by Film School | May 20, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #405 Lifeboat (1944) Dying together’s even more personal than living together… Hitchcock plays with setting this time around, confining his ENTIRE FILM to a single lifeboat. And it doesn’t pull any punches. Dead babies, murder,...
by Film School | May 13, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #403 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) The cities are full of women… Alfred transports us to small-town America this time, a land of unlocked doors, everyone knows everyone, and the world is full of innocence. But then Uncle Charlie comes home, and all...
by Film School | May 6, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #401 Saboteur (1942) Must I remind you that *you* are the fugitive from justice and not I? It’s The 39 Steps: Part 2! Hitchcock returns to what is clearly a favorite premise: an innocent man on the run from a criminal conspiracy with the fate of...
by Film School | Apr 29, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #399 Suspicion (1941) There was something strange about Johnny Asgarth… We’re back to the realm of suspense, paranoia, and murder. Or…is it? That’s the question Joan Fontaine must answer when she marries the charming but...
by Film School | Apr 22, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #397 Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) If you had it all to do over again, would you have married me? Hitch takes on married life in its screwball form! These comedies were very popular at the time (see: Grant and Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby), so it’s not...
by Film School | Apr 15, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #395 Foreign Correspondent (1940) There’s a crime hatching on that bedeviled continent… World War II is in full swing when this movie releases. Or, at least it is in Europe. London is being bombed, and Hitchcock can’t help but feel,...
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