by Steven DeRosa | Dec 16, 2012 | Blog Post
The most anticipated Blu-ray release of the year shipped a few weeks ago—Universal’s Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection. I’ve gone through the individual titles to give an extensive review. Now depending on whether you go for the US or the UK release, the set...
by Steven DeRosa | Nov 18, 2012 | Blog Post
In 1953 while under contract to Warner Bros., Alfred Hitchcock embarked on a screen adaptation of Frederick Knott’s stage hit Dial M for Murder. At the same time that he was preparing to film his Warner picture, he began planning Rear Window for Paramount. Both...
by Steven DeRosa | Aug 31, 2012 | Blog Post
I’ve always had a fondness for Alfred Hitchcock’s Sabotage, while being fully aware that it is in many ways the darkest of what has long been known as the classic thriller sextette from the director’s British period, that string of films done mostly...
by Steven DeRosa | Aug 6, 2012 | Blog Post
It’s hard to believe that thirteen years have passed since what seemed like a year of centenary celebrations for Alfred Hitchcock in 1999. I hope you will come and join me as I mark Hitchcock’s 113th at Barnes & Noble in Union Square. Event Details...
by Steven DeRosa | Jul 28, 2012 | Blog Post
This weekend, New Yorkers have a rare opportunity to see Vertigo the way Alfred Hitchcock intended—in 35mm IB Technicolor, with its original soundtrack. The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria will be screening a print from the film’s 1958 first run, just as...
by Steven DeRosa | Jun 13, 2012 | Blog Post
I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than combining two things that I love—Hitchcock and beer—but even more specifically, talking about Hitchcock movies and enjoying one of my favorite brews from Captain Lawrence Brewing Company. I am very...
