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September 2013

  • TOPICS: Tips to survive swooping birds - Newcastle Herald (01/Sep/2013)
    By TIM CONNELL. Sept. 1, 2013, 10 p.m.. HELL, maybe we're all getting a little carried away with this, says a character in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Admittedly a few birds did act strange... ...
  • TOPICS: Tips to survive swooping birds - Newcastle Herald (01/Sep/2013)
    By TIM CONNELL. Sept. 1, 2013, 10 p.m.. HELL, maybe we're all getting a little carried away with this, says a character in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Admittedly a few birds did act strange... ...
  • 50 years later, 'The Birds' still a big draw for Bodega - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (01/Sep/2013)
    Stars of Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds' Tippi Hedren, right, and Veronica Cartwright speak with a group of 25 fans on a VIP tour Sunday during the festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the movie. (Alvin Jornada / Press Democrat)) ...
  • Bodega hasn't changed much since the 1960s movie - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (01/Sep/2013)
    The hamlet of Bodega is part time capsule, part movie set, with an inextricable link between the historic buildings and the movie Alfred Hitchcock made there in the early 1960s. The 19th century Potter Schoolhouse and Roman Catholic St. Teresa of Avila ...
  • Bodega hasn't changed much since the 1960s movie - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (01/Sep/2013)
    The hamlet of Bodega is part time capsule, part movie set, with an inextricable link between the historic buildings and the movie Alfred Hitchcock made there in the early 1960s. The 19th century Potter Schoolhouse and Roman Catholic St. Teresa of Avila ...
  • B50: Bodega Celebrates Hitchcock's The Birds - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (01/Sep/2013)
    Tippi Hedren, right, and Veronica Cartwright speak with a group of 25 fans on a VIP tour of the Bodega School House during the B50 Festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds, in Bodega, Calif., on September 1, 2013.
  • 50 years later, 'The Birds' still a big draw for Bodega - HispanicBusiness.com (02/Sep/2013)
    Fifty years after it was released, Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" still draws flocks of visitors to the coast and the town of Bodega a few miles inland, where a historic school building and church played prominent roles in the movie. But instead of the cinematic ...
  • Dall'esordio con Hitchcock a Downton Abbey: ritratto di Shirley MacLaine - ComingSoon TV (02/Sep/2013)
    Universal Pictures continua a celebrare l'indimenticabile maestro del brivido, Alfred Hitchcock, e la sua imprescindibile influenza sul cinema moderno: dopo i numerosi cofanetti e le edizioni pubblicati nel corso dell'ultimo anno, il 4 settembre arrivano infatti in ...
  • Crawley's 10 most historic figures - thisiseastgrinstead.co.uk (02/Sep/2013)
    Tuesday, September 03, 2013. Profile image for Crawley News · Crawley News. Follow. CRAWLEY may be a new town but it isn't short on history. How many of you know of its associations with Jack the Ripper, Alfred Hitchcock and Sir Malcolm Campbell? ​.
  • Shadow Of A Doubt : The Classic - ABC Online (03/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock often said that SHADOW OF A DOUBT was his own favourite among his films. It was made in 1943, during the war, and it was his sixth American movie. One of the things that he loved about the film was that it was actually filmed on location in ...
  • Town Made Famous By Hitchcock's "The Birds" Celebrates 50 Years - NBC Bay Area (03/Sep/2013)
    Casini remembered when the film crew invaded the town. No one had seen anything like that before. And no one had seen anyone like Alfred Hitchcock. “It was something we didn't expect to see,” Casini said. “Mr. Hitchcock was bigger than big at that time.”.
  • Da Grace Kelly a Kim Novak: le muse di Alfred Hitchcock - Elle (04/Sep/2013)
    Regista del brivido per eccellenza, Alfred Hitchcock dallo scorso giugno (fino al 22 settembre) è celebrato al Palazzo Reale di Milano con una mostra che racconta il genio cinematografico attraverso i suoi capolavori firmati con la Universal Pictures.
  • Interview: Adam Jackson Smith - The 39 Steps' Richard Hannay - TheatrePeople (04/Sep/2013)
    Putting a fresh comic spin on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 movie of John Buchan's classic adventure novel, its blend of nostalgic derring-do, precision-tooled physical comedy and sheer, gung-ho silliness have cemented its position as a Theatreland evergreen.
  • Planning ahead best strategy for magpie swoops - Illawarra Mercury (04/Sep/2013)
    The Illawarra is set to rival a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds in coming weeks as magpie swooping season reaches fever pitch. The region's pesky 'pie population is out in force, swooping unsuspecting cyclists, walkers and training groups.
  • A Hitchcock parody - Coast Report (04/Sep/2013)
    “The play is based on the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The 39 Steps,” but it's a parody of that movie,” Scaglione said. “It makes fun of itself. It never takes itself too seriously.” There are only three actors and an actress in this play, but there's no need to worry.
  • It's magpie season! How to avoid getting swooped - Illawarra Mercury (04/Sep/2013)
    How to avoid getting swooped. The Illawarra is set to rival a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds in coming weeks as magpie swooping season reaches fever pitch. The region's pesky 'pie population is out in force, swooping unsuspecting cyclists, walkers ...
  • THE LOVESONG OF ALFRED J HITCHCOCK Opens at the Curve, Sept 27 - Broadway World (05/Sep/2013)
    As part of Curve's celebratory 5th Birthday Autumn Season, the Leicester theatre reunites with New Persepectives Theatre Company, the East Midlands' leading touring theatre producer, to co-produce the world première of David Rudkin's; The Lovesong of ...
  • Church set for Vertigo screening - East London and West Essex Guardian Series (05/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is to be screened in a Leytonstone church as part of a Barbican film event. The event, Urban Wandering – Film and the London Landscape, is comprised of film and documentary screenings, talks and panel discussions throughout ...
  • Phoenixville theater Forges new twist on Hitchcock's '39 Steps' - Montgomery Newspapers (05/Sep/2013)
    It would be seemingly unimaginable to make a comedy out of one of director Alfred Hitchcock's most dramatic and suspenseful spy thrillers, but that is exactly what the Forge Theatre in Phoenixville is doing to begin its 52nd season, with its production of ...
  • Wanted: Five Readers to Win Bates Motel Season 1 on Blu-ray - TheHDRoom (06/Sep/2013)
    The prequel television series to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho set in contemporary times has already been renewed for a second season after a stunning Season 1 finale and distinction of being the most watched series debut in the network's history, and we're ...
  • Five great Alfred Hitchcock films you probably haven't seen - PennLive.com (06/Sep/2013)
    British film producer and director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, peeping behind a garden fork in the lawns of Pinewood Studios, at Iver, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom on July 22, 1971. It his first visit to the studios for 21 years and he is in residence to make a ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock gifted Melanie Griffith creepy mum doll - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock gifted Melanie Griffith creepy mum doll. By: WENN.com Source. 10:15am EDT. The filmmaker directed Tippi Hedren in The Birds and thought he'd found the perfect Christmas present for her daughter. Griffith recalls, "It was, like, a coffin box...
  • 5 Things to Know About Hitchcock Before Seeing 'Hitchcock' - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    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 ...
  • Dial M for Makeover: Which Star Looks the Most Like Hitchcock? - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    on famed director Alfred Hitchcock. This weekend sees the premiere of HBO's The Girl starring Toby Jones, which follows Hitchcock during his time filming The Birds. Anthony Hopkins is set to portray the master of thrills this November in the "making of ...
  • Alfred 'Hitchcock' Movie is a Love Story, Naturally — POSTER - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock was arguably the grandfather of the suspense and psychological thriller genres, and one of the most influential filmmakers, ever. So when we heard that the film about his life, Hitchcock was about the love story between him and his wife, well, ...
  • Hitchcock star struggled with Anthony Perkins research - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    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 ...
  • Helen Mirren Eyes 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho' - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    7809061.jpg THR reports that Dame Helen Mirren is close to joining the cast of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, a film whose title is more than adequately explanatory and requires no further elaboration on the part of yours truly. The star of The ...
  • Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rebecca' in the Works - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    A remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 thriller Rebecca is currently in the works, with Eastern Promises' screenwriter Steven Knight set to pen the script. The original, released in 1940, starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine and centers on a young woman ...
  • Scarlett Johansson to Do Naked 'Psycho' Shower Scene? - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho was a masterpiece that redefined the thriller genre. As such, writer/director Sacha Gervasi has been working on Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, a movie about the construction of the timeless piece of cinema.
  • Anthony Hopkins Nearly Unrecognizable as Alfred Hitchcock — PHOTO - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    ALT Anthony Hopkins is best-known for playing Hannibal Lecter, but he's tackling Psycho in a different way for his latest role. Hopkins plays the title role in Hitchcock, and the first photo of the Oscar-winner in costume as Alfred Hitchcock is as uncanny as ...
  • Scarlett Johansson got Hitchcock tips from Jamie Lee Curtis - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    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 ...
  • Vera Farmiga Is 'Psycho' Mom in A&E's 'Bates Motel' Prequel - Hollywood.com (07/Sep/2013)
    When Alfred Hitchcock crafted the Bates family for his classic thriller Psycho, he painted an incredibly vivid picture of the relationship between tortured hotel proprietor Norman Bates and his overbearing mother, Norma. And all this without so much as a scene ...
  • How Psycho changed cinema - BBC News (08/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock had made his name as the "master of suspense" with brilliant, glossy thrillers like Rear Window and North by Northwest, but Psycho was altogether different - the like of which most cinema-goers had never seen. With its shocking bursts of ...
  • Hitchcock legacy, a deafening silence - Nambucca Guardian News (09/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking career stretches back to the early days of cinema, but his silent movies are rarely seen these days. The British Film Institute recently restored nine of the 10 silents that he made in the 1920s, and ACMI will screen one of them next ...
  • Hitchcock legacy, a deafening silence - Southern Cross (09/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking career stretches back to the early days of cinema, but his silent movies are rarely seen these days. The British Film Institute recently restored nine of the 10 silents that he made in the 1920s, and ACMI will screen one of them next ...
  • Hitchcock legacy, a deafening silence - Ballarat Courier (09/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking career stretches back to the early days of cinema, but his silent movies are rarely seen these days. The British Film Institute recently restored nine of the 10 silents that he made in the 1920s, and ACMI will screen one of them next ...
  • Hitchcock legacy, a deafening silence - Collie Mail (09/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking career stretches back to the early days of cinema, but his silent movies are rarely seen these days. The British Film Institute recently restored nine of the 10 silents that he made in the 1920s, and ACMI will screen one of them next ...
  • The Undisputed Master Of Suspense - 8 Alfred Hitchcock must watch films - Daily News & Analysis (09/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock is widely recognised as one of the most significant figures in cinema. With his unique take on human psychology, thrillers and suspense; he clearly redefined the horror/thriller genre. There isn't anyone around who hasn't heard of Psycho or ...
  • Liberty Hall features Alfred Hitchcock movies - KETK (09/Sep/2013)
    Hitchcock was an English film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He has directed more than 50 feature films and is well known for making cameo appearances in his movies along with his ...
  • The 12 Budding Muse-Director Relationships We Want to See Flourish - Vanity Fair (10/Sep/2013)
    From Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hendren, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, to Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman, many of filmdom's most brilliant minds have relied upon their on-screen ingénues for that incendiary je ne sais quoi and transformed budding ...
  • The 12 Budding Muse-Director Relationships We Want to See Flourish - Vanity Fair (10/Sep/2013)
    From Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hendren, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, to Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman, many of filmdom's most brilliant minds have relied upon their on-screen ingénues for that incendiary je ne sais quoi and transformed budding ...
  • Actor Freddie Highmore is a Brit of all right in the USA - The Sun (10/Sep/2013)
    British Freddie is playing Norman Bates in the Emmy Award-nominated Bates Motel, a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Psycho. But before the gruesome events of the film, the show – set to hit the Universal Channel tomorrow at 9pm – sees the ...
  • Liberty Hall to celebrate Alfred Hitchcock films - Tyler Morning Telegraph (10/Sep/2013)
    The city of Tyler's Liberty Hall will celebrate the films of Alfred Hitchcock this month, according to a press release. Hitchcock was an English film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. He has ...
  • Hitchcock Hated Shooting Dogs, Kids, Motor Boats: Rainer File - Businessweek (10/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock didn't become Alfred Hitchcock overnight. Starting out in the British film industry in the 1920s as a sketch artist, he became within a decade England's most celebrated director of sophisticated thrillers. The film that got the ball rolling and the ...
  • Rizzoli & Isles Review: Strangers In a Dog Park - TV Fanatic (10/Sep/2013)
    I've begun to feel that every crime procedural on TV must eventually do an homage to the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers On a Train. For Rizzoli & Isles "Partners in Crime" was that episode. Maura's Grandfather. As a Hitchcock fan, I'm not complaining but I ...
  • 9/13: 'North by Northwest' at Phoenix Art Museum - Arizona Republic (11/Sep/2013)
    You can find Alfred Hitchcock's brilliant 1959 thriller, about an advertising executive on the run after being mistaken for a spy, on cable from time to time, but the Phoenix Art Museum is giving you the chance to see it on the big screen Saturday, Sept. 14.
  • Phoenixville theater Forges new twist on Hitchcock's '39 Steps' - Montgomery Newspapers (11/Sep/2013)
    It would be seemingly unimaginable to make a comedy out of one of director Alfred Hitchcock's most dramatic and suspenseful spy thrillers, but that is exactly what the Forge Theatre in Phoenixville is doing to begin its 52nd season, with its production of ...
  • Film composers: a director's best friend - Telegraph.co.uk (11/Sep/2013)
    "Hitchcock only finishes a picture 60 per cent," the composer Bernard Herrmann liked to say. "I have to finish it for him." Director Alfred Hitchcock and Herrmann worked on eight films together, creating some of the most century's most enduring match-ups of ...
  • The Next Stop Is… Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel - Londonist (12/Sep/2013)
    Few places in London can be as sinister on a rainy autumn's evening as the fringes of Epping Forest. The long, narrow strip of ancient woodland run for 11 miles from Bell Common to Wanstead Flats, a scar across suburbia, a shiver down London's spine.
  • Sniper Shooter Mission 5- Chapter 2 - Side Mission (12/Sep/2013)
    With this in mind, mission five of chapter two pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 movie classic, Psycho. Thankfully, you have a sniper rifle and a great line of sight to take down the knife-wielding maniac. Stuck? We'll show you how to kill this creep with ...
  • Bates Motel kicks off tonight - Flecking Records (12/Sep/2013)
    As fans of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 flick Psycho - and the three sequels, yep, all three – we were delighted to learn about prequel TV series Bates Motel. We got a little glimpse into psycho Norman Bates's back-story in Psycho 4, but that left us wanting to know ...
  • Cinerama fest, design series and '80s films unspool - The Seattle Times (12/Sep/2013)
    advertising. Cinerama's Big Screen 70mm Festival kicks off Friday with “Baraka,” Ron Fricke's dialogue-free 1992 trip around the world, and Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 classic “Vertigo,” starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. The festival continues through Sept.
  • Third Avenue Playhouse's Stage Door Theatre presents 'The 39 Steps' - Peninsula Pulse (12/Sep/2013)
    After he unlocks the glass doors of Third Avenue Playhouse, he uncaps a bottle of water and hydrates, preparing to direct another active rehearsal of Stage Door Theatre's upcoming production of The 39 Steps, based on the Alfred Hitchcock film that was ...
  • Sundays With Hitchcock on Turner Classic Movies - About - News & Issues (14/Sep/2013)
    In case you don't already know, Turner Classic Movies will spend every Sunday in September showcasing the work of the Master himself, Alfred Hitchcock. On September 15th, TCM will feature a great day of movie watching no Hitchcock fan should miss.
  • A Wooden Escalator, Peter Pan & Alfred Hitchcock's Bus Stop - Londonist (15/Sep/2013)
    A Wooden Escalator, Peter Pan & Alfred Hitchcock's Bus Stop. Welcome to our Sunday morning best-of-Londonist weekly round-up. You can receive this in your inbox by sticking your email address in a box on our subscribe page. Photo of the week: Ballet on ...
  • Bates Motel: Season One (Blu-ray) - DVD Talk (15/Sep/2013)
    If Alfred Hitchcock were alive today, I've got a feeling he'd enjoy Bates Motel. This kinda-sorta prequel re-imagines the story of Norman Bates, his equally unbalanced mom Norma and their relationship at the business that bears their name, mixing the ordinary ...
  • Hitchcock's original 'Man Who Knew Too Much' out on Blu-ray - Chicago Tribune (16/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock didn't become Alfred Hitchcock overnight. Starting out in the British film industry in the 1920s as a sketch artist, he became within a decade England's most celebrated director of sophisticated thrillers. The film that got the ball rolling and the ...
  • The sounds of 'Hitchcock!' - amNY (16/Sep/2013)
    Prior to next week's opening night gala featuring Yo-Yo Ma, the New York Philharmonic is offering a week of events dedicated to film scoring, including screenings backed by live music of “2001: A Space Odyssey” and clips from Alfred Hitchcock thrillers.
  • Watching Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' as a Comedy - Film School Rejects (17/Sep/2013)
    Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Scott Beggs are using the 2012 Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles on the best movies of all time. Every week, they'll discuss another entry in the list, dissecting old favorites from odd ...
  • Bates Motel: Season One DVD review - Tribute.ca (17/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is a timeless classic thriller that resonated with audiences when it was released over 50 years ago. Now, creators Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin bring you Bates Motel, a modern day prequel to the contemporary classic, in which ...
  • Bates Motel - Season One - EDGEOnTheNet (17/Sep/2013)
    Both Anthony Perkins and Alfred Hitchcock may be spinning in their graves over the Blu-ray release of "Bates Motel: Season One". Yet they should be proud of one of the A&E channel's highest rated shows ever. The 10-episode freshman season examining ...
  • Fancy a night at the movies? - Newstalk 106-108 fm (17/Sep/2013)
    The Right Hook Movie Club is hosting a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief at the Gate Cinema in Cork City tomorrow evening. Fancy joining George on the night? Text CLASSIC to 53106 along with your email address and we will send you out a ...
  • Third Avenue Playhouse: Suspense, comedy meet in Hitchcock adaptation - Green Bay Press Gazette (18/Sep/2013)
    At the ripe old age of seven, I breathlessly watched television screenings of the Alfred Hitchcock movies “The Man Who Knew Too Much” and “Torn Curtain.” I was hooked. A few years later I caught “Saboteur” on a Saturday afternoon. When I was old enough ...
  • Madcap Hitchcock parody 'The 39 Steps' opens at TAP - Green Bay Press Gazette (18/Sep/2013)
    Ryan Schabach as hero Richard Hannay, right, meets underwear salespeople Ryan Patrick Shaw and Amy Ensign, from left, in a scene from 'The 39 Steps,' a madcap parody of the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name, opening Sept. 18 at Third Avenue ...
  • Diamond king in heated battle with jewelry partners - New York Post (18/Sep/2013)
    The jewels were on display last month at the same hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief” when a gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then disappeared down a side street with the $136 ...
  • Jewelry heist of the century - New York Post (18/Sep/2013)
    The jewels were on display last month at the same hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief” when a gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then disappeared down a side street with the $136 ...
  • FOLA features Hitchcock's “Rear Window” - Mountaintimes (18/Sep/2013)
    21 at 7 p.m. -LUDLOW- Friends of Ludlow Auditorium (FOLA), in collaboration with the Friends of Fletcher Memorial Library, will present Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium. Rear Window is a 1954 ...
  • Renton Civic Theatre opens season on Friday with 'The 39 Steps' - Renton Reporter (18/Sep/2013)
    The Renton Civic Theatre opens its 2013-14 season tonight, with an unusual take on the Alfred Hitchcock classic "The 39 Steps." The theatre is calling the production a mix of Hitchcock and "a dash of Monty Python," in a "fast-paced whodunit for anyone who ...
  • Clockwork opens new season with 'The 39 Steps' - Towntimesnews (19/Sep/2013)
    OAKVILLE — The Clockwork Repertory Theatre opens it 37th season with “The 39 Steps,” by Patrick Barlow, which is Broadway's longest-running parody of Alfred Hitchcock's famous film. If you mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash ...
  • Clockwork Repertory Theatre to open 37th season with 'The 39 Steps' - Towntimesnews (19/Sep/2013)
    OAKVILLE — The Clockwork Repertory Theatre opens it 37th season with “The 39 Steps,” by Patrick Barlow, which is Broadway's longest-running parody of Alfred Hitchcock's famous film. If you mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash ...
  • Horror and the art of noise - Deutsche Welle (19/Sep/2013)
    Its soundtrack, which is considered unique to this day, contributed to the film's enduring reputation. Hitchcock and his birds. Fifty years ago, on September 20, 1963, director Alfred Hitchcock shocked movie-goers with his thriller that showcased killer birds.
  • Liberty Hall to show 1940's classic “Rebecca” - KLTV (19/Sep/2013)
    Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,.
  • Drama "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" Staged in Taipei - CRIENGLISH.com (19/Sep/2013)
    Actor Jin Shijie, Bu Xueliang, Liu Liangzuo and actress Tian xin together perform during the stage drama "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" at Novel Hall in Taipei City, southeast China's Taiwan, Sept. 19, 2013. From Oct. to Nov. ,the drama will be staged in ...
  • Hitchcock Classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN Heading to West End - Broadway World (20/Sep/2013)
    Deadline reports that a stage adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN will make its stage debut on London's West End. According to the report, the show is from the producing team of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.
  • Hitchcock Classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN Heading to West End - Broadway World (20/Sep/2013)
    Hitchcock Classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN Heading to West End. Deadline reports that a stage adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN will make its stage debut on London's West End. According to the report, the show is from ...
  • Laurence Fox Stars In Gielgud Theatre's Strangers On A Train - TheatrePeople (20/Sep/2013)
    A new stage adaptation of the classic Patricia Highsmith / Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train is coming to the West End's Gielgud Theatre, where it will commence previews on 2 November. As well as boasting superior casting in the form of Laurence ...
  • Silent Treasures From the New Zealand Film Archive - New York Times (20/Sep/2013)
    A few have big names attached to them — John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Mabel Normand — but every movie here has its own fascination, some for social and historical reasons, others as entertainment pure and simple. They are a varied lot, ranging in date ...
  • What's On Saturday - New York Times (20/Sep/2013)
    8 P.M. (HBO) HITCHCOCK (2012) Anthony Hopkins, buried in a fat suit and facial prosthetics, summons the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock during the making of “Psycho” in this biopic, directed by Sacha Gervasi and based on a book by Stephen Rebello.
  • Geva and the Little celebrate Alfred Hitchcock - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (21/Sep/2013)
    Film-meets-theater over the next weeks, as cinema classics by the master, Alfred Hitchcock, fuel a new play at Geva Theatre Center. From Oct. 22 through Nov. 17, the theater is staging The 39 Steps, loosely based on Hitchcock's great 1935 British film.
  • Geva and the Little celebrate Alfred Hitchcock - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (21/Sep/2013)
    Film-meets-theater over the next weeks, as cinema classics by the master, Alfred Hitchcock, fuel a new play at Geva Theatre Center. From Oct. 22 through Nov. 17, the theater is staging The 39 Steps, loosely based on Hitchcock's great 1935 British film.
  • Film Archive's Hitchcock Series Draws Crowds from Across Boston Area - Harvard Crimson (23/Sep/2013)
    Students, faculty, and members of the Cambridge community filled the Carpenter Center auditorium on Friday evening for a screening of Alfred Hitchcock's “Strangers on a Train,” part of a three-month series at the Harvard Film Archive entitled “The Complete ...
  • Hitchcock Classic Adapted for West End Stage - About - News & Issues (23/Sep/2013)
    Follow me on: Strangers on a Train According to Deadline Hollywood, Strangers on a Train, Alfred Hitchcock's great thriller about murder and duality, is about to find its way to the stages of London's famed West End. Produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael ...
  • Barter Theatre to Open DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER 9/26 - Broadway World (24/Sep/2013)
    Get a direct line to a suspenseful drama when Barter Theatre presents "Dial 'M' for Murder"-the play that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock movie-on the main stage beginning September 26. The play was first written for the stage by Fredrick Knott and later adapted ...
  • Blu-Ray Reviews: Psycho II and Psycho III - Crave Online (24/Sep/2013)
    I was once having a conversation with one of my younger colleagues about movie franchises, and I commented how weird I thought it was that they actually tried to turn Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho into a movie franchise. This colleague said it didn't really count ...
  • Three things to do today and tomorrow - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (25/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock fans take note: The Hitchcock Film Series presents Vertigo (1958, PG, 128 mins.) at 6:30 p.m.at the Little 2, 240 East Ave. In the film, a retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the unusual activities of an old ...
  • Watch This If You Liked: - IGN (25/Sep/2013)
    Brian De Palma has spent much of his career imitating Alfred Hitchcock, oftentimes to great effect and success. And now Spanish helmer Eugenio Mira has made a movie that pays homage to both men, crafting a musical thriller that could just as easily have ...
  • Alec Baldwin Pays Tribute to Hitchcock and Kubrik - Jewish Daily Forward (blog) (25/Sep/2013)
    Radio host of the Philharmonic and its Artistic Advisor Alec Baldwin elucidated on the genius of Alfred Hitchcock and his masterworks — “To Catch a Thief,” “Vertigo,” “Strangers on a Train,” “Dial M for Murder,” and the edge-of-your seater 'North by Northwest” ...
  • Alec Baldwin Pays Tribute to Hitchcock and Kubrick - Jewish Daily Forward (blog) (25/Sep/2013)
    Radio host of the Philharmonic and its Artistic Advisor Alec Baldwin elucidated on the genius of Alfred Hitchcock and his masterworks — “To Catch a Thief,” “Vertigo,” “Strangers on a Train,” “Dial M for Murder,” and the edge-of-your seater 'North by Northwest” ...
  • What Is Vertigo? - LiveScience.com (25/Sep/2013)
    Immortalized by the famous 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name, "vertigo" is a frequently misused term in real life. Many people mistakenly say "vertigo" when they mean fear of heights or simple dizziness. But in medical circles, vertigo refers ...
  • Geva and the Little celebrate Alfred Hitchcock - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (25/Sep/2013)
    Film-meets-theater over the next weeks, as cinema classics by the master, Alfred Hitchcock, fuel a new play at Geva Theatre Center. From Oct. 22 through Nov. 17, the theater is staging The 39 Steps, loosely based on Hitchcock's great 1935 British film.
  • Three things to do today and tomorrow - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (26/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock fans take note: The Hitchcock Film Series presents Vertigo (1958, PG, 128 mins.) at 6:30 p.m.at the Little 2, 240 East Ave. In the film, a retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the unusual activities of an old ...
  • Jack Garner: Geva and the Little celebrate Alfred Hitchcock - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (26/Sep/2013)
    Film-meets-theater over the next weeks, as cinema classics by the master, Alfred Hitchcock, fuel a new play at Geva Theatre Center. From Oct. 22 through Nov. 17, the theater is staging The 39 Steps, loosely based on Hitchcock's great 1935 British film.
  • Dizzy with suspense - Denton Record Chronicle (26/Sep/2013)
    Intrigue and crippling anxiety make Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo suspenseful enough, but adventuresome camera work and standout performances by Jimmy Stewart as Scottie Ferguson and Kim Novak as the icy blond leading lady make the 1958 thriller a ...
  • Lost Ford, Hitchcock films found in New Zealand are now on DVD - Deseret News (26/Sep/2013)
    Native Utahn Betty Compson stars in "The White Shadow," one of Alfred Hitchcock's earliest silent movies and lost for decades. The rediscovered first half of the film provides a highlight on the new DVD, "Lost & Found: American Treasures From the new ...
  • Lost Ford, Hitchcock films found in New Zealand are now on DVD - Deseret News (26/Sep/2013)
    Native Utahn Betty Compson stars in "The White Shadow," one of Alfred Hitchcock's earliest silent movies and lost for decades. The rediscovered first half of the film provides a highlight on the new DVD, "Lost & Found: American Treasures From the new ...
  • THE LOVESONG OF ALFRED J HITCHCOCK Begins Tonight at the Curve - Broadway World (26/Sep/2013)
    As part of Curve's celebratory 5th Birthday Autumn Season, the Leicester theatre reunites with New Persepectives Theatre Company, the East Midlands' leading touring theatre producer, to co-produce the world première of David Rudkin's; The Lovesong of ...
  • Exploring Vertigo - Gilroy Dispatch (27/Sep/2013)
    Exploring Vertigo. Visit website; Saturday, September 28th starting at 3:00 PM and ending at 11:00 PM PDT. Details Contact. Fall under the spell of Alfred Hitchcock and enjoy a day devoted to his famous film. Visit filming location throughout the state park and ...
  • Fab Five: Red Barn, Black & Blue, ArtPrize and more - HollandSentinel.com (27/Sep/2013)
    The Red Barn Theatre's film studies series will feature five films by Alfred Hitchcock. Tuesday's offering is "The Birds," the debut film for Tippi Hedren, Hitchcock's lissome blonde discovery who does battle with nature as normally feathered friends turn into ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents - TVShowsOnDVD.com (27/Sep/2013)
    It's been 11 months now since we passed along word from Universal Studios that Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season 6 is "coming soon" to DVD. Fans were certainly hoping that it meant a lot sooner than almost a year, of course, but there is finally light at the ...
  • Insidiously horrifying - Fiji Times (28/Sep/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock may have been the master of suspense; Wes Craven the bringer of gore, while George Romero spooked you with his zombies, but the Australian team of James Wan and Leigh Whannell have combined all these masters to bring you ...
  • Hollywood at Home: Hitchcock classic an intense thriller - Sahuarita Sun (30/Sep/2013)
    This Saturday on PBS 6, Hollywood at Home presents Warner Brothers' 1951 film-noir classic, “Strangers on a Train,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This intense psychological thriller is based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith and stars Farley Granger, Ruth ...
  • Blu-ray review: Vertigo - Thenationalstudent (30/Sep/2013)
    This week, Universal Pictures brings Alfred Hitchcock's classic to Blu-ray (the first separate HD release the film has had, after being part of the gorgeous – though controversial – Hitchcock Blu-ray box set last year). Voted in Sight & Sound's poll as the best ...
  • Follow This is Local London on Twitter - This is Local London (30/Sep/2013)
    Marking the end of a decade-long absence of a cinema in the birthplace of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, St Margaret's Church in Woodhouse Road, Leytonstone, was transformed into a movie theatre to launch a series of screenings. The year-long event, Hitchcock's ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's 'VERTIGO' Returns to Silver Screen - Carroll County News (blog) (30/Sep/2013)
    Cinemark's Classic Movie Series continues Wednesday with the return of "Vertigo" (1958). Director Alfred Hitchcock, the master of the macabre, teams once again with actor Jimmy Stewart after the success of their 1954 collaboration "Rear Window.".
  • Geva Theatre Center to Present THE 39 STEPS, 10/22-11/17 - Broadway World (30/Sep/2013)
    Geva Theatre Center's 41st Season continues with The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the John Buchan novel and the film by Alfred Hitchcock. Directed by Sean Daniels, this fast-paced whodunit begins performances on October 22 and runs in the ...