by Film School | Jan 20, 2025 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #447 The Birds (1963) It’s the end of the world! Hitch backs up the classic Psycho with another horror film, but this time it’s nature itself that’s out for humanity rather than one of our own. What would happen if all the birds in the...
by Film School | Jan 13, 2025 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #445 Psycho (1960) We all go a little mad sometimes… Welcome to the birth (debatedly) of the slasher film! Hitch might not have been the absolute FIRST to dive into the mind of a twisted serial killer, but he arguably is the most influential to...
by Film School | Dec 9, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #440 North By Northwest (1959) You gentlemen aren’t REALLY trying to kill my son, are you…? Might be Ira’s favorite Hitchcock. It’s the prototypical spy film, predates even James Bond, except that this spy is actually just a...
by Film School | Nov 25, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #438 Vertigo (1958) You shouldn’t keep souvenirs of a killing… We’re back to Vertigo! The last time we watched this one, it was late summer of 2021, deep in the AFI’s Top 100 list. Top ten, in fact. Seems like an age ago, and...
by Film School | Nov 11, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #436 The Wrong Man (1956) An innocent man has nothing to fear… Alfred is doing something new this time: he’s telling a true story, every word of it, top to bottom. Henry Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, bass player at the famous Stork Club and...
by Film School | Nov 4, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #434 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) A man… a statesman… is to be killed… Hitchcock does his one and only remake! Twenty+ years earlier, back in his British period, he did this story once before, under the exact same name!...
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