by Film School | Apr 11, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #394 The Elements of a Great Film What makes a good movie? What are the things that stand out? We all have our own personal versions of the answer to this question. Josh and Ira each answer for themselves without getting into the weeds as much as...
by Film School | Apr 8, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #393 Rebecca (1940) Do you think the dead come back and watch the living? Mr. Hitchcock is in Hollywood! Alfred makes his first film in the States, and holy crap does he have some fun with his budget. Everything tinsel town had to offer in 1940 is on...
by Film School | Apr 4, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #392 Hitchcock’s British Period Takeaways Hitchcock is moving to Hollywood! As the master of suspense makes his way west, we’re taking a pause here to look back on his period in Britain. 13 years. 24 films (one of which has been lost...
by Film School | Apr 1, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #391 Jamaica Inn (1939) CHAAADWIIIICK??!! Hitch teams up with dynamo actor Charles Laughton for a tale of piracy, lies, and corruption. The stage actor is riveting, even if the film has its flaws, and apparently he and Alfred had a hard time working...
by Film School | Mar 28, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #390 White Lies A small lie. A sentence I didn’t actually write, or a shot I didn’t really shoot that I pass off as my own. Or I didn’t actually do something the way I said I did. How big of a deal are these kinds of lies or omissions?...
by Film School | Mar 25, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #389 The Lady Vanishes (1938) Nuns don’t wear high heels… A woman has disappeared into thin air, on a train no less. But when Iris Henderson reports it, nobody believes her. In fact, nobody on the train even knows who she’s talking...
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