Nobody pleased a crowd better than Alfred Hitchcock, and if entertainment is all you want, his movies are a great go-to. Yet, as my sagging bookshelf can testify, there’s more going here on than sultry blondes and sexy villains. In "How to Watch Hitchcock," we explore how Hitchcock’s youth in Lon...

Master of Suspense? Pfah! To truly grok what blend of darkness and light made Hitchcock’s films so beguiling and timeless, we need to think bigger. That’s where "Alfred Hitchcock: Master of the Surreal" comes in. This ongoing series of film essays takes you step-by-step through history to feel th...

Alfred Hitchcock vs. _____________? Name a film—any film—made after 1960 and I’ll show you the Master’s influence on it. That's the challenge—and the promise—of "Freak the Geek." So far, our mashup experiment has featured Steven Spielberg, Justin Lin, David Cronenberg and Ewald André Dupont. Who’...