Tag: Alfred Hitchcock
Jessie Matthews ‘Climbs High’
Reviews of two films starring Jessie Matthews, a huge star in Britain during the 1930s: Climbing High (1938), a British take on the American screwball comedy directed by Carol Reed (!) released on DVD by VCI, and the forgotten gem Firday the Thirteenth (1933), available from Archive.org.
‘Hitchcock Waltzes from Vienna’
In tandem with the release of Danny Elfman’s score to Hitchcock (Sony Classical) I’ve uploaded a release of a rarely seen Alfred Hitchcock film – Waltzes from Vienna (1934) – his only, er, musical. Also added: minor Editor’s Blog on best-of lists, and the need to acknowledge Dumb Moves and Missed Opportunities by labels large & small.
Festivals-a-Go-Go: Nov. 24 – Dec.1, 2011
Tally & heads up of local film festivals & screenings, Doc Soup returns to the Bloor Dec. 7, Rue Morgue’s Cinemacabre, and where you can still get pretty Guillermo del Toro “Fright Night” posters.
Psycho returns to the Big Screen (with BIG SOUND)
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho returns to the big screen in a newly ‘restored’ version at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, plus links to further conversations with composers on Bernard Herrmann’s brilliant score…
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