare's Superior Sister - Movies With Butter (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    hitchcock.jpage If you know Alfred Hitchcock as The Master of Suspense ™, or as academia's All-Star Auteur, Hitchcock may bum you out. But if you know him as the TV personality and MC of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," this may represent such a fall from grace.
  • 'Hitchcock' Review: Shakespeare's Superior Sister - Movies With Butter (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    hitchcock.jpage If you know Alfred Hitchcock as The Master of Suspense ™, or as academia's All-Star Auteur, Hitchcock may bum you out. But if you know him as the TV personality and MC of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," this may represent such a fall from grace.
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - New York Daily News (19/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • The Greatness of “Psycho” - New Yorker (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    The cinematic man of the year, at least in prominence, is Alfred Hitchcock. Not only was his “Vertigo” named the best film of all time in the decennial Sight and Sound poll but he's the subject of two bio-pics—“The Girl” (which ran on HBO last month), about the ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Bows in New York - Women's Wear Daily (19/Nov/2012)
    Apprehension-inducing maybe, but not exactly the stuff of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” As Anthony Hopkins, who portrays the legendary director, was absent, Helen Mirren, who plays the director's wife, Alma Reville, took center stage. “The inspiration, the real ...
  • 'Hitchcock' starring Anthony Hopkins, Hellen Mirren review - WJLA (19/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock turned the bathroom shower into an object of terror in Psycho, the 1960 movie that pushed the envelope. As Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins suggests a man determined to maintain his edge. Continue reading. Hitchcock also celebrates the ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Fills Role of Hitchcock Blonde - Entertainment Tonight News (19/Nov/2012)
    There are Bond girls, Charlie's Angels, and Hitchcock blondes. Scarlett Johansson assumes the role of the latest goldie-locked actress in a biographical film about Alfred Hitchcock during the period he filmed Psycho. "I got very lucky that I got to play Janet ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock'' - The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. (blog) (19/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock' directed by Sasha Gervasi (Anvil) stars Sir Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Dame Helen Mirren, plays his wife, Alma Reville, the woman 'behind the genius'. The story starts in 1959...Hitchock has just come off the success of 'North by ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - 9NEWS.com (19/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • Jessica Biel's Silver, Sheer Pantsuit: Love or Hate It? - Yahoo! Canada Shine (19/Nov/2012)
    Biel told reporters that making the film, about the 1961 making of Alfred Hitchcock's horror masterpiece Psycho, was "amazing . . . this is the place where so much film history has happened and so many people have walked down those roads. It just felt ripe ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Star Anthony Hopkins on Oscar Chatter: 'It's Disgusting' - AceShowbiz (19/Nov/2012)
    Veteran actor Anthony Hopkins also admitted that he's not a fan of people's chatter about him being a serious awards contender for Best Actor thanks to his convincing role as Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock". The Welsh actor even unapologetically called it ...
  • Art and Culture2 - Arirang News (19/Nov/2012)
    I hope that more music from previous generations will be released, too. And now moving on, what else do you have for us[Reporter : ] Switching gears to film, I have a preview of a film that explores the softer side of world renowned director Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Art and Culture3 - Arirang News (19/Nov/2012)
    [Reporter : ed: jenny] I'd like to point out that Alfred Hitchcock was famous for making cameo appearances in his films, -- like the man struggling to get a double bass onto a train in the film "Strangers on a Train" and the man walking dogs out of a pet shop in ...
  • Jessica Biel - Jessica Biel: Anthony Hopkins was magnetic on Hitchcock set - Contactmusic.com (19/Nov/2012)
    The 30-year-old star was petrified at the thought of working with the Oscar-winning actor in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller 'Psycho', but found Anthony to be a positive force on set, radiating warmth and giving ...
  • Jessica Biel: Anthony Hopkins was magnetic on Hitchcock set - Blockbuster Entertainment (20/Nov/2012)
    The 30-year-old star was petrified at the thought of working with the Oscar-winning actor in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller 'Psycho', but found Anthony to be a positive force on set, radiating warmth and giving ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Interview For 'Hitchcock' - Flicks and bits (20/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's “master of suspense” – the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • Hopkins an expert with novel characters - Victoria Times Colonist (20/Nov/2012)
    Not only will he stop you dead playing Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, which opens this week, he's in line to tackle biblical character Methuselah and author Ernest Hemingway in the near future. Here's the best Hopkins has had to offer, in roles adapted from ...
  • Helen Mirren's Timeless Allure - Daily Beast (20/Nov/2012)
    The Oscar winner, who delivers another award-worthy turn as Alfred Hitchcock's wife in 'Hitchcock,' dishes to Marlow Stern about the sexism she's faced, meeting 'the master of suspense,' and playing Queen Elizabeth II again in the West End. Like · Tweet ...
  • Anthony Hopkins Takes Aim At Grumpy And Unpleasant Method Actors - Contactmusic.com (20/Nov/2012)
    When asked about the Lincoln cast's methods, Hopkins reveals he did not stay in character during the shooting of his new film Hitchcock, about legendary moviemaker Sir Alfred Hitchcock, and he can't stand actors who take themselves too seriously. He tells ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: Oscar groveling is 'disgusting' - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune (20/Nov/2012)
    Email; Print; Share. LinkedIn; Tumblr; StumbleUpon; Reddit; Del.icio.us; Digg. A; A. This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock.' / Suzanne Tenner, AP. USA Today. by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY ...
  • Hitchcock: To Psycho with Love - TIME (20/Nov/2012)
    “I couldn't make Psycho without my tongue in my cheek,” Alfred Hitchcock told Cinema magazine in 1963. Director Sacha Gervasi takes the same approach to the man, the myth, the ultimate movie director in Hitchcock, his snappy adaptation of Stephen ...
  • Helen Mirren shines at 'Hitchcock' New York premiere - newjerseynewsroom.com (20/Nov/2012)
    Mirren stars in “Hitchcock” as Alma Reville, the wife of “Psycho” director Alfred Hitchcock who was usually in the background but indispensable as her husband's story consultant, continuity person and casting director. The only person missing was Anthony ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Review - ScreenCrush (20/Nov/2012)
    Many of Alfred Hitchcock's movies, from 'Psycho' to 'Vertigo' to 'Rear Window,' are about voyeurism, so the idea of peering into Hitchcock's own previously hidden private life does make a certain amount of sense. But if 'Hitchcock' resonates with some of the ...
  • Scarlett strips for Hitchcock - 98FM (20/Nov/2012)
    Scarlett Johansson has been getting her kit off for her latest movie “Hitchcock”. It tells the story of the life of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock with Scarlett playing Janet Leigh from his most famous movie “Psycho”……she is the woman in the shower! Scarlett says she ...
  • Biel raves about 'Hitchcock' - iAfrica.com (20/Nov/2012)
    The 30-year-old star was petrified at the thought of working with the Oscar-winning actor in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller Psycho, but found Anthony to be a positive force on set, radiating warmth and giving ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: Oscar groveling is 'disgusting' - Gobeach Comber (20/Nov/2012)
    Email; Print; Share. LinkedIn; Tumblr; StumbleUpon; Reddit; Del.icio.us; Digg. A; A. This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock.' / Suzanne Tenner, AP. USA Today. by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY ...
  • Scarlett Johansson: Hopkins is a lion - Film News (20/Nov/2012)
    The blonde bombshell has been working with the legendary actor on an Alfred Hitchcock biopic. Anthony plays the famed filmmaker and Scarlett was amazed by the energy the 74-year-old brought to the movie set. “He has a truly remarkable presence ...
  • Daniel Day-Lewis tipped for Oscar success - Film News (20/Nov/2012)
    Method actor Daniel portrays former US President Abraham Lincoln in new movie Lincoln, while Anthony is filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock. Bill also takes on a real-life person in Hyde Park on Hudson, in which he portrays late US President Franklin ...
  • 'Hitchcock' And The Scene That Changed Film Forever - MTV.com (20/Nov/2012)
    During a filmmaking career that spanned five decades, Alfred Hitchcock directed more than 50 movies, including the classics "Rebecca," "Vertigo," "Rear Window" and "North by Northwest." But it was one of his last films that was the most influential: "Psycho." ...
  • Anthony Hopkins blasts unpleasant method actors - Orange UK News (20/Nov/2012)
    When asked about the Lincoln cast's methods, Hopkins reveals he did not stay in character during the shooting of his new film Hitchcock, about legendary moviemaker Sir Alfred Hitchcock, and he can't stand actors who take themselves too seriously. He tells ...
  • Hitchcock: A Half-Assed Attempt to Demystify a Larger-Than-Life Man - Miami New Times (20/Nov/2012)
    Early in Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins with a sack of fat connecting chin to neck) walks the red carpet at the premiere of his 1959 chase film, North by Northwest. "You're 60 years old!" a reporter shouts to the corpulent master of ...
  • Hopkins slams 'grumpy' method actors - Toronto Sun (20/Nov/2012)
    When asked about the Lincoln cast's methods, Hopkins reveals he did not stay in character during the shooting of his new film Hitchcock, about legendary moviemaker Sir Alfred Hitchcock, and he can't stand actors who take themselves too seriously. He tells ...
  • "Hitchcock" trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - Chicago Tribune (20/Nov/2012)
    legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the domestic life of one of Hollywood's most iconic and revered ...
  • Hopkins slates awards pressure - expressandstar.com (20/Nov/2012)
    But the Welsh star, who plays Sir Alfred Hitchcock in the film, won't be lobbying for a trophy. He told the Huffington Post: "Quite honestly, my agent phoned me and said, 'Tony, you've got to get to New York because there's talk of this and that.' I said, 'I can't go ...
  • On Alfred Hitchcock's ups and downs at the Oscars - HitFix (blog) (20/Nov/2012)
    With HBO's "The Girl" hitting the small screen recently and Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock" due in theaters this week, and with Universal's big boxed set of most of Alfred Hitchcock's great works on shelves, it seems that most identifiable of moribund maestros of ...
  • "Hitchcock" trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - My Moinfo (20/Nov/2012)
    In "Hitchcock," Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Hopkins slams method actors - CANOE (20/Nov/2012)
    When asked about the Lincoln cast's methods, Hopkins reveals he did not stay in character during the shooting of his new film Hitchcock, about legendary moviemaker Sir Alfred Hitchcock, and he can't stand actors who take themselves too seriously. He tells ...
  • “Hitchcock” trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - DAWN.com (20/Nov/2012)
    This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, left, Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, center, and Helen Mirren as Alma Reville in “Hitchcock.” -AP Photo. NEW YORK: She won Oscar gold for her uncanny ...
  • Sir Anthony Hopkins - Anthony Hopkins Wants To Avoid Awards Season - Contactmusic.com (20/Nov/2012)
    He is tipped to win another Oscar for his portrayal of film legend Sir Alfred Hitchcock in new movie Hitchcock, but Hopkins is adamant he doesn't want to join in the annual parties and publicity trail. Hopkins tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I've been around - I've ...
  • Alma Matters: Helen Mirren on Alfred Hitchcock's Best Gal - WordandFilm.com (20/Nov/2012)
    “My great sadness is that she was tiny,” Helen Mirren begins of her role as Hitchcock's loyal wife of over fifty years. “Alma Reville was under five foot and this tiny, birdlike woman with this huge – big in every sense – guy, I just loved that image. She was the ...
  • Sponsored Post: Hitchcock, Opening November 23rd - Gothamist (20/Nov/2012)
    Vintage and modern cinema fans alike are already pumped for the opening of Hitchcock on Friday. It's hard not to be—a movie about a legend like Alfred Hitchcock is already an easy story to tell, but add in a cast that includes Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: Oscar groveling is 'disgusting' - Asbury Park Press (20/Nov/2012)
    Email; Print; Share. LinkedIn; Tumblr; StumbleUpon; Reddit; Del.icio.us; Digg. A; A. This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock.' / Suzanne Tenner, AP. USA Today. by Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY ...
  • How To Be Conversant in Alfred Hitchcock in Under 8 Hours - Reelz (20/Nov/2012)
    We've got a plan that will give you enough Alfred Hitchcock experience in less than eight hours to join in on the conversation about the director's movies. Eight hours isn't enough to make a newbie an expert, but watch these movies and feel confident in your ...
  • The Missing Hitch in 'Hitchcock' - Cincinnati CityBeat (20/Nov/2012)
    ... of Hitchcock, from director Sacha Gervasi (writer of The Terminal and director of Anvil: The Story of Anvil), I ended up chatting with a fellow writer who also happens to be a stand-up comic, and he pitched an alternative take on Alfred Hitchcock, musing about ...
  • See these films: Pyscho (1960) + Hitchcock (sneak preview!) @ the Brattle - The Phoenix (blog) (20/Nov/2012)
    If you have any doubt that Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960; 5:30 pm) is the most perverse and frightening film ever made, take another look when it screens tonight at the Brattle. Then stick around for a free sneak peek at Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock (2012; ...
  • Anthony Hopkins hoping to snub awards season - Orange UK News (20/Nov/2012)
    He is tipped to win another Oscar for his portrayal of film legend Sir Alfred Hitchcock in new movie Hitchcock, but Hopkins is adamant he doesn't want to join in the annual parties and publicity trail. Hopkins tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I've been around - I've ...
  • Sponsored Post: Hitchcock, Opening November 23rd - Austinist (20/Nov/2012)
    Vintage and modern cinema fans alike are already pumped for the opening of Hitchcock on Friday. It's hard not to be—a movie about a legend like Alfred Hitchcock is already an easy story to tell, but add in a cast that includes Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson ...
  • Can Vulture Spot All the Hitchcock References in Hitchcock? - Vulture (20/Nov/2012)
    When we ran into director Sacha Gervasi at the Hitchcock premiere and after-party on Sunday, he had a challenge for us: spot the clever little homages to Alfred Hitchcock embedded in Gervasi's new film. Not just the obvious references. Anyone familiar with ...
  • Things to do this weekend around Monroe County - Brighton-Pittsford Post (20/Nov/2012)
    The big movies opening at theaters this week are "Life of Pi," PG, a movie based on the popular novel; "Red Dawn," a PG-13 action flick; "Rise of the Guardians," an animated PG movie; and "Hitchcock," a PG-13 film about Alfred Hitchcock starring Anthony ...
  • Helen Mirren gives Hitchcock's wife her due - Canada.com (20/Nov/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 ...
  • Sir Anthony Hopkins - Anthony Hopkins Gave Up On Retirement - Contactmusic.com (20/Nov/2012)
    The 74 year old took a career break several years ago but it didn't last long and he has ended up busier than ever with roles in the Thor superhero franchise and as Sir Alfred Hitchcock in a new film about the legendary director. Hopkins reveals he is now ...
  • Helen Mirren gives Hitchcock's wife her due - Canada.com (20/Nov/2012)
    While some have suggested that a submissive description fits Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma, Mirren politely but firmly disagrees. The acclaimed actress puts her performance where her considered opinion is by playing Alma as a determined partner opposite ...
  • Hitchcock: Movie Review - ScreenCrave.com (20/Nov/2012)
    Though his last film (North by Northwest) was a huge hit, Alfred Hitchcock (Hopkins) owes a picture to Paramount, and he wants to do something new, something exciting. He finds the book Psycho, and decides that will be his next project. He convinces his ...
  • Other films to see this season - Post-Tribune (20/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock.” The famed director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) is known for a lot of stories — except the one revolving around his love for his wife, Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), during the filming of “Psycho” in 1959. Scarlett Johansson plays Janet Leigh, ...
  • Helen Mirren discusses 'great role' in Hitchcock - TVNZ (20/Nov/2012)
    In Hitchcock, Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Send A Psycho-Inspired Hitchcock Thanksgiving Card - Shockya.com (20/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is directed by Sacha Gervasi and stars Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville. The film also stars Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D'Arcy, ...
  • The First Image from the Psycho Prequel Series, Bates Motel, Arrives - IGN (20/Nov/2012)
    Between HBO's The Girl (the story of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession with The Bird's leading lady Tippi Hedren), the impending release of Hitchcock (on Hitchcock's relationship with his wife and the making of Psycho) and Bates Motel, A&E's upcoming original ...
  • Sponsored Post: Hitchcock, Opening November 23rd - LAist (20/Nov/2012)
    Vintage and modern cinema fans alike are already pumped for the opening of Hitchcock on Friday. It's hard not to be—a movie about a legend like Alfred Hitchcock is already an easy story to tell, but add in a cast that includes Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson ...
  • Cranky Anthony Hopkins calls method actors 'a pain in the ass' - msnNOW (20/Nov/2012)
    In a recent interview, the star of the upcoming Alfred Hitchcock biopic (cleverly called "Hitchcock") unloaded on his method-acting peers and railed against those who campaign for an Oscar. When asked if he stayed in character as Hitchcock in between ...
  • Reuters Entertainment News Summary - Chicago Tribune (20/Nov/2012)
    or, more precisely, the director's chair. In "Hitchcock," Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director. Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. Elmo puppeteer Clash resigns ...
  • Holiday Guide: Sacha Gervasi on Mr. and Mrs. Hitch - Village Voice (20/Nov/2012)
    Beyond his droll persona and unparalleled legacy in cinema, Sir Alfred Hitchcock was also a man of mystery in keeping his personal life as secretive as one of his femme fatales. Loosely but lovingly adapted from Stephen Rebello's exhaustive 1990 book ...
  • 'Vertigo House' In San Francisco: Owners Defend Recent Changes (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post (20/Nov/2012)
    The Suleimans own the house at 900 Lombard Street, which is where Jimmy Stewart's character lived in the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Vertigo." Since they moved into the space 23 years ago, they've endured unwanted visitors ringing their doorbell, ...
  • Fact-checking Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock - Time Out Chicago (20/Nov/2012)
    As Stephen Rebello explains in his excellent 1990 book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Hitchcock's 1960 classic marked a watershed in both film craft and film promotion. But you'd barely know that from Sacha Gervasi's presumptuously titled ...
  • Hitchcock - Entertainment Weekly (20/Nov/2012)
    In Hitchcock, Sacha Gervasi's broadly enjoyable pop-art biopic about Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho, Hitch (Anthony Hopkins) imagines having conversations with Ed Gein (Michael Wincott), the '50s serial killer whose grisly exploits inspired the ...
  • 'Hitchcock' trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - Geo News, Pakistan (20/Nov/2012)
    In "Hitchcock," Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Hitchcock Review: Shouldn't the Making of Psycho Be More Interesting? - LA Weekly (20/Nov/2012)
    Early in Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock (played by Anthony Hopkins with a sack of fat connecting chin to neck) walks the red carpet at the premiere of his 1959 chase film, North by Northwest. "You're 60 years old!" shouts a reporter to the corpulent master of ...
  • Watch Alfred Hitchcock's First Film, 'The White Shadow' - Flavorwire (20/Nov/2012)
    With HBO's maddeningly awful The Girl out earlier this fall and the hopefully-much-better biopic Hitchcock scheduled to debut on Friday, America has entered a period of renewed Alfred Hitchcock mania. The National Film Preservation Fund has just added ...
  • A slash-and-yearn mentality - Washington Post (20/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is enjoying something of a comeback these days, with his 1958 film “Vertigo” recently supplanting “Citizen Kane” on Sight & Sound's list of all-time best films and his 1963 chiller “The Birds” getting the biopic treatment on HBO's “The Girl.” ...
  • The Men Behind the Camera: Movies About Moviemakers - MovieMaker Magazine (20/Nov/2012)
    In addition, though (perhaps as an asterisk), 2012 will be remembered as the year of the dueling Alfred Hitchcock biopics. In October, HBO aired the TV movie The Girl, starring Toby Jones as the master of suspense and Sienna Miller as actress Tippi Hedren, ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: 'Awards season is disgusting' - San Francisco Chronicle (blog) (20/Nov/2012)
    He is tipped to win another Oscar for his portrayal of film legend Alfred Hitchcock in new movie Hitchcock, but Hopkins is adamant he doesn't want to join in the annual parties and publicity trail. Hopkins tells The Hollywood Reporter, “I've been around – I've ...
  • "Hitchcock" trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - Broadcast Newsroom (20/Nov/2012)
    In "Hitchcock," Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Anthony Hopkins slams Oscar race as "disgusting" - CBC.ca (20/Nov/2012)
    Hopkins won an Academy Award for Best Actor for Silence of the Lambs in 1991, and this year critics are predicting he'll be nominated in the same category for playing Sir Alfred Hitchcock in Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, set to be released this month.
  • Anthony Hopkins on the Oscars and Alfred Hitchcock' - Rappler (20/Nov/2012)
    CHARMED, I'M SURE.' Sir Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock. All images courtesy of 20th Century Fox. MANILA, Philippines - We've seen Sir Anthony Hopkins essay other real-life characters before, like former US President Richard M. Nixon in the film ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Hollywood's 'Psycho' Moment - OC Weekly (20/Nov/2012)
    Early in Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins with a sack of fat connecting chin to neck) walks the red carpet at the premiere of his 1959 chase film, North By Northwest. "You're 60 years old!" shouts a reporter to the corpulent master of ...
  • First Look at 'Psycho' Prequel, 'Bates Motel' - AceShowbiz (20/Nov/2012)
    A prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho", "Bates Motel" will explore "the formative years of Norman Bates' relationship with his mother, Norma, and the world they inhabit." Through the show, "viewers will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and ...
  • Oscar chatters are disgusting: Anthony Hopkins - Business Standard (20/Nov/2012)
    The 74-year-old Welsh actor, whose convincing portrayal as Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock" may land him a best actor nomination, even unapologetically called the whole scenario "disgusting." "Quite honestly, my agent phoned me and said, 'Tony, you've got ...
  • 5 Things to Know About Hitchcock Before Seeing 'Hitchcock' - WTAQ (20/Nov/2012)
    You would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't know the name Alfred Hitchcock. There are a few classic directors whose legacies have lived on long after their passing, but few can match the renown of ""The Master of Suspense"" himself. After all, can ...
  • 'Hitchcock' trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - China Daily (20/Nov/2012)
    In "Hitchcock," Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Movie review: 'Hitchcock' - 4 stars - amNY (20/Nov/2012)
    To watch Anthony Hopkins play Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock" is to experience an onscreen transformation that's so complete, so comprehensive, it's as if the real person has been revived. This is Daniel Day-Lewis territory. But Sacha Gervasi's movie offers ...
  • Oscar chatters are disgusting: Anthony Hopkins - Press Trust of India (20/Nov/2012)
    The 74-year-old Welsh actor, whose convincing portrayal as Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock" may land him a best actor nomination, even unapologetically called the whole scenario "disgusting." "Quite honestly, my agent phoned me and said, 'Tony, you've got ...
  • Hitch perfect - New York Post (20/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock,” adapted freely and with brio by John J. McLaughlin from the book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” by Stephen Rebello, actually reminded me of many an HBO film — well-made but pedestrian — for its initial half-hour or so. But finding ...
  • Video Interview: Hitchcock Director Sacha Gervasi - ComingSoon.net (20/Nov/2012)
    That is the case with Hitchcock, the new film starring Anthony Hopkins as the legendary "master of suspense" Alfred Hitchcock, a filmmaker whose very name has become synonymous with dark and shadowy thrillers. What many may not know is how much his ...
  • For the record - Los Angeles Times (21/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock: A Critic's Notebook in the Nov. 11 Calendar section about filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock referred to British critic Michael Wood. The critic's name is Robin Wood. Paul Landacre: An article in the Nov. 18 Arts & Books section about an exhibition of ...
  • Ryan praises Brady - New York Post (21/Nov/2012)
    Hitch perfect. The year is 1959. Alfred Hitchcock is sweating his latest project, which... 'Central' tale incomplete. PBS legend Ken Burns, known for his multipart historical documentaries such... Game of the name. Naming a television character can be a lot like ...
  • Red Sox eye Swisher - New York Post (21/Nov/2012)
    Hitch perfect. The year is 1959. Alfred Hitchcock is sweating his latest project, which... 'Central' tale incomplete. PBS legend Ken Burns, known for his multipart historical documentaries such... Game of the name. Naming a television character can be a lot like ...
  • Knicks win - New York Post (21/Nov/2012)
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  • Benghazi intel kept from Rice – report - New York Post (21/Nov/2012)
    Hitch perfect. The year is 1959. Alfred Hitchcock is sweating his latest project, which... 'Central' tale incomplete. PBS legend Ken Burns, known for his multipart historical documentaries such... Game of the name. Naming a television character can be a lot like ...
  • Jessica Biel thought Anthony Hopkins was magnetic on the 'Hitchcock' set - NZ City (21/Nov/2012)
    The 30-year-old star was petrified at the thought of working with the Oscar-winning actor in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller 'Psycho', but found Anthony to be a positive force on set, radiating warmth and giving ...
  • Anthony Hopkins Interview For 'Hitchcock' - Flicks and bits (21/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's “master of suspense” – the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • Anthony Hopkins hated donning fat suit in Hitchcock biopic - Yahoo! India News (21/Nov/2012)
    New York, Nov 21 (ANI): Anthony Hopkins hated wearing makeup, prosthetics and a heavy fat suit for his role as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock,' and couldn't wait to take it all off, it has been revealed. "At the end of every day, Anthony would ...
  • Hitch and his niche - Variety (21/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock" preemed Sunday at the Ziegfeld, and surprisingly, even though the Fox Searchlight pic is all about the making of "Psycho," some of the new pic's stars preferred other Alfred Hitchcock classics. " 'Vertigo' is my favorite Hitchcock movie," said Helen ...
  • 'Hitchcock' focuses on love story of Alfred and Alma - Global Times (21/Nov/2012)
    In Hitchcock, Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her as a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: Oscar groveling is 'disgusting' - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (21/Nov/2012)
    This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock.' Suzanne Tenner, AP. Written by. Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY. Filed Under. Entertainment · Music. The Oscar season is off to a refreshingly candid start.
  • `Hitchcock' trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - Bangladesh News 24 hours (21/Nov/2012)
    In "Hitchcock," Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Film Review: Hitchcock - Film Journal (21/Nov/2012)
    Film Review: Hitchcock. This entertaining, highly speculative portrait of Alfred Hitchcock during the making of Psycho is best when it sticks to the facts, but its tribute to Hitch's longtime collaborator Alma Reville is long overdue. Nov 21, 2012. -By Kevin Lally ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Doesn't Identify As a Hiddlestoner - Vulture (21/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins is Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, about the making of the director's classic 1960 film Psycho, and Scarlett Johansson is Janet Leigh, the female lead who gets stabbed in the shower so early in the story, it shocked audiences. But this movie ...
  • "Hitchcock" Stars Praise The Undisputed Master Of Suspense - NY1 (21/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock," starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, recently premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Midtown. It tells the story of a love affair between film director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife and the influence that she had on his work. Hitchcock, one of the ...
  • Knight at the Movies: Hitchcock; Inventing David Geffen; film note - Windy City Times (21/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins, as Sir Alfred (who settles on an approximation of Hitchcock's well-known voice and mannerisms as he did for Richard Nixon, with varying success depending on the scene), throws caution to the wind. He mortgages the house to get the ...
  • Trailering Wong Kar-wai's THE GRANDMASTERS (2'45″, subs) - Movie City News (21/Nov/2012)
    RT @mattsinger: Alfred Hitchcock, on whether he liked to be scared. "I'm not keen on it." DP: …in any way except for awards votes. I appreciate not wanting the entire critical load to hit wks early, but this gets stupid fast. (2/2). DP: The studio scam of the next ...
  • Hitchcock trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - The Express Tribune (21/Nov/2012)
    NEW YORK: She won an Oscar gold for her uncanny performance as Britain's Queen Elizabeth, but Helen Mirren's latest portrayal finds her as the power behind the throne — or, more precisely, the director's chair. In Hitchcock, Mirren stars opposite Anthony ...
  • Jessica Biel's 'Hitchcock' Looks: Which is the Prettiest? Vote Now! - StyleBistro (21/Nov/2012)
    Three days, four dazzling outfits. Jessica Biel's been making her rounds on red carpets and talk shows this week to promote her new flick, Hitchcock, which chronicles the romance of iconic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife during the filming of Psycho.
  • Vera Farmiga featured in 1st pic of "Psycho" sequel, "Bates Motel" - PanARMENIAN.Net (21/Nov/2012)
    A prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho", "Bates Motel" will explore "the formative years of Norman Bates' relationship with his mother, Norma, and the world they inhabit." Through the show, "viewers will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and ...
  • A Hitchcock 'Psycho' Drama - New York Times (21/Nov/2012)
    By JACOB BERNSTEIN. Published: November 21, 2012. EVEN in death, Alfred Hitchcock has accomplished something that few Hollywood icons can claim: to have not one, but two somewhat unflattering biographical films made about him in the same year.
  • Hitchcock Movie Review - Bigpicturebigsound.com (21/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is the type of public figure for whom the term "the man, the myth" was created. With his unique voice, iconic silhouette and love of the macabre, the zaftig cinematic genius is one of the most recognized directors in the history of the medium, and ...
  • Iconic Hitchcock a challenge for Hopkins - Toronto Sun (21/Nov/2012)
    It is important to get to know Alfred Hitchcock as a human being -- with his flaws as well as his admirable attributes -- because he was one of the world's most influential filmmakers, Hopkins says. The new film gives the public insight into the private man.
  • Jessica Biel's 'Terrifying' Hitchcock Role - Entertainment Tonight News (21/Nov/2012)
    "Behind the scenes [stories are] always very intriguing and interesting, especially when you're watching the life of an icon like Alfred Hitchcock," Jessica tells our Christina McLarty. "Portraying a woman who is such a screen icon in my mind – and someone ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Review: The Pros And Cons Of Anthony Hopkins' New Film - Moviefone (21/Nov/2012)
    In the last couple of months we have been both blessed and burdened by a pair of movies depicting the Master of Suspense™ himself, Alfred Hitchcock. The first was an HBO original film called "The Girl," which dealt with the filmmaker (played by Toby Jones ...
  • Review: Tristana - The Phoenix (21/Nov/2012)
    Though one was an atheist and the other a churchgoer, both Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock were obsessed with their Catholicism. Over a lunch in LA they disclosed their mutual desire to film Tristana, a Spanish novel. The fetishist hook of the book: the ...
  • Review: Anthony Hopkins as 'Hitchcock' - AARP News (21/Nov/2012)
    ... figures — My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady, Hyde Park on Hudson and J. Edgar, to name a few — Hitchcock provides a vehicle for a stunning performance by its leading actor, in this case Anthony Hopkins as the English-born director Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Iconic Hitchcock a challenge for Hopkins - Melfort Journal (21/Nov/2012)
    So the Welshman knew exactly what to do to play the legendary and corpulent filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock: He lost weight. "I got fit because I didn't want it to affect my health," Hopkins tells QMI Agency in an exclusive one-on-one telephone interview from ...
  • First Look At A&E's Bates Motel - Comic Book Resources (21/Nov/2012)
    Between NBC's Hannibal, which follows a younger Hannibal Lecter of Silence of the Lambs fame, and A&E's Bates Motel, based on Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho, that just might be the case. Bates Motel stars Freddie Highmore (August Rush) as a young ...
  • A blunt stab at 'Hitchcock' - Boston.com (21/Nov/2012)
    The legacy of Alfred Hitchcock's movies is their generosity. There's so much beneath the usual considerations of plot, pace, and performance that each encounter erases the ones before. All my repeat viewings have accumulated into a rich familiarity but never ...
  • WATCH: Sir Anthony Hopkins as a Compelling Alfred Hitchcock - Anglophenia (21/Nov/2012)
    ... Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock. (Fox Searchlight). Although Sir Anthony Hopkins doesn't bear a close physical resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock he does very effectively portray the portly Master of Suspense in the new Hitchcock film out this week.
  • On the "Hitchcock" Red Carpet, Stars Reflect on the Man Behind the Movies - NBC Chicago (21/Nov/2012)
    Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette and Jessica Biel chat at the premiere of their new movie, "Hitchcock," which tells the story of legendary movie director Alfred Hitchcock. What was it like playing characters based on real people? Plus, what did ...
  • 'Hitchcock' review: The funny, difficult brilliance that made 'Psycho' a scream - RedEye Chicago (blog) (21/Nov/2012)
    “Why call it 'Hitchcock?'” reads one thread on the IMDB page for “Hitchcock.” The answer: Because director Sacha Gervasi's (“Anvil: The Story of Anvil”) deliciously entertaining tale about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic “Psycho” also delicately ...
  • Iconic Hitchcock a challenge for Anthony Hopkins 0 - Alberta Daily Herald Tribune (21/Nov/2012)
    It is important to get to know Alfred Hitchcock as a human being -- with his flaws as well as his admirable attributes -- because he was one of the world's most influential filmmakers, Hopkins says. The new film gives the public insight into the private man.
  • 'Hitchcock' and his 'Psycho', The Film That Keeps On Giving - Contactmusic.com (21/Nov/2012)
    Over 50 years on since Psycho was unleashed upon the world, and the influence of the film can still be seen in thrillers and horrors across the planet, such was the impact that legendary movie maker Alfred Hitchcock had upon the world of film. 'Hitchcock' is a ...
  • Five Favorite Films with Hitchcock Director Sacha Gervasi - Rotten Tomatoes (21/Nov/2012)
    Arguably the most famous director in cinema history (and auteur behind the recently crowned Greatest Movie of All Time), Alfred Hitchcock can't be an easy subject for an on-screen biography. Beyond his larger-than-life persona, embodied by that famously ...
  • When Anthony Hopkins met Alfred Hitchcock - Chicago Sun-Times (21/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins remembers that night well because it was the first time he encountered the famed director Alfred Hitchcock. “I was with my agent that night and the funny thing was he not only represented Hitchcock, but also Marilyn Monroe. At the time ...
  • Lance's latest blow - New York Post (21/Nov/2012)
    Hitch perfect. The year is 1959. Alfred Hitchcock is sweating his latest project, which... Game of the name. Naming a television character can be a lot like naming a child. Sometimes,... More 'Pi,' please! Ang Lee's “Life of Pi” is the best-looking film I've seen this ...
  • Finding the Humor, Darkness and Craziness of Alfred Hitchcock - EDGEOnTheNet (21/Nov/2012)
    For a career that spans over six decades in two continents, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most celebrated filmmakers in movie history. In its recent poll of film critics for the greatest films of all time, the British Film Institute's publication Sight & Sound crowned ...
  • Shadow of a Director: How 2012 Became the Year of Hitchcock - ARTINFO (blog) (21/Nov/2012)
    Thirty-two years dead, Alfred Hitchcock this year supplanted any other pretenders to the role of the dominant icon in the history of world cinema. Not only was “Vertigo” for the first time voted the greatest film of all time in the once-a-decade poll organized by the ...
  • Anthony Hopkins 'insecure' about playing Hitchcock - CNN (blog) (21/Nov/2012)
    Such was the case for Anthony Hopkins, who transforms into Alfred Hitchcock for this month's "Hitchcock," which is based on the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the making of 'Psycho'" and directed by Sacha Gervasi. "[Hitchcock] was an amazing personality and a ...
  • Capsule reviews of 'Hitchcock,' 'Life of Pi' and other new movie releases - Washington Post (21/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock” — The man who made “Psycho” was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in this portrait of Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, the film puts a featherlight yet ...
  • 'Hitchcock' reveals the man behind the famous silhouette - Fox News (21/Nov/2012)
    I'm just a man hiding in the corner of the -- Alfred Hitchcock and many classic films to his credit but audiences may not know a lot about the man behind the famous -- Or the woman in his life who helped shape his legacy. -- That's where Hitchcock comes in.
  • 'Hitchcock' a lightweight look at the legendary director - Daily Breeze (21/Nov/2012)
    The man who made "Psycho" was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in "Hitchcock." Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on ...
  • Hitchcock's chilling Los Angeles premiere - SheKnows.com (21/Nov/2012)
    Last night's red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of Hitchcock was chilly — or should we say "chilling" — as the stars came out to honor the master of suspense. The film focuses on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 film Psycho in addition to the ...
  • Mirren has 'fun' playing role of legendary director's wife - Manawatu Standard (21/Nov/2012)
    In Hitchcock, Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife, Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • 'Hitchcock' a lightweight look at the legendary director - Long Beach Press-Telegram (21/Nov/2012)
    The man who made "Psycho" was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in "Hitchcock." Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on ...
  • Hollywood's favorite Hitchcock films - SheKnows.com (21/Nov/2012)
    At last night's Los Angeles premiere of the new film Hitchcock, SheKnows went right to the stars to find out which Alfred Hitchcock film they would love to star in if they could head back to the master of suspense's era. The answers were downright surprising, ...
  • Hitchcock – Movie Review - Monsters and Critics.com (21/Nov/2012)
    A biopic focusing on the relationship between iconic film director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of the horror classic "Psycho." ...more. More thoroughly enjoyable performances than would fit into the Oscar slate. Sacha Gervasi ...
  • Review: The trouble with 'Hitchcock': It's just not interesting - Los Angeles Times (21/Nov/2012)
    Few directors put up as convincing a mask as Alfred Hitchcock or were as adept at using that public face to sell their work to the wider world. But what was the master of suspense really like in his private moments? Do we even want to know? With Anthony ...
  • Film Review: 'Hitchcock' at Its Heart is a Relationship Film - HollywoodChicago.com (21/Nov/2012)
    CHICAGO – The great director Alfred Hitchcock had morphed to legend rather than a man, so it's interesting that two films have recently been released about his all-too-human foibles. The feature film, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins as the director, gets inside ...
  • Watch Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film, right now! - io9 (21/Nov/2012)
    Watch Alfred Hitchcock's earliest surviving film, right now! Before The Pleasure Garden (Alfred Hitchcock's directorial debut) was released in 1925, Hitchcock's worked on a numerous silent films as both an assistant director and an art director. And now one of ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Reveals Fascinating Truth Behind 'Vertigo' - Hollywood Outbreak (21/Nov/2012)
    Although Vertigo is considered today as one of Alfred Hitchcock's masterworks (Sight and Sound magazine named it the greatest film of all time), it actually was a critical and commercial flop in 1958. Although Mr. Hitchcock found favor once again with the ...
  • Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson Shine at New York Premiere of Hitchcock - Reel Life With Jane (21/Nov/2012)
    Mirren added, “I had an amazing resource for my interpretation of Alma, which was the book that was written by her daughter, the single child of Alfred Hitchcock, who chose to write a biography about her mother. She really wanted to bring her mother out of ...
  • Helen Mirren Interview For 'Hitchcock' - Flicks and bits (21/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's “master of suspense” – the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Still Hot in Hollywood After 70 Years (VIDEO) - Celebuzz (21/Nov/2012)
    Thanks to two new movies and a deluxe Blu-ray box set, Alfred Hitchcock is as hot as ever, not just 30-plus years after his death, but more than 70 of Hollywood moviemaking. Rightfully dubbed “The Master of Suspense,” Hitchcock was a top-shelf purveyor of ...
  • 'Hitchcock' doles out wicked fun - The Desert Sun (21/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, “Hitchcock” puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the be hind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • Hitchcock's muse, Tippi Hedren, returns to the scene of The Birds - Examiner.com (21/Nov/2012)
    In 1962 and 1963—Tippi Hedren was subjected to aggressive sexual advances from her employer, Alfred Hitchcock (as depicted in the HBO movie “The Girl,” which premièred on Saturday), who, in response to her rejection, acted vengefully toward her on the ...
  • Review: HITCHCOCK and Helen Mirren Make Alma Reville a Star - Twitch (21/Nov/2012)
    Mirren has the easier task, since her character, based on the real-life screenwriter and producer Alma Reville, is much less known, while Hopkins must shoulder the impossible burden of playing director Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most popular filmmakers in ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Still Hot in Hollywood After 70 Years (VIDEO) - American Superstar Magazine (21/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock comes on the heels of Universal's Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection, as well as HBO's The Girl. The former is a 15-film boxed set that collects virtually all of the filmmaker's major work in the United States, and the latter is a chronicle of the ...
  • Un-Hitched - NOW Magazine (21/Nov/2012)
    Turning the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho into an all-star Hollywood pantomime is a daring idea, but only if you pull it off. And Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock does not. Not even a little. Instead, the misbegotten Hitchcock reduces one of cinema's most ...
  • "Rise of the Guardians" - Hollywood Reporter (21/Nov/2012)
    Meanwhile, Sacha Gervasi's biopic Hitchcock opens Friday. The drama focus on legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, during filming on 1959's Psycho. Actor Anthony Hopkins portrays Hitchcock and Helen Mirren portrays Alma.
  • Anthony Hopkins - Anthony Hopkins: Alfred Hitchcock was 'utter paradox' - Contactmusic.com (21/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins enjoyed getting his teeth into the complex role of Alfred Hitchcock in his new film 'Hitchcock'. Anthony Hopkins thought Alfred Hitchcock was a paradoxical man. The Oscar-winning actor had to dig deep to play the iconic 'Psycho' filmmaker in ...
  • Jessica Biel on Playing Vera Miles in 'Hitchcock': 'It's Terrifying' - AceShowbiz (21/Nov/2012)
    ... 'It's Terrifying'. Add Comment. November 22, 2012 06:51:32 GMT. Admitting that she's proud of being part of the Sacha Gervasi-directed film about Alfred Hitchcock, Biel also weighs in on Scarlett Johansson's recreation of 'Psycho' shower scene. Tweet ...
  • First Look at Psycho Prequel TV Series Bates Motel - About - News & Issues (22/Nov/2012)
    As reported earlier this year, Bates Motel is a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho that explores an adolescent Norman Bates' relationship with his mother. The show -- will, despite its prequel status, is set in the present day -- will also apparently ...
  • Movies opening this week - Contra Costa Times (22/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock" (PG-13): This film is a dramatized account of British auteur Alfred Hitchcock's making of the landmark 1960 film "Psycho" and its toll on his personal life, including his marriage to Alma Reville. Anthony Hopkins stars as Hitchcock, with Helen Mirren ...
  • Hopkins relished 'utter paradox' of Hitchcock in new biopic - The Nationalist (22/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins had to "put together the pieces" of Alfred Hitchcock's contradictory nature in order to play him in a new biopic. The Oscar-winning actor had to dig deep to play the iconic 'Psycho' filmmaker in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic 'Hitchcock', and after ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: Alfred Hitchcock was 'utter paradox' - Blockbuster Entertainment (22/Nov/2012)
    The Oscar-winning actor had to dig deep to play the iconic 'Psycho' filmmaker in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic 'Hitchcock', and after extensive research he discovered the character was an interesting mix of conflicting emotions. Anthony said: Researching I ...
  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About Alfred Hitchcock - WhatCulture! (22/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is my favourite director and 2012 is turning out to be the year of Hitchcock in regards to films based upon his life. The made for TV film The Girl debuted in October on HBO, which documents the relationship between Hitchcock and actress ...
  • “Hitchcock” trains lens on the love story of Alfred and Alma - Stabroek News (22/Nov/2012)
    In “Hitchcock,” Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release on Friday, explores the ...
  • Anthony Hopkins: Oscar groveling is 'disgusting' - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (22/Nov/2012)
    This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in 'Hitchcock.' / Suzanne Tenner/AP. Written by. Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY. Filed Under. Entertainment · Movies. The Oscar season is off to a refreshingly candid start.
  • Dame Helen: Hitchcock needed Alma - expressandstar.com (22/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren hopes Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma is given more credit for her role in the director's success after the release of new biopic Hitchcock. N0178041353577678027A Dame Helen Mirren and Jessica Biel attend the LA premiere of Hitchcock ...
  • Dame Helen: Hitchcock needed Alma - Burnley and Pendle Citizen (22/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren and Jessica Biel attend the LA premiere of Hitchcock. Dame Helen Mirren hopes Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma is given more credit for her role in the director's success after the release of new biopic Hitchcock. The Oscar-winning actress ...
  • Hitchcock Heads To The Big Screen On The Wave Of Critical Endorsement - Contactmusic.com (22/Nov/2012)
    It was always going to be a tough order to pull off an homage to the great Alfred Hitchcock, but Sacha Gervasi has largely gained kudos from the reviewers for having a going at it, though his biopic Hitchcock has by no means found unanimous approval from ...
  • Dame Helen: Hitchcock needed Alma - Irish Independent (22/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren hopes Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma is given more credit for her role in the director's success after the release of new biopic Hitchcock. The Oscar-winning actress plays Alma in the new film, with Sir Anthony Hopkins as the Psycho ...
  • Stars who rejected Queen's honours: Bill Nighy, David Bowie, Hitchcock - Digital Spy UK (22/Nov/2012)
    So we take a look at less forthcoming stars who have shunned such British honours - from Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French declining an OBE, to Alfred Hitchcock snubbing a CBE but later accepting a knighthood. Stars rejecting the Queen's honours ...
  • Hitchcock's love story with Alma - Times of Malta (22/Nov/2012)
    In Hitchcock, Mirren stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's devoted wife Alma Reville, and early buzz has her a contender for another Oscar nomination. The film, which opens in limited release today, explores the domestic ...
  • Revealing story behind 'Psycho' fun, but has a few hitches - Chicago Daily Herald (22/Nov/2012)
    That's where director Alfred Hitchcock, improbably but impeccably played by Anthony Hopkins, gleefully waits, twiddling his nervous thumbs until the movie gets to the part where Scarlett Johansson's Janet Leigh steps into the fateful bathtub at the Bates Motel ...
  • Send a Hitchcock Thanksgiving E-Card! - HorrorMovies.ca (22/Nov/2012)
    ... Hitchcock Thanksgiving E-Card. 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.
  • Helen Mirren reveals Hopkins 'destiny' - Film News (22/Nov/2012)
    Anthony is obviously transformed in the way that he looks, so it was very difficult for me to actually believe that it isn't actually Alfred Hitchcock on set sitting there, honestly. Although Anthony is not the sort of actor that carries his character with him all day on the ...
  • Dame Helen: Hitchcock needed Alma - Congleton Guardian (22/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren and Jessica Biel attend the LA premiere of Hitchcock. Dame Helen Mirren hopes Sir Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma is given more credit for her role in the director's success after the release of new biopic Hitchcock. The Oscar-winning actress ...
  • Iconic Hitchcock a challenge for Anthony Hopkins - Sun News Network (22/Nov/2012)
    So the Welshman knew exactly what to do to play the legendary and corpulent filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock: He lost weight. "I got fit because I didn't want it to affect my health," Hopkins tells QMI Agency in an exclusive one-on-one telephone interview from ...
  • Hitchcock star struggled with Anthony Perkins research - Hollywood.com (22/Nov/2012)
    D'Arcy bears a striking resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho star, but he found it difficult to nail the actor's offscreen persona and speaking tones. He tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "I read a biography, Split Image, about him, which was very helpful and I ...
  • Movie review: 'Hitchcock' - New York Daily News (22/Nov/2012)
    Considering his subject, it's curious that Gervasi — loosely adapting Stephen Rebello's book, “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho' ” — takes such a shallow approach. Why is there so little craft in this movie about one of our greatest cinematic artists?
  • 'Hitchcock': Mr. And Mrs. 'Master Of Suspense' - WBAA (22/Nov/2012)
    We had fun touring a puckishly curated journey through the history of cinema, until my younger niece flushed the toilet in the noir-inflected bathroom — and set off the famous shrieking strings that amp up the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, ...
  • Jillian Rose Reed: 'Hitchcock' Premiere with Matthew Fahey - Just Jared Jr. (22/Nov/2012)
    Starring Helen Mirren and Jessica Biel, the movie tells the love story of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. Hitchcock will hit select theaters on Friday, November 23rd. FYI: Jillian is wearing a Backstage dress ...
  • The Woman Who Helped Make 'Hitchcock' Terrifying - Wall Street Journal (blog) (22/Nov/2012)
    Film director Alfred Hitchcock once said that there were four people who helped make him who he was–a film director, a scriptwriter, a cook, and the mother of his daughter. “Their names are Alma Reville,” he said of the woman, his wife, who performed all four ...
  • Hitchcock Directed by Sacha Gervasi - Exclaim! (22/Nov/2012)
    After the success of North By Northwest in 1959, legendary director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) is at a professional crossroads. While many believe that at 60 his best work is surely behind him, Hitchcock is driven to find a project to reinvent himself ...
  • Review: Hitchcock looks at the woman behind the man, and vice versa - National Post (22/Nov/2012)
    In Alfred Hitchcock's hands, this platitude would be subverted, its meaning unexpectedly twisted into something like the master of suspense's legendary mama's boy Norman Bates. In Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock it remains, rather too comfortably, prosaic.
  • Anthony Hopkins' scary transformation into Hitchcock - Detroit Free Press (22/Nov/2012)
    "I think the biggest challenge was finding the right combination of Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Hopkins," says Academy Award-winning makeup artist Howard Berger. "We knew from the get-go, we didn't want to completely cover and disguise Tony." Berger ...
  • In 'Hitchcock', the marriage gave shape to the man - Pensacola News Journal (22/Nov/2012)
    For now, the great Alfred Hitchcock, brought to life 32 years after his death by Anthony Hopkins under a set of prosthetic jowls and a portly bodysuit, is silent as he settles into a chair next to a vintage camera. "It will be good for your close-up," says British ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Women steal the master's spotlight - Cherry Hill Courier Post (22/Nov/2012)
    The film brings into focus Alfred Hitchcock's collaboration with his wife, Alma Reville, as well as his working relationship with Janet Leigh in Psycho and, to a lesser extent, his obsession with Vera Miles. Alfred and Alma are played with panache by estimable ...
  • 'Hitchcock' gets the 'Psycho' right - San Francisco Chronicle (22/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock" tells the story of the making of "Psycho" - or, as Alfred Hitchcock pronounced it, "Psyyyy-cow" - a film that was a trauma and a sensation in its own time and still has the capacity to shock. Released in 1960, that movie retains an aura of the forbidden, ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Women steal the master's spotlight - Gobeach Comber (22/Nov/2012)
    The film brings into focus Alfred Hitchcock's collaboration with his wife, Alma Reville, as well as his working relationship with Janet Leigh in Psycho and, to a lesser extent, his obsession with Vera Miles. Alfred and Alma are played with panache by estimable ...
  • No suspense -- or mastery -- in this 'Hitchcock' biopic - Washington Examiner (22/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is an exception. But you wouldn't know it from the new film, whose title is simply "Hitchcock." This Hitchcock is a sad little man with little confidence. Anthony Hopkins portrays him nearly pitch-perfectly, but as Hitchcock himself knew, an actor ...
  • Movie Review A blunt stab at 'Hitchcock' - Boston Globe (22/Nov/2012)
    The legacy of Alfred Hitchcock's movies is their generosity. There's so much beneath the usual considerations of plot, pace, and performance that each encounter erases the ones before. All my repeat viewings have accumulated into a rich familiarity but never ...
  • Have a Good Evening with 'Hitchcock' - HispanicBusiness.com (22/Nov/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,' With Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren - New York Times (22/Nov/2012)
    The book, “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,' ” is a fast, diverting read that, true to its title, tracks how the master of suspense, sometimes with surprising effort, made his influential, perverse shocker. “Hitchcock,” by contrast, is rather like Norman ...
  • Hitchcock thriller 'Vertigo' to play Grand Illusion - The Seattle Times (22/Nov/2012)
    ... Hitchcock's 1958 "Vertigo," a detective (Jimmy Stewart) is hired · Enlarge this photo. ANONYMOUS / AP. In Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 "Vertigo," a detective (Jimmy Stewart) is hired by an old friend who is worried about his wife's (Kim Novak) strange behavior.
  • Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Adult Situations/Sexual Situations) - New York Times (22/Nov/2012)
    Director Sacha Gervasi adapts Stephen Rebello's book {- Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho} to explore the relationship between the legendary British director (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), who played a crucial ...
  • Second Opinion: Hitchcock - Crave Online (22/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock must be trying to f*ck me. After all, it stroked me just the right way. Director Sacha Gervasi has turned the story of Alfred Hitchcock directing Psycho, a film that arguably changed cinema forever, into a beautiful romance and a witty behind the scenes ...
  • 'Hitchcock' review: 'Psycho' drama - San Francisco Chronicle (22/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock" tells the story of the making of "Psycho" - or, as Alfred Hitchcock pronounced it, "Psyyyy-cow" - a film that was a trauma and a sensation in its own time and still has the capacity to shock. Released in 1960, that movie retains an aura of the forbidden, ...
  • Scarlett Johansson: Hitchcock is a celebration - Film News (22/Nov/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi directs the adaptation of the Stephen Rebello book which is described as 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 ...
  • Hitchcock movie disappointing - Eagle Tribune (22/Nov/2012)
    So, in other words, if you recently visited the Alfred Hitchcock Wikipedia page you will likely understand most of “Hitchcock's” jokes — but that does not mean you will find them funny. The entire film is exhaustively crammed with rib nudges and winks at the ...
  • Hitchcock review: A stab in the dark - Toronto Star (22/Nov/2012)
    John J. McLaughlin's screenplay winds itself around Stephen Rebello's excellent 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, but it ends up a tangle. A tepid subplot about marital discord and jealousy intrudes and finally overwhelms, like a stalker ...
  • 'Hitchcock' a hoot thanks to Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren - Boston Herald (22/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's 1990 book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” adapted by John J. McLaughlin, one of the several credited writers of “Black Swan,” “Hitchcock” indeed delves into that 1960 film, a landmark in the development of the ...
  • There's no shadow of doubt to Hitchcock's genius - Boston Herald (22/Nov/2012)
    The “Master of Suspense,” Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), the Jesuit-educated son of a London East End greengrocer, was a virtual one-man conglomerate, producing books, games, magazines, TV shows and well over a dozen classic films. He made ...
  • In 'Hitchcock', the marriage gives shape to the man - Asbury Park Press (22/Nov/2012)
    For now, the great Alfred Hitchcock, brought to life 32 years after his death by Anthony Hopkins under a set of prosthetic jowls and a portly bodysuit, is silent as he settles into a chair next to a vintage camera. "It will be good for your close-up," says British ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Women steal the master's spotlight - Asbury Park Press (22/Nov/2012)
    The film brings into focus Alfred Hitchcock's collaboration with his wife, Alma Reville, as well as his working relationship with Janet Leigh in Psycho and, to a lesser extent, his obsession with Vera Miles. Alfred and Alma are played with panache by estimable ...
  • Anthony Hopkins' scary transformation into Hitchcock - Metromix Denver (22/Nov/2012)
    "I think the biggest challenge was finding the right combination of Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Hopkins," says Academy Award-winning makeup artist Howard Berger. "We knew from the get-go, we didn't want to completely cover and disguise Tony." Berger ...
  • In 'Hitchcock', the marriage gives shape to the man - Metromix Denver (22/Nov/2012)
    For now, the great Alfred Hitchcock, brought to life 32 years after his death by Anthony Hopkins under a set of prosthetic jowls and a portly bodysuit, is silent as he settles into a chair next to a vintage camera. "It will be good for your close-up," says British ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Women steal the master's spotlight - Metromix Denver (22/Nov/2012)
    Though the film is titled Hitchcock and ostensibly centers on the legendary director, we get a better sense of the women around him than the enigmatic filmmaker. The film brings into focus Alfred Hitchcock's collaboration with his wife, Alma Reville, as well as ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' takes a stab at eccentric director's psyche - Nerdvana (blog) (22/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is one of the best known directors in cinematic history, not only because of his mastery of the craft, but also because of his P.T. Barnum approach to selling his films and himself. There are thousands of films made, but only a handful of ...
  • Spake: 'Hitchcock' an absorbing representation of icon - East Valley Tribune (22/Nov/2012)
    What “The Girl” failed to do was paint a multilayered portrayal of Alfred Hitchcock. Granted, Hitchcock was an obsessive man that had wild fantasies about his leading ladies. But there was so much more to the guy than his unsettling perverted side.
  • Germain: 'Hitchcock' is lightweight but fun study - East Valley Tribune (22/Nov/2012)
    The man who made "Psycho" was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in "Hitchcock." Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on ...
  • 'Hitchcock' solid vehicle for Hopkins, Mirren - Daily News - Galveston County (22/Nov/2012)
    Coming off the success of “North By Northwest” for MGM, Alfred Hitchcock (Hopkins) has to deliver one more film for Paramount to fulfill his contract. As usual, he turns to his partner in life and behind the scenes, loving wife Alma Reville (Mirren). Hitch comes ...
  • Playing Vera Miles in 'Hitchcock' terrifying: Jessica Biel - Sahara Samay (22/Nov/2012)
    The film follows the story of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's struggles during the making of the 1960 seminal film "Psycho". The 30-year-old newly-wed actress said that it was especially hard to portray Miles because the actress is still alive, reported ...
  • In 'Hitchcock', the marriage gives shape to the man - Indianapolis Star (22/Nov/2012)
    For now, the great Alfred Hitchcock, brought to life 32 years after his death by Anthony Hopkins under a set of prosthetic jowls and a portly bodysuit, is silent as he settles into a chair next to a vintage camera. "It will be good for your close-up," says British ...
  • 'Hitchcock': A lightweight look at a prolific director - HeraldNet (23/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as Alma, his wife and collaborator, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's dark side gets ...
  • Playing Vera Miles in `Hitchcock` terrifying: Jessica Biel - Zee News (23/Nov/2012)
    The film follows the story of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock`s struggles during the making of the 1960 seminal film 'Psycho'. The 30-year-old newly-wed actress said that it was especially hard to portray Miles because the actress is still alive, reported a ...
  • Sir Anthony Hopkins thought Alfred Hitchcock was a paradoxical man. - NZ City (23/Nov/2012)
    Sir Anthony Hopkins thought Alfred Hitchcock was a paradoxical man. The Oscar-winning actor had to dig deep to play the iconic 'Psycho' filmmaker in Sacha Gervasi's new biopic 'Hitchcock', and after extensive research he discovered the character was an ...
  • Anthony Hopkins & Helen Mirren Interview For 'Hitchcock' - Flicks and bits (23/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho' by Stephen Rebello, 'Hitchock' stars Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchock, Helen Mirren as Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, Jessica Biel as ...
  • 'Hitchcock': A slash-and-yearn mentality - TheDay.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is enjoying something of a comeback these days, with his 1958 film "Vertigo" recently supplanting "Citizen Kane" on Sight & Sound's list of all-time best films and his 1963 chiller "The Birds" getting the biopic treatment on HBO's "The Girl." ...
  • A story of love and filmmaking in 'Hitchcock' - Toronto Sun (23/Nov/2012)
    A story of love and filmmaking in 'Hitchcock'. 0. By Liz Braun ,QMI Agency. First posted: Friday, November 23, 2012 03:36 AM EST : Updated: Friday, November 23, 2012 03:45 AM EST. hitchcock Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock (Handout). Tweet ...
  • Anthony Hopkins' scary transformation into Hitchcock - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (23/Nov/2012)
    "I think the biggest challenge was finding the right combination of Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Hopkins," says Academy Award-winning makeup artist Howard Berger. "We knew from the get-go, we didn't want to completely cover and disguise Tony." Berger ...
  • In 'Hitchcock', the marriage gives shape to the man - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (23/Nov/2012)
    For now, the great Alfred Hitchcock, brought to life 32 years after his death by Anthony Hopkins under a set of prosthetic jowls and a portly bodysuit, is silent as he settles into a chair next to a vintage camera. "It will be good for your close-up," says British ...
  • The Psycho Genius of Hollywood - Newsweek Pakistan (23/Nov/2012)
    The Psycho Genius of Hollywood. Director Alfred Hitchcock gulped martinis, treated actors like cattle, and lusted after his leading ladies. Will a new film starring Anthony Hopkins reveal the man behind the movies? By Sam Tanenhaus : From the Nov. 30, 2012 ...
  • Helen Mirren recalls meeting the real 'Hitchcock' - New York Daily News (23/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Rebello's nonfiction book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,'” the tongue-in-cheek drama focuses on the couple's uphill battle to film what would become the director's signature hit. The movie also chronicles how they struggled to ...
  • 'Hitchcock' a fun portrait of a Hollywood legend - CTV News (23/Nov/2012)
    The man who made "Psycho" was no lightweight, though he kind of comes off that way in "Hitchcock." Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on ...
  • Hitchcock: A Real Psycho Drama - Television Without Pity (23/Nov/2012)
    So far Alfred Hitchcock biopics are batting 0-for-2 this year, with Fox Searchlight's anemic Hitchcock opening in limited theatrical release on the heels of HBO's crummy The Girl. Thanks largely to its skilled ensemble cast -- including Anthony Hopkins as Hitch, ...
  • Hitchcock: Hopkins Is Bloody Good - BuzzSugar.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins plays legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, and as the "master of suspense," Hopkins is scarily good. The film follows the director for only a handful of months, while he's overcoming opposition to make iconic horror film Psycho.
  • Hitchcock Shows 6 Ways Psycho Slashed Hollywood's Rule Book to Shreds - Wired (blog) (23/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock might have been a bully, a voyeur and a snob, but to judge from a biopic opening Friday, the master filmmaker was also a shrewd subversive who beat stodgy Hollywood suits at their own game. In Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins plays Alfred ...
  • MOVIE REVIEW: Hopkins as 'Hitch' ain't half bad - The Patriot Ledger (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • 'Hitchcock': The Reviews Are In! - MTV.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Fox Searchlight is billing "Hitchcock" as a love story. Though largely satisfied with the performances, critics are bothered by scenes that dramatize Alfred Hitchcock's inner turmoil. They want more "Psycho" moments and less insight into Hitchcock's own psyche ...
  • Review: Hitchcock - Filmoria (23/Nov/2012)
    SY317 Review: Hitchcock Hitchcock is not a movie for Hitchcock devotees. In many ways, the more you know about director Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho, the more frustrating Hitchcock will likely seem. Its the problem all biopics have, those who ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Mr. And Mrs. 'Master Of Suspense' - WLRN (23/Nov/2012)
    We had fun touring a puckishly curated journey through the history of cinema, until my younger niece flushed the toilet in the noir-inflected bathroom — and set off the famous shrieking strings that amp up the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' cannibalizes Hollywood history - Bayoubuzz (23/Nov/2012)
    (CNN) -- Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most famous film directors in the world, has re-emerged into the zeitgeist this year. In August, Hitchcock's "Vertigo" displaced "Citizen Kane" from its perch at the top of the prestigious Sight & Sound list of the greatest films ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - MetroWest Daily News (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Helen Mirren: Directors are voyeurs - Film News (23/Nov/2012)
    The actress stars as filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville, in the highly-anticipated movie release Hitchcock. The film reveals a hidden side to Alfred, played by Anthony Hopkins, by following the explosive romance he had with Alma who helped ...
  • Movie review: 'Hitchcock' reveals just enough - Examiner.com (23/Nov/2012)
    The late Alfred Hitchcock, known as the “Master of Suspense” for those living under a rock, crafted some of the most articulate thrillers/mysteries, and eventually horror, of the 20th century (a universal opinion stated by the majority). With this telling, the creative ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Steuben Courier (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • 'Hitchcock' takes another look at 'Psycho' - Examiner.com (23/Nov/2012)
    It is common knowledge that Alfred Hitchcock had a problematic relationship with women, something which has been historically documented in biographies and by former staff. 'Hitchcock' which opens November 23 in San Francisco delves into the personal ...
  • 'Hitchcock' is a lightweight but fun study - REVIEW - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife and collaborator, Alma, "Hitchcock" puts a featherlight yet entertaining touch on the behind-the-scenes struggle to make the mother of all slasher films. Hitchcock's very dark side gets ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' cannibalizes - CNN (23/Nov/2012)
    (CNN) -- Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most famous film directors in the world, has re-emerged into the zeitgeist this year. In August, Hitchcock's "Vertigo" displaced "Citizen Kane" from its perch at the top of the prestigious Sight & Sound list of the greatest films ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Movie Review – Not Quite Psycho Enough - Film Equals (23/Nov/2012)
    There is no denying Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most influential figures in American cinema. It seems like every other week a movie is released with his stamp. Of all his works, Psycho is arguably the most “ground-breaking,” making Sacha Gervasi's biopic ...
  • Helen Mirren stars in “Hitchcock” - Washington Post (23/Nov/2012)
    Mirren stars as Alma Reville, British film director Alfred Hitchcock's wife, in the new movie "Hitchcock." She is no stranger to bringing historical figures to the big screen; she won an Oscar for playing Elizabeth II in 2006's "The Queen." Jake Walters / Contour by ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Women steal the master's spotlight - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (23/Nov/2012)
    The film brings into focus Alfred Hitchcock's collaboration with his wife, Alma Reville, as well as his working relationship with Janet Leigh in Psycho and, to a lesser extent, his obsession with Vera Miles. Alfred and Alma are played with panache by estimable ...
  • Anthony Hopkins and the Redemption of “HITCHCOCK” - FANGORIA (23/Nov/2012)
    But Hopkins wants to get something straight: While there may be various misconceptions or theories on who Alfred Hitchcock, the man behind such classic blonde-infused thrillers as PSYCHO, REAR WINDOW and VERTIGO, really was, the actor was ...
  • Dame Helen Mirren 'Hitchcock' (video) - Ottawa Citizen (23/Nov/2012)
    A respected Hollywood star and one hot lady, Dame Helen Mirren sits down with Matte Babel to tell him why she had to "glam down" for her latest role, playing legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's wife in "Hitchcock". November 23, 2012 11:53 AM. Tweet ...
  • HITCHCOCK Review - Collider.com (23/Nov/2012)
    When Alfred Hitchcock made Psycho, he built a foundation for the movie—woman steals money and tries to get away—before kicking the legs out from under it to leads us into an entirely new and exciting picture. Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock sets up no such ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Andover American (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Oscar-Buzz Cheat Sheet: Hitchcock, Rust and Bone Enter the Ring - E! Online (23/Nov/2012)
    Hopkins is playing Alfred Hitchcock directing Psycho. He may as well be serving freshly popped kettle corn to Oscar voters—that's how irresistible that logline is to the movie-lover. What's Her Hook? Cotillard is playing a double amputee. Top that, Lawrence.
  • Helen Mirren on Alfred Hitchcock meeting: 'I was arrogant, ignorant' - Digital Spy (23/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren has revealed that she had an uncomfortable encounter with Alfred Hitchcock early in her career. The Oscar winner is currently starring as the legendary director's wife Alma Reville in the biopic Hitchcock, which is about the making of the ...
  • Anthony Hopkins' scary transformation into Hitchcock - First Coast News (23/Nov/2012)
    "I think the biggest challenge was finding the right combination of Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Hopkins," says Academy Award-winning makeup artist Howard Berger. "We knew from the get-go, we didn't want to completely cover and disguise Tony." Berger ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Siskiyou Daily News (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • If you like the films of Alfred, you should probably avoid 'Hitchcock' - Examiner.com (23/Nov/2012)
    The primary focus of “Hitchcock” is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock (Hopkins) and his wife and partner Alma Reville (Mirren). The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - NEagle (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Opening this Weekend: Hitchcock - Examiner.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema's "master of suspense" -- the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Taft Midway Driller (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: His Top Ten Movies That Aren't 'Psycho' or 'The Birds' - ScreenCrave.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Recently we've seen not one but two films about the life and films of Alfred Hitchcock: The Girl (which showed on HBO) and Hitchcock (which is in limited release now). But the master's career spanned through silents into talkies and he made films for over half ...
  • 'Hitchcock' a lifeless portrait, critics say - Los Angeles Times (23/Nov/2012)
    Working from a script by John J. McLaughlin based on the Stephen Rebello book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,'" director Sacha Gervasi is "fearlessly unsubtle," with clumsy allusions to Hitchcock's body of work and some shaky armchair ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Beauregard Daily News (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • 'Hitchcock,' 3.5 stars - azcentral.com (23/Nov/2012)
    “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. Fun? Shouldn't it be gripping, insightful, perhaps disturbing? Particularly when Anthony ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Fowler Tribune (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Good evening: Hitchcock is back on-screen in a big way - Dallas Morning News (23/Nov/2012)
    For most of his life, Alfred Hitchcock was seen as a workmanlike hit-maker, not an artist of the first order. He churned out reliable thrillers that were often, though by no means always, embraced by the critical establishment. He rarely got the attention he thought ...
  • "Hitchcock" Movie Review: A Biopic That Feels Like Slander - PolicyMic (23/Nov/2012)
    The thing about Hitchcock is that from frame one there is zero trust. The characterization of famed director Alfred Hitchcock is so helpless and buffoonish that you can't help but question where the filmmakers got their information, particularly when considering ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Greenfield Vedette (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Hitchcock: Hit or Miss? Let's Take A Look At The Reviews - Contactmusic.com (23/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock, one of cinema's greatest icons, has an enormous portfolio of incredible hits. He can claim North by Northwest, Hitchcock's Half Hour (which became something of an institution), The 39 Steps, The Man Who Knew Too Much, To Catch a Thief ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Review Round-Up: Needs More 'Psycho,' Less Personal Drama - The Inquisitr (23/Nov/2012)
    How did "Hitchcock" fare with critics? How is the Alfred Hitchcock biopic Hitchcock holding up with critics? Despite gold-plated star power, the film is actually polarizing critics, who are calling it everything from “fearlessly unsubtle,” to “heavily perfumed fertilizer.
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Mount Shasta Herald (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Quick Flicks - Lake County News Sun (23/Nov/2012)
    This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Helen Mirren as Alma Reville, left, and Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock." (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Suzanne Tenner). storyidforme: 40569482 tmspicid: 14972877 fileheaderid: 6810095 ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Granite Falls Advocate Tribune (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Chillicothe Times-Bulletin (blog) (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Middletown Transcript (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Middletown Transcript (23/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' fails on almost every level as drama and biography - HitFix (blog) (23/Nov/2012)
    Just as Fox made it easy for people to mainline James Bond movies in the lead-up to the release of "Skyfall" by putting out that beautiful Bond 50 box set, Universal has made it easy for people to take a crash course in Alfred Hitchcock by releasing their ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Cheboygan Daily Tribune (24/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Jessica Biel & James D'Arcy Interview For 'Hitchcock' - Flicks and bits (24/Nov/2012)
    Based on the book 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho' by Stephen Rebello, 'Hitchock' stars Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchock, Helen Mirren as Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins, Jessica Biel as ...
  • Critic's corner: What's on TV this weekend - Boston Globe (24/Nov/2012)
    Gooooo-devening. Toby Jones's take on Alfred Hitchcock will probably be forgotten, now that Anthony Hopkins's big screen version has opened. And that is too bad, because he delivers a potent performance as Hitch in this small HBO movie. The focus of the ...
  • Helen Mirren on Hitchcock, the Royal Family, and Staying Fit - Parade Magazine (24/Nov/2012)
    ... the Royal Family, and Staying Fit. Helen Mirren on 'Hitchcock,' the British Royal Family, and Staying Fit. WALTER SCOTT ASKS ... Helen Mirren The actress, 67, stars opposite Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock's wife, Alma, in Hitchcock, now in theaters.
  • Helen Mirren Reveals Her Forgettable Meeting With Alfred Hitchcock - Contactmusic.com (24/Nov/2012)
    Regardless of being dead for over thirty years, Alfred Hitchcock is still one of Hollywood's biggest names and with a host of biopics set to be released about the late director's life on both the silver and the small screen, then it is more than likely that his fame will ...
  • 'Hitchcock': What You Should Know Before Seeing the Movie - Gather.com (24/Nov/2012)
    Many Alfred Hitchcock fans have been waiting patiently to see the film about the making of his most famous movie—Psycho. However, there are some things one ought to know before seeing the film. First of all, don't expect to easily recognize the actor playing ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - AugustaGazette.com (24/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Hitchcock's secret weapon becomes a star - Indian Express (24/Nov/2012)
    “They were watching a cut of the film,” the actor and producer Norman Lloyd recalled, referring to 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.
  • Biel 'wanted to steal a girdle' - NEWS.com.au (24/Nov/2012)
    Biel plays Psycho actress Vera Miles in Hitchcock, which is about the British director Alfred Hitchcock and the making of the acclaimed horror classic. Alas, Biel's conscience got the better of her when it came to the dresses and skirts sourced from an old ...
  • The strange case of Alfred Hitchcock - Salon (24/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is less a bad film than a middling, minor one, but it fails the standard I once heard applied to books about Proust: They have to be good enough that you wouldn't be better off reading Proust instead. The contrast, in this case, is ridiculous. On one ...
  • Casting a 'White Shadow' on Hitchcock's career - Boston Globe (24/Nov/2012)
    This one looks like the year of Alfred Hitchcock. Last summer, Sight & Sound's prestigious critics poll named “Vertigo” the greatest film of all time. Last month, the HBO movie “The Girl” offered a dark and disquieting view of Hitchcock's relationship to Tippi ...
  • Movie review: Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock ain't half bad - Pekin Daily Times (24/Nov/2012)
    Attempting to profile Alfred Hitchcock in a 98-minute movie is akin to having a death wish. You'd be better off getting your eyes pecked out a la Suzanne Pleshette in “The Birds.” But first-time feature director Sacha Gervasi gives it a whirl anyway. And guess ...
  • Biel 'wanted to steal a girdle' - Herald Sun (24/Nov/2012)
    Biel plays Psycho actress Vera Miles in Hitchcock, which is about the British director Alfred Hitchcock and the making of the acclaimed horror classic. Alas, Biel's conscience got the better of her when it came to the dresses and skirts sourced from an old ...
  • Hopkins avoids the Oscars 'mule train' - The Australian (24/Nov/2012)
    He has decided to stop playing "nauseating games" with them to win an Oscar and will not, he says, "kiss the backsides" of powerful people in Hollywood to win further acclaim for his Oscar-tipped role as Alfred Hitchcock. Last week Hopkins told the magazine ...
  • 'Hitchcock' star Jessica Biel says it's hard to balance fame, privacy - UPI.com (24/Nov/2012)
    Directed by Sacha Gervasi, the movie chronicles the late director Alfred Hitchcock's complicated relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, during the making of "Psycho," his classic 1960 thriller, starring Miles, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. The big-screen ...
  • Taking a New Look at a Cinema Legend - Georgetown University The Hoya (24/Nov/2012)
    The movie opens with the Anthony-Hopkins-played Alfred Hitchcock speaking to the audience to introduce the plot of the movie: the development and filming of the classic horror film Psycho. Horror movies at the time were not appropriate fare for the masses, ...
  • Want to make films like Hitchcock: Vishal Bhardwaj - Press Trust of India (24/Nov/2012)
    STAFF WRITER 12:48 HRS IST. From Ayesha Mouza Panaji, Nov 25 (PTI) Vishal Bhardwaj's movies have the common theme of violence and suspense, and the director says he is obsessed with these two genres and wants to make films like Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Want to make films like Hitchcock: Vishal Bhardwaj - Deccan Herald (24/Nov/2012)
    Vishal Bhardwaj's movies have the common theme of violence and suspense, and the director says he is obsessed with these two genres and wants to make films like Alfred Hitchcock. His work includes movies such as "Omkara", "Kaminey", "Ishqiya" and "7 ...
  • I am fascinated with violence, says Vishal Bhardwaj - Times of India (25/Nov/2012)
    Vishal Bhardwaj's movies have the common theme of violence and suspense, and the director says he is obsessed with these two genres and wants to make films like Alfred Hitchcock. His work includes movies such as "Omkara", "Kaminey", "Ishqiya" and "7 ...
  • Want-to-make-films-like-Hitchcock-Vishal-Bhardwaj - Punjab Newsline (25/Nov/2012)
    PANAJI: Vishal Bhardwaj's movies have the common theme of violence and suspense, and the director says he is obsessed with these two genres and wants to make films like Alfred Hitchcock. His work includes movies such as Omkara, Kaminey, Ishqiya and ...
  • Don't call me Mr Hitchcock, says Anthony Hopkins - TruthDive (25/Nov/2012)
    25 (ANI): Sir Anthony Hopkins has taken a dig at “miserable grump” method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, by asking the film crew not to refer to him by the name of the character he is playing in Alfred Hitchcock's biopic. Day-Lewis, 55, who is known as one of ...
  • Don't call me Mr Hitchcock, says Anthony Hopkins - Zee News (25/Nov/2012)
    Don't call me Mr Hitchcock, says Anthony Hopkins London: Sir Anthony Hopkins has taken a dig at “miserable grump” method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, by asking the film crew not to refer to him by the name of the character he is playing in Alfred ...
  • Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - RTE.ie (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays the part of Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and explained that she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter Silence of the Lambs. Speaking to Star magazine, Johansson ...
  • Scarlett Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - Virgin Media (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and admitted she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter 'Silence Of The Lambs'. She said: You have to be brave get into into the ...
  • Don't call me Mr Hitchcock, says Anthony Hopkins - Times of India (25/Nov/2012)
    Sir Anthony Hopkins has taken a dig at "miserable grump" method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, by asking the film crew not to refer to him by the name of the character he is playing in Alfred Hitchcock's biopic. Day-Lewis, 55, who is known as one of the most ...
  • 'Hitchcock' star Jessica Biel says it's hard to balance fame, privacy - Big News Network.com (25/Nov/2012)
    Directed by Sacha Gervasi, the movie chronicles the late director Alfred Hitchcock's complicated relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, during the making of "Psycho," his classic 1960 thriller, starring Miles, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. The big-screen ...
  • Scarlett Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - Blockbuster Entertainment (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and admitted she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter 'Silence Of The Lambs'. She said: You have to be brave get into into the ...
  • From Psycho to Anvil - TG Daily (25/Nov/2012)
    As a long time horror fan, I'm quite interested in the new biopic of master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, which is simply titled Hitchcock. The film is actually about the making of Hitchcock's most notorious classic, Psycho, which is probably the veteran director's ...
  • Hitchcock - Reason (25/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock would probably be happy that he's finally getting his close-up, but I don't think he'd be thrilled about the way it's being framed. In the recent HBO film The Girl, Hitch is depicted as a sadistic tormentor of Tippi Hedren, the blonde model who ...
  • Scarlett Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - Divine.ca (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and admitted she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter 'Silence Of The Lambs'. She said: You have to be brave get into into the ...
  • How Do You Re-Direct a Great Director? - Wall Street Journal (blog) (25/Nov/2012)
    In the new movie “Hitchcock,” actor Anthony Hopkins plays director Alfred Hitchcock during the tumutous period of his life when he put his fortune and reputation on the line to make the film “Psycho.” The movie, based on Stephen Rebello's book “Alfred ...
  • Want to make films like Hitchcock: Vishal Bhardwaj - Manoramaonline (25/Nov/2012)
    Panaji: Vishal Bhardwaj's movies have the common theme of violence and suspense, and the director says he is obsessed with these two genres and wants to make films like Alfred Hitchcock. His work includes movies such as "Omkara", "Kaminey", "Ishqiya" ...
  • Jessica Biel: It's hard to balance fame and privacy - Reality TV World (25/Nov/2012)
    The big-screen adaptation of Stephen Rebello's 1990 book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,'" casts Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as Reville, James D'Arcy as Perkins and Scarlett Johansson as Leigh. Talking about how she ...
  • TGB Episode 134: The Masterful Hitchcock (Guest: West Anthony) - First Showing (25/Nov/2012)
    The main topic of the night was a discussion regarding the prolific filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, in honor of Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock film about the making of Psycho in theaters this weekend. The guys discuss some of their favorites in his filmography, ...
  • Interview flashback: Leigh talks filming of 'Psycho' shower scene - Examiner.com (25/Nov/2012)
    This week moviegoers across the country will finally get their chase to get a sense of the making of one of the greatest horror thrillers of all-time with the wide release of "Hitchcock." The film is a fascinating look into director Alfred Hitchcock's (Anthony Hopkins) ...
  • Movies: 'Hitchcock' (and the Best Actor Race) - Towleroad (25/Nov/2012)
    The first thing HITCHCOCK gets right about Hitchcock is the humor. Director Sacha Gervasi's serio-comic adaptation of the book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" starts with a playful dodge, beginning not with a shot of that infamous house on the ...
  • Was Hitchcock Psycho? - TIME (25/Nov/2012)
    Rehearsing Janet Leigh for the shower scene in Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock comes at the nude actress, Mrs. Bates's knife in his hand, displaying murderous intent as he slashes and stabs, leaving Leigh shaken. For a sequence in The Birds in which gulls attack ...
  • Danny Huston: 'Hitchcock would have loved Hedren Fuss' - 3News NZ (25/Nov/2012)
    The late, great Alfred Hitchcock would revel in actress Tippi Hedren's allegations he was a monster on the set of The Birds, according to actor Danny Huston. Huston plays screenwriter Whitfield Cook in new movie Hitchcock and his studies of the great director ...
  • Shooting with Hopkins scared Johansson - Newstrack India (25/Nov/2012)
    The recently released movie stars Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Johansson as Janet Leigh. "You have to be brave to get into the shower and face Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock jabbing you in the face with a 12?inch kitchen knife," Star magazine quoted ...
  • Hitchcock is light and fun but needs to go deeper - Diamondback Online (25/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock — the frumpy, priggish British director with the sadistic camera and unforgettable Cockney drawl — was a special man. He's best known as an auteur, but he was just as important as a proponent of artistic change. During a time of social ...
  • Decent debuts for 'Hitchcock,' 'Rust and Bone' in limited release - Los Angeles Times (25/Nov/2012)
    The movie starring Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock debuted in 17 theaters this weekend and collected $300,800, according to an estimate from distributor Fox Searchlight. That amounted to a decent per-theater average of $17,000.
  • Scarlett Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - Business Standard (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and said that she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 thriller, reported Showbizspy. "You have to be brave, get into into ...
  • Classic Hollywood: Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Ring' shows at academy - Los Angeles Times (25/Nov/2012)
    With his acute sense of irony and the macabre, Alfred Hitchcock would appreciate the fact that he's one of the hottest directors in the world even though he's been dead for 32 years. Fans and critics have always been fascinated with the Master of Suspense, ...
  • Johansson terrified of Anthony Hopkins - BigPond News (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and admitted she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter 'Silence Of The Lambs'. She said: 'You have to be brave get into into the ...
  • Scarlett Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - Indian Express (25/Nov/2012)
    Actress Scarlett Johansson was terrified of her "Hitchcock" co-star Anthony Hopkins because of his work on "Silence of the Lambs". The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and said that she is still scared of ...
  • Shooting with Hopkins scared Johansson - indiatvnews.com (25/Nov/2012)
    The recently released movie stars Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Johansson as Janet Leigh. "You have to be brave to get into the shower and face Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock jabbing you in the face with a 12-inch kitchen knife," Star magazine quoted ...
  • Mirren generates Oscar buzz for 'Hitchcock' performance - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (25/Nov/2012)
    Helen Mirren portrays Alma Reville in the new biopic "Hitchcock." No stranger to bringing historical figures to the big screen (she won an Oscar for playing Elizabeth II in "The Queen"), Ms. Mirren says it "absolutely" was a relief to play Alfred Hitchcock's wife, ...
  • Hitchcock Review: “Psycho” Analysis - Poptimal.com (25/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was considered one of the most revered film directors of his era throughout the span of his career, but the impact of his movies reach even farther depths today than at the height of his fame more than half a century ago. The many imitations of ...
  • Scarlett Johansson afraid of Anthony Hopkins - Deccan Chronicle (25/Nov/2012)
    The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and said that she is still scared of him because of his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 thriller, reported Showbiz Spy. "You have to be brave, get into into ...
  • Hitchcock and the pitfalls of the artist biopic - A.V. Club (25/Nov/2012)
    There's a scene in Hitchcock, a new biopic about Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho, where the director's devoted wife and collaborator, Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), peels away from the chaos engulfing her husband's latest production and meets a ...
  • Anthony Hopkins is terrifying, says Scarlett Johansson - IBNLive (25/Nov/2012)
    London: Actress Scarlett Johansson was terrified of her 'Hitchcock' co-star Anthony Hopkins because of his work on 'Silence of the Lambs'. The 28-year-old actress plays Janet Leigh to his Alfred Hitchcock in the forthcoming biopic and said that she is still ...
  • "Hitchcock" is Indeed a Good Evening Review - JustPressPlay (26/Nov/2012)
    As the film begins, Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) seeks a new project to work on and settles on Psycho after reading the book of the same name, as he's become quite taken with the grisly work. So taken, in fact, that he begins to have dream sequences ...
  • Shooting with Anthony Hopkins scared Scarlett Johansson - Hindustan Times (26/Nov/2012)
    The recently released movie stars Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Johansson as Janet Leigh. "You. have to be brave to get into the shower and face Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock jabbing you in the face with a 12-inch kitchen knife," Star magazine quoted ...
  • In 'Today's show - Manila Standard Today (26/Nov/2012)
    Tomorrow, Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson appears on this episode of Today Show to talk about her latest movie, Hitchcock, about the love story of one of the most influential directors in the history of film, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife. The film ...
  • Mirren wants to work with Tarantino - RTE.ie (26/Nov/2012)
    Mirren, who is starring as the legendary director's wife Alma Reville in the biopic Hitchcock, recently admitted that she had an uncomfortable encounter with Alfred Hitchcock early in her career. The Oscar-winning actress said: "When I was a very young actress ...
  • This 'Hitchcock' Is Frightfully Off - Truthdig (26/Nov/2012)
    On an idle afternoon—of which there were many, as Alfred Hitchcock searched for his next project—the director liked to plan imaginary train trips. He would seat himself behind his vast desk, haul out his collection of European train schedules and figure out ...
  • Mirren was 'arrogant' in meeting with Hitchcock - Yahoo! Movies UK (26/Nov/2012)
    Helen Mirren has admitted that she behaved arrogantly when she met with the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. She was sent for a preliminary meeting for a role in the film 'Frenzy', but says that she didn't even want the part in the first place. [Related story: ...
  • In 'Hitchcock' and 'Lincoln,' two icons, divergently portrayed - Los Angeles Times (26/Nov/2012)
    OK, so there's no comparing the moral achievements of Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Hitchcock. But both men followed their heart, advanced a vision and, in their own ways, changed the course of the country. Both men, of course, are now looming large on our ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Films Considered - EDGEOnTheNet (26/Nov/2012)
    ... Hitchcock Films Considered. What are legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's best films? Film critics Matt Singer and Dana Stevens talk to Anthony Mason and Sharyl Attkisson about their favorites. Copyright CBS News. For more articles, visit www.cbsnews.
  • Smartphone Apps to Save a Life - EDGEOnTheNet (26/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock Films Considered. What are legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's best films? Film critics Matt Singer and Dana Stevens talk to Anthony Mason and Sharyl Attkisson about their favorites.
  • Spellbound by 'Hitchcock'? Not really - STLtoday.com (26/Nov/2012)
    The movie starring Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock debuted in 17 theaters this weekend and collected $300,800, according to an estimate from distributor Fox Searchlight. That amounted to a decent per-theater average of $17,000.
  • TGB Breakdown Ep 9: Hitchcock's Vertigo (Guest: West Anthony) - First Showing (26/Nov/2012)
    On this episode of The Golden Briefcase Breakdown, hosts Tim & Jeremy are joined by guest West Anthony from The AuteurCast (and Ep #134), for an extremely spoiler-filled discussion on the legendary Alfred Hitchcock's mystery classic Vertigo, from 1958, ...
  • Hitchcock – Movie Review 2 - Monsters and Critics.com (26/Nov/2012)
    This nifty little fact-based story of Alfred Hitchcock, his wife Alma and their collaboration on Psycho is a tasty confection that's part behind-the-scenes snooping, part battle of the sexes with a touch of depravity. The sun soaked Los Angeles studio environment ...
  • Don't call me Mr Hitchcock, says Anthony Hopkins - Pakistan Daily Times (26/Nov/2012)
    Don't call me Mr Hitchcock, says Anthony Hopkins. Sir Anthony Hopkins has taken a dig at "miserable grump" method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, by asking the film crew not to refer to him by the name of the character he is playing in Alfred Hitchcock's biopic ...
  • Helen Mirren shows us the genius behind the genius: Mrs. Hitchcock - Bangor Daily News (26/Nov/2012)
    Stephen Rebello, in his book, “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho,'” calls her “the exacting Mrs. Hitchcock,” the first person Alfred had to impress and please with any film idea, the sharp-eyed editor who spied Janet Leigh taking a “gulp” when she was ...
  • 'Hitchcock': Mr. And Mrs. 'Master Of Suspense' - WWNO (26/Nov/2012)
    We had fun touring a puckishly curated journey through the history of cinema, until my younger niece flushed the toilet in the noir-inflected bathroom — and set off the famous shrieking strings that amp up the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, ...
  • Helen Mirren Gets a Bit Handsy With Jessica Biel - DivineCaroline (26/Nov/2012)
    Third, she stars with some high-grade actors in the forthcoming Hitchcock, where she plays Alma, Alfred Hitchcock's wife. She stars with Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, James D'Arcy, and Jessica Biel who she got a little handsy with at the ...
  • I want to explore making horror movies: Vishal Bhardwaj - Total Filmy (26/Nov/2012)
    The 'Omkara' director Vishal Bhardwaj wants to make 'Alfred Hitchcock' kind of films even as his line-up of movies like 'Kaminey', 'Ishqiya' and '7 Khoon Maaf' surely depict his passion for violence and suspense genres. Vishal Bhardwaj · Imran Khan ...
  • 'Psycho'-babble: 'Hitchcock' tries hard but lacks interest - The Baylor Lariat (26/Nov/2012)
    Few directors put up as convincing a mask as Alfred Hitchcock or were as adept at using that public face to sell their work to the wider world. But what was the master of suspense really like in his private moments? With Anthony Hopkins as the great helmsman ...
  • Helen Mirren gives Hitchcock's wife her due - Windsor Star (26/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Re-bello'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 ...
  • Movie Review >> 'Hitchcock' Is Quaint But Filled With Stunning Performances - noho arts district (27/Nov/2012)
    First time feature film director Sacha Gervasi takes the story of one of the most iconic directors of all time, Alfred Hitchcock, and tells a very simple but informative story of the making of the most iconic horror film ever, "Psycho." Taken from a screenplay by John ...
  • Helen Mirren Thought Alfred Hitchcock Was A J-J-Jerk!!! - PerezHilton.com (27/Nov/2012)
    Helen Mirren Hated Alfred Hitchcock. Helen Mirren may be playing Alfred Hitchcock's wife in the new biopic Hitchcock, but she says that would never have happened in real life! Why? She hated him! According to her story, the feeling was mutual! She says: ...
  • “Hitchcock” Review - Highlander Newspaper (27/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was an iconic film director who transcended his own era of cinema, so it seems only right to make a movie about his career in the industry. “Hitchcock,” directed by Saicha Gervasi, is a well-crafted biopic based on Stephen Rebello's book, ...
  • Helen Mirren gives Hitchcock's wife her due - Windsor Star (27/Nov/2012)
    Based on Stephen Re-bello'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 ...
  • Anthony Hopkins refused to gain weight to play Alfred Hitchcock - Hollywood.com (27/Nov/2012)
    The actor, who stunned fans in 2009 by unveiling an 80 pounds (36.2 kilograms) weight-loss, was against bulking up to play the moviemaker in Hitchcock, which examines the story behind classic horror movie Psycho. He instead donned prosthetics and ...
  • Helen Mirren hated Hitchcock - Winnipeg Free Press (27/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren hated Alfred Hitchcock when they first met. The Oscar-winning actress plays the iconic director's wife Alma Reville in new biopic 'Hitchcock', but she has revealed she once endured a disastrous audition for the filmmaker's thriller 'Frenzy' in ...
  • Helen Mirren hated Hitchcock - Contactmusic.com (27/Nov/2012)
    Helen Mirren hated Hitchcock. Despite playing Alfred Hitchcock's wife in a new biopic about the legendary filmmaker, Dame Helen Mirren disliked the man when she met him as a young actress. Dame Helen Mirren hated Alfred Hitchcock when they first met.
  • Helen Mirren: 'Alfred Hitchcock Hated Me' - Contactmusic.com (27/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she and Alfred Hitchcock had a mutual dislike for one another after they met in the 1970s. The veteran actress wasn't a fan of the horror filmmaker when she was considered for a role in his 1972 thriller Frenzy, and he thought ...
  • Helen Mirren hated Hitchcock - MSN Philippines News (27/Nov/2012)
    Despite playing Alfred Hitchcock's wife in a new biopic about the legendary filmmaker, Dame Helen Mirren disliked the man when she met him as a young actress. Dame Helen Mirren hated Alfred Hitchcock when they first met. The Oscar-winning actress ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock,' too much 'Psycho'-babble - Tri-Valley Herald (27/Nov/2012)
    Of all the great film directors, Alfred Hitchcock has been perhaps the most elusive. Unlike Orson Welles, he was never larger than life, nor did he have the colorful back story of a John Ford or a John Huston. That said, he certainly created a public persona.
  • Helen Mirren: 'Hitchcock hated me' - New Magazine (27/Nov/2012)
    DAME HELEN MIRREN has revealed she and ALFRED HITCHCOCK had a mutual dislike for one another after they met in the 1970s. The veteran actress wasn't a fan of the horror filmmaker when she was considered for a role in his 1972 thriller Frenzy, and ...
  • HELEN MIRREN: 'HITCHCOCK HATED ME' - Daily Star (27/Nov/2012)
    DAME HELEN MIRREN has revealed she and ALFRED HITCHCOCK had a mutual dislike for one another after they met in the 1970s. The veteran actress wasn't a fan of the horror filmmaker when she was considered for a role in his 1972 thriller Frenzy, and ...
  • Review: 'Hitchcock,' too much 'Psycho'-babble - Alameda Times-Star (27/Nov/2012)
    Of all the great film directors, Alfred Hitchcock has been perhaps the most elusive. Unlike Orson Welles, he was never larger than life, nor did he have the colorful back story of a John Ford or a John Huston. That said, he certainly created a public persona.
  • Review: 'Hitchcock' too much 'Psycho'-babble - San Jose Mercury News (27/Nov/2012)
    Of all the great film directors, Alfred Hitchcock has been perhaps the most elusive. Unlike Orson Welles, he was never larger than life, nor did he have the colorful back story of a John Ford or a John Huston. That said, he certainly created a public persona.
  • Helen Mirren: 'Alfred Hitchcock Hated Me' - Starpulse.com (blog) (27/Nov/2012)
    Helen Mirren has revealed she and Alfred Hitchcock had a mutual dislike for one another after they met in the 1970s. The veteran actress wasn't a fan of the horror filmmaker when she was considered for a role in his 1972 thriller Frenzy, and he thought she ...
  • Scarlett Johansson Does The Weather On 'Today' [VIDEO] - International Business Times (27/Nov/2012)
    Johansson was on “Today” to plug her latest movie, “Hitchcock.” In the movie Johansson plays Janet Leigh, star of “Psycho,” while Sir Anthony Hopkins plays director Alfred Hitchcock. Fate had other plans as Al Roker had laryngitis and could not read the ...
  • Scarlett Johansson got Hitchcock tips from Jamie Lee Curtis - Hollywood.com (27/Nov/2012)
    The Avengers star was keen to make sure her latest role in the upcoming film, which examines the story behind the Alfred Hitchcock horror classic Pyscho, was as accurate as possible, but there was no way to meet with and study Leigh because the movie ...
  • Bates Motel Debuts 16 New Images - Comic Book Resources (27/Nov/2012)
    If you wanted a better look at Bates Motel, the upcoming A&E prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, then you're in luck. Sixteen new images from the series have hit the web in anticipation of its 2013 premiere. The pictures debuted courtesy of The Hollywood ...
  • Hitchcock: Shouldn't the making of Psycho be more interesting? - Riverfront Times (27/Nov/2012)
    Early in Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins with a sack of fat connecting chin to neck) walks the red carpet at the premiere of his 1959 chase film, North by Northwest. "You're 60 years old!" shouts a reporter to the corpulent master of ...
  • Scarlett Johansson got Hitchcock tips from Jamie Lee Curtis - 3News NZ (27/Nov/2012)
    The Avengers star was keen to make sure her latest role in the upcoming film, which examines the story behind the Alfred Hitchcock horror classic Pyscho, was as accurate as possible, but there was no way to meet with and study Leigh because the movie ...
  • Legendary directors foibles viewed through a gentle lens in 'Hitchcock' - Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online (27/Nov/2012)
    Despite bringing Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein into the proceedings as a fanciful one-man Greek chorus, haunting Alfred Hitchcock's dreams as he prepares the Gein-inspired "Psycho," the biopic "Hitchcock" presents a gentle and forgiving view of ...
  • Jessica Biel: Actresses in Hitchcock's day were triple threats - Contactmusic.com (27/Nov/2012)
    Jessica Biel has described actresses in Alfred Hitchcock's day as a triple threat with their singing, dancing and acting skills and believes she wouldn't have made it if she lived back then. Jessica Biel thinks actresses in Alfred Hitchcock's day were a triple ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock hated me: Helen Mirren - Business Standard (27/Nov/2012)
    Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren says she and legendary director Alfred Hitchcock had a mutual dislike for one another after they met in the 1970s. The 67-year-old actress was not a fan of the horror filmmaker when she was considered for a role in his ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock hated me: Helen Mirren - IBNLive (27/Nov/2012)
    London: Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren says she and legendary director Alfred Hitchcock had a mutual dislike for one another after they met in the 1970s. The 67-year-old actress was not a fan of the horror filmmaker when she was considered for a role ...
  • Dame Helen Mirren hated Alfred Hitchcock when they first met - NDTV (28/Nov/2012)
    Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren didn't like director Alfred Hitchcock initially. Helen plays the iconic director's wife Alma Reville in new biopic Hitchcock, but she has revealed she once endured a disastrous audition for the filmmaker's thriller Frenzy in the ...
  • A movie of Hitchcockian proportions - THonline.com: Feature Stories: film ... - Dubuque Telegraph Herald (28/Nov/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 ...
  • Catching the Reference in 'Hitchcock,' From 'The Birds' to the Blondes - The Atlantic (28/Nov/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi's new film Hitchcock takes a smart and entertaining look at the creation of Alfred Hitchcock's scandalous Psycho, one of the seminal films of the 20th century. Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, it sheds ...
  • Mirren gives iconic director's wife, collaborator her due with 'Hitchcock' - WKBT La Crosse (28/Nov/2012)
    But the simple fact of the matter, Mirren told me in a recent interview, was that her first and only encounter with Alfred Hitchcock in the early 1970s was a disaster. "I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making ...
  • MOVIE REVIEW: Hitchcock - Fox 59 (28/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock is the new movie about the real life Alfred Hitchcock and the making of his most famous movie, Psycho. The movie is based on Stephen Rebello's 1998 non-fiction book "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho". Sir Anthony Hopkins stars as the ...
  • "Hitchcock" Biopic Does Both Its Subject and Stars a Disservice - PW-Philadelphia Weekly (28/Nov/2012)
    Purporting to be based on Stephen Rebello's 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, John J. McLaughlin's screenplay displays little interest in the actual making of Psycho and has no patience whatsoever for what we in the benighted ...
  • Review: Hitchcock - NECN (28/Nov/2012)
    While his ashes have long since dissolved into the Pacific, Alfred Hitchcock is having a moment. The Master of Suspense has not one, but two features in play: The Girl on HBO and Hitchcock at your nearest art house. The similarities between the two projects ...
  • 'Hitchcock' Jessica Biel: 'My perception of Alfred Hitchcock changed' - Digital Spy UK (28/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock star Jessica Biel has revealed that she has become fascinated with director Alfred Hitchcock. The actress explained to Flicks and Bits that her passing interest in the filmmaker grew into wonderment while playing Vera Miles in the new movie.
  • Spellbound by Hitchcock? Not really - Waterloo Record (28/Nov/2012)
    The movie, starring Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, debuted in 17 theatres last weekend and collected $300,800, according to an estimate from distributor Fox Searchlight. That amounted to a decent per-theatre average of $17,000.
  • Catching the References in 'Hitchcock,' From 'The Birds' to the Blondes - The Atlantic (28/Nov/2012)
    Sacha Gervasi's new film Hitchcock takes a smart and entertaining look at the creation of Alfred Hitchcock's scandalous Psycho, one of the seminal films of the 20th century. Based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, it sheds ...
  • Jessica Biel 'Has Become Fascinated By Alfred Hitchcock' - Entertainmentwise (28/Nov/2012)
    Just as the semi-autobiographical movie 'Hitchcock' has hit cinemas across the pond, Jessica Biel has revealed her newly found obsession with the "Master of Suspense". Mrs Justin Timberlake plays frequent Hitchcock collaborator Vera Miles in the film and ...
  • Movie critic Chris Vognar's top 10 Alfred Hitchcock films - Dallas Morning News (28/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock (opening Friday) dives into the making of Psycho. The HBO film The Girl tackles The Birds,Marnie and the plight of Tippi Hedren. Vertigo was proclaimed the best movie in the history of movies. As I wrote last Sunday, Hitchcock is in the air. And I've ...
  • Style Inspiration From a Costume Designer - Wall Street Journal (28/Nov/2012)
    The movie includes Anthony Hopkins as director Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as actress Janet Leigh and Jessica Biel as actress Vera Miles. "As a costume designer, you are part of the merger between that actor ...
  • Excess Hollywood: Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective - University Daily Kansan (28/Nov/2012)
    In honor of the upcoming “Hitchcock,” about the director's struggle to create his defining work “Psycho,” film critics Alex Lamb and Landon McDonald take a look back at some of the best films from the Master of Suspense.
  • “Hitchcock” a Revealing Film - KMOX.com (28/Nov/2012)
    It is primarily about the origins and production of the motion picture “Psycho” and Alfred Hitchcock's marriage to his long-suffering wife Alma, played perfectly by Helen Mirren, who in some ways, gives the best performance in the movie. Hitchcock a Revealing ...
  • IFFK Retrospective promises a rich fare - The Hindu (28/Nov/2012)
    The 17th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), in fact, will open with The Ring by Alfred Hitchcock, and, according to the organisers, the entire screening would be a different experience with a live orchestra playing the music and background scores ...
  • Slight 'Hitch' - Denton Record Chronicle (28/Nov/2012)
    /Fox Searchlight. The biopic Hitchcock reveals how closely the film director's wife, Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), worked with her husband, Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins). Biopic may not be the work of a master, but it's fun enough. By Boo Allen / Film Critic ...
  • Hitchcock hits the big screen yet again - Marquette Tribune (29/Nov/2012)
    Great director Alfred Hitchcock is invading American theaters once again, albeit this time as the focus of a biopic about his life. “Hitchcock,” coming out Dec. 7 in Milwaukee after a limited release last Friday, is the most recent attempt to portray the famed ...
  • NY1 Movie Review: "Hitchcock" - NY1 (29/Nov/2012)
    A new film called "Hitchcock", which stars Anthony Hopkins in the title role, looks at the period in director Alfred Hitchcock's life when he was making his now classic film "Psycho". NY1's Neil Rosen filed the following movie review. Anthony Hopkins has played ...
  • Hitchcock loses sight of its own story - Straight.com (29/Nov/2012)
    Although loosely based on a nonfiction book called Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, the new film's screenplay, by John McLaughlin (Black Swan), shows more interest in weak psychodrama than in the drama of making Psycho. Helen Mirren plays ...
  • Women steal the spotlight in 'Hitchcock' - Jackson Sun (29/Nov/2012)
    This film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, left, Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock, center, and Helen Mirren as Alma Reville in "Hitchcock." / (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Suzanne Tenner). Claudia Puig, USA ...
  • FINAL FRAME - U-T San Diego (29/Nov/2012)
    Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with “The Hobbit” and Alfred Hitchcock even makes an appearance, brought to life by Anthony Hopkins in “Hitchcock.” The crowded field of auteurs also includes fresh inventory from Judd Apatow and Quentin Tarantino.
  • Hitchcock cinema in east London to relive old glory - Evening Standard (29/Nov/2012)
    The future of one of London's oldest cinemas — where a young Alfred Hitchcock saw his first films and music legends including The Beatles and The Who once played — is set to be secured after a campaign backed by some of Britain's biggest stars. Sir Mick ...
  • Jessica Biel talks about strength of sizing up to Hitchcock - stv.tv (29/Nov/2012)
    Hitchcock is a film about famous British director Alfred Hitchcock at a time in his life when he struggled to bring classic horror Psycho to the big screen. It stars Anthony Hopkins as the "master of suspense" and Helen Mirren as his wife Alma Reville, a pivotal ...
  • Anthony Hopkins' scary transformation into Hitchcock - 9NEWS.com (29/Nov/2012)
    "I think the biggest challenge was finding the right combination of Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Hopkins," says Academy Award-winning makeup artist Howard Berger. "We knew from the get-go, we didn't want to completely cover and disguise Tony." Berger ...
  • Film Review: Hitchcock Channels the Master - Topanga Messenger (29/Nov/2012)
    Director Sacha Gervasi effectively deconstructs Alfred Hitchcock while showing the inauspicious genesis of what (arguably) became the director's best work, Psycho. Despite Hitchcock being known as the master of suspense as well as a royal pain in the ass, ...
  • On Set: Hitchcock - W Magazine (29/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's carefully honed persona—an eerie patrician clad in a dark suit, with an even darker sense of humor—was as distinctive as his silhouette, and yet just as unrevealing. In the new drama Hitchcock, which plumbs the personal and professional ...
  • Good Evening, Indeed - Inland Empire Weekly (29/Nov/2012)
    That included director Alfred Hitchcock, the British genius who earned the title of “Master of Suspense” for releasing a seemingly endless string of timelessly entertaining films for decades. On the surface, he was a corpulent man with regal bearings (famous for ...
  • Hitchcock Chat With The Stars! - fox4kc.com (29/Nov/2012)
    Legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock encountered trouble just trying to make the film. In this new film “Hitchcock” that story is told. FOX 4 Film Critic Russ Simmons chats with Jessica Biel, Academy Award nominated Toni Collette and Academy Award winners ...
  • Movie review: 'Hitchcock' is uneven but fascinating - Belleville News Democrat (29/Nov/2012)
    The film not only depicts director Alfred Hitchcock at a professional crossroads, but also his personal relationship with his wife, Alma Reville, whom he married in 1926. She was a story editor, script doctor, confidante, and partner in his creative process, as well ...
  • Share this Story: - South Philly Review (29/Nov/2012)
    Ardent fans of Anthony Hopkins may want to see what the actor does as Alfred Hitchcock, whom he embodies with the help of abundant prosthetics, but it's hard to think of another reason to recommend “Hitchcock,” a patronizing biopic about the famed ...
  • 'Hitchcock': The master of suspense goes 'Psycho' - Philadelphia Inquirer (29/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) wonders aloud in the company of his wife, Alma (Helen Mirren). The director, corpulent and crabby, is looking for his next project, having just premiered his Cary Grant/Eva Marie Saint wrong-man suspense yarn, North by ...
  • "Hitchock": The man behind the camera - Minneapolis Star Tribune (29/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock was fond of casting icy blondes as his films' heroines and subjecting them to dreadful perils. "Blondes make the best victims," he used to say. But in the backstage comedy-drama "Hitchcock," the most troubled relationship is between the ...
  • 'Hitchcock' biopic skewers the great director - STLtoday.com (29/Nov/2012)
    Casual film fans may think of Alfred Hitchcock as a horror-movie director, but until he made “Psycho” in 1960, the director had a 30-year reign as “the master of suspense.” Like a proper Englishman (and practicing Catholic), he eschewed overt violence.
  • 'Hitchcock' is a solid biopic that doesn't get too psycho - Houston Chronicle (29/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock" tells the story of the making of "Psycho" - or, as Alfred Hitchcock pronounced it, "Psyyyy-cow" - a film that was trauma and a sensation in its own time and still has the capacity to shock. Released in 1960, that movie retains an aura of the forbidden, ...
  • Hitchcock Confronted - Journal & Topics Newspapers Online (29/Nov/2012)
    The material that “Hitchcock” is based on depicts the making of the seminal hallmark of his career, “Psycho” as the defining point in Alfred Hitchcock's career. Up to this time in 1959, with 43 films under his belt, this British “master of suspense” was having a ...
  • 'Hitchcock' shows another side of 'Psycho' director - Journal and Courier (29/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock” is a sly and witty drama that is more of a David vs. Goliath story than a biography. In this case, David carries the girth of Alfred Hitchcock, one of the greatest directors in movie history. The film is more of a tale of artistic expression vs. the 1950s' ...
  • George Christy Talks About Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson ... - The Beverly Hills Courier (29/Nov/2012)
    “There are many reasons why Alfred Hitchcock is the most famous and instantly recognizable film director of all time, and all of them are reliably, artistically realized in Hitchcock. With so much year-end junk polluting the market, it's easy to see why this is one ...
  • 'Hitchcock' is surprisingly sunny - The Seattle Times (29/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock,” with Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D'Arcy. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, from a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin, based on the book “Alfred Hitchcock and ...
  • 'Hitchcock' highlights legendary director's 'Psycho' push - The Daily Campus (29/Nov/2012)
    Such is the case in Hitchcock, a thoroughly entertaining profile on the famous director Alfred Hitchcock's push to make his most famous film — Psycho. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, Hitchcock dives into Stephen Rebello's book of the same name and explores ...
  • Hitchcock (Fox Searchlight Pictures, PG-13) - Play by Play (29/Nov/2012)
    You wouldn't expect that of a film about one of the most beloved filmmakers of all time, and especially not of a pretty high-profile release whose two leads are previous Oscar winners: Anthony Hopkins plays Alfred Hitchcock, and Helen Mirren plays his wife ...
  • Hitchcock - World Magazine (29/Nov/2012)
    Even if you don't know a thing about Alfred Hitchcock, you know his name. He was one of the greatest moviemakers of all time, and one of the most influential. His techniques still fascinate audiences and prompt directors to imitate him. Among them is Sacha ...
  • 'Hitchcock' comes off as a curiously lightweight film - The Detroit News (29/Nov/2012)
    In "The Girl," a beaten-down Alma was played by Imelda Staunton; in "Hitchcock," Helen Mirren delivers another seemingly effortless performance as an Alma considering branching out in life. The year is 1959 and Alfred Hitchcock is the world's most famous ...
  • 'Hitchcock' director Sacha Gervasi films the shower and the glory - San Francisco Examiner (29/Nov/2012)
    In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock wanted to move away from the glossy color movies Hollywood had been making. But no one wanted to finance “Psycho,” so he decided to put up the money himself. Many years later, London-born filmmaker Sacha Gervasi also used ...
  • "Hitchcock" is "valentine" for late, famed director's wife - Uniontown Herald Standard (29/Nov/2012)
    "Hitchcock" is "valentine" for late, famed director's wife By Lou Gaul Calkins Media Film Critic heraldstandard.com : 0 comments. Fans of Alfred Hitchcock are exposed to diverse looks at him in a couple of current projects. One celebrates him, while the other ...
  • Hitchcock - fox5sandiego.com (30/Nov/2012)
    I was much more excited with the prospect of a movie dealing with the period of time Alfred Hitchcock was having Psycho made. Imagine my surprise when the filmmaker known as the Master of Suspense is shown to look like the Master of Creepiness.
  • Homage to Hitchcock - North County Times (30/Nov/2012)
    Of all the characters Alfred Hitchcock created, perhaps the greatest is his own. It's easy to conjure up an image of the rotund director since he made a point of inserting himself — or at least his distinctive silhouette — in his work, as if to make sure we never ...
  • Hitchcock film triggers 2nd look at 'Psycho' - The Newark Advocate (30/Nov/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.
  • HOMAGE TO HITCHCOCK - U-T San Diego (30/Nov/2012)
    Of all the characters Alfred Hitchcock created, perhaps the greatest is his own. It's easy to conjure up an image of the rotund director since he made a point of inserting himself — or at least his distinctive silhouette — in his work, as if to make sure we never ...
  • Hitchcock film triggers 2nd look at 'Psycho' - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (30/Nov/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.
  • Hitchcock film triggers 2nd look at 'Psycho' - Coshocton Tribune (30/Nov/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.
  • HITCHCOCK – The Review - We Are Movie Geeks (30/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's fixation with the icy blondes who populated his films (Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, and most infamously, Tippi Hedren) is well-documented, but less-known are the details of the director's 50-year marriage to his story editor Alma Reville. The new ...
  • Julie Fisk Reviews “Hitchcock” And “Killing Them Softly” - CBS Local (30/Nov/2012)
    DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It's a busy movie season so I checked out two new ones this week, starting with “Hitchcock” starring Anthony Hopkins. It is about Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville, portrayed by Helen Mirren, during the filming of ”Psycho.
  • You know Alfred Hitchcock, meet Alma - MyNorthwest.com (30/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren star as husband and wife in the new movie "Hitchcock," a slight but enjoyable account of the making of the classic horror film, "Psycho." Everybody knows "Psycho," right? That screeching music from the shower scene is one ...
  • It's a fresh look at the Master of Suspense - phillyBurbs.com (30/Nov/2012)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Michael Wincott and James D'Arcy; screenplay by John J. McLaughlin, based on the book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho” by Stephen Rebello; directed by Sacha Gervasi ...
  • Fiscal Cliff Drama Won't Write the Market's Script - Yahoo! Finance (blog) (30/Nov/2012)
    The current welling up of nostalgia for Alfred Hitchcock evidenced by a cable movie and theatrical release makes it only natural to label the "fiscal cliff" the stock market's MacGuffin — Hitchcock's name for a plot device that animates a story but in the end ...
  • QUEER CLIP: 'HITCHCOCK' OF THE WALK - Dallas Voice (30/Nov/2012)
    The director of dozens of films, most huge successes — before the modern era of cinecelebrity, he and John Ford were the only film directors whose names above the title meant something at the box office — Alfred Hitchcock's words alone could fill countless ...
  • 'Hitchcock' introduces genius behind Alfred - MyNorthwest.com (30/Nov/2012)
    Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren star as husband and wife in the new movie "Hitchcock," a slight but enjoyable account of the making of the classic horror film, "Psycho." Everybody knows "Psycho," right? That screeching music from the shower scene is one ...
  • 'Hitchcock' is surprisingly sunny - The Seattle Times (30/Nov/2012)
    “Hitchcock,” with Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D'Arcy. Directed by Sacha Gervasi, from a screenplay by John J. McLaughlin, based on the book “Alfred Hitchcock and ...
  • Review: Director's ambition undercuts biopic of Hitchcock - STLtoday.com (30/Nov/2012)
    What it is more than anything else is an anatomy of a marriage between Alfred Hitchcock, played gamely by Anthony Hopkins, and Alma Reville, as portrayed by the brilliant Helen Mirren. While “Hitchcock” has flaws aplenty, it is always engaging and a treat ...
  • Hitchcock: Movie Review - Toronto.com (30/Nov/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock is noted as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and rightfully so his body of work, comprised of over 60 films, is skillfully composed, highly dramatic, and eclectic from beginning to end. So pulling back the curtain on the legend in his own ...
  • How the Story of a Master Director Beat the Odds: The Making of 'Hitchcock' - Hollywood Reporter (30/Nov/2012)
    The scene is the premiere of Psycho, the 1960 classic that stunned audiences in its day by killing off its leading lady just a third of the way into the picture. Alfred Hitchcock, its director, unable to watch the film on which he has staked his reputation as well as a ...
  • WATCH: Dame Helen 'Would Have Loved to Work With Hitchcock' - Anglophenia (30/Nov/2012)
    Dame Helen Mirren, who's portraying filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma in the new picture Hitchcock, says she would have loved to have worked with the Master of Suspense. But she adds, “not when I was young, but now yes.” Hitchcock, who died in ...
  • First 'Bates Motel' Video Teases Imply Ominous Violence - /FILM (blog) (30/Nov/2012)
    I'm not certain why, exactly, 2012 has turned into the year of Alfred Hitchcock, but it doesn't really matter. We've got two biopics, Hitchcock and The Girl, chronicling the making of Psycho and The Birds, respectively. And just as Hitchcock is about to open we're ...
  • Interview with Sacha Gervasi, director of Hitchcock - CinemaNerdz.com (30/Nov/2012)
    Based on the Stephen Rebello book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Gervasi's new film tells the story of Hitchcock's experiences during the making of the film Psycho, albeit with a few creative flourishes. But, it's far more than a simple “making of” ...
  • In First Bates Motel Teasers, All Signs Point to Murder - Comic Book Resources (30/Nov/2012)
    A&E has debuted the first two mood-setting teasers for Bates Motel, the upcoming contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho that “promises to give viewers an intimate portrayal of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage ...
  • Review: Homage to Hitchcock - North County Times (30/Nov/2012)
    Of all the characters Alfred Hitchcock created, perhaps the greatest is his own. It's easy to conjure up an image of the rotund director since he made a point of inserting himself — or at least his distinctive silhouette — in his work, as if to make sure we never ...
  • Good evening, indeed - Pasadena Weekly (30/Nov/2012)
    That included director Alfred Hitchcock, the British genius who earned the title of “Master of Suspense” for releasing a seemingly endless string of timelessly entertaining films for decades. On the surface, he was a corpulent man with regal bearings (famous for ...
  • New images and first teaser promos for Bates Motel - Flickering Myth (blog) (30/Nov/2012)
    2012 has certainly been a big year for Alfred Hitchcock, what with the release of The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray set, as well as two feature films which have brought the iconic British filmmaker to the screen in The Girl and Hitchcock. Meanwhile, the ...
  • Film review: Biopic has more than one hitch - Burbank Leader (30/Nov/2012)
    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, his reputation as a person has taken a lot of blows ... whether rightly or not is a ...
  • Quick Flicks - Lake County News Sun (30/Nov/2012)
    The film centers on Alfred Hitchcock's professional and personal struggles while filming his great suspense thriller, Psycho,” with Scarlett Johansson and James D'Arcy offering eerie impersonations of “Psycho” co-stars Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins.
  • 'Bates Motel' Teaser Trailers & Plot Synopsis - Screen Rant (30/Nov/2012)
    After ordering ten episodes without seeing a pilot, it became clear that A&E was confident it had a hit on its hands with Bates Motel, the prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho that will debut next year. The network has released a barrage of ...
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