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...
by Film School | Jan 29, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #373 Rich and Strange (1931) I want some of the good things of life… Hitch definitely tries something a little different with this one: it’s a comedy drama this time–not nearly the silly farces he’s tried to this point on the...
by Film School | Jan 22, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #371 The Skin Game (1931) What’s gentility worth if it can’t stand fire? This film is about the revolution in “Industrial Revolution.” An old school landowning family finds their idyllic country world being invaded by a...
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