What We’re Watching – November 2022
A wacky Nicolas Cage feature as well as a number of thrillers make up what we’ve been watching this November.Continue Reading
Tag: Psycho
Remembering Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim‘s name is synonymous with musical theatre. If you’ve any interest at all in musicals, you more than likelyContinue Reading
Images and Reflections of the Self
Robert Altman‘s Images has often been described as a tale of madness or a reflection of the creative process, givenContinue Reading
Psycho (1998) and the Philosophy of Remakes
The movie industry today tends to reward anything with any sort of name recognition and has prompted an endless supplyContinue Reading
Phantom of the Paradise: Faustian Rock
Selling your soul for rock and roll, otherwise known as Brian De Palma‘s Phantom of the Paradise. A mixture ofContinue Reading
Diabolique: A Lesson in Suspense That Taught the Master Himself
It’s a well known legend in film history that Alfred Hitchcock was only hours away from securing the rights toContinue Reading
(The Influence of) The Spiral Staircase Never Ends
The opening scene of The Spiral Staircase immediately establishes the duality between appearance and interiority that will persist throughout thisContinue Reading
Bad Times at the El Royale ★★★½
Bad Times at the El Royale finds writer/director Drew Goddard working in familiar territory. After his successful deconstruction of horrorContinue Reading
Fright 14: Psycho
The screeching violins in Bernard Hermann’s score for Alfred Hitchcock’s horror masterpiece Psycho sound off in our ears just byContinue Reading
Fright 10: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
“The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of fiveContinue Reading
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