Podcasts about Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock remains cinema's Master of Suspense a century after directing his first film, but decades of biography have blurred the line between the man and the myth. Mike talks with author Tony Lee Moral about his sixth Hitchcock book, A Century of Hitchcock, and the archival discovery that reshaped it: a 36-page 1980 transcript of biographer Donald Spoto's own interview with Tippi Hedren.Moral traces how Spoto's personal grievances against Hitchcock — including being routinely ignored by name and bitten by the director's West Highland terrier — colored The Darkside of Genius and shaped decades of tabloid narrative. Drawing on new interviews with secretaries, screenwriters, and script supervisors who worked alongside Hitchcock, Moral makes the case for reexamining the record on Hitchcock's treatment of women, from Tippi Hedren's shifting accounts to the making of The Birds and Marnie.The conversation also revisits The Pleasure Garden on its hundredth anniversary, Hitchcock's collaboration with Salvador Dalí on Spellbound, and what a possible sixth Hitchcock book might hold. Find Tony Lee Moral's book and more of his work at tonyleemoralbooks.com.Buy the book at: https://amzn.to/4fvEBKG Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Josh and Drusilla discuss the French classic, Diabolique. From wiki: “Les Diaboliques (French: [le djabɔlik], lit. transl. The Diabolical Ones or Diabolical Women, released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends)[3] is a 1955 French noir psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, and Charles Vanel. The story blends elements of psychological thriller, crime drama and psychological horror, with the plot focusing on a woman and her husband's mistress who conspire to murder the man. It is based on the 1952 novel Celle qui n'était plus (lit. transl. The One Who Was No More)[4] by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.”Also discussed: cockroach trauma, Florida, Who Can Kill a Child? (1976), Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders (2026), The Vampire Lestat, How Green Was My Valley (1941), Matewan (1987), Alfred Hitchcock, Bound (1996), Blood Simple (1984), The Kingdom (1994),  Peeping Tom (1960), and more. NEXT WEEK: In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Bloodhaus: https://www.bloodhauspod.com/https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/Drusilla Adeline:https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/Joshua Conkelhttps://www.joshuaconkel.com/https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/  

Hit the highway for one of the greatest hidden gems in horror history as Johnny Spoiler takes a spoiler-filled ride through Richard Franklin's Roadgames (1981)—the Australian cult classic that asks: What if Alfred Hitchcock made a slasher on the open road?This week, Johnny breaks down why Roadgames deserves a place alongside The Hitcher, Joy Ride, and Breakdown, explores its reputation as one of the defining films of the Ozploitation era, and reveals the behind-the-scenes stories that make this thriller legendary—including Stacy Keach learning to drive a 16-gear semi in just two days, the Sean Connery casting that almost happened, and why Quid's dingo had to be renamed Boswell.Danny McBride's gritty new G.I. Joe movie heads to Springfield... but not the Springfield you expect.Remembering the legendary Sam Neill with a look back at Possession, Jurassic Park, Event Horizon, Merlin, and Bicentennial Man.Sydney Sweeney saddles up for Hollow, a gothic reimagining of Sleepy Hollow, plus three must-watch Sweeney films.JOLT Modern Soda Bundle - JOLT Cola & JOLT Root Beer - Zero Sugar, 80mg Natural Caffeine, Alpha GPC Focus Nootropics, Prebiotics, B Vitaminshttps://amzn.to/3RLxtSGHarry's Original Shaving Kit for Menhttps://amzn.to/4yvLq7VMeatzy meat on demand and get rewarded for sharing the sizzle https://tr.ee/GetMeatzyJohnnyWhy Roadgames is basically Rear Window on Wheels.Jamie Lee Curtis as the mysterious hitchhiker "Hitch."How this overlooked thriller inspired The Hitcher, Joy Ride, Wolf Creek, and modern highway horror.Hitchcock references, Ozploitation history, and the terrifying green van that haunted a generation of genre fans.Johnny answers your questions about A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, dives into why it's become one of horror's most fascinating cult classics, and shares behind-the-scenes trivia from The Dream Master.Before Workaholics became a Comedy Central hit, it was a broke YouTube sketch group called Mail Order Comedy. Johnny tells the unbelievable story of how Blake, Adam, Anders, and Kyle turned homemade videos into one of TV's funniest comedies. Rating: SCREAM NOW!Next week, Summer Slash continues with Brain Dead (1990) starring Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton—a mind-bending psychological horror trip into corporate conspiracies, neurosurgery, and insanity.Subscribe, binge, and remember...Johnny Spoiler doesn't ruin movies. He ruins the wait.

Box office smash horror films. Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss Backrooms (2026) and Obsession (2026), but in two separate conversations. Jeremy and William discuss Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons, and then Jeremy and Sarah discuss Obsession, directed by Curry Barker. The Backrooms conversation starts with the box office impact of the film and how it potentially is shifting the industry model for investing in films. We unpack the psychology of the horror in the film, especially when considering the realities of Gen Z and what horror looks like in a post-Millennial world. We talk about the brilliant performances from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, as are the physical sets in the film. We discuss the structure of the film and where the films works and where it is weak. We connect the film to the work of David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. Sarah swaps out with William, and chats with Jeremy about Obsession. Our conversation begins by praising the performance actor Inde Navarrette and later in the episode Michael Johnston. We talk about the strength of the narrative and how we can relate the situation amidst the horror. Our discussion focuses on the ending and the poetic justice, as well as the strength of the writing. We make connections to Weapons (2025), Romeo and Juliet (roughly 1597), Heated Rivalry (2025-), Fatal Attraction (1987), and the work of David Fincher and David Lynch (again). We finish the conversation by highlighting how much the film connected with our own lives.

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

En 1948, Alfred Hitchcock avec son film ‘La Corde', souhaite donner l'impression que son œuvre dure le temps de l'action. Or à l'époque, il est impossible de tourner trop longtemps d'affilée, car les pellicules sont trop courtes. Le réalisateur doit donc filmer plusieurs segments de 10 minutes chacun, pour faire son long-métrage. Mais depuis, les techniques ont fortement évolué et des réalisateurs ont prouvé qu'il était possible de réaliser un long-métrage en un seul plan séquence. Un plan séquence, c'est un plan filmé ininterrompu, qui dure d'un bout à l'autre de l'action. Dans le film ‘La soif du mal' d'Orson Welles, sorti en 1958, un brigand lance un compte à rebours pour faire exploser une bombe, dans les 3 minutes qui suivent. On suit alors, pendant ces 3 minutes, tout le reste de l'action: les victimes qui s'enfuient, le brigand qui part se cacher, etc. L'objectif ? Donner une scène impressionnante à regarder pour le spectateur qui se retrouve plongé dans l'action grâce à un effet immersif.  Quels sont donc ces films ? Et certains ont-ils prétendu être tournés en une seule prise ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Carole Beaudouin. À écouter aussi : ⁠Qui sont ces stars qui se sont masturbées sur scène ?⁠ ⁠Comment les séries font-elles notre éducation sexuelle ?⁠ ⁠Quelles sont les 3 œuvres d'art vandalisées les plus célèbres ?⁠ Retrouvez tous les épisodes de ⁠"Maintenant vous savez - Culture"⁠. Suivez Bababam sur ⁠Instagram⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrives amid enormous anticipation. Jason considers whether the mythic epic can live up to the hype.A tribute to Sam Neill, who died this week, as we revisit a beautiful highlight from our archives: Neill reflecting on his favourite film - a clue, it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.We speak with filmmaker Alain Gomis ahead of the Melbourne International Film Festival about Dao, his visually striking exploration of memory, history and identity; and MIFF Senior programmer Kate Jinx is in for a preview of this year's festival.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Angie GrantArts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrives amid enormous anticipation. Jason considers whether the mythic epic can live up to the hype.A tribute to Sam Neill, who died this week, as we revisit a beautiful highlight from our archives: Neill reflecting on his favourite film - a clue, it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.We speak with filmmaker Alain Gomis ahead of the Melbourne International Film Festival about Dao, his visually striking exploration of memory, history and identity; and MIFF Senior programmer Kate Jinx is in for a preview of this year's festival.Presenter, Jason Di RossoProducer, Sarah CorbettSound, Angie GrantArts editor, Sarah L'Estrange

Sean and I originally came up with something like a half-dozen subjects for this miniseries, including a few actors from Saturday Night Live who made the jump into films. But ultimately it became kind of unwieldy, so we limited ourselves to two full episodes. Hollywood and show business fame in general can be a brutal place, and careers can end for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes actors just fall out of favor (Uma Thurman or Orlando Bloom, perhaps). Sometimes they say/do something controversial (Will Smith, Wesley Snipes). Sometimes—often the case with child actors—they decide they just want to do something else and leave the industry (Peter Ostrum, Mara Wilson). And some actors leave for more noble reasons. Rick Moranis retired for several years to raise his children after his wife died. Phoebe Cates married Kevin Kline and chose not to return to acting even though the opportunities were still coming. Then there was Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly got involved with an honest-to-god prince, Rainier of Monaco, and simply walked away from the industry. She made eleven films (not counting documentaries), and about a month after finishing her last film, High Society, she married Rainier and that was pretty much that. So in today's episode we'll be looking at two of Kelly's films. We begin with 1954's Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and co-starring James Stewart. It's a taut thriller that maybe had the unfortunate side effect of making voyeurism look attractive. In Part 2 of today's episode we'll be talking about To Catch a Thief from 1955.

In 1955, Kelly paired up with Alfred Hitchcock again, to make To Catch a Thief, co-starring Cary Grant. Grant plays a retired cat burglar who is suspected of committing a new series of robberies, so he sets up a big job as a kind of sting operation to nab the person who's making him look like he's returned to a life of crime. Grace Kelly plays one of his potential victims in this scheme, and there are all kinds of interesting twists that, when viewed through a modern lens, you may see coming, but then again you may not. COMING ATTRACTIONS: In our next episode we continue the series with a career cut short by tragedy. River Phoenix was an actor with a great deal of promise who unfortunately couldn't control his demons. We begin with Stand By Me from 1986 (which has a second tragedy attached to it by now, but we recorded this long before Rob Reiner's death), and then peek at one of his lesser-known—but of similar quality—films, Running On Empty, from 1988. Join us, won't you?

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

Front Row Classics welcomes author Tony Lee Moral. Tony recently penned "A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, The Myths, The Legacy". He addressed a series of narratives regarding the Master of Suspense through new archival research and unpublished interviews.  Now available from The University Press of Kentucky wherever books are sold Tony Lee Moral is a mystery author and screenwriter with a deep passion for suspense, mystery, and the cinematic legacy of Alfred Hitchcock. Over the course of his career, he has become a leading voice in both the world of Hitchcock scholarship and contemporary crime fiction. With four critically acclaimed books dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock, including Alfred Hitchcock Storyboards (2024), The Young Alfred Hitchcock's Moviemaking Master Class (2022), The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013), and Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013), Tony's writing offers a unique insight into the art of filmmaking, the creative process, and the mind of one of cinema's most iconic directors. But Tony's talents don't end with nonfiction. He is also an accomplished novelist, weaving intricate plots filled with suspense, intrigue, and unforgettable characters. His novels include The Two Masks of Vendetta and its thrilling sequel The Passion of the Cross (both released in 2024) and Ghost Maven: The Haunting of Alice May (2019). These novels blend elements of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural, taking readers on unforgettable journeys that explore complex characters, twisted secrets, and the darkest corners of the human psyche. As a writer, Tony is dedicated to crafting stories that keep readers on the edge of their seats. His work in suspenseful thrillers, like The Two Masks of Vendetta, shows his knack for creating tension and atmosphere, while his paranormal novels, such as Ghost Maven, blend supernatural elements with heartfelt emotions, bringing a fresh approach to the genre. Drawing on his expertise in both film and fiction, Tony writes with an eye for cinematic detail, ensuring that each page feels like a scene from a gripping film. His deep understanding of Hitchcock's techniques — suspense, misdirection, and character-driven storytelling — shines through in every novel, making his books essential reading for fans of mystery, crime, and psychological thrillers.

On the sixty- third episode of All the Film Things, Anne Hockens, the Director of Communications for the Film Noir Foundation, *returns* to join me in analyzing Pedro Almodóvar's 2006 comedy/ drama film Volver! This episode is spoiler- filled. Volver marks the first and only time Almodóvar's two muses, Penélope Cruz and Carmen Maura, shared the screen. The film revolves around sisters Raimunda (Cruz) and Sole (Lola Dueñas) living in Madrid who are first seen cleaning their parents' gravestones in a communal tradition. Shortly after, both sisters are forced to handle the loss of two family members separately. Raimunda does everything in her power to provide for and keep Paula safe while Sole is reunited with her mother (Maura), who was presumed to be dead. The Film Noir Foundation will be holding their highly- anticipated first Noir City Film Festival in NYC beginning this Friday, July 10 and concluding on July 19 at the Paris Theater. Over those nine days, 32 noir films will be screened and you can purchase tickets by going to ParisTheaterNYC.com. The next episode of “Ask Eddie”, the biweekly video podcast hosted by Anne and Eddie Muller, will be streaming live tomorrow night at 7 pm PST/ 10 pm EST on the Film Noir Foundation Facebook page and will be available to watch on the Noir City YouTube channel the next day. Learn more about all that's going on with the foundation from upcoming Noir City film festivals to how to donate and help their efforts to restore films to Ask Eddie by going to their Facebook page and FilmNoirFoundation.org. This is Anne's third, but really second, appearance on ATFT! Anne's debut appearance on All the Film Things was back in November to discuss Double Indemnity, click here to listen to that episode. Anne, in a very rare move, was a part of the stellar ensemble of guests in the previous episode joining me in paying tribute to Marilyn Monroe (you can click here to listen to that episode). These two episodes were recorded on the same day so, while the Marilyn tribute was released first, this was really her second appearance (which is also why this episode is shorter than usual). Anne is a delight and has already become one of my very favorite people to discuss film with. Between having having a wonderful time talking about Double Indemnity and knowing she is a fellow Almodóvar fan, I knew we had to discuss one of his masterpieces in our next episode together. This episode was recorded on May 28, 2026. In this episode, Anne and I talk about attempt to do the impossible by figuring out where Volver ranks amongst our favorite Almodóvar films, how Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry inspired Almodóvar in a key point in the film, and our favorite darkly comedic moments. Anne also shares her experience seeing the film in theaters twenty years ago while I compared Blanca Portillo's character Agustina to her character Judit in Broken Embraces. All this and much more on the latest episode of All the Film Things!Music Credit:Music by NotProd from Pixabay 

It's Lauren's 40th birthday which means she is indulging in her favorite film of all time Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. It's not birthday themed, and it's definitely not light, but the birthday girl makes the rules and the rule is everyone should watch Psycho.

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Bill Mumby was 11 when he played Will Robinson in the show Lost in Space, but he was already one of Hollywood's busiest child actors, appearing alongside stars including James Stewart, Judy Garland, and working with Alfred Hitchcock. Unlike many child stars, he went on to build a second career in music, writing and recording with the band America, creating one of MTV's early hit music videos, and releasing a string of solo albums including his latest, Will Power. [picture id="4O8ZKR1_Bill_67Casino_8_17_1_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

The woman behind Alfred Hitchcock's success. PatreonMerchTikTokBskyInstagramPipedream podcastsSpreakerClips used in this episode:Alfred Hitchcock Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award (1979)Alfred Hitchcock Intro ThemeThe 39 Steps (1935)Frenzy (1972)Dial M for Murder (1954)Rebecca (1940)Patton Oswald - Male directors, female editorsMarnie (1964)Rear Window (1954)Rope (1948)Shadow of a Doubt (1943)The Birds (1963)The Murder composed by Bernard HerrmannMusic: Kevin MacLeod"Jazz Brunch""Discovery Hit""Miami Nights""This House"

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

Good evening. Welcome to Dial P for Podcast, Patrick Ripoll's year-long chronological voyage through the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Every month Patrick will be watching four Hitchcock features and talking about them here, from The Pleasure Garden to Family Plot, all across the year of 2026, examining the life and work of England's most famous cinema pervert.As we reach the midpoint of Alfred Hitchcock's career we see a variety of films, including a screwball comedy and another 39 Steps re-run, but we also see the full flowering of a Hitchcock driven by psychology, by terror of a much more domestic variety, a world at war while things aren't right at home, where the person you sleep next to could be your most sinister enemy. Homicidal Cary Grant, Thorton Wilder slumming it, the statue of liberty, fourth wall dismissal, surrealism and even honest-to-God psychic powers saturate this batch of films as Hitchcock settles into Hollywood and begins to turn it upside down.It's glowing like a poisoned glass of milk but you better drink it down anyway!0:00 - 0:36 - Intro0:37 - 30:55 - Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)30:56 - 1:38:47 - Suspicion (1941)1:38:48 - 2:24:53 - Saboteur (1942)2:24:54 - 4:13:55 - Shadow of a Doubt (1943)4:14:56 - 4:15:04 - Outro

Send us a Question!PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon. Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard! Shirleon joins Melvin to discuss Vertigo, a film many consider Alfred Hitchcock's greatest achievement! From it's haunting atmosphere to its incredibly performances, the two discuss love, memory, deceit, and whether Vertigo would cause an iPad kid's head to explode! Topics:(PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 32-minutes discussing some do's and don'ts when it comes to purchasing physical media. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)Shirl enjoys a psychological thriller, but something about Vertigo wasn't hittin' right for her.For Melvin, he finished the film and went, "That's the best f***ing movie I've seen."Vertigo is spectacular, but it has little spectacle, opting for a patient, intimate, self-controlled mystery.There's so much going on in the film, and so much that it's thematically covering, that Melvin wonders if it'd make an iPad kid's head explode.Why the title "Vertigo", and what does it mean?Meditations on the past, desires, and deceit.The ending is a multilayered gift of misery that keeps on giving.Is the ending too coincidental?Recommendations:How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold (2025) (Novel)Squirreleon (Twitch)Buy. Physical. Media. And learn to be selective. Support the showSupport on Patreon for Unique Perks! Early access to uncut episodes Vote on a movie/show we review One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers & PinsSocial Links: ThreadsWebsiteInstagramLetterboxdFacebook Group 

In August 1940, Alfred Hitchcock released FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, a spy thriller that looked like simple entertainment but carried a hidden message for American audiences. In this episode of Cracking the Code of Spy Movies, Dan and Tom dig into how Hitchcock, working in Hollywood while Europe burned, smuggled a warning into one of his lesser-known masterpieces. Hitchcock is the master of suspense, so listen now to this espionage spy thriller that oozes with Hitchcockian brilliance. Join us as we trace the story of Johnny Jones, a green American reporter sent to Europe under a fake name, who stumbles into a web of assassins, double agents, and a missing diplomat holding a secret that could decide the fate of a continent. Along the way, we explore the real history behind the film, including the journalists who inspired it, the genuine spycraft Hitchcock borrowed from British intelligence, and the wartime tension that shaped nearly every scene. We also break down the film's most famous sequences, talk about the standout cast performances, including an Oscar-nominated actor who did not know how to speak a word of English. Here are some things you'll learn: ·         Hitchcock's spy thriller had a hidden political message — and the U.S. government noticed it before America even joined the war. ·         One real Hollywood reporter inspired the story, but several characters were modeled after actual Nazi agents operating in Europe. ·         A famous rain-soaked assassination scene hides a clever visual trick that still feels shockingly modern. ·         An Oscar-nominated actor delivered every line of dialogue without understanding a single word he was saying. ·         The film's final scene wasn't part of the original script — real-world events changed the ending just before release. By the end, you will never watch FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT the same way again. Stick around to the finish, where we reveal exactly where to spot Hitchcock's tricky cameo appearance. Tell us what you think of our discussion FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Have you seen this movie?  If so, what did we miss?   If you haven't seen it, does this episode put it on your watch list? Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you think of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We'll give you a shout-out in a future episode!   You can check out all our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.   Episode Webpage: https://spymovienavigator.com/episode/foreign-correspondent-decoded

Under Capricorn is known as one of Alfred Hitchcock's least successful efforts. Starring the great Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten, it's a period costume drama set in Victorian Australia. Does that sound compelling? It didn't to us, but we wanted to check it out and see if it wasn't some diamond in the rough._____Please consider joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wwibofficialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whywasntitbetterLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/wwibpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wwib_officialX: https://x.com/WWIBpodcastSubscribe! Rate! Review! Tell a friend!

Alfred Hitchcock's pre-war spy thrillers are interesting because on the one hand they're romps and on the other hand they're designed to subtly push the British public against Germany in a time when the film cannot openly call the bad guys German. This tonal dialectic really worked for us in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, Spine 643) and The Lady Vanishes (1938, Spine 3), but falls a little flatter in The 39 Steps (1935, Spine 56) and Foreign Correspondent (1940). Here the unevenness is more noticeable, and that's because bubbling just below the surface is a fight between Hitchcock's desire to make a normal Hitchcock movie and producer Walter Wanger's desire to make an up-to-the-minute ripped-from-the-headline-writers' view of the impending war, unhelped by the army of writers working on it throughout production. But also very much helped by the visual effects and production design.

¿Qué es el psicoanálisis? ¿Cuáles son las preferencias verdaderas? ¿De dónde surgen? ¿Por qué recibe el método tantas críticas? Estas son preguntas que intento responder junto a la psicóloga clínica Lola López Mondéjar. Freud, padre del psicoanálisis, diría que las preferencias no están escondidas pero tienes que encontrarlas. Lo que hay entonces es un proceso de descubrimiento, somos exploradores en busca de los deseos originales. Interrogar al inconsciente es el trabajo que todos tenemos por delante.Kapital es posible gracias a sus colaboradores:⁠Página Internacional⁠. La mejor prensa global, en una revista.En los primeros meses de Página Internacional hemos contado historias desde Tel Aviv, Shanghái y Teherán. Hemos hablado de literatura, de Dios, de natalidad, de vino y de algoritmos. Y hemos publicado a grandes firmas como Fukuyama, Nick Cave o Ezra Klein. En Página queremos entender el contexto geopolítico, económico y cultural global a través de las mejores voces: los artículos esenciales de The Economist, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Le Monde o The Atlantic, en español y en una sola revista. Filtro, acceso y selección. Cada día somos más socios y socias haciéndolo posible. Puedes suscribirte con 30€ de descuento usando el código KAPITAL30, vigente hasta el 7 de julio a medianoche. Elige la suscripción anual o la vitalicia —solo quedan 3 para este año—. Nuestra promesa es sencilla: una vida entera de buena lectura y sabiduría a través de la mejor prensa del mundo.Patrocina Kapital. Toda la información en este link.Índice:0:32 Libre asociación freudiana.7:21 El ello, el yo y el superyó de Norman Bates.13:00 Origen de las preferencias sexuales.19:49 La liberación sexual feminista pendiente.25:36 Protégeme de lo que quiero.31:15 La represión es civilizadora.40:39 Masculinidad tóxica.50:28 La mentira del amor romántico.54:57 Mito de Edipo.1:00:21 El cuerpo femenino que desean los hombres no es el que sale en los anuncios.1:09:13 Máscaras en redes sociales.1:13:44 Fantasia de invulnerabilidad.1:22:10 Presión social para nunca bajar una marcha.1:32:18 Los que más gastan son los más infelices.1:36:53 El peligro de definirte en la competición.1:40:22 Interrogar al inconsciente.Apuntes:Lazos de sangre. Lola López Mondéjar.Sin relato. Lola López Mondéjar.Cada noche, cada noche. Lola López Mondéjar.Invulnerables e invertebrados. Lola López Mondéjar.Una espina en la carne. Lola López Mondéjar.El retorno de lo real. Hal Foster.Psicosis. Alfred Hitchcock.Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov.Yo siempre a veces. Marta Bassols & Marta Loza.¡Lo quiero! Luke Burgis.Diarios. John Cheever.El amor dura tres años. Frédéric Beigbeder.13,99. Frédéric Beigbeder.Advertised waist-to-hip ratios of online female escorts: an evolutionary perspective. Gad Saad.

David Sterritt is a film critic, author, teacher and scholar. He is most notable for his work on Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard, and his many years as the Film Critic for The Christian Science Monitor, where, from 1968 until... Read More ›

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho forever changed movie history with one shocking scene, but novelist Leah Rowan asks a tantalizing question: what if Marion Crane had survived? In her debut thriller, 'Marion,' Rowan reimagines one of cinema's most famous victims as a woman who fights back, setting off a suspenseful story of survival, revenge, and reinvention.A modern, feminist twist on a classic, the novel blends psychological suspense with sharp social commentary as Marion flees the aftermath of a deadly encounter while trying to save her sister from an abusive marriage. It's a bold, unexpected retelling that turns a familiar story on its head.

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Tyler Johns and Lance Taylor are back on The Next Reel for a movie-packed episode featuring weekend watch recaps, classic film talk and a confession-style main topic: famous movies they somehow still have not seen. Before revealing their biggest movie blind spots, Tyler and Lance break down what they watched recently, including Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, the brand new Toy Story 5, the legacy of Toy Story, the 1984 adventure drama The Bounty, reviewing The Death of Robin Hood, the classic western High Noon, an Apple TV thriller and more. Then, the guys dive into a list of their most surprising movie blind spots — popular films, all-time classics, sports favorites, comedies, thrillers and pop-culture staples that everyone assumes they have seen, but somehow missed. Some picks are shocking because of how iconic they are. Others are embarrassing because they fit perfectly into each host's taste. And a few will make you ask: “How have you never seen THAT?” The guys also discuss how certain movies become part of pop culture even if people have never actually watched them, why some classics feel impossible to avoid, and whether knowing the quotes, scenes or reputation of a movie counts as truly knowing it. What famous movie have YOU somehow never seen? Drop your biggest movie blind spot in the comments.

For over a century, Alfred Hitchcock has remained one of cinema’s most influential directors. Known as the Master of Suspense, this visionary filmmaker directed more than fifty films over six decades. His thriller “The Lodger” (1927) marked the start of his signature style, which was later exemplified in classic films like “Vertigo” (1958), “North by Northwest” (1959), “Psycho” (1960), and “The Birds” (1963). Hitchcock’s work received tremendous success and critical acclaim. While he never won the competitive Academy Award for Best Director, he received five Oscar nominations, two Golden Globes, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, a BAFTA Fellowship, multiple lifetime achievement awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nine of his films are preserved in the United States National Film Registry. His mastery of tension, innovative camera techniques, and psychological depth continue to inspire and influence modern filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan, Jordan Peele, and Bong Joon Ho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUJN1fq0Sc Drawing on new archival research, previously unpublished interviews, and a rigorous examination of key biographies, “A Century of Hitchcock” challenges the long-standing narratives that have shaped Hitchcock’s legacy. Author Tony Lee Moral revisits controversial claims regarding Hitchcock’s alleged abuses, scrutinizing biographer Donald Spoto’s interpretations—particularly Spoto’s portrayal of the director’s relationship with actress Tippi Hedren. With his analysis of Spoto’s 1980 interview of Hedren, Moral reveals for the first time how one key document contradicts decades of exaggeration. In this comprehensive reappraisal of Hitchcock’s career, Moral encourages readers to explore the complexities of creative collaboration and the risks of relying on a single biographical narrative. Marking one hundred years since Hitchcock’s first film, “The Pleasure Garden”, and fifty years since his last film, “Family Plot”, Moral reexamines the director’s cinematic brilliance, storytelling mastery, creative partnerships, and controversies, offering a fresh perspective on Hitchcock’s legacy in the post-#MeToo era.

Maybe don't stay at any hotels this week because we are covering Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO with comedian Kayla Hardy!Katie Afraidy is a horror movie review podcast where host, horror fanatic, and comedian Katie Hettenbach talks with comedians, actors, and filmmakers about horror movies!Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.WANT STICKERS? https://www.stickermule.com/katieafraidySubscirbe on Patreon for EXTENDED UNCUT Episodes, Stickers, and SO MUCH MORE! https://www.patreon.com/KatieAfraidyGet ready for more chaos coming every TUESDAY! Old episodes of Horror at The Store will be reposted to YouTube every THURSDAY! Use code KATIEAFRAIDY25 to get 25% off of your Fangoria subscription !Check out Filmcraft Studio Gear!https://www.instagram.com/filmcraftla/Please don't forget to subscribe, share, and give us a review! Love my little spooky community! Follow us on Socials!https://www.instagram.com/katie.afraidy/https://www.instagram.com/kthetty/https://www.tiktok.com/@katie.afraidyhttps://www.tiktok.com/@kthettyProduced by Keida Mascarohttps://www.instagram.com/keidamascaro/The Cave Podcast Studiohttps://www.instagram.com/thecavepodcaststudio/Voiceover by Devyn Perryhttps://www.instagram.com/devynbperry/?hl=enSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts!https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/katie-afraidy/id1647102737https://open.spotify.com/show/33nXkTFCfsGqcWBckdm952

Well. We're here. At the end of our illustrious horror podcasting road and we've got a belter for you. Luke picked 1960s 'Psycho' to round us out here at Nothing to Fear for the time being. What can we say about a movie that has had multiple doctoral dissertations written about it, really? We're just three idiots trying to make one another laugh.As if that's ever stopped anyone with a podcast before.Please enjoy the episode, thank you for being a listener, and do check out the youtube link to watch Alfred Hitchcock touring the Psycho sets as part of the movies promotion. It's well worth your time. Til we find something else not to be afraid of, Bye everyone.

This is Episode 12, where electricity is our STCKY means of death. This is The Current Situation by Kathleen Marple KalbFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/KathleenMarpleKalbInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathleenmarplekalb/Website: https://kathleenmarplekalb.com/ABOUT Kathleen Marple KalbKathleen Marple Kalb describes herself as an Author/Anchor/Mom…not in that order. A Regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winning weekend anchor at New York's 1010 WINS Radio, she writes mysteries, long and short. Her eleven published novels include the Old Stuff and Ella Shane series at Level Best Books, including the upcoming A Fatal Flourish, featuring Flora and Frankie's parents. As Nikki Knight, she writes the Vermont Radio and Grace the Hit Mom series. Her stories, under both pen names, have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and many anthologies, including two Derringer Award finalists. She's also been a finalist for Agatha, Derringer, National Excellence in Storytelling, and Black Orchid Novella Awards. She serves on the national board of Sisters in Crime. She, her husband, and son live in a Connecticut house owned by their cat.DeliberationUp and coming attorney Flora St. Aubryn has career case on her desk. She is sure the case against Beatric Armitage is circumstantial, but it would put her over the top if she could point the finger at the person responsible for Mr. Armitage's death. People in the house that evening were:Mr. Archibald Armitage, food magnateMrs. Beatrice Armitage, social elitistMr. Chesney, the butler, haughty like his employersThe Upstairs Maid, nice as far as we knowNeill Clarendon, Mrs. Armitage's secretary, politeWRAP UPThat wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Support our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. Check out our website m2d4podcast.com for links to this season's authors.Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. The Current Situation was written by Kathleen Marple Kalb. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff. Join us next week for a Toe Tag, which is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, or thriller genre. Normally we would be back in two weeks, but we are going to take a week off for the July Fourth holiday. Our next original story will drop on July 20th where heat, pressure, and chemical is our STCKY means of murder. It's Rendering the Truth by Chuck Brownman

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ryan Luis Rodriguez from Reels of Justice joins the podcast. He brings along the movie Working Girls. Marty and Clif give Ryan the movie Psycho to watch.First up is Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock's legendary shocker that changed horror movies forever. Clif, Marty, and Ryan discuss Norman Bates, the famous shower scene, and why the film still works even when everyone already knows the ending.Then it's on to Working Girls, Lizzie Borden's low-key but fascinating look at a day in the life of sex workers. The conversation covers the film's resemblance to Sean Baker's slice-of-life approach, its sense of humor, then finally, it's matter-of-fact tone and humanity.Along the way: Norman Bates business management strategies, courtroom podcast updates, arguments over cult classics, and the realization that some movies are a lot stranger than their reputations suggest.Support the showFind our films here:The Love Song of William H ShawRevenge of ZoeWriting Fren-ZeeMaking Pondo on FacebookX (formerly Twitter):@MakingPondoInstagramMaking Pondo on Letterboxd:Season OneSeason TwoSeason ThreeSeason FourTheme Song "The Rain" by Russ PacePhotos by Geoffrey Notkin

In Episode 14 of Out To Get You, we are joined by writer and host of Best Issue Ever, Sara Century (When I Walk Into The Darkness, The Forgotten Five, et al.,) to gaze into the maw of mankind's avian anxieties, and all things left unsaid, in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 monster mood piece, The Birds.Content Warning:This episode contains discussion of sexual assault, workplace abuse, grooming, compulsory heterosexuality, animal abuse, the decline and fall of matte paintings, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.In this episode, we discuss the power of anxiety, through the lens of ecological disaster, shattered families, and closeted societies, in this underrated-but-infamous thriller starring Tippi Hedrin, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartwright.Follow Sara's work, stay updated on The Forgotten Five, and get your copy of When I Walk Into The Darkness: Writings On The Films of Alfred Hitchcock now.Follow Out To Get You on BlueSky and Patreon for new episodes, bonus content, and more, and get your own Valentine M. Smith-designed merch at TeePublic.Send your questions and comments to OutToGetYouPodcast@gmail.com.

S7, EP 208Special Guest: Mike PecciJoin us tonight at the Chaos Table and listen in on our conversation with award winning Director, filmmaker, writer and visual storyteller Mike Pecci.Mike is known for blending horror, science fiction, and emotionally grounded genre filmmaking with striking cinematic imagery. Classically trained in silent film directing and cinematography in New York, Pecci built his career directing commercials, music videos, and branded content before emerging as one of the most distinctive voices in independent horror cinema. His work combines old school visual storytelling with modern cinematic intensity, drawing inspiration from filmmakers like John Carpenter, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Andrei Tarkovsky.Pecci first gained major attention with his viral science fiction horror short film 12 Kilometers, a Lovecraftian nightmare inspired by the real life Kola Superdeep Borehole. The film became a cult phenomenon online, praised for its atmosphere, practical effects, sound design, and cinematic ambition. The film generated a massive grassroots following through an unconventional “you need the director's permission to watch it” release campaign, helping it spread virally throughout the horror community. Critics described the film as “what if David Lynch directed The Thing,” while audiences praised its haunting tone and immersive visual style. Since the release of 12 Kilometers, Pecci's films have screened at major genre and independent film festivals around the world, including the FilmQuest, where his short film Come Home earned him the award for Best Director. His experimental horror fashion film Metanoia, starring David Dastmalchian, received multiple festival nominations including Best Cinematography and Best Macro Short at FilmQuest, as well as nominations at the London Fashion Film Festival. Outside of narrative filmmaking, Pecci has directed over 30 music videos and commercial campaigns for artists and brands including Killswitch Engage, Meshuggah, Czarface, Bose, Fujifilm, Leica, and Samuel Adams. Pecci is also the creator and host of the long running filmmaking podcast In Love with the Process, where he interviews some of the industry's top cinematographers, directors, editors, and artists about the realities of the creative process. The show has become a respected platform within the filmmaking community for its honest conversations about art, struggle, obsession, and storytelling.Known for his visceral visual language, love of practical filmmaking, and emotionally driven horror, Mike Pecci continues to push genre storytelling into bold and unexpected territory. His work has earned a passionate cult following among filmmakers and horror fans alike, establishing him as one of the most exciting emerging voices in modern genre cinema.Mike's Links -Website - http://mikepecci.com/Podcast - http://inlovewiththeprocess.com/IG- https://www.instagram.com/mikepecci/This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navigating the creative process. Either way, we are glad you are here.  Oh, and we also pull into our conversations at the chaos table industry professionals along with other fellow actors, to share their stories, experiences and knowledge - so we can all connect, share, learn, grow and expand together.  This podcast is for entertainment and not educational purposes!  Enjoy and thank you for listening to our Creative Chaos! *Have a creative story or journey to share, we'd love to hear it - email us at chaoskeepers411@gmail.com or jozlynrocki@gmail.com Follow all the Chaos - YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChG0fKKBt2QNplJowSaKU6wFB - https://www.facebook.com/keepingupwithchaospodcastIG - https://www.instagram.com/keeping_up_with_chaos/

Special Host: Courtney SansoneThis week we finally wrap up season 2 of Frasier (2023)! Let's get into the bests and worsts and the history of stupid comments we've made. (00:00) Welcome!(07:29) Biggest Laugh(12:19) Most Punchable Moment(17:14) Standout Episode(26:30) Character MVP(35:58) Hot Takes(41:16) RPP Was That Me(61:30) Previous Preview(62:04) AnnouncementCheck out the Tremendous Kendous Twitch channel for his series: The Monthly Movie Mayhem. The next live stream is Friday, June 26 at 8:30pm EST with a double feature of Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929) and Murder (1930).Find us on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube or email us at ReversePsychPod@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beyond 'beans, bullets, and bandaids' is preparing to handle the people you could be cooped up with during a crisis event. Well-vetted survival groups are rare. Families or neighbors are far more common and will be a mixed-bag of stable individuals and those with potentially problematic personalities. Recognizing the issues early and dealing with them can prevent internal conflict from complicating your survival plan. Mic, Brian, and Jeff all watched the movie Lifeboat as a conversation starter about a mixed-bag of survivors. The IMDB listing for Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, 1944. Streamable via Amazon Prime. Keep the DoomCasts Coming! Consider showing your appreciation for these topical episodes by buying Mic a cup of virtual coffee at  Buy Me A Coffee or by becoming a Patron on Patreon, or a monthly member at Buy Me A Coffee, to keep the Doom light shining.

“The same creative and political forces that gave rise to [San Francisco's] boom nearly engineered its collapse.” — Jonathan Weber In Hitchcock's Vertigo, the quintessential San Francisco movie, the villain points to an old painting of the city and tells Jimmy Stewart that San Francisco has changed. The real city has been lost, he says. Somebody has stolen San Francisco's soul. The veteran tech journalist Jonathan Weber is the latest writer to search for that soul. In City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco, Weber bemoans the disappearance of the real San Francisco — the city not just of the Beats and the Counterculture but also of ordinary teachers and policemen. We've had thirty years of boom, bust, and Big Tech. The ordinary folks of San Francisco have been replaced by a new class of tech bros. In 1992, just 2% of San Franciscans worked in tech. By 2019 it was 35%. As a longtime San Franciscan, Weber had a front-row seat on the dot-com mania, the rise of social media, Uber and Airbnb, the pandemic's great emptying of downtown, and now the AI boom driven by the San Francisco-based Anthropic and OpenAI. In City on the Edge, Weber argues that the same creative and political forces that gave rise to the boom — the counterculture's anarchic spirit, the city's love affair with eccentricity, the tech industry's utopian self-belief — also engineered its near-collapse. Digital vertigo, so to speak. Once again somebody has stolen San Francisco's soul. Five Takeaways •       From 2% to 35%: The Numbers Behind the Transformation: In 1992, just 2% of San Francisco workers were in tech. By 2019 it was 35%. The book traces how this happened: a city economically troubled in the early 1990s, still reeling from AIDS and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, with its manufacturing base gone and its corporate headquarters thinning out. Into this vacuum came a group of free-thinking technologists immersed in the city's creative counterculture. They invented the contemporary internet. What followed was one of the most rapid urban transformations in American history. •       The Cacophony Society and the Founding of Burning Man: Before the tech boom, San Francisco in the early 1990s had a remarkable underground culture. Weber writes about the Cacophony Society — the group of anarchic free spirits who effectively founded the Burning Man festival. The Cacophony Society emerged from the counterculture of the 1960s through various evolutions — Situationist pranks, urban exploration, radical creativity. Burning Man began as their annual trip to the Black Rock Desert. The spirit of that founding: go somewhere, build something, be someone different, leave no trace. That spirit was the soul of the city too. •       The City of Nostalgia: Always Believing Yesterday Was Better: Weber takes his Vertigo reference seriously. San Francisco is structurally a city of nostalgia — people arrive with a fixed idea of what the city is, and it inevitably becomes something different. The gap between the idea and the reality generates permanent mourning. This is not unique to San Francisco — Trump has built a presidency on the idea that things were better in the 1950s — but it is intensified here by the height of the hopes people bring. The city means something bigger than itself. That is both its greatest asset and its permanent wound. •       The AI Boom and the Coming IPO Earthquake: The current AI boom is, in Weber's reading, likely to be the largest yet. OpenAI and Anthropic are both based in the city. When those IPOs happen, San Francisco real estate — already rising 25–50% in some neighbourhoods, Andrew notes — will go, in Weber's words, “really, really crazy again.” Hundreds of thousands of millionaires will be created overnight. The city is gradually becoming uniformly wealthy. Some of the old tensions may be less intense for that reason. But Weber does not think the cycles are over. The current boom will bust, as all booms do. What comes next is the question. •       Burning Man, the Internet, and the Future of Cities: Weber ends the book at Burning Man. His closing observation: when the internet arrived on the playa, Burning Man lost the sense that it was a separate world — a place where you could be a different person, because nothing from your regular life could reach you. Now everyone has a phone. The privacy is gone. The sense of separation is gone. For cities: part of the power of cities is that they bring people together, and good things arise from that friction. But if technology no longer requires you to be in the same place, cities become less essential. What is the future of the city in the age of technology? Weber doesn't have a tidy answer. Neither does anyone else. About the Guest Jonathan Weber is a veteran technology journalist and the author of City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco (Atria Books, June 9, 2026). He was the founding editor-in-chief of The Industry Standard, former editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Standard, and covered the technology industry for the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco. References: •       City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco by Jonathan Weber (Atria Books, June 9, 2026). •       David Talbot, Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love — referenced in the conversation; Weber's recommended companion read on 1970s San Francisco. •       Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance — referenced in the closing exchange. •       Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem — the opening epigraph to Weber's book, referenced in the conversation. •       Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo (1958) — Andrew's reference; the film's own meditation on San Francisco as a city of nostalgia. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstack

durée : 00:48:15 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle - Aujourd'hui dans Affaires Sensibles, Tippi Hedren dans "Les Oiseaux", la proie Alfred Hitchcock. - réalisation : Stéphane Cosme, Hélène Bizieau, Frédéric Milano, François Audoin, Valentine Chédebois, Franck Cognard, Rebecca Denantes, Claire Teisseire Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

This week, we're stepping into the stylish, seductive, and deeply divisive world of Dressed to Kill. Released at the height of Brian De Palma's fascination with voyeurism, identity, and cinematic sleight of hand, the film is both a love letter to classic thrillers and a provocation in its own right. Drawing heavily from the work of Alfred Hitchcock (that's putting it mildly) while pushing further into sex, violence, and dreamlike excess, Dressed to Kill quickly became one of the most controversial films of its era. We discuss how De Palma's visual style helps put a new spin on familiar material, dig into the film's elaborate set pieces, and of course, attempt to unpack its depiction of gender and identity. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Facebook | Instagram Chris's Instagram | Kristen's Instagram Chris & Kristen's Web Series: The Strange Case of Lucy Chandler Chris's new EP on Spotify and Bandcamp

The Invisible Scene is the quiet moment most viewers watch and don't notice. And it changes everything. It is not the car chase, the villain reveal, or the final showdown. It is a throwaway line, a loaded pause, a scene hiding in plain sight. Miss it, and you miss the movie. Hosts Dan and Tom of Cracking the Code of Spy Movies break down exactly what makes the invisible scene so easy to overlook — and yet, so essential, especially to spy movies. They walk through landmark spy movies in close detail. For instance, in CASINO ROYALE, a train conversation between James Bond and Vesper Lynd sets up the movie's entire emotional arc in just a few minutes. Similarly, in Alfred Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST, a dinner on a train between Roger Thornhill and Eve Kendall quietly reveals who is actually in control. Then, in SKYFALL, a cluster of evaluation scenes tells you James Bond is broken long before the plot confirms it. Each example shows how great spy movies hide their true meaning in plain dialogue, subtle behavior, and understated moments — and how to spot them yourself. Once you start seeing these scenes, you can't unsee them. Every rewatch becomes a fresh discovery. We cover more spy movies than these three in this episode. Listen to find out what those movies are. The mission of this episode is to: Define "invisible scenes" — undramatic moments that secretly carry the movie's entire meaning Dive deeply into the invisible scenes in CASINO ROYALE, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, and SKYFALL with specific scene breakdowns. Explain why spy movies deliberately bury their biggest clues in quiet dialogue Teach a practical method for spotting invisible scenes on your next rewatch Explore how both Hitchcock and modern Bond films use the same invisible-scene technique Let you in on a post-filming edit that Hitchcock had to make in NORTH BY NORTHWEST Tell us what you think of our decoding of the invisible scene Is this something you've noticed before?  Can you find the hidden scene in your favorite spy movie? Let us know your thoughts, ideas for future episodes, and what you think of this episode. Just drop us a note at info@spymovienavigator.com.  The more we hear from you, the better the show will surely be!  We'll give you a shout-out in a future episode!   You can check out all our CRACKING THE CODE OF SPY MOVIES podcast episodes on your favorite podcast app or our website. In addition, you can check out our YouTube channel as well.   Episode Webpage:  https://spymovienavigator.com/episode/the-invisible-scene-that-explains-the-whole-spy-movie

Good evening. Welcome to Dial P for Podcast, Patrick Ripoll's year-long chronological voyage through the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Every month Patrick will be watching four Hitchcock features and talking about them here, from The Pleasure Garden to Family Plot, all across the year of 2026, examining the life and work of England's most famous cinema pervert.In this episode Alfred Hitchcock finally escapes the confines of the British film industry, only to once again find himself a small fish in a large pond. With The Lady Vanishes (1938) he takes the 39 Steps formula into dizzying new heights of paranoia and sophistication, in Jamaica Inn (1939) he clashes with the ego of producer/star Charles Laughton, in Rebecca (1940) he breaks ground in Hollywood with a career high gothic romance classic and Foreign Correspondent (1940) finds him back to the thriller, but with greater production values and a more urgent plea for intervention than ever.One of the most important stretches of Alfred Hitchcock's career, producing some of the greatest works in his filmography! Check it out!0:00 - 0:33 - Intro0:34 - 46:00 - The Lady Vanishes (1938)46:01 - 1:18:20 - Jamaica Inn (1939)1:18:21 - 2:34:24 - Rebecca (1940)2:34:25 - 3:43:14 - Foreign Correspondent (1940)3:43:15 - 3:44:04 - Outro

In 2018, researchers at MIT unveiled an artificial intelligence so disturbing it earned a name straight out of a psychological thriller: Norman (as in Bates). Unlike typical AIs, Norman was exposed to some of the darkest corners of the internet, causing it to see horror in the mundane. Though designed as an experiment, Norman became a cautionary tale about how artificial minds can mirror humanity's most disturbing tendencies. For a full list of sources, please visit: sosupernaturalpodcast.com/dark-web-norman-the-psychopathic-ai   Did you know you can listen to So Supernatural ad-free? Join the Crime Junkie Fan Club! Visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/fanclub/ to view the current membership options and policies. So Supernatural is an Audiochuck and Crime House production. Find us on social! Instagram: @sosupernaturalpod Twitter: @_sosupernatural Facebook: /sosupernaturalpod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

To mark 2015's 50th anniversary of the classic adventure series “Lost in Space,” Gilbert and Frank dial up Will Robinson himself, actor, musician and voice artist Bill Mumy, who shares childhood memories of working with icons Irwin Allen, Brigitte Bardot and Walt Disney and explains why he turned down the role of Eddie on "The Munsters." Also, Bill runs afoul of Alfred Hitchcock, stars in three unforgettable “Twilight Zone” episodes and records the novelty song “Fish Heads.” PLUS: “The Great Vegetable Rebellion”! Billy meets Keith Richards! Zorro meets Eva Peron! And Gilbert tangles with the Man of Steel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“This movie has seen Scream… and Scream 2” - AndrewOn this week's episode, we're chatting about the fun-enough satirical slasher sequel, Urban Legends: Final Cut! Why didn't they think to have any classroom scenes in this film school-set movie? How hilarious is the kidney-bathtub sequence that's completely on an island from the rest of the film? What kind of funding does this film school have, what with all these soundstages? Why exactly does Hart Bochner's character think this scheme will lead to his Hollywood breakthrough? And what would an Urban Legend sequel look like if Alfred Hitchcock was directing? PLUS: An out-of-touch studio executive hammers John Ottman with unhelpful notes!Urban Legends: Final Cut stars Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, Joey Lawrence, Anson Mount, Eva Mendes, Jessica Cauffiel, Anthony Anderson, Michael Bacall, Marco Hotschneider, Derek Aslant, Jacinda Barrett, and Loretta Devine as Officer Reese; directed by John Ottman.This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money! Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at RocketMoney dot com slash WHM! That's RocketMoney dot com slash WHM. Come hang out in Vegas with us this summer as we do a three-night stand at ST:LV to celebrate 60 years of Star Trek and 10 years of The Nexus! We'll be at the convention Thursday, Friday and Saturday night doing three Nexus shows on Wrath of Kahn, Generations, and First Contact! Best part is, you don't need to have a convention pass to attend, each show is ticketed separately. Click through to snag your tix now!Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today! Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

Jeremy Zakis describes a sinister "battalion" of over one hundred cockatoos that have occupied the pine trees around his home in a formation reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. These large, white-crested birds are portrayed as destructive villains that show dominance by stripping tree branches and staring down residents. Jeremy recounts how they used their powerful beaks to snap brass cables on his bird feeder and expresses concern they may begin pulling nails out of his roof. Unlike other birds, these cockatoos appear to be calling for reinforcements to conduct a "full frontal assault" on the yard. (4/4)