by Film School | Mar 11, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #385 Sabotage (1936) What goes on after hours in that cinema of yours…? Alfred takes on Joseph Conrad’s popular novel The Secret Agent, about a man who’s tasked with planting a bomb in London to create fear and terror. In this...
by Film School | Mar 4, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #383 Secret Agent (1936) General Pompellio Montezuma De La Vilia De Conde De La Rue! Peter Lorre is back, this time as a sidekick assassin who goes by the name “The Hairless Mexican,” and “The General,” of which he is neither....
by Film School | Feb 26, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #381 The 39 Steps (1935) Beautiful, mysterious woman pursued by gunmen. Sounds like a spy story… Widely considered to be the first modern spy movie ever made, Hitchcock is leaning into his strengths yet again (huzzah!): murder, conspiracy, and a...
by Film School | Feb 19, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #379 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Goodbye for the last time. What could be more touching than that? Peter Lorre. That’s the first thing to know about this movie: Peter. Lorre. Hitch teams up with his first truly enduring star, someone we still...
by Film School | Feb 12, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #377 Waltzes From Vienna (1934) And now the polka, you worms. Hitchcock makes a musical! …kinda. It’s an operetta, which were very much in fashion at the time; a little music, a little dancing, and a love story at the center. This one...
by Film School | Feb 5, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #375 Number Seventeen (1932) Ya don’t have to do nothin’ in this ‘ere house – ya stand still and things happen! Cutting to the chase here: this miiight be Hitchcock’s first truly terrible film. It’s a bit baffling how...
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