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July 2013

  • Two Professors Appreciate Hitchcock - Santa Barbara Independent (01/Jul/2013)
    Both Als, who have never met, approve heartily of UCSB Arts & Lectures' upcoming summer film series, Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense, which kicks off this week. They agree the lineup is great. “It's a really ...
  • 'The Hitchcock 9' series of silent films continues Friday at LACMA - Los Angeles Times (01/Jul/2013)
    The real Novello, who was born in Wales in 1913 and died in London in 1951, made two of Alfred Hitchcock's early silent films — the 1926 mystery-thriller “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” and 1927's “Downhill,” which was Hitch's first stab, so to speak, ...
  • (former Nat West Bank) - On The Wight (01/Jul/2013)
    Starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers amid disquieting insinuations about it being time to retire. To recapture his youth's artistic daring, Alfred decides his ...
  • Nicole Kidman's sultry fashion moment - Stuff.co.nz (01/Jul/2013)
    Last updated 14:43 02/07/2013. Nicole Kidman. Jimmy Choo. BACK TO HER ROOTS: Nicole Kidman sports a choppy red bob in the latest Jimmy Choo campaign - which is inspired by the work of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Film society plans to thrill its audiences with Hitchcock series - The Dartmouth (01/Jul/2013)
    Dartmouth Film Society hopes to reverse this trend with a series of Alfred Hitchcock movies screened throughout the term. A filmmaking master and father of the thriller-horror genre, Hitchcockss films are filled to the brim with psychological wit, suspense and ...
  • Hitched print by Dex - Retro To Go (03/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's instantly recognisable profile is put to good use in this Hitched print by Dex. The design is made up from the names of Hitchcock's films, written in different styles, some along with illustrations, so that added together they recreate the director's ...
  • Hitchcock horror: 'Berserk' birds on the attack! - WND.com (03/Jul/2013)
    In what seems like a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock movie, real-life angry birds are attacking a British town, prompting mail carriers to stop their deliveries. According to the Daily Express, residents of Liskey Hill Crescent, Perranporth, Cornwall, have been ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Vertigo - Santa Barbara Independent (03/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Vertigo. UCSB Arts and Lectures presents "Vertigo" as part of its series "Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense." Event Tools. Remind me via e-mail · Remind me on my cell phone · E-mail this ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Vertigo - Santa Barbara Independent (03/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Vertigo. UCSB Arts and Lectures presents "Vertigo" as part of its series "Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense." Event Tools. Remind me via e-mail · Remind me on my cell phone · E-mail this ...
  • Blockbuster rise is set to continue - CITY A.M. (03/Jul/2013)
    July 4, 2013, 1:18am. ACCORDING to legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, the definition of good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it. Judged on Hitchcock's standards Cineworld, whose shares rose almost ...
  • Two Professors Appreciate Hitchcock - Santa Barbara Independent (04/Jul/2013)
    Both Als, who have never met, approve heartily of UCSB Arts & Lectures' upcoming summer film series, Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense, which kicks off this week. They agree the lineup is great. “It's a really ...
  • My five: N. Gopalakrishnan - The Hindu (04/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock. A dying man tells the hero (James Stewart), vacationing in Marrakesh, of a plot to assassinate a foreign dignitary in London. Taking the film across continents, the suspense is woven beautifully. James and Doris Day and their son are on the ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Vertigo - Santa Barbara Independent (05/Jul/2013)
    UCSB Arts and Lectures presents "Vertigo" as part of its series "Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense." When: Friday, July 5, 2013, 8:30 p.m.. Where: S.B. Courthouse Sunken Gardens, Anapamu St., between ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Rear Window - Santa Ynez Valley News (06/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Rear Window. Fri, Jul 12 2013, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT. Print Email. Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Eight Classic Films of Obsession, Mystery and Suspense. FREE Summer Cinema Series. "Rear Window". Description: Confined to a tiny ...
  • 'Stoker' Blu-ray Showcases Visual Mastery of Park Chan-Wook - Hollywood Outbreak (08/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock once said, during one of his many conversations with fellow filmmaker Francois Truffaut, that a film's narrative should be able to told with the volume turned off. For the master of suspense, as well as future generations of visualists such as ...
  • Watch: Animated Video Of Alfred Hitchcock's Explanation Of A "MacGuffin" - Indie Wire (09/Jul/2013)
    Ah yes, the "MacGuffin." The 35-cent word critics like to throw around in reviews of movies that would barely swim in the same pool of Alfred Hitchcock's filmography. Basically, it's the object or device that sets the entire plot into motion in a movie, but that often ...
  • Hitchcock helped launch film ambitions, says SM North grad - Shawnee Dispatch (09/Jul/2013)
    Alexandra Greene of Shawnee was 14 years old when she first took a chance on watching Alfred Hitchcock's “Shadow of a Doubt.” The 1940s black-and-white thriller about the relationship between a niece and her beloved uncle, who may be a serial killer, ...
  • Every stitch of Hitch - Harvard Gazette (10/Jul/2013)
    The answer is rich and strange: “The Complete Alfred Hitchcock,” a summer series at the Harvard Film Archive that will include all the feature film work of an iconic director whom many consider the best of the 20th century. In a rare touch, the series also will ...
  • Wife of 'Psycho' screenwriter to speak prior to movie showing in Agoura - Agoura Hills Acorn (10/Jul/2013)
    Marilyn Stefano The City of Agoura Hills continues its summer tradition of Movies in the Park with the showing of Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho” at the historic Reyes Adobe on July 13. This month's movie has an added attraction. Before the show, the city will host ...
  • Famed writer's widow to speak at 'Psycho' screening - Thousand Oaks Acorn (10/Jul/2013)
    Marilyn Stefano The City of Agoura Hills continues its summer tradition of Movies in the Park with the showing of Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho” at the historic Reyes Adobe on July 13. This month's movie has an added attraction. Before the show, the city will host ...
  • Reel2Real Cinema Ramsbottom presents 'Hitchcock' - This Is Lancashire (10/Jul/2013)
    Reel2Real Cinema Ramsbottom presents 'Hitchcock' In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers amid disquieting insinuations about it being time to retire. To recapture his youth's artistic daring, Alfred ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock silent films join Unesco register - BBC News (11/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films will join artefacts such as the Domesday Book in representing the cultural heritage of the UK. Hitchcock's films - the British director's earliest works - premiered at the British Film Institute last summer following ...
  • Hitchcock films added to UNESCO UK Memory of World Register - PanARMENIAN.Net (11/Jul/2013)
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films will join artefacts such as the Domesday Book in representing the cultural heritage of the UK, BBC News reported. Hitchcock's films - the British director's earliest works - premiered at the British ...
  • Lights, camera and suspense at a sensational showcase - This is Somerset (11/Jul/2013)
    South West Dance Theatre and Curiosity present Frome Noir, featuring the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho, an event that features physical theatre actors, lyrical acrobats, avant-garde circus performers, ghoulish story tellers, musicians, magicians and ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films Added to UNESCO Register - Hollywood Reporter (11/Jul/2013)
    ... organization's U.K. Memory of the World Register. LONDON – Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's U.K. Memory of the World Register. our editor recommends.
  • Hitchcock Awarded UNESCO Status - 4RFV (11/Jul/2013)
    Nine silent films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock have been added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. Some of Hitchcock's earliest films have been screened around the world since premiering in BFI National Archive restorations during ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films Added to UNESCO Register - Hollywood Reporter (11/Jul/2013)
    ... organization's U.K. Memory of the World Register. LONDON – Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films have been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's U.K. Memory of the World Register. our editor recommends.
  • Alfred Hitchcock silent films join Unesco register - Hiru News (11/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films will join artefacts such as the Domesday Book in representing the cultural heritage of the UK. Hitchcock's films - the British director's earliest works - premiered at the British Film Institute last summer following ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's silent films join UNESCO cultural archive - The Independent (11/Jul/2013)
    It states: “While Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most famous film directors of all time, his first ten silent films- nine of which survive- are little known compared to his later work. “These films are among the greatest achievements of British silent cinema, and are ...
  • Come tryout for 'The Unexplained' - Princeton Daily Clarion (11/Jul/2013)
    Auditions for “The Unexplained” by Alfred Hitchcock will be held Saturday, July 20 in the Diamond Room at Central Library on Bell Road. Applications are available at Historic Newburgh, Inc. and should be received in our office by July 13. Alfred Hitchcock ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock silent films added to Unesco register - The Guardian (11/Jul/2013)
    All nine of Alfred Hitchcock's surviving silent films, dating between 1925 and 1929, have been added to the UK's section of theUnesco Memory of the World register to "safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity". The films' three-year restoration was ...
  • Nine silent Hitchcock films added to UNESCO Registry - Entertainment Weekly (blog) (11/Jul/2013)
    As if being one of — if not the – most famous director of all time wasn't enough, the Alfred Hitchcock legacy can add another notch to its belt. On July 9th, the United Kingdom National Commission for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural ...
  • The Man Behind 'Psycho,' 'The Outer Limits' [VIDEO] - Patch.com (11/Jul/2013)
    On Saturday, July 13, the Agoura Hills Cultural Arts Council will be screening Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller 'Psycho,' written by Joseph Stefano, at the Reyes Adobe. On-hand to answer behind-the-scenes questions will be Stefano's wife, Marilyn, an Agoura ...
  • The Man Behind 'Psycho,' 'The Outer Limits' - Patch.com (11/Jul/2013)
    On Saturday, July 13, the Agoura Hills Cultural Arts Council will be screening Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller 'Psycho,' written by Joseph Stefano, at the Reyes Adobe. On-hand to answer behind-the-scenes questions will be Stefano's wife, Marilyn, an Agoura ...
  • Ahead of the Game - Boston Herald (11/Jul/2013)
    In the midst of showing Alfred Hitchcock's entire body of work, Harvard Film Archive presents one of my favorite less-famous Hitchcock films, “Foreign Correspondent,” on Sunday. The 1940 film, Hitchcock's second American effort, co-stars a stalwart Joel ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's silent films join UNESCO register - Yahoo! India News (12/Jul/2013)
    London, July 12 (ANI): Alfred Hitchcock's nine silent films are now added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. The register "reflects the richness of UK culture and history, from medieval manuscripts to ground-breaking cinema," the BBC reported.
  • Alfred Hitchcock's silent films join UNESCO register - Malaysia Sun (12/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's nine silent films are now added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. The register "reflects the richness of UK culture and history, from medieval manuscripts to ground-breaking cinema," the BBC reported. The online catalogue ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock`s silent films join UNESCO register - Zee News (12/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock`s silent films join UNESCO register London: Alfred Hitchcock`s nine silent films are now added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. The register "reflects the richness of UK culture and history, from medieval manuscripts to ...
  • Five more British silent films Unesco should register - The Guardian (12/Jul/2013)
    The decision to add Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent movies to Unesco's UK Memory of the World register puts his early work on a cultural par with the Domesday Book and Field Marshal Douglas Haig's war diaries – also selected for the list this year.
  • Quick Hits: Weekend picks - Fairfaxtimes.com (12/Jul/2013)
    Saturday in Silver Spring promises a “good eve-uh-ning” when “The Hitchcock 9: Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films” kicks off at 5:30 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road. The restoration of Hitch's nine surviving silent films ...
  • Quick Hits: Weekend picks - Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online (12/Jul/2013)
    Saturday in Silver Spring promises a “good eve-uh-ning” when “The Hitchcock 9: Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films” kicks off at 5:30 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road. The restoration of Hitch's nine surviving silent films ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's silent films join UNESCO register - TruthDive (12/Jul/2013)
    London, July 12 (ANI): Alfred Hitchcock's nine silent films are now added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. The register “reflects the richness of UK culture and history, from medieval manuscripts to ground-breaking cinema,” the BBC reported.
  • Abbie Cornish's "Girl" has Many Redeeming Qualities Review - JustPressPlay (12/Jul/2013)
    In 1961, after the success of the film Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock needed a new leading lady that could match the sophistication of Grace Kelly, and he saw Abbie Cornish, a poor Texas woman making money as a coyote …wait. Abbie Cornish? I'm sorry, I ...
  • HEDINGHAM FILM CLUB COMMUNITY CINEMA PRESENTS : HITCHCOCK - Thurrock Gazette (12/Jul/2013)
    (12A) In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Revill, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers amid suggestions from some critics about it being time to retire. To recapture his youth's artistic daring, Alfred decides his next film will adapt the lurid ...
  • HEDINGHAM FILM CLUB COMMUNITY CINEMA PRESENTS : HITCHCOCK (12A) - Thurrock Gazette (12/Jul/2013)
    HEDINGHAM FILM CLUB COMMUNITY CINEMA PRESENTS : HITCHCOCK (12A) (12A) In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Revill, are at the top of their creative game as filmmakers amid suggestions from some critics about it being time to retire.
  • Hitchcock silent films join Unesco register - Daily Star Online (13/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films will join artefacts such as the “Domesday Book” in representing the cultural heritage of the UK. Hitchcock's earliest works premiered at the British Film Institute last summer following extensive restoration. They have ...
  • Trippy Example of Hitchcock Zoom Shot on a Beach - PetaPixel (13/Jul/2013)
    “Dolly zoom” is a technique that was popularized by Alfred Hitchcock in his film Vertigo, after which it was commonly referred to as “Hitchcock zoom” and the “vertigo effect”. The basic idea is to photograph (or film) a subject while moving towards or away from ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock films get UNESCO status - Film News (14/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films have been added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. From Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, from Cannes to London, Alfred Hitchcock's earliest films have been thrilling international audiences as never ...
  • Quick Hits: Weekend picks - Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online (15/Jul/2013)
    Saturday in Silver Spring promises a “good eve-uh-ning” when “The Hitchcock 9: Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films” kicks off at 5:30 p.m. at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road. The restoration of Hitch's nine surviving silent films ...
  • Film Review: Beneath - Film Journal (16/Jul/2013)
    There's definite potential in the idea of indie art-horror auteur Larry Fessenden tipping his hat to Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat with an allegorical teens-in-peril creature feature that explores the monstrous extremes of human behavior under the influence of ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: North by Northwest - Santa Ynez Valley News (16/Jul/2013)
    Description: A hapless New York advertising executive (Cary Grant) is mistaken for a secret agent by a menacing foreign organization. While fleeing his persecutors, he finds himself increasingly tangled in a web of spies, lies, disguises – and a mysterious ...
  • Capri to screen "Vertigo" Thursday - Montgomery Advertiser (16/Jul/2013)
    The Capri Theatre will present the Alfred Hitchcock classic "Vertigo" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday as the latest in its Capri Classics series. The Capri is at 1045 E. Fairview Ave. In the 1958 mystery/romance/thriller, James Stewart plays Scottie Ferguson, a former San ...
  • Agoura Hills Launches "Film 91301" program with “Psycho” Under the Stars - Ventura County Star (16/Jul/2013)
    Movie thrill seekers of all ages packed into the Reyes Adobe Historical Site for Alfred Hitchcock's “Psycho” presented by the Agoura Hills Cultural Arts Council. They came early to stake spots to enjoy the movie under the stars with picnics and friends and to ...
  • John Landis: “The only person to change me was Hitchcock” - Big Issue (17/Jul/2013)
    John Landis has revealed that how hero Alfred Hitchcock impacted on his professionalism in filmmaking – simply through the power of fashion. Delivering his Letter To My Younger Self, the Animal House and Twilight Zone director said he was privileged to ...
  • To Catch a Thief [Blu-Ray] - Malaysia Sun (17/Jul/2013)
    To Catch a Thief has never been one of Hitchcock's greatest films. Described by Donald Spoto in The Art of Alfred Hitchcock as “a creampuff of a movie with a little suspense at the end” and by Hitchcock himself as “a lightweight story,” it was one of Hitch's ...
  • The 39 Steps dazzles at Nottingham's Theatre Royal - Ilkeston Today (17/Jul/2013)
    Based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film (which was itself inspired by John Buchan's novel), the play features just four actors who take on 139 roles in 100 minutes. It tells the story of Richard Hannay, a dandy who tries to clear his name of murder by dismantling ...
  • The 39 Steps dazzles at Nottingham's Theatre Royal - Hucknall Today (17/Jul/2013)
    Based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film (which was itself inspired by John Buchan's novel), the play features just four actors who take on 139 roles in 100 minutes. It tells the story of Richard Hannay, a dandy who tries to clear his name of murder by dismantling ...
  • General Franco 'helped by right-wing panties' blooper revealed - Belfast Telegraph (17/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Also in this Section. Hot news...it's another scorcher · Rise in holiday sex attack reports · Bumblebee control call over ...
  • Student 'panties' blooper revealed - Express.co.uk (17/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Published: Thu, July 18, 2013. Tweet · 0 Comments. Alfred-Hitchcock-was-described-as-a-torched-Catholic- Alfred ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Silent Movies: Unesco UK Memory of the World Register - Alt Film Guide (blog) (17/Jul/2013)
    The nine Alfred Hitchcock-directed silent films recently restored by the British Film Institute have been added to the Unesco UK Memory of the World Register, "a list of documentary heritage which holds cultural significance specific to the UK." The nine ...
  • 'Darwin discovered sex' - 2013's best exam bloopers - ITV News (17/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • Student 'panties' blooper revealed - Southport Visiter (17/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • Student 'panties' blooper revealed - Hinckley Times (17/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • Bloomfield opinion: Revisit Hitchcock - NorthJersey.com (17/Jul/2013)
    My parents watched "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" after I went to bed. They thought I was asleep. I used to lie awake, listening as the notes of Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette" announced the weekly tale of terror. Because I could not see what was ...
  • I Didn't Mean To Write That ... Exam Paper Howlers - Coventry Telegraph (blog) (17/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • Student's Franco blooper revealed - Gibraltar Chronicle (18/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by “right-wing panties”, while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a “torched Catholic”. Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • Students' Funny Exam Answers: Potatoes, Panties And Piranhas - Huffington Post UK (18/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • 'Right-wing panties' and other university exam howlers - The Independent (18/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic", General Franco's rule of Spain was assisted by "right-wing panties" and sex was discovered by Charles Darwin and his contemporary Gregor Mendel in the 1800s. This selection of dubious ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: North by Northwest - Santa Maria Times (18/Jul/2013)
    Description: A hapless New York advertising executive (Cary Grant) is mistaken for a secret agent by a menacing foreign organization. While fleeing his persecutors, he finds himself increasingly tangled in a web of spies, lies, disguises – and a mysterious ...
  • Student 'panties' blooper revealed - Guernsey Press and Star (subscription) (18/Jul/2013)
    Thursday 18th July 2013, 12:11AM BST. Alfred Hitchcock was described as a 'torched Catholic' by one student. Tweet. General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by “right-wing panties”, while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a “torched Catholic”.
  • Student 'panties' blooper revealed - Evening Standard (18/Jul/2013)
    General Franco's rule of Spain was ably assisted by "right-wing panties", while Alfred Hitchcock's films reflect his life as a "torched Catholic". Another little known fact, at least according to one student, is that the Ebola virus can lead to death - in some cases ...
  • TV everywhere The travel channels - The Economist (18/Jul/2013)
    ALFRED HITCHCOCK once compared television to indoor plumbing. “It didn't change people's habits,” said the master of cinematic suspense. “It just kept them inside the house.” If television chained entertainment-junkies to the couch, online video has now ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock's silent films find a new life - Washington Post (18/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock has gone down in movie history as a chatty fellow, the roguish filmmaker and droll TV host gleefully impersonated by Anthony Hopkins in last fall's “Hitchcock.” But the British-born master of suspense began his career in the era when movies ...
  • Broaden Your Horizons - Reporter Online (19/Jul/2013)
    Center Cinema. Alfred Hitchcock's “Vertigo” will be shown this Friday, July 19, at 6:15 p.m., as part of the monthly Center Cinema series at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak star in “Vertigo,” a classic thriller.
  • Broaden Your Horizons - Regional News (19/Jul/2013)
    Center Cinema. Alfred Hitchcock's “Vertigo” will be shown this Friday, July 19, at 6:15 p.m., as part of the monthly Center Cinema series at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak star in “Vertigo,” a classic thriller.
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - San Antonio Express (19/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - NorthJersey.com (19/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - Danbury News Times (19/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • "North by Northwest" screens under the stars tonight in Santa Barbara - KSBY San Luis Obispo News (19/Jul/2013)
    A 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint is screening tonight, under the stars in Santa Barbara.... at the county courthouse sunken garden--and it's free. "North by Northwest" is a thriller about a Madison Avenue advertising exec ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - Albany Times Union (19/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - San Francisco Chronicle (19/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Another View: The pitfalls of public exercise - DesMoinesRegister.com (20/Jul/2013)
    The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's “North by Northwest” is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - Ct Post (20/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Another View: The pitfalls of public exercise - Shreveport Times (20/Jul/2013)
    The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's “North by Northwest” is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - Westport-News (20/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Counting birds at Port Bolivar backs conservation - Beaumont Enterprise (20/Jul/2013)
    PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) — The scene could have come straight out of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." All around Alexandra Chapman's head the least terns swooped and chattered angrily. Such a display might have puzzled beachgoers wandering into ...
  • Froma Harrop: The pitfalls of public exercise - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (20/Jul/2013)
    The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was ...
  • Froma Harrop: The pitfalls of public exercise - The Providence Journal (subscription) (20/Jul/2013)
    The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's “North by Northwest” is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was ...
  • Early Hitchcock silents provide glimpses of a master in the making - The Seattle Times (21/Jul/2013)
    “The Hitchcock 9,” a series of nine silent films from Alfred Hitchcock's early years of filmmaking (see story), July 26-28. Followed by “Hitchcock U.K. Masterpieces,” a selection of the director's British-made films from the '30s (“Murder!,” “Number Seventeen,” ...
  • Hitchcock's silent films brought to life - Stuff.co.nz (21/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock has gone down in movie history as a chatty fellow, the roguish filmmaker and droll TV host gleefully impersonated by Anthony Hopkins in last fall's "Hitchcock." But the British-born master of suspense began his career in the era when movies ...
  • Early Hitchcock silents provide glimpses of a master in the making - HispanicBusiness.com (22/Jul/2013)
    A lot of us know British-born filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) for his brilliant mid- and late-career thrillers: "Psycho," "Rear Window," "Vertigo," "North by Northwest" and so many more. But next week at the Uptown, the Seattle International Film Festival ...
  • Hallmarks of Hitchcock Class - NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) (22/Jul/2013)
    Master director Alfred Hitchcock mapped out his suspense films with impeccable precision. While the stories varied, the elements that became hallmarks of Hitchcock films did not. Elements such as cool blondes, a distrust of police and specific types of shots ...
  • Getting the best Amazon deal - Macworld (22/Jul/2013)
    For instance, while discussing beloved movies with a friend I was reminded that I don't own copies of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest movies. Hoping to remedy that I dashed to Amazon and found Alfred Hitchcock: The Master piece Collection [Blu-ray], which ...
  • Street exercise in wearing thin - The Robesonian (22/Jul/2013)
    The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's “North by Northwest” is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was ...
  • The pitfalls of public exercise - Nashua Telegraph (22/Jul/2013)
    The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's “North by Northwest” is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was ...
  • Cheap Thrills and Computer Chess at the film festival - New Zealand Herald (22/Jul/2013)
    On Friday afternoon I took in Alfred Hitchcock's legendary 1959 thriller North By Northwest, in which Cary Grant plays a dapper ad man who gets mistaken for a fictional spy and must go on the run. Featuring such legendary movie moments as the crop duster ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Psycho - Santa Ynez Valley News (23/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Psycho. Fri, Jul 26 2013, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT. Print Email. Part of the FREE Alfred Hitchcock Nights summer cinema series! Description: The psychological thriller that ushered in a new era of horror – and made it very scary to take ...
  • Dial M for Murder 3D, review - Telegraph.co.uk (24/Jul/2013)
    Dir: Alfred Hitchcock; Starring: Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson. PG cert, 105 min. “Just one other thing, sir...” the right proper British inspector (John Williams) asks Ray Milland's unctuous villain in the third act of ...
  • Dial M for Murder 3D - The Arts Desk (24/Jul/2013)
    This revival of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder is set apart due to it being in 3D, as it was originally intended to be seen. But unless you were able to catch it in the few American cinemas where it screened after its May 1954 New York premiere, the original ...
  • A comedic twist on Hitchcock - Summit Daily News (24/Jul/2013)
    “'The 39 Steps' is a movie Alfred Hitchcock did in 1935, one of the first in the film noir genre, with a spy subplot and a suspense plot,” said Michael Grittner, the show's director. “The movie was based on a novel written in 1905.” The show features the talents of ...
  • Tuesday Night Flicks presents a Hitchcock thriller - Napa Valley Register (24/Jul/2013)
    “Napa Valley loves Alfred Hitchcock movies; so we have scheduled one of his absolute best,” Miami said. “Acknowledged as the beginning of Hitchcock's greatest run of classics, which lasted through the 1950s into the early 1960s, 'Strangers on a Train' is ...
  • A Hitchcock festival with 15 of his best films will play during August - Deseret News (25/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock is the featured attraction for golden oldies on the big screen during August, with a month-long series of films directed by the Master of Suspense, including most of his best-loved classics, from “Psycho” to “North By Northwest,” from “Vertigo” to ...
  • Seattle cellist adds sound to Alfred Hitchcock's silent movies - MyNorthwest.com (25/Jul/2013)
    Unbeknownst to most people, Alfred Hitchcock made a string of very successful silent films. Those films will get a rare showing this weekend at SIFF Cinema, with live musical accompaniment. Cellist Lori Goldston will be performing two original soundtracks for ...
  • Breckenridge Backstage Theatre presents 'The 39 Steps' - Summit Daily News (25/Jul/2013)
    “'The 39 Steps' is a movie Alfred Hitchcock did in 1935, one of the first in the film noir genre, with a spy subplot and a suspense plot,” said Michael Grittner, the show's director. “The movie was based on a novel written in 1905.” The show features the talents of ...
  • Dial M for Murder – review - The Guardian (25/Jul/2013)
    In the early 1950s, 3D cinema was coming to the end of its first wave, and Alfred Hitchcock decided to make a movie in the new technology: Dial M for Murder. Later, he wryly described it as coming in on the last day of a nine-day wonder. Now this is being ...
  • Review: Sex and Murder Become Dull Bedfellows In BREAKING THE GIRLS - Twitch (25/Jul/2013)
    Alright Alfred Hitchcock (or Patricia Highsmith) fans, see if you remember this one : Two strangers meet by chance, hit it off and soon realize that each of them has a person in their life that they'd like dead. They get to talking more and realize that if each kills ...
  • Good evenings with Hitchcock and midnight movies - The Seattle Times (25/Jul/2013)
    By Doug Knoop. Seattle Times staff. PREV of NEXT. Alfred Hitchcock's “Blackmail” kicks off SIFF's “The Hitchcock 9” series on Friday · Enlarge this photo. Courtesy of SIFF. Alfred Hitchcock's “Blackmail” kicks off SIFF's “The Hitchcock 9” series on Friday.
  • Dial M for Murder 3D - Irish Times (blog) (25/Jul/2013)
    The recent anointment, in the 10-yearly Sight & Sound poll, of Vertigo as the current “best film of all time” confirmed that Alfred Hitchcock's reputation has, if anything, grown in the years since his death. Why not? Even in third gear, he was capable of delivering ...
  • New films rated: Dial M For Murder, Blackfish and Viramundo' - Metro (25/Jul/2013)
    It's a nine-day wonder, and I came in on the ninth day,' is what Alfred Hitchcock said of 3D – the faddish new format in which he originally shot this taut 1954 thriller. Little did he know 3D would rise again, this time without cardboard red and green specs.
  • 3D in film: a blessing or a curse? - Telegraph.co.uk (25/Jul/2013)
    ... are those of the great Soviet director and theorist Sergei Eisenstein in 1948 (enthusing after a 3D Russian Robinson Crusoe in 1947), and what prompts us to ask it is the re-release in modern 3D of Alfred Hitchcock's hugely enjoyable Dial M for Murder.
  • Movie review: Dial M for Murder (PG) - Scottish Daily Record (26/Jul/2013)
    AFTER two impressive biopics, Alfred Hitchcock returns to the big screen with his neatly crafted thriller from 1954, re-released in 3D. Based on Frederick Knott's play of the same name, the film stars Ray Milland as a cuckolded husband who devises a plan for ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Psycho - Santa Maria Times (26/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Psycho. Fri, Jul 26 2013, 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm PDT. Saved. Save Event; My Saved Items · Print Email. Part of the FREE Alfred Hitchcock Nights summer cinema series! Description: The psychological thriller that ushered in a new era of ...
  • Special film screenings in Marin County, July 26 through Aug. 2, 2013 - Marin Independent Journal (26/Jul/2013)
    July 28, 4:15 and 7 p.m.: Alfred Hitchcock's noir classic starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings is presented in its original rarely screened 3-D format. $6.75 to $10.50. FILM NIGHT IN THE PARK — Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San ...
  • A stitch in time - Brisbane Times (26/Jul/2013)
    Dressed to thrill: The gingham dress worn by Judy Garland in <i>The. Dressed to thrill: The gingham dress worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. Photo: Penny Stephens. In Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, a turning point arrives through a change of costume.
  • Review: “The 39 Steps,” Cincinnati Shakespeare - Cincinnati.com (blog) (26/Jul/2013)
    If the name isn't familiar, you're not an Alfred Hitchcock fan. Based on a novel, the 1930s film is a gem, a model for the romantic-comedy-suspense genre. Start with urbane but bored hero Richard Hannay (Nick Rose.) He goes to London's Palladium for a spot ...
  • Review: '39 Steps' misses Hitchcock's mark - Cincinnati.com (26/Jul/2013)
    Miranda McGee and Nicholas Rose find a moment for romance in 'The 39 Steps,' based on the classic 1930s romantic suspense made famous by Alfred Hitchcock. It continues through Aug. 11 at Cincinnati Shakespeare. / Provided/Rich Sofranko ...
  • An Avalanche of Hilarity - Cincinnati CityBeat (26/Jul/2013)
    Twenty years later in 1935, film director Alfred Hitchcock turned The 39 Steps into a much-admired cinematic thriller. In 2007, Patrick Barlow — with his tongue firmly in his cheek — plucked stories, scenes, events and lines from Buchan's novel and Hitchcock's ...
  • Hitchcock's masterpiece 'Vertigo' at the Art - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette (blog) (26/Jul/2013)
    "Alfred Hitchcock, who produced and directed the thing, has never before indulged in such farfetched nonsense." So said film critic John McCarten in The New Yorker when Vertigo was first released in 1958. He wasn't alone in his dislike for the movie as it ...
  • Classic Movies on Blu-ray for August 2013 - About - News & Issues (27/Jul/2013)
    ... four great collaborations between Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart; a classic Western starring Alan Ladd in his most iconic role; the first of Cary Grant's two Academy Award-nominated performances; and a lesser-known film noir starring James Cagney.
  • Movie Review - Dial M for Murder 3D (1954) - Flickering Myth (blog) (27/Jul/2013)
    When Alfred Hitchcock directed Dial M for Murder almost 60 years ago, 3D existed. In fact, 3D existed under the guise of stereoscopic as far back as the late 1890s as experiments in filmmaking determined the future of the medium. 1922 introduced the first 3D ...
  • An Alfred Hitchcock highlight reel - Boston Globe (27/Jul/2013)
    No filmmaker ever hit the trifecta the way Alfred Hitchcock did: a career so long, so commercially successful, so critically acclaimed. Just how critically acclaimed was underscored last year in the poll the British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts every ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Shadow of a Doubt - Santa Ynez Valley News (27/Jul/2013)
    Description: Hitchcock's favorite film! A teenager living in a small, idyllic town finds her life pretty dull until her charming Uncle Charlie comes to visit. But the man is somewhat secretive and curiously unsettling at times. And why are a couple of strangers asking ...
  • An Alfred Hitchcock highlight reel - Boston.com (28/Jul/2013)
    No filmmaker ever hit the trifecta the way Alfred Hitchcock did: a career so long, so commercially successful, so critically acclaimed. Just how critically acclaimed was underscored last year in the poll the British film magazine Sight & Sound conducts every ...
  • Raided Cannes hotel is famous for Hitchcock heist theft - ITV News (28/Jul/2013)
    The French Riviera resort provided the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 heist-thriller To Catch A Thief, which starred Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. The Carlton built a close relationship with the film industry and now plays a central role in the annual Cannes ...
  • €40m jewellery theft occurred at hotel featured in Hitchcock heist movie - Irish Examiner (29/Jul/2013)
    The massive €40m jewellery theft in Cannes happened at a hotel that featured prominently in Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief,” which starred Cary Grant as a reformed burglar chasing a jewel thief. The Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes was hosting ...
  • Lone gunman steals jewels worth $53 million at Cannes - Oneindia (29/Jul/2013)
    New Delhi, July 29: The hotel where Alfred Hitchcock filmed 'To Catch A Thief' in 1955, saw a real theft on Sunday after a robbery in 1994. An armed man on Sunday stole jewels worth about $53 million from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes in France. There have ...
  • €40m jewellery theft occurred at hotel featured in Hitchcock heist movie - BreakingNews.ie (29/Jul/2013)
    The massive €40m jewellery theft in Cannes happened at a hotel that featured prominently in Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief,” which starred Cary Grant as a reformed burglar chasing a jewel thief. The Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes was hosting ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Shadow of a Doubt - Santa Maria Times (29/Jul/2013)
    Description: Hitchcock's favorite film! A teenager living in a small, idyllic town finds her life pretty dull until her charming Uncle Charlie comes to visit. But the man is somewhat secretive and curiously unsettling at times. And why are a couple of strangers asking ...
  • French hotel was setting for 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch A Thief - Daily Mail (29/Jul/2013)
    The robbery could have come straight out of a Hollywood heist movie — and, indeed, in an intriguing case of life imitating art, the Carlton Cannes was the setting for the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock movie To Catch A Thief. Cary Grant plays a suave, retired cat ...
  • Summer Film Classics: Hitchcock Week: The Lady Vanishes - Austin Chronicle (29/Jul/2013)
    Summer Film Classics: Hitchcock Week: The Lady Vanishes. Not rated, 97 min. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock., Starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas and Dame May Whitty. This British Hitchcock picture is one of the master's best. An old ...
  • Jewel heist on Riviera raises security questions - NorthJersey.com (30/Jul/2013)
    PARIS (AP) — The diamond show was staged on the ground floor of a hotel that thieves had targeted before — and which, in fact, had featured in Alfred Hitchcock's high-karat classic "To Catch a Thief." The guards were few and unarmed, and nobody thought ...
  • August 5, free movie, To Catch a Thief, at MPL - Fall River Herald News (blog) (30/Jul/2013)
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the Oscar winning film stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence. The library's Monday Night at ...
  • August 5, free movie, To Catch a Thief, at MPL - Milford Daily News (blog) (30/Jul/2013)
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the Oscar winning film stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence. The library's Monday Night at ...
  • August 5, free movie, To Catch a Thief, at MPL - MetroWest Daily News (blog) (30/Jul/2013)
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the Oscar winning film stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence. The library's Monday Night at ...
  • August 5, free movie, To Catch a Thief, at MPL - Daily News Transcript (blog) (30/Jul/2013)
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the Oscar winning film stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence. The library's Monday Night at ...
  • Jewel heist spotlights security differences - The Herald-Times (subscription) (30/Jul/2013)
    PARIS — The diamond show was staged on the ground floor of a hotel thieves had targeted before — and which had been featured in Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief.” The guards were few and unarmed, and nobody thought to tell the police about the ...
  • August 5, free movie, To Catch a Thief, at MPL - Taunton Daily Gazette (blog) (31/Jul/2013)
    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the Oscar winning film stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence. The library's Monday Night at ...
  • Hitchcock Awarded UNESCO Status - 4RFV (31/Jul/2013)
    The official inscription reads: "While Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most famous film directors of all time, his first ten silent films – nine of which survive – are little known compared to his later work. These films are among the greatest achievements of British ...
  • Hitchcock, still keeping viewers in suspense - Salt Lake Tribune (31/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock, who is said to have had a macabre sense of humor, would have appreciated that his work is more critically acclaimed now — a third of a century after his death in 1980 — than during his lifetime. When he was alive, Hitchcock never won an ...
  • Hitchcock, still keeping viewers in suspense at Broadway Center Cinemas - Salt Lake Tribune (31/Jul/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock, who is said to have had a macabre sense of humor, would have appreciated that his work is more critically acclaimed now — a third of a century after his death in 1980 — than during his lifetime. When he was alive, Hitchcock never won an ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Nights: Notorious - Santa Ynez Valley News (31/Jul/2013)
    Description: A beautiful woman (Ingrid Bergman) is recruited to infiltrate a clan of bad guys by a government agent (Cary Grant). But how far will she have to go to win them over? With a steamy love scene and a plot point that drew scrutiny from the FBI, this is ...
  • Art house: Hitchcock's The Lodger heralds his great career - South China Morning Post (31/Jul/2013)
    With the benefit of hindsight, it seems obvious that Alfred Hitchcock was destined to become cinema's "master of suspense" from his very first foray into the genre. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog was lauded upon its 1927 premiere for the director's ...
  • Summer Film Classics: Hitchcock Week: Shadow of a Doubt - Austin Chronicle (31/Jul/2013)
    Summer Film Classics: Hitchcock Week: Shadow of a Doubt. Not rated, 108 min. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock., Starring Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey and Hume Cronyn. What happens when a girl discovers her beloved Uncle Charlie is not ...