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Tag: alfred hitchcock

matineecast, podcasts

Episode 286 – VERTIGO

Talkin’ Alfred Hitchcocks masterpiece with Kurt Halfyard

Posted on June 6, 2022June 5, 2022
blind spot series

Blindsided by THE LADY VANISHES

I finally turn my attention to a Hitchcock standard, which suddenly seems truly apt.

Posted on August 29, 2017September 11, 2017
festivals, hot docs, reactions

78/52 plays Hot Docs 2017

It can’t hurt you…it’s only a movie. A 57 year old movie…about a vicious crime

Posted on May 2, 2017May 6, 2017
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

HITCHCOCK /TRUFFAUT plays TIFF 2015

A love letter to a pair of cinematic giants who both lived for – and through – cinema.

Posted on September 20, 2015September 27, 2015
my back pages

Meet Your Master: Reading François Truffaut’s Hitchcock

Every once in a while, reading someone else’s textbook can be a source of great joy.

Posted on March 29, 2015April 3, 2015
visuals

Freeze Frame: REAR WINDOW

I’ve been spending my week with a master of understatement.

Posted on March 26, 2015June 30, 2015
visuals

Freeze Frame: VERTIGO

Really, we’re all just “passing through”.

Posted on October 16, 2013June 30, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by THE BIRDS

Something tells me that if he ever wanted to, Alfred Hitchcock could have made a terrifying film about a tree full of chipmunks. The man was just THAT good.

Posted on July 30, 2013June 30, 2015
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 10-30 (Chatter From Fellow Bloggers)

‘Morning campers! It’s a lovely shade of grey here in Toronto, and I might be tempted to cry about it except that the weekend begins … Read More ›

Posted on October 30, 2009March 8, 2012

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