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Rep theatre is alive and well in this pub attic, where Flywheel are midway through a six-play season. In between last week’s Lysistrata and next week’s Pygmalion is The Lodger, in a version combining Marie Belloc Lowndes’ 1913 novel with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 film and adding its own mysteries. Shadow puppetry is used throughout, evoking luridly illustrated penny dreadfuls and silent cinema,…

How Hitchcock’s Rope and Fleischer’s Compulsion Tell One Story Two Ways

Trigger Warning: The following article references violence and sexual assault.There are many obstacles when adapting the story of a true crime to the big screen. It seems that ethical dilemmas, for one, are secondary to an audiences’ thirst for evil. In the case of Leopold and Loeb, there have been a number of attempts at bringing their depravity to the silver screen, with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope…

Hitchcock’s Masterful Suspense Thriller Remains One of Best

“You’ve never seen Psycho!?” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve fielded this question, often awkwardly, from people of all levels of movie knowledge and interest. Up until this very moment, the answer has been an unforgivable “no,” which is typically said with a prolonged sigh. Of course, the sigh is not directed at the person asking me, but rather at myself for getting into this situation in…