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4K UHD Blu-ray Review: To Catch a Thief (Paramount Presents Series)

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 22, 2024

Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: October 15, 2024 Region: Region Free Length: 01:46:31 Video: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 — Dolby Vision + HDR10) Main Audio: 5.1 English Dolby TrueHD Audio Alternate Audio: 2.0 French Mono Dolby Digital Audio 2.0 Spanish Dolby Digital Audio 2.0 Italian Dolby Di read more

Blu-ray Review: Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 27, 2024

Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: June 25, 2024  Region: Region A Length: 01:35:21  Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This Warner Archives release marks the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. “In 1938, read more

4K Blu-ray Review: The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection (Volume Three)

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 31, 2023

Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: October 31, 2023 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Notes: This is the 4K UHD debut for these five titles. The included Blu-ray copies are the same discs that have been available both individually and in previous boxed sets for a decade. read more

Offbeat 4K UHD Blu-ray Review: After Hours — The Criterion Collection

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 19, 2023

Spine #1185 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: July 11th, 2023 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Length: 01:37:20 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 — HDR10 + Dolby Vision) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio (4K UHD & Blu-ray): 1.0 English LPCM Audio Subtitl read more

Book Interview: Nothing to Fear — Alfred Hitchcock and The Wrong Men

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Feb 20, 2023

Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia Press Release Date: January 14, 2023 “Hitchcock had made many films that featured wrongfully accused protagonists. In the director’s breakthrough hit, The 39 Steps (1935), tourist Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is framed for the murder of a woman found dead in his flat. read more

Book Announcement: The Architecture of Suspense — The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Feb 8, 2023

Publisher: University of Virginia Press Release Date: September 08, 2022 The inimitable, haunting films of Alfred Hitchcock took place in settings, both exterior and interior, that deeply impacted our experiences of his most unforgettable works. From the enclosed spaces of Rope and Rear Window to read more

DVD Announcement: I Am Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 5, 2023

Distributor: Via Vision Entertainment Release Date: September 07, 2022 Region: Region Free (Region 0) Length: 01:27:49 Video: 480I (MPEG-2, NTSC) Main Audio: 5.1 English Dolby Digital Audio 2.0 English Dolby Digital Audio Subtitles: None Ratio: 1.78:1 Notes: This title is not available on the Blu-r read more

Book Interview: The Young Alfred Hitchcock’s Movie Making Masterclass

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 2, 2022

Publisher: Sabana Release Date: October 31, 2022 “Today’s modern audiences may be more familiar with contemporary directors such as Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Sam Mendes, Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, David Lynch, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wo read more

Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Arsenic and Old Lace — The Criterion Collection

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 13, 2022

Spine #1153 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: October 11, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:58:15 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 1.0 English Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English (SDH) Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 35.92 Mbps Notes: This is the film’s read more

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Shadow of a Doubt

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 14, 2022

Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Length: 01:47:49 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (VC-1) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 1775 kbps, 24-bit) Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 French read more

Book Interview: Dressing Up the Stars — The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Aug 6, 2022

Publisher: Beach Lane Books Release Date: September 20, 2022 A Conversation with Jeanne Walker Harvey Beach Lane Books is about to release an unusual new children’s book entitled “Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head.” The book (which is recommended for young read more

4K Blu-ray Review: The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection (Volume Two)

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 21, 2022

Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: May 10, 2022  Region: Region Free Notes: This is the 4K UHD debut for these five titles. The included Blu-ray copies are the same discs that have been available both individually and in previous boxed sets since 2012. The package also includes digital read more

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: The Trouble of Harry

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 7, 2022

Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 01:39:30 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 French Mono DTS Audio 2.0 Italian Mono DTS Audio read more

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Family Plot

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 27, 2022

Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 02:00:04 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 Spanish Mono DTS Audio2.0 French DTS Audio2.0 read more

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Marnie

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 20, 2022

Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 02:10:24 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio — 4K UHD: 2.0 DTS Audio French Audio 2.0 DTS Audio Italian Audio 2.0 read more

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Saboteur

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 14, 2022

Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 10, 2022 Region: Region Free Length: 01:49:09 Video — 4K UHD: 2160P (HEVC, H.265 – HDR10) Blu-ray: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio (4K UHD): 2.0 Mono French DTS 2.0 Italian DTS 2.0 German DTS 2.0 read more

Book Interview: The First True Hitchcock — The Making of a Filmmaker

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 19, 2022

Publisher: University of California Press Release Date: January11, 2022 Alfred Hitchcock called The Lodger “the first true Hitchcock movie,” and yet the story of how The Lodger came to be made is shrouded in myth, often repeated and much embellished (especially by Hitchcock hims read more

Book Review: The Intertextual Knot

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 15, 2022

Publisher: Springer Nature Release Date: November 21, 2021 When we reviewed Neil Badmington’s Perpetual Movement: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ last August, it had the distinction of being the only available book devoted to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. However, last November saw the release of another read more

Blu-ray Review: Stage Fright

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 25, 2022

Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: January 25, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:49:56 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This Warner Archives release marks the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. Warning: read more

Blu-ray Review: Rich and Strange

Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Dec 30, 2021

Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: January 04, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:23:29 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.20:1 Notes: This is the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. “It wasn’t a thriller. It was just an read more
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