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Tag / Alfred Hitchcock

December 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Blackmail (1929)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1929, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
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Shot largely like a silent film, yet it is also Hitchcock’s first ‘talkie’, this curious early work of murder and intimidation could have been sharper if it had been shorter and tauter. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

To Catch a Thief (1955)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1955, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
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An ex-thief must clear his name in this touristy if somewhat middling Hitchcock film set in Southern France, but the scenery is amazing to look at, and the flirtatious energy between Cary Grant and Grace Kelly imbues it with mild erotic tension.   

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 21, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Frenzy (1972)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1972, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
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A late career high of sorts as Hitchcock returns to the UK to shoot another ‘wrong man’ picture in the guise of a serial killer thriller.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 20, 2020November 11, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Birds, The (1963)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1963, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
  • 3 Comments

An exercise in suspense filmmaking from the Master, though it lacks narrative drive that leads to little payoff.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

North by Northwest (1959)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1959, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
  • 8 Comments

This is one of Hitchcock’s crowning achievements where he perfected the picaresque pursuit as a flat-out entertainer.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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August 10, 2020August 20, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Wrong Man, The (1956)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1956, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
  • 2 Comments

A stylistic and narrativistic departure for Hitchcock that is anchored by solid performances by Henry Fonda and Vera Miles.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 10, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Trouble with Harry, The (1955)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1955, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
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An underrated, light-hearted if sometimes peculiar comedic farce by Hitchcock.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 1, 2020March 21, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Rear Window (1954)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1954, Alfred Hitchcock, USA
  • 13 Comments

My personal favourite of all of Hitchcock’s works, this intelligent and suspenseful treatment on scopophilia and scopophobia in relation to gender, gaze theory and paranoia is also one of his finest achievements.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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July 19, 2020December 28, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Murder! (1930)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1930, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
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An enjoyable early murder mystery by Hitchcock that explores how theatre and life can intertwine in what is a precursor to the likes of ‘Stage Fright’ and ‘The Wrong Man’. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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July 18, 2020August 1, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Stage Fright (1950)

  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • 1950, Alfred Hitchcock, UK
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One of Hitchcock’s most underrated works—and it sees the director at his most patient, crafting a tale that builds up spellbindingly.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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