Psycho II
It’s 20 years since Norman (Anthony Perkins) was committed to an institution after carrying out a shower-based bloodbath. Now sane, he is released against the wishes of Lila Loomis (Vera […]
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Happy Birthday Rosemary’s Baby
This year Rosemary’s Baby turned 45, making it everyone’s favourite 45 year old baby with the possible exception of Professor Brian Cox. Roman Polanski’s 1968 film about Mia Farrow and her […]
Saboteur
In 1942 a worker in a factory (Robert Cummings) making planes for the war effort witnesses an act of sabotage. Being close by at the time, the authorities suspect him […]
Rope
Set in a swanky New York apartment in 1948, Hitchcock’s first colour film opens with a pair of well-to-do men murdering their friend. They stuff the man’s corpse in a trunk before […]
Mental Illness in Film
How various groups, from women and racial groups, to LGBT people, nationalities and people of differing political views, are represented in films is a topic of much discussion, including on […]
The 39 Steps
From 1935, this Hitchcock classic tells the tale of Hannay (Robert Donat) whose life is changed when he meets a beautiful woman at a local music hall. It turns out […]
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
The idea that until guilt is proven, a criminal suspect should be assumed not to have committed a crime, underpins our legal system. It protects the innocent and avoids the […]
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