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Book Interview: Hitchcock’s California – Vista Visions from the Camera Eye
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 1, 2020
Publisher: Middlebrow Books Release Date: July 01, 2020 Robert Jones “Hitchcock’s California: Vista Visions from the Camera Eye” celebrates (and re-creates) images that evoke scenes from many of the great director’s most famous films—including Notorious, Vertigo, North by Northwest, read more
Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock – British International Pictures Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Dec 16, 2019
Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: November 26, 2019 Region: Region A Length: The Ring – 01:45:44 The Farmer’s Wife – 01:52:12 Champagne – 01:45:37 The Manxman – 01:40:36 The Skin Game – 01:22:34 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio (24-bit) Subtitles: read more
Blu-ray Review: Blackmail
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 4, 2019
Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: August 13, 2019 Region: Region A Length: Silent Version – 01:16:07 ‘Talkie’ Version – 01:25:47 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 1557 kbps, 16-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: Silent Version – 1.33:1 ‘Talkie’ read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Crimson Peak
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 4, 2019
Distributor: Arrow Video Release Date: October 22, 2019 Region: Region A & B Length: 01:58:42 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 7.1 English DTS X / 7.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 English DTS X (Headphone Mix) Alternate Audio: English Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio Subtitles: English read more
Blu-ray Review: The House of Hitchcock – Limited Edition Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 8, 2019
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: October 01, 2019 Region: Region A Notes: These films are also available individually with standard Blu-ray packaging, as part of The Masterpiece Collection, and as part of The Ultimate Collection. Universal owns the rights to more Alfred Hitchcock title read more
Blu-ray Review: Murder!
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Aug 11, 2019
Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: August 13, 2019 Region: Region A Length: 01:42:29 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 1554 kbps, 16-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 31.93 Mbps Notes: This marks this title’s North American Blu-ray deb read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Gaslight
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 10, 2019
Distributor: Warner Archives Release Date: June 25, 2019 Region: Region Free Length: 01:53:46 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 34.99 Mbps George Cukor’s Gaslight has long drawn comparisons to read more
Book Interview: Hitchcock and the Censors
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 16, 2019
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Release Date: June 14, 2019 John Billheimer has written a book that seems long overdue. In Hitchcock and the Censors, he “traces the forces that led to the Production Code and describes Hitchcock’s interactions with code officials on a film-by-film basis read more
Book Interview: Hitchcock and Humor
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on May 24, 2019
Publisher: McFarland Release Date: April 23, 2019 An analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s methodical use of comedy in his films is past due, and Hitchcock and Humor: Modes of Comedy in Twelve Defining Films helps to fill this void. The book examines what should be obvious: Hitchcock systematically incor read more
Blu-ray Review: Notorious – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 25, 2019
Spine # 137
Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: January 15, 2019 Region: Region A Length: 01:41:37 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 29.73 Mbps Notes: This title is also availab read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Sisters – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 14, 2018
Spine #89 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: October 23, 2018 Region: Region A Length: 01:32:42 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Mono Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.85:1 Bitrate: 34.71 Mbps Notes: The Criterion Collectio read more
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Halloween
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 15, 2018
Distributor: Lionsgate Films Release Date: September 25, 2018 Region: Region A Length: 01:30:56 Video: 2160P (HEVC, H.265) Main Audio: 7.1 English Dolby TrueHD (48kHz, 24-bit) Alternate Audio: Mono English Dolby Digital Audio Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 2.35:1 Notes: This title read more
Book Interview: The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 25, 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Release Date: September 15, 2018 It doesn’t matter what you’ve read or what you may have heard about the importance of Alfred Hitchcock’s collaboration with Grace Kelly. Ingrid Bergman’s place in the master’s legacy is every bit as important and read more
Blu-ray Review: Under Capricorn
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 21, 2018
Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: June 19, 2018 Region: Region A Length: 01:57:14 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 1559 kbps, 16-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.33:1 Bitrate: 35.93 Mbps Notes: This title was previously given a bare bones DVD rele read more
Book Interview: Hitchcock’s Heroines
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on May 11, 2018
Publisher: Insight Editions Release Date: May 01, 2018 From his early days as a director in the 1920s to his heyday as the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock had a complicated and controversial relationship with his leading ladies. He supervised their hair, their makeup, their wardrobe, and pushe read more
Blu-ray Review: 78/52 – Hitchcock’s Shower Scene
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 6, 2018
Distributor: Shout Factory Release Date: February 27, 2018 Region: Region A Length: 01:31:46 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English, Spanish Ratio: 1.78:1 Note: This release comes with a DVD disc that is housed in the same case. “O read more
Blu-ray Review: Alfred Hitchcock – The Ultimate Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 20, 2017
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: October 17, 2017 Region: Region A Notes: These films are also available individually with standard Blu-ray packaging and as a part of The Masterpiece Collection. Universal owns the rights to more Alfred Hitchcock titles than any other studio and they cer read more
Book Interview: Grace Kelly: Hollywood Dream Girl
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Oct 23, 2017
Publisher: Dey Street Books Release Date: October 24, 2017 “Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes.” -Grace Kelly The creative relationship between Gra read more
Blu-ray Review: Rebecca – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Sep 30, 2017
Spine #135 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: September 05, 2017 Region: Region A Length: 02:10:40 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Mono Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.33:1 Bitrate: 35.69 Mbps Notes: This title is read more
Blu-ray Review: The Lodger – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 2, 2017
Spine #885 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: June 27, 2017 Region: Region A Length: The Lodger – 01:30:24 Downhill – 01:50:59 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: The Lodger – 2.0 Linear PCM Audio (48 kHz, 2304 kbps, 24-bit) Downhill – 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio (48 kHz, read more