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To DVD or not DVD?

December 7th, 2009
Posted in Film

Is there any question. Here’s the best of the lot, well-suited to any movie nostalgist. North by Northwest: 50th Anniversary Edition The last of Alfred Hitchcock’s light thrillers, this deliberately nonsensical concoction—so skillfully done that it’s charged with wit, is a high-gloss chase movie with set pieces that, after 50 years, holds up beautifully. Its inception was [ READ MORE ]

The Shadow of a Doubt

November 4th, 2009
Posted in Film

Of his more than 55 films, Alfred Hitchcock called The Shadow of a Doubt (l943) his favorite. As dense as a novel, this film about a serial killer (Joseph Cotton) returning back home to his unsuspecting relatives. Smart and sly–the movie, that is. (Watch the movie) Trailer Clip [ READ MORE ]

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Bob Green is a film writer (Baraka), screenwriting teacher, and a film critic. He has been writing for the Weekly for 18 years (since day 1) and is a terrific dancer.

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